A Clinical Paradigm and Pertinent Literature Review for Placing Short Implants
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https://doi.org/10.17140/DOJ-7-145Keywords:
Short implants, Bone augmentation, Ridge height, Implant length, Implant widthAbstract
Placing an implant to replace missing teeth can be challenging because of lack of vertical and/or horizontal bone ridge, maxillary
sinus pneumatization and inferior alveolar nerve position. Additional surgical procedures may be necessary, with varying predictability,
where vertical augmentation being the least predictable. An alternative option is to place short implants and exclude the
additional surgical grafting procedures. By reviewing studies, this paper explores the predictability of the short implants for use
in the methods. Bicon SHORT® implants are available in 5 and 6 mm lengths and seem to be able to overcome such limits but
more long-term studies are still needed to determine long-term prognosis and success of short implants in terms of them being
comparable or equal to longer or standard length implants.
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