Next-generation dental implants will be designed for immediate load

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The next generation of implants will require immediate functionality, uncomplicated placement procedures and straightforward restorative techniques. While many implant manufacturers are re-engineering their implants to accept an immediate load, OCO Biomedical has pioneered the next generation of implants with the development of a high performance implant designed specifically for immediate load and superior osseointegration. The next generation of implants is here.

With single stage implant placement and spectacular esthetic results, the OCO Biomedical Dual Stabilization™ Implant System is designed for immediate load, and can be placed in less than an hour with a flapless surgical procedure.

With this user-friendly placement procedure, doctors are seeing reduced patient chair time, increased patient satisfaction and improved profitability of their dental practices. The unique Dual Stabilization™ design of the ISI Complete™ One-Piece and TSI Two-Piece Implants creates a true mechanical lock at the top and bottom of the implant, ensuring immediate stability and superior osseointegration.

This unique feature gives doctors a solid base for immediate loading of the implant, or advanced stability when additional healing time is required prior to loading. The ISI One-Piece implant is available with Crown & Bridge or O-Ball prosthetics options, and the TSI Two-Piece implant offers a multiple prosthetic options including Straight Crown & Bridge, O-Ball, Offset, UCLA and other abutments.

Surgical instrumentation for implantation includes a pilot drill, a tissue punch, a countersink drill, and a final drill. The implant is self-tapping; so no need for thread formers. The final drill is side cutting only and used to form the osteotomy; the depth is set by the pilot drill. Intermediate drills are not required in the easy-to-learn procedure.

Restoration of the Dual Stabilization Implant line is simple. For example, in crown & bridge restoration, components include tissue retraction impression pickups (TRIPs) used for capturing the implant margin and abutment head in the impression, acrylic copings used for perfect margin fit for building temps and final prosthesis, margin analogs are used with modified abutments, and one- and two piece analogs are available for models. With a few simple steps, impressions, models and final crowns can be made – resulting in natural inter-dental papilla and a desirable emergence profile.

Can you imagine an orthopedic hip or knee surgery patient bed-ridden 3 to 9 months before he could walk and then eventually run? It is ridiculous that we expect the dental implant patient to accept this type of protocol. That is why dental implants put into immediate light function, followed by permanent restorations are highly accepted by both patients and the placing doctor. Gone are the days of waiting 3 to 9 months to uncover and experience the disappointment by both the patient and the doctor of a non-osseointegrated implant. This can delay the patient receiving a visible, functional tooth for over a year.

As in orthopedics, experience has shown that putting the implant into immediate function results in accelerated healing and osseointegration with a higher success rate.