What is a Mini Implant?
Mini Implants are implants with a diameter of less than 2.5 mm, regardless of size. They are designed to be applied to patients who complain that their removable prosthesis is constantly moving, falling or not providing adequate chewing. In these cases, standard or mini implants are placed in the jawbone and the dentures provide support from these implants. Mini implants can be used instead of standard implants for patients who will use removable prostheses with extremely thin bone.
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How is a Mini Dental Implant Made?
A simpler operation than standard implants is sufficient for mini implants. The mini implant is placed in the jawbone in about 5 minutes under local anesthesia.
What kind of care is required after the Mini Dental Implants Procedure?
- First of all, you should use the medicines and oral solutions prescribed by your doctor.
- Until the gum in the implant area heals, you should avoid all contact with the area.
- You should avoid extremely hot food and drinks for about 10 days.
- After the implants have healed and the prosthesis is made, prosthesis and implant care is done separately. After the prosthesis is removed from the mouth, it is first washed with water. Then the prosthesis is washed with solutions produced for prostheses. The implant parts in the mouth should be brushed with a special toothbrush using a paste.
In other words, even if your jawbone is insufficient, it is possible to get rid of toothlessness with specially developed short implants without the need for an additional surgical intervention!
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How Do Mini Implants Differ from Standard Dental Implants?
Mini implants have a narrower diameter than standard implants. They can be preferred in patients with very thin bone. At the same time, the surgical procedure is shorter and simpler.
In Which Situations Are Mini Dental Implants Preferred?
They are preferred in patients who will use removable prostheses with excessively thinned jawbone. These implants are applied to the jawbone to facilitate the use of removable palatal prostheses. Thus, removable prostheses can be inserted and removed on the implants, making them easier to use. Thanks to these implants, the patient is offered a prosthesis that is more stable, more conservative and has high chewing functions.
Is the Mini Dental Implants Procedure Painful?
The surgical procedure for mini implants is much simpler and lighter than for standard implants. It is therefore an almost painless procedure.
What is the Recovery Process After Mini Dental Implants?
Recovery is seen in a shorter time compared to standard implants. It is necessary to wait about 3 months for the prosthesis to be made on it.
What are the Advantages of a Mini Dental Implant?
- It significantly increases the comfort of prosthesis use, especially in patients who have excessive thinning of the jaw bone and who complain of inadequate retention and chewing function of their prosthesis.
- The surgical procedure is very simple and is completed painlessly in a short time.
- It reduces the mobility of the prosthesis in the mouth. It provides more comfortable speaking and eating for patients with intense bone resorption in the jawbone.
- It stops bone resorption in the area where it is placed and preserves the existing bone.
- Prevents additional surgical interventions to increase the thickness of the jawbone.
What is a Short Implant?
Short implant is the name given to implants with a length of less than 8.5 mm, regardless of diameter. Extra surgical procedures such as Sinus Lifting or Mandibular Canal Lateralization may be required to increase the bone length due to insufficient bone length in the presence of the sinus membrane in the region where the upper jaw molars are located and in the presence of the mandibular nerve in the lower jaw where the molars are located.
Short Implants, despite their short length, provide a high adhesion to the jawbone thanks to their advanced surface properties and extra surgical procedures are avoided.
Are Short Implants Different from Standard Implants?
Short implants help to eliminate the anatomical limitations of the implant placement area. In cases where the sinus membrane and the bone above the mandibular canal do not allow a standard implant, if Short Implants are preferred, extra surgical procedures such as Sinus Lifting and Mandibular Canal Laterilization are avoided.
What are the Advantages of Short Implants?
Short implants help to eliminate the anatomical limitations of the implant placement area. In cases where the sinus membrane and the bone above the mandibular canal do not allow a standard implant, if Short Implants are preferred, extra surgical procedures such as Sinus Lifting and Mandibular Canal Laterilization are avoided.
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As with any surgery, dental implant operations also have this risk. When such a situation is encountered, the implant is removed and healing is provided. However, according to the data obtained from current studies, it is correct to say that this risk is approximately 1%.
In the presence of very high chewing forces or in case of accidents or trauma, there is a risk of the implant breaking. This probability is very low.
Being over 18 years of age is suitable for any implant operation.
Of course it can be applied. There is no harm in applying other dental treatments before or after the implant operation.
If implant support is to be obtained to increase the performance of a removable prosthesis and the bone structure of the person is below 3 mm, Mini Implants can be used instead of Standard Implants.
Sometimes, if the bone is very thin in the presence of a single tooth deficiency in the lower incisor area, Mini Implants may be preferred instead of Standard Implants. Since the area where these teeth are located is exposed to very little chewing load, there will be no problem in using Mini Implants.
If a fixed prosthesis is planned, Mini Implants should not be preferred in any way except for the lower incisor area, only Standard and Short implants should be used.
In the upper jaw, Short Implants can be used when the bone level below the Sinus membrane is insufficient and extra surgical procedures such as Sinus Lifting are to be avoided.
In the lower jaw, it can be used in cases where the bone level above the Mandibular canal is insufficient to place a Standard Implant.
There is no area where Short implants cannot be used compared to Standard implants. In general, like all dental implants, Short Implants cannot be used in the presence of infection foci or various anatomical structures.
Paying attention to oral hygiene and avoiding movements that will cause excessive load on the teeth will prolong the life of your implants. In addition, if you do not neglect your routine doctor check-up, early diagnosis of any problems in your implants will prolong the life of your implants.
All dental implants can be applied to patients who smoke. However, smoking can damage your implants in the long term. In order to have long-lasting implants, it is recommended that you do not smoke.
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