Surgical Solutions - March-May 2017 - 21

IMPLANTOLOGY

Laser-Lok 3.0
* Two-piece 3mm design offers restorative flexibility in narrow spaces.
* 3mm threadform shown to be effective when immediately loaded.1
* Implant design is 17-40% stronger than competitor 3.0 implants when loaded.2

Laser-Lok 3.0

* Laser-Lok microchannels create a physical connective tissue attachment.3
BioHorizons is the only company that can claim (FDA-cleared) that its implant surface
establishes a physical connective tissue attachment.

* Two-piece 3mm design offers restorative flexibility in narrow spaces.
1
* 3mm
to be effective
when immediately
This
tissuethreadform
connection shown
is functionally
oriented, inhibits
epithelial cell loaded.
downgrowth
and
enables
crestal
bone
adjacent
to
the
implant
to
attach
and
be
retained.
* Implant design is 17-40% stronger than competitor 3.0 implants when loaded.2
* Laser-Lok microchannels create a physical connective tissue attachment.3
BioHorizons is the only company that can claim (FDA-cleared) that its implant surface
establishes a physical connective tissue attachment.
This tissue connection is functionally oriented, inhibits epithelial cell downgrowth and
enables crestal bone adjacent to the implant to attach and be retained.
The clinical advantage
Supported by the broadest array of prosthetics

Change in Bone Level(mm)

max load (lbs)

Laser-Lok 3.0 Implants
30

Crestal Bone Loss

Laser-Lok

Control

0.00
The Laser-Lok surface has been shown in several
studies to offer a clinical advantage over other implant
-0.50
0.59mm
designs. In a prospective, controlled multi-center study,
3mm
threadform shown to be
-1.00
Laser-Lok implants, when placed alongside identical
1
effective when immediatelyLaser-Lok
loaded. advantage
implants with a traditional surface, were shown at 37
-1.50
(Image
Image
courtesy of Craig Misch, DDS
DDS)
months post-op to reduce bone loss by 70% (or
1.94mm
-2.00
1.35mm). In a retrospective, private practice study,
Laser-Lok implants placed in a variety of site conditions
-2.50
1
5
9
13
17
21
25
29
33
37
and followed up to 3 years minimised bone loss to
Months Post-Op
0.46mm. In a prospective, University-based
In a 3-year multicenter perspective study, the Laser-Lok surface showed superior bone maintenance
over identical implants without the Laser-Lok surface.
overdenture study, Laser-Lok implants reduced bone
loss by 63% versus NobelReplace™ Select.

DENTAL IMPLANTS

Laser-Lok zone

Latest3.0mm
discoveries
Body
Diameter
Supported by the broadest array of prosthetics

Connective
tissue

Epithelial

Standard
Laser-Lok
downgrowth
The establishment of a physical, connective tissue
abutment
abutment
at 3 months
at 3 months
attachment to the Laser-Lok surface has generated an
Apical Diameter
entirely2.0mm
new area of research and development:
3mm threadform shown to be
Laser-Lok applied to abutments. This provides an
effective when immediately loaded.1
opportunity
to use Laser-Lok abutments to create a
Laser-Lok Zone Height
2.1mm
20
Bone (Image
Image courtesy of Craig Misch, DDS
DDS)
biologic seal and Laser-Lok implants to establish
New
loss
bone
BioHorizons
NobelActive®
Competitor superiorDentsply
Xive®
200 µm
osseointegration
- a solution that offers the
40
Minimum Ridge Width
best of5.0mm
both worlds. Alternatively, Laser-Lok abutments
Comparative histologies show the biologic differences between standard abutments and Laser-Lok
abutments including changes in epithelial downgrowth, connective tissue and crestal bone health.
400,000
1,000,000
5,000,000
can3,000,000
support peri-implant health around
implants
without Laser-Lok. Multiple pre-clinical and clinical
Minimum Mesial / Distal Space studies6.0mm
support both of these concepts.
Standard
Laser-Lok
abutment
abutment
Laser-Lok abutments can inhibit epithelial downgrowth, Body diameter at 3 months at 3 months
physically attach connective tissue to protect and
Two-piece 3mm designApical
offersdiameter
tissue
flap
BioHorizons is stronger than competitor 3.0 maintain
implants.
crestal 2bone. Most recently, the combination restorative flexibility in narrow spaces.
30
(Image
Image courtesy of Cary Shapoff,
DDS)
DDS
of Laser-Lok abutments, implants and platform
Laser-Lok
microchannels
switching was shown to regenerate crestal bone
surrounding the implant. BioHorizons is committed to
Exposed
someday being able to provide implant products that
implant collar
Laser-Lok
zone
predictably achieveLaser-Lok
zero bone loss. 3.0
If successful,
Implant, 10.5mm
TP3105L
Comparative SEM images show the variation in tissue attachment strength on standard and Laser-Lok
abutments when a tissue flap is incised vertically and manually lifted using forceps.
3.0mm
Body Diameter
patients' smiles will continue to look natural and be
maintained just like the
day you completed
their
Laser-Lok
3.0 Implant,
12mm
TP312L
20
restoration.
Apical Diameter
2.0mm

max load (lbs)

fatigue cycles

DENTAL IMPLANTS

Implants

Laser-Lok 3.0 Implants

BioHorizons

Laser-Lok
Zone Height
400,000

NobelActive®

1,000,0002.1mm

Laser-Lok Technology is now available on a wide
Dentsply
Xive®
Laser-Lok
3.0 Implant, 15mm
variety of implants and prosthetic components
Laser-Lok collar
with Resorbable Blast
Texturing (RBT) on implant body.
3,000,000
5,000,000

Competitor
TP315L

Packaged with Cover Cap (TP3CC). Titanium Alloy (Ti-6AL-4V).

fatigue cycles

Minimum Ridge Width

5.0mm

Minimum Mesial / Distal Space

6.0mm

BioHorizons is stronger than competitor 3.0 implants.2

Body diameter
Apical diameter

Implants

* NobelReplace is a trademark of Nobel Biocare.

Cover Caps
Orders
TP3105L

Two-piece 3mm design offers
restorative flexibility in narrow spaces.
(Image
Image courtesy of Cary Shapoff, DDS
DDS)

1 3 0TP3CC
0 6 5

8 8Cover2 Cap
2

Laser-Lok 3.0 Implant, 10.5mm

Use during submerged surgical healing. May use as a 1mm Healing Abutment.

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