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| interview implants 3 2016 32 “Help clinicians to make an excellent treatment even better” Interview with Integration Diagnostics Sweden Resonance frequency analysis (RFA) and ISQ were introduced into the dental implant industry in 2001. Now, 15 years later, they have become established methods of measuring implant stability and osse- ointegration.AndersPetersson,PresidentofIntegra- tion Diagnostics Sweden, has been among the pio- neers of RFA, developing its early prototypes as well as the commercial product in 2001. For implants: in- ternationalmagazineofimplantdentistry,Andershas taken the time to talk about the beginnings of his company, product philosophy, the principles behind RFA and future developments. Integration Diagnostics Sweden AB (IDSAB) was formed in 2015. What was your impetus for its foundation?Whichgoalsdidyouwanttoachieve? We wanted to be able to offer an uncomplicated andaffordable“RFA”systemforthemeasurementof implant stability, a system that did not require the dentisttopurchasedisposablestouse.Ourgoalisto make it possible for all dentists to have their own Penguin RFA. One year later, what is your résumé so far? What are your milestones? Themarketresponsehasbeenfantasticsofar,both from users and distribution partners. The sales has actually surpassed all our initial expectations. Some importantmilestonesuntilnowweretodevelopMul- Tipegsforallmajorimplantsystems,togetFDAclear- ancefortheUSandalsocertifythecompanyaccord- ing to ISO 13485. Another important strategic issue has been to develop our distributor network and we are extremely happy that so many want to become our business partners. What are the clinical benefits of your product? To assure enough implant stability and osseointe- grationtobeabletoloadtheimplantwithaprosthetic solution. Especially in situations with compromised bone or with other risk factors and also when you want to use shorter treatment time. Can you describe how measuring implant stability is achieved? What does it correlate to? The MulTipeg is screwed onto the implant and the instrument tip is held close to the top of the peg—the reading will then appear in a second. In technical terms, the instrument measures the resonance fre- quencyoftheMulTipeg,whichcorrelatestothestiff- ness of the implant-bone interface. The technique is non-contacting and cannot be sensed by the patient. The measurement unit is ISQ (implant stability quotient) which correlates to the micro mobility of the implant. Fig. 1: Anders Petersson, President of Integration Diagnostics Sweden. Fig. 1 32016