THE BUDDY SYSTEM 2
THE CURRENT CHALLENGE IN MINI DENTAL IMPLANT TREATMENT When minis were first used to carry crowns and bridges, the main problems were that the heads of the minis were too small to lend themselves for impression taking and difficult prosthodontic construction of crowns and bridges in the laboratory. When cast, the heads would fracture off easily. Several methods have been devised to overcome this problem:- FILL UP WITH CEMENT METHOD The lab technicians simply built up the fractured heads of the minis and then constructed the crown or bridge on top of them. Because of the small diameter of the mini dental implant, the resulting crown always have a base that rests on the mucosa immediately surrounding the emerging implant. This overlapping of the crowns and bridges on the mucosa is universal when restoring mini dental implants. The crowns and bridges were cemented into the patient’s mouth. Whatever gaps present between the crowns and the mini heads were filled up generous