Maintenance of Hygiene for a Minidentalimplant Bridge

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 the mouth. So, not only can this design be flossed right up to the implant circumference but it also has a smaller passage for possible pathogens to invade. This is an advantage over conventionals provided the smaller diameter is just as strong as a larger diameter conventional.Since the small diameter implant is a one piece solid implant as compared to the larger diameter implant which is usually 2 piece and therefore has a hole in the fixture to receive the abutment, leaving a narrow circumferential margin of metal of 1mm or less, it follows that the 2.5mm diameter one piece solid implant may arguably be stronger than a 4mm diameter hollow dental implant.