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We found a gap
– time to challenge old truths
How do you get optimal long-term treatment
outcomes for your patients? The standard norm
regarding dental implant treatment success
from 1986 does not reflect what is possible
to achieve today. There are no reasons why
the clinician or the patient should accept a
marginal bone loss of up to 1.5 millimeters
Mean marginal bone level change (mm)
0
- 0.2
- 0.4
- 0.6
- 0.8
-1.0
-1.2
-1.4
-1.6
based on a standard set 20 years ago. It has
been proven in study after study that with
the Astra Tech Implant System the mean
marginal bone level reduction is only
0.3 millimeters over five years.
It is time to close the gap.
Marginal Bone Maintenance with Astra Tech Implant System
1 year 2 years 3 years 5 years
Time period (yrs)
Astra Tech AB, P.O. Box 14, SE-431 21 Mölndal, Sweden. Tel: +46 31 776 30 00. Fax: +46 31 776 30 10, www.astratechdental.com
- 0.3
Visit us at IDS
Hall 3.2
Astra Tech Implant System
level*
-1.5 Standard norm**
* Astra Tech Implant System level based on data from more than 40 published articles presenting
radiological data; literature search April 2008
** Standard norm according to:
Albrektsson T., et al., Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 1986;1(1):11-25
Albrektsson T. and Zarb G.A., Int J Prosthodont 1993;6(2):95-105
Roos J., et al., Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 1997;12(4):504-514
How much bone loss are you willing to accept?
Visit www.astratechdental.com and vote in the
marginal bone maintenance campaign
and find out more about the facts
behind the figures.
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