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CONCLUSION Mini dental implants are here to stay. The short learning curve and simple protocol to place them means that dentists will be trained faster and such treatment is affordable to the vast majority of people especially in the developing world. However, it must be pointed out that basic medical and surgical principles apply and a sound knowledge of oral anatomy, bone physiology and proper treatment planning is essential for long term success.   www.smalldentalimplants.blogspot.com/ For the patient, is it better to make a big hole or a small hole in the gums? For the dentist, is it better to do a simple less problematic procedure, or a complex more problematic procedure which may in the end achieve similar results.

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K. F. Chow BDS., FDSRCS   May 27th, 2010 The primary cause of the failure could be systemic or local. The patient is middle aged, with high BP and high cholesterol, hopefully controlled. Check the patient for diabetes and treat if necessary. Dues should be paid to Dr Vaziri for highlighting the possible local causes like residual infection left behind by the endodontically treated tooth and the possibly low blood supply to the periodontium of such teeth that may prevent proper osseointegration. Having said that, Carlos Boudet gave a very reasonable and workable local treatment response to the problem. But the possible systemic causes should be looked at first. Lastly, a larger diameter implant is an absolute no no. Besides all the eloquent reasons given earlier by the learned dentists not to do so, I would like to add one more. Every dental implant we place also comes with a periodontal pocket….yes a pathology…. an iatrogenic condition. Bone will forms a biologic bond with titanium but

K. F. Chow BDS., FDSRCS  May 20th, 2010 The term “platform switching” may be a misnomer. Misnomer means using the wrong word to describe something. The platform that we are referring to is the round surface area on top of the fixture in which the screw hole for the abutment is located. Branemark set the trend by making sure that the abutment fits exactly over the top-surface of fixture, with the periphery flush with each other……which is a logical decision at the time….and everyone copied him…….which always resulted in a “normal” resorption of the bone away from the junction. The advantage of “platform switching” was discovered when a dentist did not have the right sized abutment to fit flush with the fixture and inserted an abutment whose circumference/undersurface area was smaller than the platform/topsurface area of the fixture. This happily and unintentionally took the junction/microgap/microorganisms away from the bone and thus to the pleasant astonishment of the dentist after revi

Dear Visitors, Will be in Seoul to attend a Scientific Symposium on Implant Dentistry. Also will deliver a talk on Narrow Diameter Dental Implants: Its History and Clinical Uses. Will load the pictures on the Buddy System when I return in a week or so. Regards. Dr. Chow