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Mini dental implants in everyday practice

Mini dental implants (MDIs) with diameters ranging from just 1.8 to 2.4 mm, are today frequently used in the cases of limited bone volume as a support of different prosthetic constructions. The advantage of MDIs is their minimally invasive (consists of turning of the implant into the bone through a starting opening, but not a prepared bone site), single-stage placement procedure. Compared with MDIs, the insertion procedure for conventional implants (diameter 3.5 mm and wider) is an aggressive surgical procedure, which requires mucoperiosteal flap operation and full-depth bone preparation (osteotomy). The MDIs do not pretend to be substitute for conventional implants, because wider diameter implants present several advantages, but MDIs are suitable for use in conditions with lack of adequate bone tissue for conventional implant placement. Especially in patients with narrow alveolar ridges as there is no need for relying on grafting techniques. They are also very suitable for single-tooth replacement with restricted space (lower incisors), but the most effective prosthodontic use of MDIs is definitely for retention and stabilization of complete dentures, especially mandibular ones. Also, classical implant therapy is very expensive, so it is another reason that would often deter patients from accepting implant treatment, and MDIs are significantly more affordable when compared with conventional implants costs. Therefore, this type of implant presents the opportunity to provide patients with cheaper, less complicated, and less surgically intensive treatment in a high number of cases thus providing predictable and financially feasible prosthetic treatment solutions.

mini dental implants; implantology; prosthodontics

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