ZimVie TSX

Also known as: TSX, TSX Implant System

A ZimVie tapered implant with a double-lead thread, an MTX surface below a 1.5 mm dual acid-etched coronal zone, and a conical hex or internal hex connection depending on platform.

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Quick facts

Current status	Current. ZimVie publishes a TSX product catalogue.Manufacturer-reported[1]
Implant level	Bone level. ZimVie states that TSX implants are designed to be placed at bone level or slightly below the crest of the bone, and captions the range "Bone-Level Implants".Manufacturer-reported[2]
Body geometry	Tapered body with a defined apex diameter for each body diameter: ∅ 2.7 mm apex on the ∅ 3.1 mm implant, 3.0 on 3.7, 3.7 on 4.1, 4.0 on 4.7, 4.7 on 5.4 and 5.4 on 6.0 mm.Manufacturer-reported[1]
Thread design	Double lead thread.Manufacturer-reported[1]
Apex design	The catalogue specifies an apex diameter for every body diameter, from ∅ 2.7 mm to ∅ 5.4 mm.Manufacturer-reported[1]
Material	Not publicly verified(The TSX product catalogue (ZVINST0019) and the TSX surgical manual (ZVINST0015) both state materials for instruments — drill stops in Grade 5 titanium alloy, guided-surgery fixation pins in TiAl6V4 to ASTM F136 — but neither states the substrate of the implant body, and ZimVie's TSX product pages do not either. Both documents refer the reader to the ZimVie Dental Implant IFU (P-IIS086GI), which is issued only through the labeling.zimvie.com request portal and could not be retrieved.)
Surface	MTX surface on the body with a 1.5 mm dual acid-etched coronal zone.Manufacturer-reported[1]
Connection	The ∅ 2.9 mm NP platform uses a 2.1 mm conical hex; the ∅ 3.5 mm and ∅ 4.5 mm platforms use a 2.5 mm internal hex.Manufacturer-reported[1]
Platform switching	Every body diameter is mounted on a narrower platform: ∅ 3.1 mm body on a ∅ 2.9 mm platform, ∅ 3.7, 4.1 and 4.7 mm bodies on a ∅ 3.5 mm platform, and ∅ 5.4 and 6.0 mm bodies on a ∅ 4.5 mm platform.Manufacturer-reported[1]
Available diameters	∅ 3.1, 3.7, 4.1, 4.7, 5.4 and 6.0 mm.Manufacturer-reported[1]
Available lengths	8, 10, 11.5, 13 and 16 mm across all six diameters.Manufacturer-reported[1]

Overview

TSX is ZimVie’s more recent tapered implant and is easiest to understand as a redesign of Tapered Screw-Vent for immediate placement, with a double-lead thread and a drilling protocol that branches by bone type rather than by diameter alone. The catalogue is explicit that the colour coding differs from TSV — the ∅ 4.7 mm TSX sits on a green ∅ 3.5 mm platform and the ∅ 6.0 mm on a purple ∅ 4.5 mm platform, which is not how the older system is coded — so the two ranges should not be cross-read. Only the narrow ∅ 3.1 mm implant uses the 2.1 mm conical hex; everything above it takes the same 2.5 mm internal hex, which keeps the component count low. As with TSV, ZimVie does not state the substrate material in the catalogue reviewed.

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.

ZimVie provides separate final drills for extraction, soft bone and dense bone placement, marked E, S and D.Manufacturer-reported

Clinical evidence

We have not yet completed a system-specific evidence review for ZimVie TSX. Insufficient system-specific evidence How we grade evidence

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The clearances below are held by ZimVie Dental at brand level and cover its implant range, not ZimVie TSX 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]TSX® Implant System — Product Catalog (ZVINST0019) — ZimVie Inc.. Accessed 2026-07-21.
[2]Surgical Manual — TSX® Implant System (ZVINST0015) — ZimVie Inc.. Accessed 2026-07-22.