In ICOI’s official glossary, Osteointegration is cross-referenced to Osseointegration.

Osseointegration: The direct contact between living bone and a functionally loaded dental implant surface without interposed soft tissue at the light microscope level. The clinical manifestation of osseointegration is absence of mobility.

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