3i T3® SHORT BOES605Recalls & reported problems
ZimVie US Corp LLC · 3i T3® SHORT EXTERNAL HEX PARALLEL WALLED IMPLANT, 6MM(D) X 5MM(L) · Class 2 · Implant
All models of 3i T3 SHORT (4)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 21
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 20
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 21 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00844868033653), received between May 23, 2019 and Jan 8, 2026 — classified as 20 injuries, 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Separation Failure” (3 reports).
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem18
- Separation Failure3
Patient problems
- Unspecified Infection11
- Osteolysis10
- Inflammation8
- Pain8
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions3
- No Information2
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
- Bone Fracture(s)1
Recent adverse event reports
The 21 most recent of 21 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJan 8, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IMPLANT AT TOOTH SITE # 17 WAS REMOVED DUE TO PERI-IMPLANTITIS. SYMPTOMS AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT: PAIN.
Patient problems: Osteolysis; Pain; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 24013417 ↗InjuryDec 9, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IMPLANT AT TOOTH SITE #3 WAS REMOVED DUE TO PERI-IMPLANTITIS. SYMPTOMS AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT: INFLAMMATION.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Osteolysis; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 23758137 ↗InjuryJul 30, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO ADDITIONAL EVENT INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22672413 ↗InjuryJul 28, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT IMPLANT WAS REMOVED DUE TO BONE LOSS. PATIENT COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND FELT THE IMPLANT TOOTH WAS LOOSE, CLINICALLY, IMPLANT WAS MOBILE AND X-RAY REVEALED SEVERE CIRCUMFERENTIAL BONE LOSS, IMPLANT WAS REMOVED ON THE DAY. TOOTH SITE # 47. SYMPTOMS AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT: INFLAMMATION, PAIN.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Osteolysis; Pain
MAUDE report 22628947 ↗InjuryJan 8, 2025Separation Failure; Separation Failure
DOCTOR REPORTED THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE MOUNT, SO IMPLANT AT TOOTH SITE #45 WAS REMOVED. PROCEDURE WAS NOT COMPLETED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21102486 ↗InjuryJun 12, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IMPLANT AT TOOTH SITE #30 WAS REMOVED DUE TO INFECTION. PATIENT HAD IMPLANT & BONE GRAFTING PLACED TO AREA MISSING TOOTH #30 ON (B)(6) 2024. SHE RETURNED FOR MULTIPLE POST OPERATIVE APPOINTMENTS SINCE SHE WAS VERY SCARED TO CLEAN THE AREA. SHE HAD PAIN, INFLAMMATION & VERY POOR HYGIENE; WAS SHOWED HOW TO CLEAN THE AREA ON (B)(6) 2024 (AT THIS TIME WE HAD TO DO AN I & D OF SURROUNDING TISSUE). ON (B)(6) 2024 & LAST ON (B)(6)2024 THE IMPLANT WAS VERY INFECTED. IT WAS REMOVED, THE SITE DEBRIDED & LEFT OPEN TO DRAIN. A FUTURE IMPLANT WILL NOT BE PLACED UNLESS HYGIENE IMPROVES CONSIDERABLY. IMPLANT REMOVED & SITE DEBRIDED SYMPTOMS AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT: ABSCESS, PAIN & INFLAMMATION.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Pain; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 19524845 ↗InjuryJun 12, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTIC. PATIENT HAD I & D (INCISION & DRAINAGE) ON TOOTH #30 DONE AS WELL AS A ROUND OF ANTIBIOTICS (AMOXICILLIN) BEFORE IMPLANT REMOVAL. SYMPTOMS AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT: ABSCESS, PAIN & INFLAMMATION.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Pain; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 19524785 ↗InjuryJun 12, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IMPLANT AT TOOTH SITE #14 WAS REMOVED DUE TO PERI-IMPLANTITIS. PATIENT HAD IMPLANT PLACED TO AREA MISSING TOOTH #14 ON (B)(6) 2018. HE CAME FOR A 2 WEEK POST OP THEN WAS NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM AGAIN UNTIL 2024. HE CALLED WANTING TO COMPLETE THE IMPLANT & HAVE THE CROWN RESTORED. ON (B)(6) 2024, UPON TORQUE TESTING THE IMPLANT, THE IMPLANT HAD NOT INTEGRATE, BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO PERI-IMPLANTITIS. THE IMPLANT WAS REMOVED & THE SITE WAS GRAFTED.
Patient problems: Osteolysis; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 19524035 ↗InjuryMay 10, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
STAGE II PLACEMENT OF HEALING ABUTMENT ATTEMPTED BUT MODERATE BONE LOSS AROUND IMPLANT AND INCREASED SENSITIVITY, IMPLICATING INFECTION. THE IMPLANTS WERE REMOVED. TOOTH #"S 13 AND 19 AND #4.. SYMPTOMS AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT: PAIN AND INFLAMMATION.
Patient problems: Osteolysis; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 19286532 ↗InjuryApr 14, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IMPLANTS AT TOOTH LOCATIONS 45 AND 46 WERE REMOVED DUE TO BONE FRACTURE. PATIENT BROKE JAW IN AN ACCIDENT. SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY THE EVENT: PAIN, EDEMA, INFLAMMATION AND PARESTHESIA.
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Inflammation; Pain; Paresthesia; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 16743405 ↗InjuryApr 13, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Osteolysis; Pain; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 16737316 ↗InjuryApr 13, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Osteolysis; Pain; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 16737305 ↗InjuryApr 13, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Osteolysis; Pain; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 16737232 ↗InjuryMar 7, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IMPLANT AT TOOTH LOCATION 30 WAS REMOVED DUE TO BONE LOSS.
Patient problems: Osteolysis
MAUDE report 16496573 ↗InjuryFeb 17, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IMPLANT AT TOOTH LOCATION 17 (FDI) WAS REMOVED DUE TO BONE LOSS. PATIENT IS DIABETIC ON INSULIN THERAPY.
Patient problems: Osteolysis
MAUDE report 13547806 ↗InjuryDec 2, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THE IMPLANT AT TOOTH SITE # 3 LACKED PRIMARY STABILITY, AND WAS REMOVED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12917120 ↗InjuryAug 12, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
DOCTOR REPORTED IMPLANT WAS UNABLE TO PLACE DUE TO A LACK OF PRIMARY STABILITY AND WAS REMOVED. WAITING FOR HEALING BEFORE PLACING A NEW IMPLANT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12311687 ↗MalfunctionJul 23, 2021Separation Failure; Separation Failure
NO ADDITIONAL EVENT INFORMATION AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available
MAUDE report 12218775 ↗InjuryAug 20, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IMPLANT BOES605 LACKED PRIMARY STABILITY WHEN PLACING AND WAS REMOVED.
Patient problems: No Information
MAUDE report 10430134 ↗InjuryNov 15, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IMPLANT AT TOOTH LOCATION 16 WAS REMOVED DUE TO INFECTION.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 9325803 ↗InjuryMay 23, 2019Separation Failure; Separation Failure
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IMPRESSION COPING WOULD NOT DISENGAGE FROM THE IMPLANT. TOOTH LOCATION 29 WAS GRAFTED AND THE PATIENT WAS SENT HOME TO HEAL. THE PATIENT WILL RETURN FOR IMPLANT PLACEMENT.
Patient problems: No Information
MAUDE report 8637917 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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