Which country are Medentika implants from?

Medentika was founded in 2005 in the town of Hügelsheim in Germany. According to Straumann's announcement in 2013, the company consisted of two separate legal entities: Medentika GmbH and Medentika Implant GmbH. At the time it had 37 employees, its 2012 revenue was about 11 million euros, and most of this revenue came from prosthetic parts. Its own implant, meanwhile, was mentioned in the announcement as a 'recently established' business.

Ownership changed in two steps. In October 2013 Straumann signed an agreement to buy 51 per cent of each of the two Medentika companies for a total of 32 million euros. In November 2016 the parties agreed to bring forward the management control originally provided for November 2017; from 1 January 2017 Straumann consolidated Medentika fully into its financial statements. The same announcement said that the founding partners would continue to play an active role in the company.

This is why the answer to the question of which country has two layers: its origin and head office are in Germany, its control is with the Swiss Straumann Group. Straumann positions Medentika together with its more affordable 'value segment' brands such as Neodent and Anthogyr. When checked in October 2026, the address medentika.de redirected to Straumann's website; Medentika products are sold in Straumann's online shop among the group's brands.

What sets Medentika apart from the other implant brands is its main business. The 2013 announcements by Straumann and by the legal adviser describe the company as a firm that produces affordable prosthetic parts for most of the leading implant and CAD/CAM systems: ready-made, patient-specific and titanium base top parts. This allows a dental technician to buy parts for implants of different brands from the same supplier.

This compatibility list is long. The Medentika catalogue in the Straumann shop has separate series of parts for Straumann, Nobel Biocare, Dentsply's Astra Tech, Ankylos and XiVE systems, ZimVie (Biomet 3i and Zimmer), BioHorizons and Camlog, MIS, MegaGen AnyRidge, Osstem TS, Dentium, Neodent, Neoss, BEGO, Bredent and Anthogyr. Each series is named with a letter code; for example L-Series for Straumann Bone Level, and F-Series for Nobel Biocare's conical connections.

It has its own implants too. The same catalogue lists IPS-Series top parts for Medentika's Microcone, Quattrocone and Quattrocone30 implants, and C-Series for Procone. There are few published studies carried out with these implants. A retrospective study in which a team from Istanbul University placed 102 Medentika Microcone implants in 72 patients together with sinus floor elevation reports a significant gain of bone inside the sinus at six months. But what was measured is bone gain; not whether the implant stays in the mouth for many years.

The real reader question is most often this: my implant is another brand, its top part is Medentika; is that a problem? The scientific picture draws a clear line. A 2018 review that examined 16 laboratory studies and 653 top parts found that the implant manufacturer's own parts and the third-party parts it has approved gave better results in mechanical strength, seal and marginal fit than parts produced merely as 'compatible'. Another review, from 2022, that examined 40 studies also writes that original parts fit better, leak less, rotate less and are more resistant to fatigue; and that in some systems with an external connection, compatible parts can come close to the original.

Almost all of these studies were carried out in the laboratory; a long-term patient study showing how compatible parts behave in the mouth over the years is missing. In other words, saying 'a compatible part is bound to cause problems' and saying 'it makes no difference at all' would both go beyond the evidence. The authors of the review write that the current clinical recommendation is to use original parts. With the one-piece corticobasal implants used in our protocol of fixed teeth in 72 hours with the Ihde method, this question works differently: because the body and the upper section are one piece, there is no separate top part connection.

The points below are not specific to Medentika; they look at every situation in which another firm's compatible part is used instead of the implant manufacturer's own part.

All of these questions have a short, clear answer. If the answers are put on record, another dentist's job will be easier years from now.

1. 1

   Which brand and line is the implant, and which is the top part?

   These are two separate pieces of information. The card should give the implant's brand, line, diameter and length together with the top part's manufacturer and series.

2. 2

   Why not an original part?

   The reason may be that the part cannot be found, the need for a patient-specific design, or cost. You have a right to know which it is.

3. 3

   Does this affect the implant manufacturer's warranty terms?

   Ask the clinic whether the implant manufacturer's warranty programme, if there is one, still applies when a compatible part is used; get the answer in writing.

4. 4

   To what value was the screw tightened?

   Ask to what value, and according to which manufacturer's instructions, the screw was tightened. Having this information on record matters for the dentist who will undo and retighten the screw later on.

5. 5

   Can I see the barcode on the label?

   Medical devices put on the market in Turkey must be registered in the Product Tracking System (ÜTS). The number on the label of both the implant and the top part shows its manufacturer and its registration.

If the points below are in place, the difference between parts shrinks; if they are not, no part makes up for the gap.

Being a group company and producing parts for other brands produces a few misleading shortcuts online.

With a compatible part, the record matters even more than with an original part: because the dentist who looks at it later on may look at the implant's brand and assume the wrong part.

1. An implant card with two lines

   On one line the implant (brand, line, diameter, length, lot), on the other the top part (Medentika, series name, product number). The two should be written separately.

2. Copies of the barcodes

   The barcode on the label of both the implant and the top part. These are the numbers that identify the product in ÜTS; keep them together with your card.

3. The tightening value

   The value to which the top part's screw was tightened. When the screw comes loose, another dentist using the right value depends on this record.

4. The X-ray from the first day

   The X-ray that shows what the bone level and the seating of the part on the implant were like at the start. Years later, a comparison can only be made with this X-ray.

Medentika's position, in Straumann's words, is affordable prosthetic parts. The total, though, is made up of these items:

The source of the top part

There may be a difference between an original part and a compatible part. Check whether the quote states the manufacturer of the top part.

A ready-made part or a patient-specific design

The difference between a ready-made top part and a part designed and produced for the patient can be greater than the difference between original and compatible.

The prosthesis and laboratory work

In full-mouth plans, the material and workmanship of the bridgework make up most of the total.

Later repairs

If the record of the part is incomplete, a small screw change years later may require extra X-rays and time to find the right part.