Laser-Lok® microchannels

Laser-Lok microchannels exemplify our dedication to evidence-based research and development. Laser-Lok is a series of precision-engineered cell-sized channels lasermachined onto the collar of BioHorizons implants and is unlike any surface treatment available on the market today.

Tapered Internal Laser-Lok

Laser-Lok® dental implant at 8 years post-restoration showing superior crestal bone & tissue maintenance.

Case courtesy of Cary A. Shapoff, DDS (Surgical); Jeffrey A. Babushkin, DDS (Restorative)

  • Over 15 years of in vitro, animal and human studies at leading universities11
  • Only surface treatment shown to attract a physical connective tissue attachment 12
  • Multi-center prospective study showing only 0.59mm of bone loss compared to 1.94mm for traditional implants13
  • Overdenture study showing only 0.42mm of bone loss compared to 1.13 for Nobel Replace Select14
  • 8-year case study showing superior bone & tissue maintenance15

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Laser-Lok microchannels

Human histology shows the apical extent of the junctional epithelium
below which there is a supracrestal connective tissue attachment to
the laser microchannel surface.12

Crestal bone loss

In a 3-year multicenter perspective study, Laser-Lok showed superior
bone maintenance over identical implants without Laser-Lok.11