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Maintenance of hygiene for a bridge is important. This minidentalimplant bridge can be flossed anteriorly and posteriorly and also in between the implant abutments. The bridge is designed so that the interproximal clefts are generally between the mini dental implants. Thus it is important not only to place the minis parallel but also precisely in the middle of where a normal tooth is expected to be. This will lend itself to ease of bridge design for the technician as well as ease of flossing in between the implants with the help of a bridge cleaner. The narrow diameter of the minis results in a corresponding narrow transmucosal passage of the dental implant as it traverses the gum and emerges into the mouth. Logically then, it will have a lower chance of infection and peri-implantitis as compared to conventional larger diameter implants especially accompanied by an aesthetic emergence profile that demands a broader transmucosal passage especially at the point where it emerges into t

This the final result after the rubberdam has been removed. Later, I will show a photo showing how this bridge can be maintained by cleaning the underside or mucosa interface of the porcelain fused to metal bridge. This is important for the prevention of infection and for the longterm health of the soft tissue around the dental implant. Thus we can replace missing teeth that not only look good, but bite well and last long.

Dental Implantology: Mini Implant Abutments One of the ongoing problems in Mini Implant Dentistry is the need for an elegant prosthodontic solution. The BUDs are my contribution to this need. Here the 3 unit bridge is being cemented over the BUDs as seen in the previous picture. The BUDs are cemented or bonded over the mini implant heads, and the excess cement cleared off immediately. The advantage here is that we can actually eyeball it to make sure that no excess cement is left and this will prevent any inflammation or beachhead for pathogens to gain a foothold on and eventually cause peri-implantitis. A rubber dam is used during cementation so as to prevent cement from seeping into the transmucosal passage of the dental implants.Hope my readers found them interesting.

Three implant abutments. These are called BUDs which stand for B ridge U nderpinning D evice. Two of them are stainless steel buds and one is a composite bud.