Say cheese! Evonik unveils dental PEEK at Medtec Europe

Medical devices based on Vestakeep Dental provide an innovative, metal-free solution in the dental sector, says Evonik

At this year’s MedTec Europe in Stuttgart, Evonik has unveiled Vestakeep Dental, a high-performance polymer polyether ether ketone (PEEK) for dental applications—a biomaterial for medical devices suited to permanent contact with the mucous membrane.    

Medical devices based on Vestakeep Dental provide an innovative, metal-free solution in the dental sector, be it for crowns, bridges or removable abutments. The high-performance polymer developed by Evonik is characterised by factors such as outstanding wear comfort as well as excellent biocompatibility and biostability.    

Vestakeep Dental is designed to allow sophisticated dental applications to be realised while taking high aesthetic demands into account. Customised or fully anatomical crowns or bridges can be manufactured with composite materials, for example, through full or partial veneering. Here, the high-performance polymer acts as a kind of shock absorber. This property is particularly gentle and beneficial for the antagonist as well as for the jaw joint.    

Large and small bridges or partial dentures made of Vestakeep Dental also have the advantage of being light and tasteless. What is more, patients find them exceptionally comfortable to wear and no longer have an unpleasant sensation of hot or cold while eating or drinking. It comes in four different colours—natural, white, tooth-coloured, and gingiva-coloured (pink)—to meet the aesthetic needs of the patient.