Zirconium dental implants. how common is it used now. is there any advantages or benefits over titanium implants. cons & pros please. thanks.

Dental implants: A majority of the dental implants placed are titanium. They are highly successful with many years use ; many studies, much lower in cost ; have many restorative options. Zirconia implants are newer, fewer studies on success, lesser restorative options. However they can be more aesthetic in certain anterior(front) situations. Let your dentist/oral surgeon chose what they feel will be best for you.

No advantages: Zirconia implants are just being used for 5-8 years and are not being widely used here in USA due to FDA approval process and companies avoiding that and also they are one piece implants and are immediately loaded which may not work in all situations. The only benefit in these implants over titanium is in patients with thin tissue (more transparent) where a graying can be seen with titianium

Not very common: The vast majority of dental implants placed are made of a surgical grade titanium alloy. This has become the standard due to strength and biocmpatibility. Zirconium implants are a very small niche needed for those patients with a known and tested allergy to titanium or the other alloys found in traditional implants. Stick with the titanium unless otherwise dictated

More research: Stick with what we know works -- titanium. Let the research continue with the zirconium. More answers will come as more research is done. Hard to beat 50 years of success. Always looking for improvement, though.

Zirconium: Dental implants when loaded transfer stress to the bone, which is a good thing. Zirconium is a ceramic that is very hard and actually transfers less stress to the bone and can actually lead to bone atrophy ( the, you dont use it you lose it concept)

Titanium is better: and the data on zirconia implants is much more limited.