The Atlas Denture Comfort System

This is because they have difficulty performing two of the essential tasks of life, eating and speaking.¹

Eventually, ill-fitting dentures compel patients to seek repeated professional help to adjust the fit.

The use of two to four implants to support mandibular overdentures has been shown to have high success rates.^2,3

For many patients, though, financial constraints and health issues limit ideal bone augmentation and conventional implant placement.

The design of the Atlas Denture Comfort System by Dentatus considers all aspects of edentulism and eliminates known deficiencies associated with conventional O-ring and metal housing technologies, thus providing affordable comfort to the estimated 50 million edentulous patients in the United States.

The very narrow implants of the Atlas Denture Comfort technique require no surgical incision and no sutures.

Available in 1.8, 2.2 and 2.4 mm diameters, they can be placed in thin, atrophic ridges without the need for grafting procedures.

What’s more, patients can walk out of the office wearing their refitted dentures right away. This implant system is designed to overcome financial, physical and time limitations.

The denture is retrofit to create a “seamline” that encases the Tuf-Link silicone reline material, eliminating the need for adhesives. This allows the implants to be placed at diverging angles.

The soft resilient Tuf-Link material grasps on and around the implant’s head providing a cushioned fit, all in less than an hour.

This proprietary design feature is considered to be significantly beneficial to both clinicians and patients as the Tuf-Link can be lifted out to scissor away excess material and returned into its self-aligning position and hermetic encapsulation in the base.

The easy removal of the liner, as opposed to having liners that are attached with various adhesives, prevents bacterial infestation and odor accumulation that occur at the denture interface of bonded liners.

Dentatus makes getting started with Atlas Denture Comfort easy with a half-day hands-on workshop.

You will learn step-by-step how to drill osteotomies in the model, install four Atlas implants, prepare the denture base for retrofitting and reline the denture with the Tuf-Link silicone material. Participants will keep the model for staff training and patient education.

More information is available from Dentatus.

References

1. Adell, R., Lekhom, U., Rockler, B. et al. A 15-year study of osseointegrated implants in the treatment of the edentulous jaw. Int. J Oral Surg. 1981:10(6):387–416.
2. Feine, J., Carlsson, G. et al. The McGill consensus statement on overdentures. Mandibular two-implant overdentures as first choice standard of care for edentulous patients. Mandibular 2-Implant Overdentures as Minimum Standard of Care for Edentulous Patients. Quintessence Publishing 2003.
3. Jemt, T., Chai, J., et al. A 5-year prospective multi-center follow-up report on overdentures supported by osseointegrated implants. Int J Oral Maxilofac Imp. 1996:11(3):291–298.