BlueDiamond
BlueDiamond is MegaGen's newer implant line, documented in its own product catalogue with a dedicated size range.
At a glance
- Generation
- MegaGen's newer line
- Documentation
- Dedicated catalogue and size chart
- Body
- Tapered
- Components
- System-specific
- Track record
- Shorter than AnyRidge or AnyOne
- Canadian presence
- Burnaby BC and Markham ON offices
Where BlueDiamond sits
MegaGen publishes BlueDiamond with its own catalogue and its own size chart, indicating a distinct platform rather than a variant of an existing one. That means its components are specific to it.
The newer-system trade-off
Every newer implant line carries the same trade: refinements the manufacturer considers improvements, against a shorter record of clinical use. Neither AnyRidge nor BlueDiamond has the decades of independent follow-up behind Straumann's or Nobel's oldest lines, but AnyRidge has the longer history within MegaGen's own range.
If BlueDiamond is proposed, ask what it does better for your case than AnyRidge or AnyOne. “It is the newest” is not a clinical reason.
The MegaGen documents available to us are product catalogues, part numbers, components and dimensions, rather than clinical brochures. We can describe design intent and product structure accurately from them; we cannot cite MegaGen clinical outcome data, because these documents do not contain it. Independent research on MegaGen implants exists and is growing, but it is a smaller body of work than that behind the European premium brands.
Questions worth asking your dentist
- What does BlueDiamond do better than AnyRidge or AnyOne for my case?
- How long have you been placing it, and how many?
- What diameter and length are you planning?
- Are components readily available in Canada for this line?
- What is the price difference against MegaGen's other systems?
- Will you record the system, platform, diameter and reference number in writing?
Related systems
AnyRidge
The system MegaGen is best known for.
AnyOne
The broadly indicated system for routine cases.
References
- MegaGen. BlueDiamond Catalog. Manufacturer product catalogue.
- MegaGen. BlueDiamond Size Chart. Manufacturer reference.
- MegaGen Canada, imegagen.com/can.
Specifications compiled from MegaGen's publicly available product literature and Canadian product pages. Manufacturer performance claims are identified as such. DentalImplantInfo.ca is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by MegaGen. MegaGen, AnyRidge, AnyOne, BlueDiamond, Xpeed and R2GATE are trademarks of their respective owners, used here for identification and educational purposes.