Dental News - Study shows benefits of Laser-Lok implants

BioHorizons Implant Systems

Mon. 14 June 2010

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A recently published study demonstrates that dentists who use Laser-Lok dental implants to replace missing teeth can give patients years of normal function and appearance. “This study is consistent with the results I have had for the last 10 years with Laser-Lok dental implants,” said the lead author of the study, Dr Cary Shapoff, a periodontist in Fairfield, CT, USA.

Laser-Lok dental implants are available from BioHorizons Implant Systems, a manufacturer of dental implants and tissue regeneration products.

“These implants have shown an exceptional ability to maintain patients’ dental health and esthetics over the long term,” Dr Shapoff said.

The study details include:

Forty-one patients with missing teeth were treated with Laser-Lok dental implants.
Patients were missing one or more teeth due to genetics, trauma, hygiene or a failed endodontic procedure (commonly known as a root canal).
After three years, these patients had a 98 percent success rate with minimal bone loss (0.46 mm).
The complete study is available in the April issue of The International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry (IJPRD)¹.

“While dental implants, in general, have a very high success rate, dentists often accept that patients will experience 2 mm of bone loss over the life of an implant,” Dr Shapoff said. “This bone loss can result in an unnatural looking smile. BioHorizons implants have shown a unique ability to stop this bone loss, allowing patients to maintain a natural, esthetic smile.”

BioHorizons Laser-Lok dental implants are a patented design that causes the bone and soft tissue to attach and be retained around the dental implant.

It is the only surface cleared by the FDA that establishes a physical, connective tissue attachment (unlike Sharpey fiber attachment).

“Stable soft-tissue attachment to Laser-Lok dental implants, resulting in a biologic seal, was documented for the very first time in studies published in 2008^2,3,” said Dr John L. Ricci, PhD, associate professor, Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics at NYU College of Dentistry. “This latest study definitively confirms that the clinical benefits of a stable soft-tissue envelope around Laser-Lok dental implants are significant when compared to the typical 1.5-2 mm of bone loss documented with other implant systems.”

Steve Boggan, president and CEO of BioHorizons Implant Systems, added: “The majority of our customers have converted to Laser-Lok dental implants because of the benefits they have seen for their patients. This study further validates their clinical experience. We look forward to the release of additional studies later this year comparing BioHorizons implants to dental implant systems from other companies.”

BioHorizons Implant Systems offers dental implants, surgical planning software and tissue regeneration solutions to treat missing teeth. The company’s products are available in more than 70 countries around the world.

More information is available from BioHorizons Implant Systems.

References
1. Radiographic Analysis of Crestal Bone Levels on Laser-Lok® Collar Dental Implants. C Shapoff, B Lahey, P Wasserlauf, D Kim. IJPRD, Vol 30, Number 2, 2010
2. Human Histologic Evidence of a Connective Tissue Attachment to a Dental Implant. M Nevins, ML Nevins, M Camelo, JL Boyesen, DM Kim. IJPRD. Vol. 28, No. 2, 2008.
3. The Effects of Laser Microtextured Collars Upon Crestal Bone Levels of Dental Implants. S Weiner, J Simon, DS Ehrenberg, B Zweig, and JL Ricci. Implant Dentistry, Volume 17, Number 2, 2008. p. 217-228.

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