Key features and benefits of NobelActive 3.0
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New treatment options
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Safe implant placement in areas with limited space.
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Maximum soft tissue volume
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Built-in platform shifting designed to improve soft tissue for natural looking esthetics.
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Strong sealed conical connection
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Internal conical connection with hexagonal interlocking offers tight seal and secure positioning of abutments.
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High initial stability
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Expanding tapered implant body with double-lead thread design condenses bone gradually.
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Maximum bone preservation
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Apex with drilling blades enables smaller osteotomy.
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Adjustable implant orientation
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For optimal restorative orientation, particularly in extraction sites.
Clinical and technical validation of NobelActive 3.0
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Safe clinical solution
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Narrow diameter implants (∅ < 3.5 mm) allow for safely and predictably treating situations where traditional diameter implants would increase clinical risk, such as indications with minimal hard tissue and with limited space. The clinical performance of narrow implants has been validated in several prospective and retrospective studies with follow-ups of up to 7 years. Results show an overall survival rate of 97.3% after 5 years, which proves that narrow implants present a safe clinical solution.
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Strong sealed conical connection
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The internal conical connection was designed for compact size, high strength, and a very tight fit. The gap between implant and abutment, measured at various locations of the conical connection, is between 0.04 and 0.09 μm. This is an exceptionally tight fit, which may be beneficial in preventing inflammatory bacteria from propagating in the interface between abutment and implant. In addition, it effectively eliminates any potential for micro-movement.
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Stable bone and soft tissue levels after three years
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NobelActive is the implant of choice for clinicians looking for excellent esthetics, especially in challenging indications. Three-year data from an ongoing five-year study demonstrates continued positive trends consistent with the one- and two-year results1,2,3. Bone remodeling occurred during the first three months of the study, followed by increasing or stable bone levels. Soft tissue variables have been stable throughout the study.
Kielbassa AM, Martinez-de Fuentes R, Goldstein M, Arnhart C, Barlattani A, Jackowski J, Knauf M, Lorenzoni M, Maiorana C, Mericske-Stern R, Rompen E, Sanz M. Randomized controlled trial comparing a variable-thread novel tapered and a standard tapered implant: interim one-year results. J Prosthet Dent. 2009 May;101(5):293-305
Martinez-de Fuentes R, Arnhart C, Barlattani A, Goldstein M, Jackowski J, Kielbassa AM, Lorenzoni M, Maiorana C, Mericske-Stern R, Rompen E, Sanz M, Strub JR. Two-year Follow-up of NobelActive, a Variable-Thread Novel Tapered Implant. J Dent Res 2010;89(Spec Iss B):4704
Clinical evaluation of NobelActive. Ongoing study in 12 centers. Clinical Research Department, Nobel Biocare. Three-year follow-up data on file
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Maximum material strength
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NobelActive 3.0 is made of Nobel Biocare's strongest type of proprietary, commercially pure cold-worked Grade 4 Titanium. Together with the unique oxidized TiUnite surface with grooves (Groovy), which increases, implant stability through faster bone formation, this results in maximum strength and stability.
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High fatigue strength
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The fatigue strength of NobelActive 3.0 with an Esthetic Abutment has been tested according to ISO Standard 14801:2007, with an achieved strength of 160N. As reference, the Brånemark System NP implant, which has been in clinical use since 1996 with very low complication rates, has a corresponding strength of 178N. As NobelActive 3.0 has restricted indications compared to Brånemark System, it will be subjected to lower loads.
As comparison, narrow diameter implants from other manufacturers and fractures occurred at much lower load levels.
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High torque strength
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NobelActive 3.0 is designed to withstand more than twice the recommended maximum insertion torque of 45 Ncm. Tests with a torque above 100 Ncm have resulted in damages neither to implant, interface nor driver.
Indicated for single unit restorations in the anterior zone
Left image: Maxilla - Lateral incisors
Right image: Mandible - Lateral and central incisors
NobelActive 3.0 vs. NobelActive 3.5
NobelActive 3.0 retains the major design features of the existing NobelActive NP Ø3.5mm
- Expanding tapered implant body
- Constantly expanding central core
- Sharp cutting blades, deep and widely spaced 35° double lead threads
- Reverse cutting flutes
- Horizontal macro grooves on collar
- Grooves on thread tip to increase bone to implant contact and promote bone growth
- TiUnite Surface
- Made of cold-worked high strength CP4 titanium (MTA 010) as used in other small diameter NobelBiocare implants.
Left image: NobelActive 3.0
Right image: NobelActive 3.5