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Mini Dental Implants Discussions

Welcome to the Mini Implant Section of OsseoNews.com, where you can research, and participate in discussions about mini dental implants.

It's the one place where dentists, surgeons, and industry experts share their knowledge on mini dental implants. And it's all for Free!

Recent Mini Implants Discussions

• Narrow Diameter Implants: Are There Absolute Contraindications?

  Are there any true absolute contra-indications for small diameter implants as compared to conventional dental implants?

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• Mini Implants in Posterior Area to Support Removable Partial Denture?

  Could I place mini implants in the posterior area to support and retain a removable partial denture with a saddle area on the one side?

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• Intra-Lock Implant System to Replace Maxillary Lateral Incisors?

  Has anyone used the Intra-Lock mini implant system to replace maxillary lateral incisors in a space too small for conventional implants?

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• Hypothyroidism: Implications for Implant Placement?

  I have treatment planned a patient with hypothyroidism for multiple extractions and immediate insertion of 4-mini-implants…

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• Mini Implants with PFM Cemented: Follow-Up and Long-Term Success?

  I have a new patient in the practice who has a mini implant (IMTEC), one-piece design, in his mandibular first premolar site, with a PFM cemented on it. I have never seen in practice a situation like this and want to get some advice on follow-up.

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• Standard Implants vs. Mini Implants for Lower Overdenture?

  I am going to be getting a lower overdenture and have received two conflicting pieces of advice from dentists, one says to use conventional implants while the other says to use mini implants.

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• Narrow-diameter Implants: A Restorative Option for Limited Interdental Space

  These narrow diameter implants present a cost-effective alternative for restoring limited spaces with implant restorations, without the bone augmentation or orthodontic procedures required for conventional fixed restorations.

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• Replacing Congenitally Missing Lateral Incisor?

  I am interested in hearing others experiences regarding the practice of using mini implants in sites where there is a congenitally missing lateral incisor and the deciduous tooth is about to be lost, but full bone growth has not occurred in the patient yet.

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• Mini Dental Implants: Advantages and Techniques

  Mini Dental Implants (MDI’s) represent another stage in the development of implant dentistry. MDI’s are narrower than conventional dental implants and offer many unique advantages.

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• Dental Implant Rehabilitation: Treatment Planning and Techniques with Minis

  In this exclusive interview, OsseoNews chats with Dr. Samuel Shatkin, DDS, MD about mini dental implant rehabilitation.

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• Technique to Use for Connecting Bridge to Mini Implant?

  I am concerned about the technique used for connecting the bridge to the mini implant.

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• Mini Implants in Anterior Mandible: Expectations of Longevity?

  I am thinking of restricting my use of mini implants to the anterior mandible for supporting overdentures, but I am concerned about longevity.

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• High Costs for Implant Screws for Orthodontic Anchorage: How to Manage?

  I have been using the mini-implant screws for orthodontic anchorage, but the costs are getting extreme.

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• Small Diameter Implants to Support Full Arch Fixed Partial Denture?

  Will small diameter implants be adequate to support a full arch fixed partial denture in Type IV bone?

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• Implant Sizes: What has the FDA Approved?

  Is there a difference with the terms narrow diameter implants, mini implants or small diameter implants?

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• Small Diameter Implants: New Developments

  By using small diameter implants, we eliminate the need in many cases for bone augmentation and sinus lift procedures…a simple system for SDI placement eliminates many potential complications…

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• Mini Implants: How to Present to Patients?

  I am now thinking about introducing mini implants into my practice but am unsure what to say to patients.

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• Connecting IMTEC Implants and Natural Teeth?

  I have a patient that has been treatment-planned by her dentist to have a fixed maxillary bridge from #3-#14 supported by endodontically treated teeth # 3,6 and 14.

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• Mini Implants for Orthodontics?

  Some of my colleagues are using mini implant screws for anchorage, eliminating or minimizing the need to apply mechanical forces to other teeth.

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• Mini Implants for Long-Term Use?

  Does anyone have experience with placement of mini implants for long term use?

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• Denture is Loose and Problems with Adhesive?

  My dentist extracted all 16 of my maxillary teeth last week. He placed an immediate complete denture as a transitional appliance. He wants to wait one year for the bone to heal before he places the mini dental implants.

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• Conventional and Mini-Implant?

  The problem is that the edentulous space is only 11mm mesiodistal width. I need 3.0mm between the two implants and 1.5mm between each implant and the adjacent tooth.

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• Mini Implants to Support Fixed Bridges ?

  I read in Dental Economics where Gordon Christensen has proposed using mini dental implants to help support fixed bridges.

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• Implants for Orthodontics ?

  I am an orthodontist in Indiana. I would like to place mini-implants for anchorage in the anterior region for effective intrusion of anterior teeth.

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• FDA on Mini Implants

  In all of the discussions on mini dental implants, there have been several references to the FDA requirement of a dental implant diameter of at least 3mm (formerly 3.25mm) and length of 7mm to qualify for the description of a dental implant.

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