After the utter failure of dental implants that used screw in technology, the new trend for dental implants is to have them coated with a high-tech Na
no material that mimics bone allowing faster and more effective osseointegration. Traditional implants were either micro-etched or surfaced with etching solutions to give them a surface that the bone would have chances of growing into. The problem, the material (usually titanium) which is used for dental implants is inert so it is not rejected but also seen as part of the body so bone does not effectively attach itself to the implant. Recent studies have shown that there was a minute gap where the implant meets the bone that has an effect on the overall stability of the implant. Micro coating the implant with materials that are similar to bone in micro structure allows better osseointegration thus making the implant stronger.