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The dental implant surface that elicits a true connective tissue attachment SCIENCE • INNOVATION • SERVICE

Laser-Lok Technology SEM image at 39X showing the Laser-Lok zone on a BioHorizons Tapered Plus implant. Laser-Lok at 800X exhibits consistently formed microchannels to organizeand promote tissue growth.2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,16,17 The uniformity of the Laser-Lok microstructure and nanostructure is evident using extreme magnification. Laser-Lok overview Laser-Lok microchannels is a proprietary dental implant surface treatment developed from over 25 years of research initiated to create the optimal implant surface. Through this research, the unique Laser-Lok surface has been shown to elicit a...

over 25 years of research Different than other surface treatments Virtually all dental implant surfaces on the market are grit-blasted and/or acid-etched. These manufacturing methods create random surfaces that vary from point to point on the implant and alter cell reaction depending on where each cell comes in contact with the surface.10 While random surfaces have shown higher osseointegration than machined surfaces,11 only the Laser-Lok surface has been shown using light microscopy, polarized light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy to also be effective for soft tissue...

Laser-Lok Technology Histology of a Laser-Lok abutment on an RBT implant with a machined collar showing exceptional bone growth at 3 months.6 Latest discoveries The establishment of a physical, connective tissue attachment to the Laser-Lok surface has generated an entirely new area of research and development: Laser-Lok applied to abutments. This provides an opportunity to use Laser-Lok abutments to create a biologic seal and Laser-Lok implants to establish superior osseointegration15 – a solution that offers the best of both worlds. Alternatively, Laser-Lok abutments can support...

Latest Implant Research Challenging the Tarnow rule with Tapered Plus Study Review The following review summarizes many of the studies and presentations related to Laser-Lok microchannels. Latest Abutment Research Laser-Lok abutment proof of principle (canine) 10 Laser-Lok ball abutment case report (human) 11 Laser-Lok abutment case series (human) 12 Laser-Lok abutment tissue reattachment (human) 13 Reusing Laser-Lok abutments (canine) 14 Additional Human Studies Additional Pre-clinical Research Three year prospective, controlled

LATEST IMPLANT RESEARCH Challenging the Tarnow Rule with Tapered Plus Maintaining inter-implant crestal bone height via a combined platform-switched, Laser-Lok® implant/abutment system: A proof-of-principle canine study. M Nevins, ML Nevins, L Gobbato, HJ Lee, CW Wang, DM Kim. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent , Volume 33, Number 3, 2013. p. 261-267. Figure 1. Platformswitched Laser-Lok abutment and implant Figure 2. No signs of inter-implant crestal bone loss on implants placed 2mm apart Figure 3. Direct CT connection to LaserLok surfaces; osseous crest extends onto laser-ablated collar...

LATEST IMPLANT RESEARCH Immediate or Delayed Placement and Loading, Controlled The impact of laser microtexturing collar designs on crestal bone level, and clinical parameters under various placement and loading protocols. M Serra, L Bava, D Farronato, V Iorio Siciliano, M Grande, R Guarnieri. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 2014; 29:354-363. CBL Outcomes over the study period 0 Bone Loss Mean (mm) -0.2 L Immediate Placement and INOL L Immediate Placement and DL L Delayed Placement and INOL L Delayed Placement and DL M Immediate Placement and INOL M Immediate Placement and DL M Delayed...

Immediate occlusal loading of tapered internal Laser-Lok implants in partial arch application: A 24-months clinical and radiographic study. M Grande, A Ceccherini, M Serra, L Bava, D Farronato, V lorio Siciliano, R Guarnieri. J Osseointegr 2013;5(2):53-60. BACKGROUND Recently, new implant surfaces have been proposed in an effort to improve hard and soft tissue integration, which may be beneficial in immediate loading situations. AIM The purpose of the present prospective clinical study was to, during 2 years, clinically and radiographically evaluate an implant with laser microtextured...

Influence of Laser-Lok® surface on immediate functional loading of implants in single tooth replacement: a 2-years prospective clinical study. D Farronato, F Mangano, F Briguglio, V lorio Siciliano, R Guarnieri. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent, Volume 34, Number 1. p. 79-89. Figure 1. Orthopantomography of the patient who received Figure 2. Before treatment (A), after treatment (B) two implants (1 LL in site 14 and 1N LL in site 24) Mean values and SD t=2.7338, p=0.0340, the difference between the observed means is significant for p <0.05 Figure 3. CBL outcomes over the study period...

Clinical, Radiographic, and Esthetic Evaluation of Immediately Loaded Laser Microtextured Implants Placed into Fresh Extraction Sockets in the Anterior Maxilla: A 2-Year Retrospective Multicentric Study Guarnieri, Renzo MD, DDS; Placella, Roberto DDS; Testarelli, Luca DDS, PhD; iorio-Siciliano, Vincenzo DDS, PhD; Grande, Maurizio DDS implant Dentistry, April 2014, Volume 23, issue 2, p. 144-154. Table 1. Marginal Bone loss in Relation to BSL at T1 (6 months), T2 (1 year), and T3 (2 years) OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical, radiographic, and esthetic outcomes of implants with a laser...

LATEST IMPLANT RESEARCH Single-stage Implants with LADDEC® and Mem-Lok® Soft and hard tissue modifications at immediate transmucosal implants (Laser-Lok® microtextured collar) placed into fresh extraction sites. A six month prospective study with surgical re-entry. V Iorio Siciliano, G Marzo, A Blasi, C Cafiero, M Mignogna, M Nicolò Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent, Volume 34, Number 4, 2014. p. 541–549. Figure 1. Schematic of the Single-stage Implant System. Figure 2. Clinical view after filling of the peri-implant defects with bone-derived xenograft particles (Laddec® BioHorizons, IPH....