Short dental implants: A new benchmark to restore atrophic jaws

Dr. Shibani Sarangi; Dr Swati Agrawal; Dr Akshay Kumar Rahmatker

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

Short dental implants: A new benchmark to restore atrophic jaws

Dr. Shibani Sarangi, Dr Swati Agrawal, Dr Akshay Kumar Rahmatker

Abstract :

Rehabilitation of severely atrophic jaws with dental implants always remains a subject of chal–lenge for the clinicians. The present treatment modalities which are adopted currently for man–agement of such compromised sites lead to employment and popularization of various extensive surgical procedures, which ultimately leads to increased patient morbidity, prolonged treatment duration and also proven to be expensive. As an alternative shorter dental implants (>8.5mm) gained immense popularity as they impart results those are equivalent to that of conventional im–plants when used in augmented bone. The present article reviews thoroughly the current litera–tures on the use of short implants as an alternative to conventional ones when placed in anatomi–cally challenging, atrophic bone sites and discusses the bio–mechanical considerations involved behind it.