title: Treatment of a narrow, single tooth edentulous area with mini-dental implants: a clinical report.
abstract: The narrowing of an extraction site often becomes problematic when attempting to restore the space with a conventional wide-diameter implant. A woman is presented who was treated with a square head, mini-dental implant-supported fixed denture for a maxillary with a narrowed edentulous area, with a mesiodistal width of 5 mm. The implant, with a diameter of 2.4 mm, was inserted without reflecting the mucoperiosteal flap and was loaded immediately. During 12 months of follow-up, there has been no bone resorption and no inflammation observed around the implant. In conclusion, in terms of both clinical and aesthetic criteria, small diameter, mini-dental implants can be successfully used as an alternative to treatment with fixed partial dentures.
authors.affiliation: Oral Implantology, Faculty of Dentistry, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. ozkand@yeditepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ozkan Cem
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Dilek
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tezulas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001641:Bicuspid; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D003831:Denture, Partial, Immediate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla; D008904:Miniaturization