Biohorizons Implant Systems Overview

Biohorizons - Internal Bone level Cylindrical
Diameter 3.5 - 4 - 5 - 6 Height 9 - 10.5 - 12 - 15
Biohorizons - Internal Tissue Level Mount-free
Diameter 3.5 - 4 - 5 - 6 Height 7 - 9 - 10.5 - 12 - 15
Biohorizons - External Mount-free
Diameter 3.5 - 4 - 5 - 6 Height 7 - 9 - 10.5 - 12 - 15
Biohorizons - Tapered Internal Tapered
Diameter 3 - 3.4 - 3.8 - 4.6 - 5.8 Height 7.5 - 9 - 10.5 - 12 - 15 - 18
Biohorizons - Short Tapered Internal Laser-Lok Complete Mount-free
Diameter 4.6 - 5.8 Height 7.5 - 9
Biohorizons - Tapered Internal Plus Tapered Plus
Diameter 3.8 - 4.6 - 5.8 Height 7.5 - 9 - 10.5 - 12 - 15
Biohorizons - Tapered Tissue Level Mount-free
Diameter 3 - 3.8 - 4.6 - 5.8 Height 7.5 - 9 - 10.5 - 12
Biohorizons - One-Piece Mini implant
Diameter 3 Height 12 - 15 - 18
Biohorizons - Overdenture Mini implant
Diameter 3 Collar 2 - 4 Height 12 - 15 - 18
* Tapered and Bone level Internal Implants have two types of packaging (with or without mount) and the fixtures without abutment (mount) has three types of surface (RBT body with or without laser-Lok and Hydroxylapatite body).    For more information Click on the above pictures.

About Biohorizons company
    

In 1988, the application of laser on fixture surface and impact of it on bone integration was proposed. in 1994 the American researchers, Dr. Carl E. Misch and et al began to investigate over the dental implants. Finally succeeded in manufacturing of cylindrical and tapered implant with Laser-Lok and without Laser-Lok in biohorizons. In 2012 biohorizons presented its new Laser-Lok named Laser-Lok plus.       

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. While random surfaces have shown higher osseointegration than machined surfaces.  

The biologic differences between standard abutments and Laser-Lok abutments including changes in epithelial downgrowth, connective tissue and crestal bone health.

The variation in tissue attachment strength on standard and Laser-Lok abutments (Laser-Lok implants and abutments ---> Biologic attachment ---> better ossteointegration)   

Laser-Lok abutments can supports non Laser-Lok implants.  In a study, Laser-Lok abutments and standard abutments were randomly placed on implants with SLA surface to evaluate the differences that it shown to inhibit epithelial downgrowth and establish a connective tissue attachment similar to Laser-Lok implants.           
         
          
           

Biohorizons implant Systems     
         

Internal System:

• Cylindrical body (Parallel wall)
• Internal Hex Connection
• Square thread design ---> Increase implant surface area

1- Bone Level implant

• Pre-mount/Mount-free
• Mount-free ----> RBT body + Laser-lok collar / RBT Body / Hydroxylapatite body

2- Tissue Level implant

• Mount-free
• RBT body + Laser-lok collar / RBT body

External System:

• Cylindrical body (Parallel wall)
• External Hex Connection
• Square thread design ---> Increase implant surface area
• Pre-mount
• RBT Body / Hydroxylapatite body

Tapered System:

• Tapered body
• Buttress thread

1- Tapered internal implant

• Wide range of diameters and lengths
• Bone level
• Pre-mount/Mount-free
• Mount-free ----> RBT body + Laser-lok collar / RBT Body

2- Short Tapered internal implant

• Full Laser-lok body with no machined collar ---> Faster osseointegration and higher bone to implant contact
• Ideal for anatomically challenging conditions
• Bone level
• Mount-free

3- Tapered internal plus implant

• Platform switching ---> Increase soft tissue volume around the implant connection
• Laser-lok zone ---> Creates a connective tissue seal and maintains crestal bone
• Bone level
    

4- Tapered Tissue Level implant

• Transmucosal collar
• Laser-Lok collar and RBT body --> Inhibit epithelial downgrowth, attach connective tissue and create a biologic seal around the implant

One-Piece 3.0 and Overdenture System:
     

1- One-Piece 3.0 implant

• Ideal for limited Space such as missing maxillary laterals and mandibular incisors
• One-Stage surgery
• RBT surface

2- Overdenture implant

• Ideal for narrow ridges
• One-Stage surgery
• RBT surface

Sources:

• A bone quality-based implant system: first year of prosthetic loading. J Oral Implantol. 1999;25(3):185-97
• Blood vessels are concentrated within the implant surface concavities: a histologic study in rabbit tibia. Odontology. 2014 Jul;102(2):259-66
• Bone response to laser microtextured surfaces. Bone Engineering. Em2 Inc., Toronto, 2000:282-294
• Clinical evaluation of laser microtexturing for soft tissue and bone attachment to dental implants. Implant Dentistry. 2009 Feb;18(1):57-66
• 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. Implant Dentistry. 2014 Apr;23(2):144-54
• Comparative analysis of immediate functional loading and immediate nonfunctional loading to traditional healing periods: a 5-year follow-up of 550 dental implants. Clin Implant Dent Relat Res. 2009 Dec;11(4):257-66
• Connective tissue attachment to laser microgrooved abutments: A human histologic case report. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2012 Aug;32(4):385-92
• Evaluation of Laser-Lok microgrooves on the stress distribution of crestal bone by Finite Element Analysis. Journal of Lasers in Medicine. 2011;7(4):11-18
• Evaluation of Platform Switched Laser-Lok implant on the stress distribution of crestal bone by Finite Element Analysis. Journal of Lasers in Medicine. 2011;8(2):35-41
• Hard and soft tissue changes after crestal and subcrestal immediate implant placement. J Periodontol. 2011 Aug;82(8):1112-20
• Histologic evaluation of 3 retrieved immediately loaded implants after a 4-month period. Implant Dentistry. 2006 Sep;15(3):305-12
• Histologic evidence of a connective tissue attachment to laser microgrooved abutments: A canine study. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2010 Jun;30(3):245-55
• Histologic evidence of connective tissue integration on laser microgrooved abutments in humans. Clinical Advances in Periodontics. 2011 May;1(1):29-33
• Human histologic evidence of a connective tissue attachment to a dental implant. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2008 Apr;28(2):111-21
• Immediate implant placement and provisionalization—two case reports. Pract Proced Aesthet Dent 2007;19(10):421-428
• Influence of hex geometry and prosthetic table width on static and fatigue strength of dental implants. J Prosthet Dent. 1999 Oct;82(4):436-40
• Influence of Laser-Lok surface on immediate functional loading of implants in single tooth replacement: a 2-years prospective clinical study. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2014 Jan-Feb;34(1):79-89      
• Interactions between MC3T3-E1 cells and textured Ti6Al4V surfaces. J Biomed Mater Res. 2002 Oct;62(1):56-72   
• Mechanical basis for bone retention around dental implants. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2009 Feb;88(2):306-11
• Marginal tissue response to different implant neck design. J Korean Acad Prosthodont. 2008 Dec;46(6):602-609   
• Osseointegration on metallic implant surfaces: effects of microgeometry and growth factor treatment. J Biomed Mater Res. 2002;63(6):706-13     
• Radiographic analysis of crestal bone levels around Laser-Lok collar dental implants. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2010 Apr;30(2):129-37    
• Radiological comparison of laser-microtextured and platform-switched implants in thin mucosal biotype. Clinical Oral Implants Research. 2015;26(5):599–605     
• Reattachment of the connective tissue fibers to the laser microgrooved abutment surface. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2012 Aug;32(4):e131-4 
• 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. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2014 Jul-Aug;34(4):541-9     
• The Effects of Laser Microgrooves on Hard and Soft Tissue Attachment to Implant Collar Surfaces: A Literature Review and Interpretation. J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2013 Nov-Dec;33(6):e145-52  
• The effects of Laser microtextured collars upon crestal bone levels of dental implants. Implant Dentistry. 2008 Jun;17(2):217-28
• The effects of laser microtexturing of the dental implant collar on crestal bone levels and peri-implant health. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2011 May-Jun;26(3):492-8     
• The impact of dis-/reconnection of laser microgrooved and machined implant abutments on soft- and hard-tissue healing. Clin Oral Implants Res. 2013 Apr;24(4):391-7