THE BICON DESIGN is driven by simplicity. A cornerstone of its simplicity is SHORT® Implants. When the Bicon system was first introduced in 1985, its 8.0mm length implants were considered quite short—most other implants were at least 12-14mm and sometimes 18-20mm long! Since then, the natural progression of Bicon’s design philosophy has resulted in 5.0mm, 5.7mm, and 6.0mm SHORT® Implants, all with proven clinical success
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Tom Driskell begins his implant design research which enables the routine use of short implant lengths. |
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Bicon’s implant system is introduced, including highly successful 8.0mm length implants which were considered short at the time. |
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Clinical studies begin for the shortest implant available on the market today: Bicon’s 5.7mm SHORT® Implant. 5.0 x 8.0mm implant is introduced and receives FDA clearance. |
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4.5 x 8.0mm implant is introduced and receives FDA clearance. |
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6.0 x 5.7mm SHORT® Implant is introduced and receives FDA clearance |
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5.0 x 6.0mm SHORT® Implant is introduced and receives FDA clearance. |
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4.5 x 6.0mm SHORT® Implant is introduced and receives FDA clearance. |
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6.0 x 5.0mm SHORT® Implant is introduced and receives FDA clearance. 5.0 x 5.0mm SHORT® Implant is introduced and receives FDA clearance. |
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27-year anniversary of 8.0mm lengths. 15-year anniversary of 5.7mm lengths. |