Why SHORT® Implants?
BICON SHORT® IMPLANTS provide dentists with flexible solutions in challenging clinical situations. Their shorter lengths enable clinicians to confidently avoid vital structures, often eliminating the need for numerous grafting procedures.
With Bicon, the notion that longer implants are always better is challenged. In many cases, shorter implants prove to be the more advantageous solution, addressing clinical needs more effectively.
- Avoid vital structure
- Minimize bone grafting procedures
- Maximize implant placement possibilities
- Increase patient acceptance
- Offer a clinically-proven, comprehensive solution
- Offer single unit restorations without splinting
Avoid Vital Structures: Inferior Alveolar Canal
9 Years
Three 5.0 x 6.0mm SHORT® Implants supporting three extra-orally cemented crowns for restoring the posterior mandible. Note level of inferior alveolar canal.
9 Years
Two 5.0 x 6.0mm SHORT® Implants
supporting two extra-orally cemented crowns for two mandibular right molars. Note level of inferior alveolar canal.
10 Years
A 6.0 x 6.0mm SHORT® Implant
supporting an extra-orally cemented crown for a mandibular left first molar.
12 Years
A 6.0 x 6.0mm SHORT® Implant
supporting an extra-orally cemented crown for a mandibular left first molar.
Avoid Vital Structures: Maxillary Sinus
9 Years
A 5.0 x 6.0mm SHORT® Implant supporting an extra-orally cemented crown for a maxillary left second molar. Note level of maxillary sinus.
11 Years
A 6.0 x 6.0mm SHORT® Implant supporting an extra-orally cemented crown for a maxillary left first molar. Note level of maxillary sinus.
12 Years
A 6.0 x 6.0mm SHORT® Implant
supporting an extra-orally cemented crown for a maxillary right first molar. Note level of maxillary sinus.
17 Years
A 6.0 x 6.0mm SHORT® Implant
supporting a PFM crown for a maxillary right first molar. Note level of maxillary sinus.
Plateau Design
20 Years
23 Years
18 Years
Bone Gain Over Time
2006
2010
2003
2012
Simplicity & Versatility
An implant's design dictates its clinical capabilities
The Bicon System is a unique dental implant system that has been offering the worldwide dental community a comprehensive solution since 1985.
Bicon’s distinctive plateau design adheres to sound bioengineering principles, allowing for the use of SHORT® Implants. Its unique locking-taper implant-to-abutment connection features a microgap of less than 0.5 microns and enables 360° of universal abutment positioning, providing restorative flexibility unmatched by other implant systems. The sloping shoulder of the Bicon implant consistently yields gingivally aesthetic restorations. These restorations are easily achieved, as the bone maintained over the implant’s shoulder supports the interdental papillae.
Bicon’s innovative design and its revolutionary clinical techniques have not only stood the test of time but also continue to lead in the field of implant dentistry. We invite you to join Bicon clinicians from around the world, so you and your patients can enjoy the clinical benefits of the Bicon System.
Benefits for the Dentist
Many potential implant patients face the challenge of limited bone height. In such cases, placing longer implants poses risks due to the proximity of the maxillary sinus and the inferior alveolar nerve. While bone grafting procedures can mitigate these risks, they often deter patients due to their financial cost, time requirements, and associated risks and morbidities. Bicon SHORT® Implants offer a simpler and more predictably effective treatment alternative. Their use can significantly increase patient acceptance of implant treatment by addressing these common concerns.
Benefits for the Patient
Bicon SHORT® Implants enable patients with limited bone height to often bypass the risks and additional costs associated with bone grafting procedures. This innovative approach not only reduces the healing time but also eliminates the extended costs typically involved in bone grafting, streamlining the treatment process.
The Bicon Short Implant: Introduction, Rationale, and Technique
On May 13, 2020, Shadi Daher, DMD, FICD, AAOMS Fellow, presented a live webcast discussing the surgical advantages of Bicon SHORT® Implants. In his presentation, Dr. Daher discussed patient selection, surgical protocols, preferred implant sizes, instrumentation, and clinical examples of several surgical treatments with their long-term radiographic results.