ZimVie T3
Also known as: T3, T3 PRO, Biomet 3i T3
A ZimVie implant line, inherited from Biomet 3i, offered in tapered and parallel-walled bodies with either the Certain internal connection or an external hex connection.
Quick facts
| Current status | Current. ZimVie publishes a combined surgical manual for T3, T3 PRO and Osseotite implants.Manufacturer-reported[1] |
|---|---|
| Implant level | Insufficient evidence(The T3/T3 PRO/Osseotite surgical manual (ZVINST0012), the T3 implant brochure (ZV0913) and the Certain Implant System catalogue (ZVINST0020) were all checked. ZimVie treats supracrestal, crestal and subcrestal placement as a decision the surgeon makes at the time of osteotomy preparation and does not classify T3 as a bone-level or a tissue-level implant.) |
| Body geometry | Both tapered and parallel-walled bodies are covered by the same surgical manual, with separate drilling protocols for each.Manufacturer-reported[1] |
| Thread design | Manufacturer documentation not located |
| Apex design | Manufacturer documentation not located |
| Material | Commercially pure titanium.Manufacturer-reported[2]The Certain Implant System catalogue heads every T3 implant table — T3, T3 with DCD and T3 PRO, in both tapered and parallel-walled bodies, platform switched and non-platform switched — with the material line "Commercially Pure Titanium". No titanium grade number is stated. |
| Surface | Contemporary Hybrid Surface: coarse features of 10+ microns produced by a resorbable calcium phosphate media blast, and fine features of 1–3 microns produced by dual acid-etching on top of the blasted surface, giving an average mean surface roughness of 1.4 μm in the threaded portion. Nano-scale features along the full length of the implant are an option, applied by Discrete Crystalline Deposition (DCD) of calcium phosphate.Manufacturer-reported[3][2]ZimVie describes the DCD nano-layer as an option rather than a property of every T3, and the Certain Implant System catalogue confirms this by listing "T3 with DCD" and plain "T3" as separate order codes. The catalogue's Osseotite ranges are labelled Full Osseotite Surface instead. |
| Connection | Two connection families are supported: the Certain internal connection and an external hex connection, each with its own component range and torque matrix.Manufacturer-reported[1] |
| Platform switching | The manual lists platform-switched configurations in which the platform is narrower than the body: ∅ 4.0 mm body on a ∅ 3.4 mm platform, ∅ 5.0 mm on ∅ 4.1 mm, and ∅ 6.0 mm on ∅ 5.0 mm.Manufacturer-reported[1] |
| Available diameters | ∅ 3.25, 3.75, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 mm, plus platform-switched ∅ 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 mm configurations. ZimVie recommends that implants under 4 mm in diameter are not placed in posterior regions.Manufacturer-reported[1] |
| Available lengths | Tapered implants: 8.5, 10, 11.5, 13, 15 and 20 mm.Manufacturer-reported[1]The manual’s depth table gives these lengths for tapered implants; we did not obtain an equivalent enumerated table for the parallel-walled bodies. |
Overview
Technology
Clinical positioning
What the manufacturer says this system is designed for. This is not the same thing as independent clinical evidence, which is set out separately below.
Clinical evidence
We have not yet completed a system-specific evidence review for ZimVie T3. Insufficient system-specific evidence How we grade evidence
Similar implant systems
The clearances below are held by ZimVie Dental at brand level and cover its implant range, not ZimVie T3 specifically. We show them here because that is the level at which regulators actually issue them.
Regulatory record
Read this before drawing conclusions. A clearance or certificate means a device may legally be sold in a market. It is not a finding that the implant performs well, and it is not a comparison against other implants. In particular, FDA "clearance" is not FDA "approval" — clearance means the FDA accepted the device as substantially equivalent to one already on the market. What these actually mean →
Other5 records
Registered device establishment in United States. Registration records where a device is made or handled; it is not a clearance, an approval, or any assessment of the product.
| Number | Device | Holder | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1038806 | — | ZimVie US Corp LLC | — |
| 1000244346 | — | ZimVie Canada Inc. | — |
| 3009840806 | — | ZimVie Spain S.L.U. | — |
| 3006411780 | — | ZimVie Spain S.L.U. | — |
| 1492 device records | — | ZimVie Dental | — |
Clearance records for ZimVie Dental were retrieved from the issuing authority's own database, not from the manufacturer's marketing material. We attribute a clearance to a brand only when the filing holder belongs to that brand's corporate family — third-party clearances for compatible components are excluded, because they belong to the company that made the component, not to ZimVie Dental.
Sources
Numbers match the citations beside each claim above.
Primary sources
- [1]Surgical Manual — T3®, T3® PRO and Osseotite® (ZVINST0012) — ZimVie Inc.. Accessed 2026-07-21.
- [2]Certain® Implant System — Product Catalog (ZVINST0020) — ZimVie Inc.. Accessed 2026-07-22.
- [3]Preservation by Design® T3® Implant (ZV0913) — ZimVie Inc.. Accessed 2026-07-22.