KOS Implants: Any Feedback?

I have been using these implants for little more than a year & I have not faced any problems. In combination with other systems of Dr.Ihde Dental, BCS and BOI implants, I am able to meet all requirements @ our centre w.r.t. dental implants.

i have been using it for over 2 years,based on compression loading,it has limited applications,good for overdentures,gud in d2 or d3 in category a or b bone....crowns and fpds....decision is based on meticulous diagnosis..

K O S ,that we have been using are single piece,bendable& non bendable,overdenture, not happy with over denture prosthetic attachments as nylon caps need frequent change,support in india is also very poor

I`ve been using KOS for more than 6 years now. It`s the descendant of Bauer KOmpressionSchraube (Bauer compression screw-the original made some 30 years ago). Single piece implant- compression screw, actually. It consists of 3 types KOS (thick collar, non-bendable), KOS B (thin collar- can be bent once for parallelism), KOS A (angulated-15 or 25 degrees). If you bury the implantbeneath the bone level, so that only the polished collar is prominent through the mucosa- NO BONE RESORPTION. Simple an affordable system (cost effective). I started with it for the big cases with circular bridges - where there is enough bone. Patients love it, because there are no incisions and no sutures. In multiple cases-atleast 2-3 splinted implants (you must always do immediate loading)-success rate is 95-98 %. When I started using it for singles- dropped below 85% (naturally), so i quit. Now I use it mostly as a "backup" system, if a patient can not afford a two-unit system. Bottom line- predictable system for big cases with abundance of bone (mostly for the maxilla). Has a learning curve though (broke 2-3 KOS B, during insertion phase, before I learned. Don`t ask how I removed and replaced them). Good luck, Dr Dimitrov

I have used the KOS implants for three years for dificult cases such complete edentulous maxilla and partial edentulous maxilla and mandible. I’ve used it for frontal teeth, too. I haven’t got any problems until now, the pts are happy. It’s important to have a good trained dental technician. I’ve tried to work with different labs but I’m pleased just with one who has been trained in Germany by the promoters.

All kos implants have a common head size.hence in thicker diameter implants i.e. above 4mm,the abutment is too thin.so the emergence profile of crown is bad.