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Straumann SLActive Dental Implants

Straumann SLActive is the newest technology tooth implant. With more than 20 years of clinical research that have resulted in over 3000 scientific publications, this implant is the most extensively documented, clinically validated and practice-proven implant system. The Straumann system is reliable, simple and versatile. Reliable because it works with reduced healing time, designed for optimal tissue response and has maximum stability. Simple because it is simple to use by the oral surgeon and versatile because it has successful outcomes with any indications, many surgical possibilities and prosthetic options.

Most of the implant surfaces are made rough with a titanium plasma spray (TPS) so to help osseointegration. Straumann had created a new technology in 1997 with which they had cut healing time by half. This surface was called SLA (sandblasted and acid etched) and resulted much greater than its anchestors. These surfaces were already very popular by the time Straumann had created a newest surface in 2005, the first hydrophilic surface (SLActive), which cut healing times by half again. Hydrophilic means that the surface attracts watery liquids to it which means that body fluids are attracted to the surface of the implant body and so accelerate growth and also reduce the possibility of infections.

With SLActive Straumann had sett new standards in implant dentistry. SLActive provides 60% more bone after two weeks, cutting the healing time from 6-8 weeks to 3-4 weeks. Higher treatment predicability and reduced risks.

Most implant failures occur in the critical early period between week 2 and 4. This is the pivotal 'dip' (stability gap), presents in the period between primary and secondary stability in the bone formation process. The innovation of SLActive is the 'Activation of full healing potential' which means the full and immediate activation of the human body's natural healing potential. The SLActive surface (chemicall active, hydrophilic) promotes the initial healing reaction, allowing for direct cell interaction at the initial stage of the osseointegration process. Bone formation is immediately initiated resulting an earlier secondary stability and reducing the critical dip.