beautiful esthetics start below the surface

soft tissue integration™

  • Maintaining and regaining gingival contours
  • Long-lasting beautiful soft tissue esthetics

For optimum esthetic results, prosthetic treatment needs to recreate the natural contours of the soft tissue. For implant-supported tooth restorations a beautiful gingival margin relies upon the achievement of stable soft tissue around the implant.

Soft Tissue Integration

Soft Tissue Integration™ of a TiUnite™ implant. The image shows junctional epithelium at the implant surface and a shallow sulcus lined by sulcular epithelium. Source: Glauser et al. Clin Implant Dent Relat Res 2005; 7 (Suppl 1):44-51.

enable natural integration with TiUnite™

Nobel Biocare's unique implant surface, TiUnite™, helps regain and maintain a beautiful peri-implant gingiva and long-lasting esthetic results. Clinical studies show that TiUnite™ has the ability to maintain the marginal bone crest at a higher level than with machined implants, which is believed to stabilize the supracrestal soft tissue.

Macroscopic grooves at the implant collar are another implant feature designed for improved retention of the bone crest by enhanced load transfer to the marginal bone.

Studies show that the structure of soft tissue around TiUnite™ implants resembles that around natural teeth; namely an attachment of the junctional epithelium to the implant surface and firm adherence of the underlying connective tissue.

flapless surgery

Of course, flapless surgery means less trauma for the patient – less pain, less swelling and less chair time. This minimally invasive technique, in combination with Immediate Function™, also means less trauma for the tissues, which further enhances Soft Tissue Integration™.

enchancing the effect with grooves

Groovy, our unique grooved threads, enhances the effectiveness of all our implants. Adding grooves to the collar offers a means for stabilizing the soft tissue around the implant, which is believed to support a healthy and esthetic gingiva.

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