Sterngold Dental: 125 Years Strong

A storied history that proves innovation, attention to detail, and excellent customer service are the path to success

Sterngold Dental—also known simply as Sterngold— is the result of the union of two strong companies with impressive dental histories: APM-Sterngold and ImplaMed. However, its reputation in providing quality products for the restorative dental community is founded in its storied history, which traces back to 1897, when I. Stern founded I. Stern & Company, Inc. with one employee.

Delivering Through the Decades

Originally located near Union Square, which was the center of New York’s dental supply trade at the time, I. Stern & Company, Inc. built a core business that involved fabricating precious alloys and was credited with the production of the very first consistently formulated and alloyed dental casting golds. Although the manufacturing location changed several times between 1897 and the early 1980s, it settled in Attleboro, MA, where it remains today.

Throughout its long history right up to the present, Sterngold has been forward-looking and innovative. During the 1920s, Sterngold evolved into a leading manufacturer of dental implants and dental attachments, such as the Type 7, a forerunner of the Stern Latch. In 1947, I. Stern & Company, Inc. celebrated its 50th anniversary. The same year, the plant moved to Mt. Vernon, NY, where it devoted over 60,000 feet of manufacturing space to fabricating fine precious metal products, including STERN golds, solders, and attachments.

By the 1970s, precision and semi-precision attachments had become a major focus for the company, which registered the name APM-Sterngold in 1978. In 1985, the company manufactured the ERA (Extracoronal Resilient Attachment), a cornerstone of the ERA Implant System to this day.

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In 1993, APM-Sterngold acquired ImplaMed, expanding the business into the mini-implant market. The Stern EX (external hex Bränemark-style root-form implant) was the company’s first implant, with the Stern IC following soon after. On its 100th year in business, Sterngold celebrated by adding consumables such as SternVantage EZ PickUp and InstaTemp Max.

In the first two decades of the 21st century, two ERA implants—the 2.2 mm and the 3.25 mm—were added to Sterngold’s impressive product line. In 2015, the TRU conical hex and PUR internal hex connection implants were introduced, and the MOR mini just a year later. In 2019, Sterngold partnered with Merz Dental AG to distribute Baltic Dental System (BDS) digital dentures.

Excellence in Products and Education

Today, Sterngold has the largest share of the mini implant market with MOR Implant Systems and the most comprehensive attachments selection, while the ERA system continues to be the standard in retention levels for partials and overdentures. With CE-accredited seminars and live and on-demand webinars, Sterngold helps dental professionals stay abreast of rapidly evolving developments and use the knowledge learned to build their practices and business.

Outstanding Products

MOR Mini Implants

MOR Mini implants are small-diameter (2.1–3.0 mm) and designed to help clinicians provide an affordable alternative wherever smaller implants make the most sense. MOR implants are affordable, minimally invasive, and simple, and they support immediate loading based on clinical case evaluation. The popularity of MOR implants stems from their affordability, simplicity, versatility, and high potential to deliver patient satisfaction.

TRU/PUR Implants

What’s Sterngold’s answer to quality implants without the associated high cost? TRU and PUR self-tapping, bone level, internal connection implants. Made in the U.S. according to the strictest quality guidelines, these affordable implants are designed for simplicity of use and predictable clinical results. Compatible with—and substantially equivalent to—implants from other major manufacturers, both feature a double lead thread pattern and micro threads at the top for immediate stability. In addition, they can be bundled with restorative components for one low, flat fee. Available in diameters of 3.2, 3.5, 4.3, 5.0, and 6.0 mm and lengths of 8, 10, 12, and 14 mm.

ERA Implant System

The revolutionary ERA Implant System is designed for provisional and permanent applications. It’s a combination of the extremely popular ERA Overdenture Attachment and a narrow-diameter (2.2 or 3.25 mm) self-tapping implant used to immediately stabilize a complete denture and to protect an osseous graft site on a temporary or permanent basis. Choose from 8 color-coded ERA-RV males to create a consistent level of retention. Available in lengths of 10, 13, and 15 mm.

EZ PickUp

A tissue-colored, auto-mixing, self-curing attachment processing material, EZ PickUp is odorless and tasteless, has a low curing temperature, and exhibits less than 1% shrinkage, resulting in a more accurate and complete pickup of the attachment. When used with the ERA Implant System, it will not irritate freshly sutured tissue, compared with use of methyl methacrylate. EZ PickUp can be used to pick up any attachment. Light-cured resin primer is needed for EZ PickUp to chemically bond to acrylic.

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