The Implantmed excels by virtue of its ease of operation, smooth and powerful motor and an automatic thread cutter function that sets it apart from other implant drive units.

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Implantologists and Oral Surgeons
from around the world rely on the
professional range of W&H Implantmed
and Elcomed surgical drive units and
W&H surgical handpieces for precise and
reliable operation.
The Implantmed excels by virtue of
its ease of operation, smooth & powerful
motor and an automatic thread cutter
function (program) that sets it apart from
other implant drive units.
The thread cutter function supports
the surgeon when inserting implants into
dense (D1) bone.
W&H Territory Manager for Australia
& New Zealand, Chris Jobson, explains
that cutting a thread into dense bone
prevents the excessive and damaging
compression of bone prior to placing the
implant, thereby helping to avoid pressure
necrosis. This promotes a more rapid,
stress–free healing of the implant site.
Implantmed’s logically designed
operating concept with large LCD display
readout and clearly labelled icon-based
buttons ensures all programs can be set
up easily, by pressing the various buttons
on the unit or by scrolling through the
foot control. This enables programs to be
selected without looking away from the
oral cavity during procedures.
Each of the Implantmed features
pre-sets to allow an entire procedure
to be “choreographed” by the surgeon
beforehand. Each program can be
individually tailored to suit the needs
of particular implant devices with an
incremental range of RPM and torque
settings for all situations.
Studiesbyoralsurgeonsinternationally
have attributed the Implantmed for
improving success rates and predictability
of implant procedures, including more
complex cases requiring sinus lifts and
other surgical interventions.
The Implantmed has been designed
in conjunction with W&H’s advanced
surgical handpieces featuring removable
irrigation spray clips, which provide
adequate saline irrigation to cool bone and
tissue without unnecessarily obstructing
vision at the treatment site.
NEW MINI-LED+
W&H’s latest surgical handpieces
offer considerably better access to the
treatment site thanks to a new narrow
neck geometry with recessed thumb grip.
Optimal illumination of the work area
is provided by the patented W&H mini
LED+ positioned near the handpiece head.
Mr Jobson said W&H was the first
to incorporate LED lighting into dental
handpieces, and has now refined the
technology even further with the new
Mini LED+, which provides powerful
daylight quality light from an LED only
half the normal size.
“This means the LED can be integrated
very close to the handpiece head, offering
optimal illumination of the treatment site
in an extremely compact handpiece for
fatigue-free operation. The unique self-
generating power supply means no special
cabling or motor is required,” Mr Jobson
said.
Sydney A-dec and W&H equipment
dealer, Critical Dental of Castle Hill
recommends the new W&H-S11-LG
surgical handpiece with LED+ light for
surgical tasks including apical resection,
osteotomy, apical trepanning and bone
modelling in conjunction with the W&H
Implantmed implant motor or the larger
Elcomed surgical drive unit.
“Normally when cutting a wisdom
tooth it was so difficult to get good lighting
to the area. The W&H surgical handpiece
with LED light is a great solution for this
age old problem,” Critical Dental director,
Justin O’Connell, said.
One of Sydney’s leading oral and
maxillofacial surgeons, Dr Sami Haddad
from The Hills Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery uses the W&H Implantmed and
Elcomed together with W&H surgical
handpieces for various surgical procedures
including implant work and the surgical
removal of difficult and impacted teeth
such as third molar removal.
When asked about his experience with
the Implantmed and the new mini LED+
equipped surgical handpiece, Dr Haddad
said the built-in LED light in the surgical
handpiece greatly improved visibility,
which meant the operator was much less
dependent on the overhead light when
access to the treatment area was restricted.
The compact design of the Implantmed
makes it highly portable and easy to use for
implant work in conjunction with W&H
handpieces such as the WS-75 L G contra
angle which features LED+ light and
hexagonal chuck which makes it ideally
suited for the high torque settings required
for cutting bone and placing implants.
For more complex surgical procedures,
Dr Haddad uses the larger Elcomed
surgical drive unit which has higher RPM
and torque settings plus the additional
benefit of adjustable saline control that
enables the surgeon to balance the need for
visibility by using less irrigating cooling as
required.
“The adjustable water control is an
important feature. If I am sectioning a
tooth to allow for its removal, then I don’t
need as much saline than if I’m cutting
into bone which is living tissue,” Dr
Haddad said. The ability to control the
water volume also meant the saline bag
did not need to be replaced as often with
the risk of interrupting longer and more
complex surgical procedures.
The W&H Implantmed, W&H Elcomed
surgical drive unit and W&H surgical and
implantology handpieces are available from
A-dec. Contact your local A-dec dealer on
1800 225 010 or visit www.wh.com/ for
further information.
FEATURE – IMPLANTS
Dr Sami Haddad, The Hills Oral & Maxillofacial
Surgery
W&H Implantmed unit
aids implant success rate