BioHorizons® Tapered Short Implants
BioHorizons Tapered Short implants offer a solution for cases with limited vertical bone height, potentially expediting treatment by eliminating the need for bone grafting.¹ The Tapered Short implant design features an aggressive thread profile and tapered body for primary stability, even in compromised situations. A platform-switched, dual-affinity, Laser-Lok® surface offers crestal bone retention and connective tissue attachment for flexible placement.
Features of the Tapered Short Implant System
Laser-Lok® microchannels
Precision engineered Laser-Lok collar shown to promote oblique connective tissue attachment, much like a natural tooth.
Optimized threadform
Anatomically tapered implant body has proprietary reverse buttress threads with wide flat leading edges for increased stability.
Laser-Lok®: better science, better implants
Control cellular migration - control esthetic outcomes
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 attachment. 2,3
"There is no other implant that shows functional orientation of fibers. There is not one. This is the only one. This is so important." 4
— Dr. Edward P Allen
1. Short Dental Implants in Posterior Partial Edentulism: A Multicenter Retrospective 6-year Case Series Study. Misch CE, Steignga J, Barboza E, Misch-Dietsh F, Cianciola LJ, Kazor C. J Periodontol. 2006 Aug;77(8):1340-1347.
2. Human Histologic Evidence of a Connective Tissue Attachment to a Dental Implant. M Nevins, ML Nevins, M Camelo, JL Boyesen, DM Kim. International Journal of Periodontics Restorative Dentistry. Vol. 28, No. 2, 2008.
3. Histologic evidence of a connective tissue attachment to laser microgrooved abutments: a canine study. M Nevins, DDS, DM Kim, DDS, DMSc, SH Jun, DDS, MS, K Guze, DMD, P Schupbach, PhD, ML Nevins, DMD, MMSc. Accepted for publication: IJPRD, Vol 30, No. 3, 2010.
4. Symposium 2013 Laser-Lok highlights, Available at: Laser-Lok highlights