Below you will see some of the differences between the Zimmer^® compatible and BioHorizons^® compatible components.

Screws

19° Zimmer® Compatible Screw	45° BioHorizons® Compatible Screw
The Zimmer® compatible screw is longer in length with a 19° seat.	The BioHorizons® is shorter in length with a 45° seat.

Tibases

Zimmer^® Compatible Straight Tibases

The 19° seating design has a distance from the seating of the screw to the implant which is longer than the BioHorizons^® compatible tibase and the hex is 2.425mm.

BioHorizons^® Compatible Straight Tibases

The 45° seating design has a distance from the seating of the screw to the implant which is shorter than the Zimmer^® compatible tibase and the hex is 2.41mm. The area where the tibase connects to the implant is where platform switching occurs.

Analogs

Zimmer^® Compatible Analog

Zimmer^® compatible abutments (including the tibases) have a 1° tapered hex design.

Because of this design, when placing Zimmer^® brand components into a non Zimmer^® brand analog there will be a very "tight fit" and cold welding during lab procedures.

DESS created Zimmer^® compatible analogs (SKU's 14.017, 14.018, and 14.019) to specifically avoid this "tight fit" and cold welding. The area circled above in orange demonstrates this design feature. Only use the Zimmer^® compatible analogs listed above with Zimmer^® brand components.

BioHorizons^® Compatible Analog

BioHorizons^® brand components and DESS BioHorizons^® compatible analogs (SKU's 14.087, 14.088, and 14.089) do not have the bevel in the hex zone circled in orange above.

Only use DESS BioHorizons^® compatible analogs with non-Zimmer^® brand components, such as BioHorizons^®, Implant Direct^®, BSB^®, etc., brands.

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