Material
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Trabecular Metal Material is made of biocompatible, corrosion-resistant tantalum.7-11
Trabecular Metal Material is made of tantalum, element number 73 in
the periodic table. Tantalum is a highly biocompatible and corrosion-resistant metal 7-11 used in various implantable devices for over 60 years,12-16 including a dental implant in the 1940s.16 Per-Ingvar Brånemark, known as the father of modern dental implantology, conducted osseointegration research in the 1950s utilizing tantalum.17
Implant
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Trabecular Metal Material: The Next Best Thing to BoneTM![](/MC_CMSLiveContentData/image/3tm.png)
The implant’s Trabecular Metal Material mid-section has been designed to be structurally similar to cancellous bone.2,3,6
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Two coronal surface configurations are available:
• 0.5mm Machined Titanium
• MTX Microtexturing to the top
Platform PlusTM Technology![](/MC_CMSLiveContentData/image/5tm.png)
The proprietary internal hex connection, utilized with Zimmer Dental’s friction-fit abutments, has been documented to shield crestal bone from concentrated occlusal forces as demonstrated in an invitro FEA study. Results are not necessarily predictive of human clinical results.50,51
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MTX Surface for Bone-to-Implant contact
The MTX Microtextured Surface has been documented to achieve high levels of bone-to-implant contact.59,60
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Tapered Implant Body
The Best Thing Next to BoneTM
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Zimmer Dental’s MTX® Microtextured Surface has been documented to achieve high levels of bone-to-implant contact.59,60 The Trabecular Metal Dental Implant features an osteoconductive mid-section. The Trabecular Metal pores offer a bone-like structure.4,5,25,32
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Artistic Rendering
Properties
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Trabecular Metal Technology
Trabecular Metal Technology is a three-dimensional material, not an implant surface or coating. Its structure is similar to cancellous bone.4-6 Trabecular Metal Material has up to 80% porosity.2-4,6,24,25 Zimmer has utilized Trabecular Metal Material - The Best Thing Next to Bone - for over a decade in implantable orthopaedic devices. Now Zimmer brings this unique technology to implant dentistry with the Trabecular Metal Dental Implant.
Trabecular Metal Material’s structure is similar to cancellous bone.4-6
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- Uniform three-dimensional cellular architecture with up to 80% porosity2-4,6,24,25
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- Textured surface topography26,27
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- Low modulus of elasticity similar to cancellous bone.4,5
Process
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Trabecular Metal Material is fabricated in Zimmer’s TMT facility in Parsippany, New Jersey.
The Trabecular Metal process demands strict specifications for pore size, and shape to ensure a cancellous bone-like structure is obtained. Utilizing a thermal deposition process, elemental tantalum is deposited onto a substrate, creating a textured surface topography to build Trabecular Metal Material, one atom at a time.
This proprietary process utilizes the physical and biological properties of tantalum to create a unique material that has a structure similar to cancellous bone.4-6