Crown Down

Dental Implant Drilling System2-DRILL PROTOCOL. UNLIMITED USES.

The 2-drill osteotomy protocol: one instrument change per site, a simpler tray and less to set up. Built around solid tungsten carbide, for guided and freehand implant surgery. Guaranteed against wear-related loss of cutting performance.

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Crown Down 20 mm surgical kit loaded with gold tungsten carbide implant drills and depth stoppers
Featured inDGZI - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zahnärztliche ImplantologiePeer feature by Dr. Kurtzman · Issue 3/2026 →

Live Clinical Case

Watch it cut dense D1 bone.

Two implant sites at lower right #45 and #47, prepared live with two tungsten carbide drills. No ascending sequence, no drill swaps between diameters.

Case
#45-47
Bone type
D1 cortical
Sites
Two premolar
Region
Dom. Republic

Case by Dr. Ernesto Antonio Pichardo Tejada, DDS · 18+ months of daily Crown Down use

  1. 01·0:00

    Cortical entry

    Matched-diameter drill clears the dense crestal cortex in seconds.

  2. 02·0:45

    Drill to depth

    Trabecular drill completes the site, no ascending sequence.

  3. 03·1:20

    Dense D1 site

    The hardest bone type most clinicians will ever prepare.

  4. 04·1:55

    Both sites done

    Two adjacent osteotomies prepared with the same 2-drill sequence.

The 2-drill workflow

Built for speed and convenience

The 2-drill protocol is built to keep the chair-side workflow simple, from the first cut to the implant.

  • 2 drills per site

    Cortical first, then trabecular. No long ascending sequence to work through.

  • One instrument change

    A single swap per site means a simpler tray and a more streamlined osteotomy.

  • Your handpiece, no adapters

    Standard latch contra-angle interface. No proprietary driver to buy or learn.

  • Nothing to keep reordering

    No scheduled replacement count, so no resharpening or reorder cycle. Inspection and reprocessing still apply.

60-day clinical trial · $100 flat worldwide shipping · See the 2-drill protocol

What Makes Crown Down Different

What matters most to you in an implant drilling system?

Explore Crown Down from the perspective that matters most to your practice.

Built around the way you actually operate.

Fewer Steps

Two drills. One instrument change per site.

The 2-drill protocol handles cortical and trabecular preparation with a single instrument change - fewer swaps, a simpler tray, and a more streamlined osteotomy. Less to set up, less to swap, less to track.

See the protocol

Chair-Side Convenience

Your handpiece. Your guided or freehand workflow.

Standard latch contra-angle interface with no adapter or proprietary driver, and nothing to resharpen or reorder on a schedule. For guided cases, confirm sleeve, stopper, working length and planned depth first.

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Thermal Control

Designed around lower heat generation.

Material, drill condition, speed, pressure and cooling all affect heat. Follow the applicable technique; material properties alone do not establish thermal safety.

View thermal testing

Practice Differentiation

Confidence in your instruments. Pride in your practice.

Advanced tungsten-carbide instrumentation signals a modern, evidence-based practice, and gives you predictable control every osteotomy.

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  • Practice Economics. Fewer disposable purchases. One-time investment. A $3,495 kit with no scheduled replacement count. Compare costs using your case volume and replacement policy; inspection and reprocessing remain required. See the 5-year ROI
  • Long-Term Cutting Performance. Drills that hold their edge, case after case. Solid tungsten carbide supports the kit's long-term reuse design. Continued use depends on instrument condition; the wear-performance guarantee does not replace inspection. Carbide vs. steel
  • No Brand Lock-In. One kit, with system-specific sizing charts. Check the chart for your implant model and size. Guided use also requires confirmation of sleeve, stopper, working length and planned depth. Explore compatibility
  • Fewer Steps. Two drills. One instrument change per site. The 2-drill protocol handles cortical and trabecular preparation with a single instrument change - fewer swaps, a simpler tray, and a more streamlined osteotomy. Less to set up, less to swap, less to track. See the protocol
  • Chair-Side Convenience. Your handpiece. Your guided or freehand workflow. Standard latch contra-angle interface with no adapter or proprietary driver, and nothing to resharpen or reorder on a schedule. For guided cases, confirm sleeve, stopper, working length and planned depth first. Check compatibility
  • Thermal Control. Designed around lower heat generation. Material, drill condition, speed, pressure and cooling all affect heat. Follow the applicable technique; material properties alone do not establish thermal safety. View thermal testing
  • Practice Differentiation. Confidence in your instruments. Pride in your practice. Advanced tungsten-carbide instrumentation signals a modern, evidence-based practice, and gives you predictable control every osteotomy. See what clinicians say

You’ve seen what Crown Down changes

Now see it in your hands.

A free 15-minute call: the drills, the 2-drill sequence, and which configuration fits your surgical workflow.

The Kit

Two drills per site. Zero replacement cycle.

Eight solid tungsten carbide drills. A 2-drill protocol that runs guided or freehand. No replacement cycle to plan around, no drill-life math to reconstruct after the fact.

  1. 01

    No replacement cycle

    Cutting performance guaranteed for the life of the kit. No drill-wear schedule to track.

  2. 02

    Solid tungsten carbide

    Eight drills, roughly 8× harder than surgical steel.

  3. 03

    Universal compatibility

    Fits every major implant system: Nobel Biocare, Straumann, Zimmer Biomet, Neodent, BioHorizons, Dentsply Sirona, MegaGen, Osstem, and more.

  4. 04

    15 or 20 mm lengths

    Same 2-drill protocol, matched to your osteotomy depth.

  5. 05

    Guided or freehand

    3D depth stoppers lock into sleeved guides for planned cases. The same 2-drill sequence runs freehand when you don't have a guide. One kit, either workflow.

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7 clinician reviews and counting

  • “Two years in and I haven't replaced a single drill.”

    “I switched to Crown Down two years ago and haven't replaced a single drill. My implant site prep is noticeably faster and I have much better tactile feedback through the bone.”
  • “My assistants noticed the difference on day one.”

    “The 2-drill protocol cut my osteotomy time significantly. My assistants noticed the difference on day one: fewer instruments to manage, faster turnover between patients.”
  • “18 months of daily use and the drills still cut like new.”

    “I was skeptical at first, but after 18 months of daily use the drills still cut like new. The heat reduction is real, and my patients report less post-op discomfort.”
  • “That line item is simply gone now.”

    “What sold me was the economics. I used to budget for replacing dull drills every quarter, and that line item is simply gone now. The carbide holds its edge case after case, and the consistency that gives me during osteotomy prep is worth as much as the savings.”
    Dr. Philippe Bertrand, dental implant clinician
    Dr. Philippe Bertrand

    Montreal, Canada

  • “My team adapted to the protocol within a week.”

    “Going from a full sequential tray down to two drills changed how my surgical days run. There is less to set up, less to track, and my guided cases flow faster without sacrificing accuracy. My team adapted to the protocol within a week.”
    Dr. Ramin Mirmooji, dental implant clinician
    Dr. Ramin Mirmooji

    Pierrefonds, Canada

  • “The thermal difference is something I can feel through the handpiece.”

    “The thermal difference is something I can feel through the handpiece, and I see it in how cleanly the sites heal. Preserving bone vitality matters to me, and being able to collect autogenous chips on the same pass has made grafting in my practice far more straightforward.”
    Dr. Gadi Kalihman, dental implant clinician

    Dr. Gadi Kalihman

    Kiryat Gat, Israel

  • “Placing implants has become much faster for me.”

    “Since I started using the Crown Down kit, placing implants has become much faster for me. Two drills instead of a long sequence means fewer instrument changes, and I move through each osteotomy with less interruption.”

Buy With Confidence

Try it on your first cases. Full refund if it doesn’t outperform your current drills.

Return & refund policy

60-day clinical trial

Use the kit on your first cases. If Crown Down doesn't outperform your current drills, full refund - we pay return shipping.

Wear-performance for life

After the trial, drills are guaranteed against loss of cutting performance under normal clinical use.

FDA cleared

Class II surgical instrument. Regulatory documentation ships with every order.

Ships worldwide

$100 flat-rate shipping to every country we deliver to. Stripe checkout, tax at cart.

Testing & Research

Bench testing, peer-reviewed research, and documented cases.

Three different classes of evidence, kept separate: in-house bench testing of Crown Down drills, independent peer-reviewed research on drill wear and heat, and documented clinical cases.

01
1,000+

Cycle bone testing

Bovine rib, pig rib, and bovine tibia at 22°C. No visible wear observed across internal testing.

In-house bench test
02
4

Peer-reviewed studies

Koo 2015, Mendes 2014, Harris & Kohles 2001, Yalcin 2025 on drill material, osteotomy heat, and repeated clinical use.

Independent research
03
5yr

Documented case follow-up

One documented Neodent GM case placed with the Crown Down protocol in a medically-compromised patient. Single-case observation, not systematic cohort follow-up.

Published case history

Another Approach

A different way to think about the drilling sequence

You already have a drilling system that works. The question isn’t whether Crown Down replaces it. It’s whether it gives you another useful option worth considering alongside it.

Curious what this would look like in your practice?

Run your own numbers, or book a 15-minute call.

Or see the full carbide-vs-steel spec & cost comparison →

Your 5-year savings

See how much a Crown Down kit could save your practice.

Modeled on the industry midpoint of ~5 drill-passes per implant and a ~20-osteotomy service life for a stainless-steel edge, at $80 per replacement drill.

Steel replacement drill spend you’d avoid
$5,000 over 5 years

Net over 5 years, counting the $3,495 Crown Down kit and the $1,200 steel kit you’d otherwise buy: $2,705 saved

Steel replacement drills
$1,000/yr
Crown Down replacements
$0/yr

The Crown Down kit is a one-time $3,495 purchase and is guaranteed against wear-related loss of cutting performance for the life of the kit -- no scheduled replacement drills.

50
Implants placed per year15 - 500+

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Get the free Crown Down Clinical Guide

Everything on this site in one printable reference - read it between patients, share it with your associates.

  • The carbide-vs-steel breakdown (110 vs 18 W/m·K thermal conductivity)
  • The 2-drill osteotomy protocol, step by step
  • 5-year cost comparison against steel drill replacement cycles

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About Crown Down

Built to make an implant osteotomy simpler.

Crown Down was designed by an implant surgeon to solve his own tray - fewer drills, no saline dependency, and cutting geometry that holds its edge across every osteotomy he places.

Dr. Zvi Fudim, DDS, founder of Crown Down.

Meet the Founder

Dr. Zvi Fudim, DDS

Founder & CEO · 30+ years, 6+ patents

Dental surgeon and inventor with three decades in implant dentistry. Crown Down is a system he built chair-side to solve a problem he kept running into himself - too many drills per site, too much saline, and steel edges that dulled long before the practice was ready to replace them.

Read the full bio

30+

Years of implant surgery, patents, and chair-side iteration behind every drill.

1,000+

Cycle bone-block tests across bovine rib, pig rib, and bovine tibia at 22°C.

All majors

Universal compatibility across every major implant system, guided or freehand.

The Team

FAQ

Your Questions, Answered

The most common concerns from dentists evaluating the Crown Down system, answered directly.

Crown Down is a dental implant drilling kit made from solid tungsten carbide. It uses a 2-drill osteotomy protocol to prepare implant sites for guided and freehand surgery, replacing the long progressive drill sequences of conventional steel kits. The Crown Down lineup includes 15 mm and 20 mm surgical kits and individual tungsten carbide drills from Ø 2.75 mm to Ø 6.0 mm. Coded 3D depth stoppers for guided preparation (8, 10, and 12 mm) are available separately as a guided-surgery accessory.

The Two-Drill Protocol

Every osteotomy. In two drills.

See the 2-drill tungsten carbide protocol on a free 15-minute call. Bring a case, a drilling chart, or your current kit invoice: whichever is most useful to you.

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