| BIOMET 3i’s OSSEOTITE® Surface has more than a decade of clinical use and evidence based research to support its efficacy, so why is another surface needed?1-8 As treatment protocols get more advanced and dental implants are placed in more challenging clinical scenarios, there could be a benefit to a surface that provides a greater rate and extent of osseointegration on a more predictable basis. Potential scenarios where such an implant might be beneficial to patient and practice might include immediate and accelerated loading protocols, immediate replacement in extraction sockets, simultaneous grafted sites and implant placement, aesthetic areas where bone preservation is critical, implant placement in poor-quality bone, and locations requiring short or wide implants.
Implants typically demonstrate good primary stability at the time of placement – in principle, a mechanical phenomenon. As bone remodels in subsequent weeks, there can be a reduction in implant stability that might impact early or immediate loading protocols.** Preclinical studies have shown that the NanoTite Surface results in statistically significantly enhanced integration compared to OSSEOTITE Control Implants. This enhanced osseointegration is occurring at early time points.14 BIOMET 3i is actively investigating via resonance frequency analysis the ability for the NanoTite Implant to produce a more Steady State Stability™| Condition in the early phases of healing.
| BIOMET 3i defines Steady State Stability as maintaining the primary stability achieved at the time of surgery with minimal to no drop-off in stability due to bone remodeling. |
