Bicon’s plateau or fin design offers at least 30% more surface area than a screw implant of the same dimensions and provides for the callus formation of mature, cortical-like, Haversian bone between the plateaus or fins of the implant.
- Direct bone to implant contact and multiple haversian systems throughout
- Configurations denote high mechanical properties as in cortical bone
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