Quality tests are performed on every implant with step-by-step control throughout the entire manufacturing process.

At Zimmer Dental, ongoing improvement of our products and services for the purposes of enhancing patient care and increasing the effectiveness of your individual practice is a promise we stand by. By consistently improving and expanding our product line, Zimmer Dental has earned a reputation as an innovator of trend-setting products, technology, and techniques in implant dentistry. This leadership position ensures customers can be confident that our products will perform and deliver under the most demanding clinical circumstances.

To help foster our ongoing research and development, we maintain key relationships with universities, publications, and renowned clinicians in all key market segments including general dentistry, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, and dental laboratories. With access to cutting-edge resources and technology as well as the empirical research and technologies available through our orthopaedic parent, our progress in the dental implant and medical device industries directly benefits your practice and patients.

Zimmer Dental manufactures a majority of its own implants and prosthetic components, with sterility and biocompatibility verifications being performed for each product family. Every implant undergoes a rigorous and detailed visual inspection, assuring greater quality control. In addition, in 2003 Zimmer Dental implemented the Six Sigma system—a data-driven methodology that attempts to eliminate variation through the supply chain, ensuring quality at the highest level.

	1982 First internal anti-rotational implant connection for cemented abutments		1990 First multi-function fixture mount		1997 First two-stage implants packaged for one-stage surgery
	1987 First small-diameter, HA-coated, threaded implants		1991 First anti-rotational, screw-retained, angled abutments		2000 First tapered multiple lead thread implants
	1989 First HA-coated cylinder implants with anti-rotational internal connections		1994 First internal interface friction-fit abutments		2003 First delivery tools internally engaging implant with spring loaded ruby ball bearings