Folks, we still don't know the whole story. We don't have ct or any patient history to determine why the implants didn't integrate, nothing failed here, there weren't any broken implants (all we know is that the patient was "healthy"). If the implant were to break or snap I would think that a full refund or replacement be in order, but for an implant not to integrate, this is a result of placement technique, very dense bone, or rejection. I'm going to bet the dentist didn't follow the protocol 100%, the patient had dense bone, or he just plain sucks.
You cant say IL offers an inadequate product with nothing to back your reasoning other than "the doctor told you so"..... was this the first time this dentist placed IL implants? has he ever placed them before? With that type of attitude no company would ever survive, and they would be giving away free implants all day long....
Lets get the details!...
I have had docs using IL implants for the past 6 years with great success, in fact they never want to switch to or even try another brand. As with any implant placement there is a learning curve. Even if you are the most experienced dentist at placing "premium" implants and you switch to another brand the protocol can be completely different. Because the dentist is comfortable with the way he has been placing his premium implants, some of his technique may be transferred to the way he is placing the IL implants, which is wrong... How do you know the dentist followed the protocol to a tee, were you sitting next to him during surgery?!? I do the few first surgeries...
The above is a cut and pasted response which was posted on this board earlier in the weekend. It is obviously a corporate response to the case of 6 implants failing. In this response is the acknowledgment that Intra-Lock knows about the failures but "doesn't know the details.". But at the same time we have a post on here as well from an Intra-lock manager who states the failures did not happen, that the whole story was perpetuated by former employees. I find this contradiction very disturbing. We have a patient in the balance and the company is claiming the failures never happened? How arrogant. Are you saying the doctor who is making the claim of failures is a liar? Soon I will post detailed information on the case including a link to X rays that show massive infection and failure to integrate properly. At that point I would like to see the companies response.
