New Dental Implants – Mini Dental Implants

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With the new technology in placing dental implants, mini dental implants may be the answer to your denture problems. Mini dental implants represent another stage in the development of modern implant dentistry.

The mini dental implant system consists of a miniature titanium dental implant that acts like the root of your tooth and a retaining fixture that is incorporated into the base of your denture.

Since the FDA approved mini dental implants as a long term method of denture stabilization, mini implants have become increasingly popular among dentists. They are also used for supporting crowns in situations in which there is not enough room for a standard implant.

A technological break-through now available with some dental practices is denture stabilization also known as single day implants. The procedure stabilizes the existing lower denture by anchoring it into place using mini dental implants or MDI’s.

Unlike standard dental implants, mini dental implants allow immediate loading. This means that the patient walks out of the office on the day of surgery with a lower denture which is not only solidly stable, but can be used to chew immediately.

Mini Dental Implants Advantages

OsseoNews: If you are a novice in placing implants, would you expect that placing mini dental implants leads to far less complications than placing conventional implants?

Dr. Choi: Yes, yes and yes. In most cases, there is no reflection of flaps in mini implant insertion and only minimal bone preparation. This means that there are far less post-operative complications such as pain, bleeding, healing of the soft tissues, surgical bone trauma and injury of vital structures. MDI (mini dental implants) surgery is simple, fast and easy to learn – far easier than for conventional implants. I cannot stress this enough. This is the main reason why so many dentists do not place their own implants – too complicated, too many opportunities for error and just plain too technically demanding.

Contact a dentist in your area that provides this mini dental implant procedure to learn more about mini implants, denture stabilization and how they can be implemented for a customized dental treatment plan.