- Implant Department -
Streamlined Implant Workflow, Backed by Experts.
Our Implant Department delivers precision-crafted restorations designed to support predictable, long-term outcomes. Backed by advanced digital workflows and an experienced team of technicians, we simplify even the most complex cases—offering seamless communication, guided case planning, and dependable turnaround times.
Department Manager
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Featured restorative options
Straumann Implant Abutment with ZirFit Prime Crown
High-quality CAD/CAM abutment with full-contour zirconia crown.
Titanium CAD/CAM abutment with a finished crown, milled from an Ivoclar ZirCAD puck featuring Gradient Technology (GT). GT pucks have two raw oxide-ceramic materials combined to produce exceptional properties. Most zirconia pucks on the market are layered from 5-7 shades stacked and pressed together forming the puck. GT is blended and not layered, which gives you the best aesthetics from the body transitioning to incisal.
- Posterior Crowns
- Multi-unit bridges
- Implant crowns
Straumann Implant Abutment with IPS e.max Crown
High-quality CAD/CAM abutment with lithium disilicate crown.
Titanium CAD/CAM abutment with a finished crown, milled or pressed from IPS e.max lithium disilicate glass ceramic and finished with IPS e.max Ceram ceramic.
- Posterior Crowns
- Anterior crowns
- Multi-unit bridges
- Implant crowns
Straumann Implant Abutment with Layered Zirconia
High quality CAD/CAM abutment with hand-layered esthetic porcelain crown.
Zirconia coping milled from an Ivoclar ZirCAD puck and hand layered with Noritake porcelain.
- Anterior crowns
- Multi-unit anterior crowns
- Esthetic restorative option
Straumann Implant Abutment with Layered e.max Crown
High quality CAD/CAM abutment with e.max layered esthetic porcelain crown
Milled or pressed from IPS e.max lithium disilicate glass ceramic coping and hand-layered with IPS e.max Ceram porcelain.
- Posterior or anterior crowns
- Long-spand bridges.
- When unable to get proper preparation for all ceramics. (Very straight knife-edge walls)
Meet your tech
Ben has been at California Dental Arts since 2012 and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to our team. He has collaborated closely with dentists, surgeons and prosthodontists to help treatment plan their most complex implant cases using intraoral scans, photogrammetry, CBCT images, 3D face scans, and Exocad design software. He is very well-versed in all the different implant systems and their capabilities. Additionally, Ben led the implant department’s research and development, helping build CDA’s digital implant libraries and milling strategies, which have significantly contributed to our department's capabilities, growth and innovation.
Ben Ahn, CDT
Implant Department Manager
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