A safe, well-proven concept

The Ponto implant system is based on the Brånemark principle of osseointegration, which describes the integration of titanium with human bone. For decades this principle has been successfully applied in the fields of dentistry, medicine - and hearing care.

 

The osseointegration process

When a screw-shaped titanium implant is placed in the bone the genetic code that normally causes the bone to reject a foreign material is not activated. Instead, bone cells attach to the surface to form a firm and permanent anchorage - a process known as osseointegration. This phenomenon was first discovered by Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark in the 1950s.

 A tried and trusted concept

The Ponto bone anchored hearing system is based on the Brånemark principle of osseointegration.

The titanium implant and the abutment are placed behind the ear to hold the sound processor. The sound processor picks up sounds and converts them into vibrations. The vibrations are transmitted to the bone via the abutment and implant, and the bone transmits the sound vibrations directly to the inner ear, thus bypassing any problems in the outer or middle ear.

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