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title: "What Is Osseointegration? Dental Practice Glossary"
description: "Osseointegration is the direct contact between living bone and the surface of a dental implant, which holds the implant firmly in the jaw."
url: https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/osseointegration
publisher: Copeland Consulting Services
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Technology and implants

# Osseointegration

Osseointegration is the direct contact between living bone and the surface of a dental implant, which holds the implant firmly in the jaw.

A 2025 paper defines osseointegration as the direct contact between living bone and a dental implant. It adds that electron microscope studies have shown a direct connection between bone and titanium.

This bond is what lets an implant hold a tooth. Surface design and bone quality can affect it.

The starting grip of the implant matters in the first days. See [primary implant stability](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/primary-implant-stability). Poor healing can lead to implant failure, which the FDA lists as a risk of a [dental implant](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/dental-implant).

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## Related terms

-   [Primary implant stability](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/primary-implant-stability)
-   [Dental implant](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/dental-implant)
-   [Immediate provisionalization](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/immediate-provisionalization)
-   [Implant system](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/implant-system)

## Sources

1.  [PubMed Central: Mediation of Osseointegration, Osteoimmunology, and Osteoimmunologic Integration](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12154945/)

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