Traceability & proof

The Dental Implant Passport

Traceability & proof

A dental implant passport is the manufacturer's traceability document for the implant in your jaw: the exact system, diameter, serial number and lot number of the component placed. Dental Med Austria hands one over with every implant — so what was placed can be verified directly with the manufacturer, by you or any dentist, anywhere in the world.

Dental Med Austria

IMPLANT PASSPORT

System: Straumann® BLX Ø4.0
Serial no.
Lot
Placed on: ··· / ··· / ······
Verification: Direct with manufacturer

Issued with every Straumann, ETK and Biodem implant

Your proof of quality

You leave with an implant passport in hand

After your surgery, every implant we place — Straumann, ETK or Biodem — is handed over with the manufacturer's official implant passport: the exact system, diameter, serial and lot number of what is in your jaw, verifiable directly with the manufacturer, anywhere in the world.

A document, not a leaflet

A dental implant is a manufactured medical device, and like any serious medical device it is serialised at the factory. The implant passport is the document that carries that identity out of the operating room and into your hands: which system was placed, at which diameter and length, under which serial and lot number, on which date.

Systems such as Straumann and ETK are among the most extensively documented implant lines in published clinical literature, with survival data spanning decades of studies. That body of evidence attaches to a specific, identifiable product — which is precisely why the passport matters: it is the link between the implant in your jaw and the documentation behind it.

Without the passport, an implant is anonymous metal. With it, the component is traceable from the factory that machined it to the jaw that carries it — and verifiable by anyone, at the source.

Traceability & proof

The six fields that identify your implant

Implant system

The manufacturer and product line placed — e.g. a Straumann BLX or an ETK implant — so any dentist knows exactly which system, and which prosthetic platform, is in the jaw.

Diameter & length

The physical dimensions of the implant body. Essential when a crown, abutment or screw needs to be matched to the implant years later.

Serial number

The unique identifier of your individual implant, assigned by the manufacturer at production. This is the number a manufacturer can look up.

Lot / batch number

Ties the implant to its production batch — the mechanism behind manufacturer quality control and, in the rare event one is issued, a field-safety notice.

Date & site of placement

When the implant was placed and by which clinic, completing the chain from factory to jaw.

Verification route

With the system, serial and lot in hand, the component can be checked directly with the manufacturer or its national distributor — in any country.

How to verify your implant — anywhere in the world

Verification does not depend on the clinic that placed the implant, on Albania, or on us. It runs directly between you (or any dentist you choose) and the manufacturer:

1Open your implant passport and note three things: the implant system, the serial number and the lot number. They identify your exact component, not just the brand.
2Contact the manufacturer or its distributor in your country — Straumann, ETK, Biodem, Alpha-Bio and DETECH all operate through official customer-service and distributor networks. Quote the system, serial and lot; they can confirm what was produced and when.
3Or hand the passport to any dentist, anywhere. The identifiers are standard across the profession — a clinician in London, Milan or Vienna can verify and continue your care without guesswork.
4Keep the passport with your medical records, and share a copy with your home dentist. It is the document every future clinician will ask for.

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Issued with every system we place

Every implant line in our portfolio is CE-marked and serialised by its manufacturer, and every placement leaves the clinic with its passport in the patient's hands.

Straumann

BLX Implant System

The Swiss gold-standard implant system - the most clinically documented in the world.

Manufacturer site

Biodem

German Implant System

CE-marked German implants with a personal implant passport and verifiable serial numbers.

ETK

Premium Implant

A French premium implant with 30+ years of clinical heritage and the iPhysio prosthetic platform.

Alpha-Bio

Implant System

A widely-documented, CE-marked implant system, placed where the treatment plan calls for a proven, accessible option, and issued with its own manufacturer implant passport.

DETECH

Implant System

A CE-marked implant system offered as a dependable, accessible choice, documented and traceable like every implant we place.

Manufacturer programmes

Several of the systems we place carry the manufacturer's own guarantee programme, under the manufacturer's own terms — as communicated by the manufacturers: 10 years for Alpha-Bio, 20 years for ETK, and lifetime for ETK Premium and for Straumann BLX/BLT. These are manufacturer programmes, not a clinic warranty; the implant passport is the document that identifies your component under them. Details are set out in each manufacturer's documentation, provided at consultation.

Why traceability is a medical matter

An implant is intended to stay in place for decades — far longer than most people stay with one dentist, one city or even one country. Over that span, the single most useful thing you can own is the identity of the component in your jaw:

Future prosthetic work depends on it: abutments, screws and crowns are system-specific, and the passport tells any dentist exactly which parts fit.
Continuity of care abroad: a clinician who has never seen you can identify, service and restore the implant from the document alone.
Recalls and field-safety notices reach you: the lot number ties your implant to its production batch in the manufacturer's quality system.
It closes the door on substitution: what was quoted is what is documented in your jaw, verifiable at the source.
Manufacturer programmes attach to identified components — an unidentifiable implant is, in practice, an unsupported one.

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How Dental Med Austria issues yours

The passport is the final step of a documented chain: sealed, serialised components opened at the chair, recorded at placement, and handed over before you leave — under the same quality system that governs the rest of our clinical work.

Implant passport with verifiable serial numbers for every implant

Documented implant systems with aftercare and follow-up

ISO 9001 quality management

European hygiene protocols

Rigorous sterilisation protocols, every instrument sterilised after every patient

FAQ

Implant passport — common questions

What is a dental implant passport?

It is the manufacturer's traceability document issued with a dental implant and handed to the patient after surgery. It records the exact implant system, its diameter and length, and the serial and lot number of the component placed in the jaw — so the implant can be identified and verified directly with the manufacturer at any time.

How do I verify my implant's serial number?

Take the system name, serial number and lot number from your passport and contact the manufacturer or its distributor in your country — Straumann, ETK, Biodem, Alpha-Bio and DETECH all operate official customer-service networks. Alternatively, any dentist anywhere can perform the same check on your behalf; the identifiers are standard across the profession.

Does Dental Med Austria issue an implant passport?

Yes. Every implant placed at Dental Med Austria in Tirana — across the Straumann, ETK, Biodem, Alpha-Bio and DETECH systems — is handed over with its manufacturer implant passport carrying verifiable serial numbers, as part of the clinic's documented traceability workflow.

Why does an implant passport matter if I live abroad?

Because dental tourism only works when care can continue at home. With the passport, a dentist in any country can identify the exact system and dimensions in your jaw, order the matching prosthetic parts, and verify the component with the manufacturer — without contacting the original clinic or guessing.

Is the implant passport a warranty?

No — it is a traceability document, not a clinic warranty. Separately, manufacturers operate their own guarantee programmes under their own terms — communicated by the manufacturers as 10 years for Alpha-Bio, 20 years for ETK, and lifetime for ETK Premium and Straumann BLX/BLT. The passport is what identifies your component under any such programme.

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