Custom endosteal implants are custom devices that are made to fit only one patient. Custom implants have no limitations and can be used even with the most damaged or deteriorated bone. Seventy percent of patients have too little bone to use the screw or plate forms of endosteal implants. When patients have too little bone for screws or plates, it requires expensive and difficult bone grafting. Bone grafting sometimes is necessary for a single tooth implant. However, the use of bone grafting for the placement of several implants is unnecessary when a custom implant can be made to fit the damaged bone.

Custom implants are made from a three dimensional CT scan of the patients jaws. Using the digital data from the CT scan a duplicate of the patients jaw bone is made. This model is used to construct a custom implant. The implant is then constructed to exactly fit the model and coated with synthetic bone, assuring that the implant will adapt perfectly. Synthetic bone is an exact duplicate of the mineral in all bones. It is compatible with all animals. Synthetic bone coating insures the bonding of bone to the implant within six weeks.

The custom implant is placed using special techniques developed over the last 20 years and pioneered by Dr Tom Golec. The implant is subjected to 10 million degree heat in conditions of outer space. This Plasma cleaning process guarantees the cleanest possible implant. The implant is coated with the patient's blood and serum which bonds to the super clean surface. A plasma cleaned implant that is coated with the patient's blood proteins is indistinguishable from the patient. The bio-compatibe implant is placed with special bone grafting procedures assuring the implant will be bonded and enclosed in bone. The healing regime assures that the implant will heal completely encapsulated in bone. Because the bone grafting procedure is part of the placement of the implant a badly damaged jaw bone is also rebuilt at the same time. The patient can and does have teeth placed immediately when this system is used. Dr. Martin's patients are never without teeth when this implant is used to provide a foundation for a denture or bridge.

Custom endosteal implants have been developed by Diplomates of the American Board of Implant dentistry. This very advanced technique is used by only a very few very advanced clinicians with special advanced training far above and beyond that taught by dental schools or specialty programs. The American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry is the only testing organization which tests knowledge of this implant system.

We highly recommend that anyone contemplating using this system seek out a Board Certified Implantologist who will not only be trained but also tested in the use of these custom devices.

Human histology of one of Dr. Martin's patient's implants was reviewed at the University of Alabama. "This implant is the best result I have ever seen with any implant." According to Dr. Jack Lemons, who is head of the Department of Dental Implant Materials. Dr. Martin has continued to develop this technique for over twenty years and has found that more than 99% of custom implants were still in place and functional 10 years after placement. The custom implant in its original form was called a subperiostial implant and was the first system approved by the the American Dental Association. The FDA has approved custom implant systems since 1954.