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There is no research that supports your claims that SLActive surface treatment will result in “ integration in as little as 3-4 weeks”or that SLActive surface will “help get better results”. It takes 8-12 weeks for new bone to form at the Implant interface which is the definition of osseointegration. An Implant can function in an immediate load condition if initial stability of 30-40Ncm torque is achieved, in which case, where the healing process is at 3-4 weeks is irrelevant. Yes, increasing wetability of the Implant surface may give a 5 minute head-start to osseointration that will take place over the following 8-12 weeks but that is of no clinical significance. Using a tapered Implant in an undersized socket to increase initial stability does have a significant effect on clinical success in soft bone and early loading. Straumann finally recognized this with the introduction of its bone level tapered Implant in 2014, 15 years after I introduced the tapered Screw-Vent still sold by Zimmer Dental. The real advantage (to Straumann) of SLActive vs SLA surface treatment is the $70 extra Straumann charges its customers which is about twice what the implants cost to make in the first place. This is what Is called an uncomfortable truth