The efficacy of short (6 mm) dental implants with a novel thread design.

CONCLUSIONS: Implant's length has little if none impact on initial implant anchorage, especially in greatly compromised residual bone situations. Results have confirmed that implant initial stability mainly depends on implant's macro-design and further its development on implant's micro-design: namely, implant diameter rather than length, tapered shape and improved thread design determines primarily acquired mechanical anchorage, while bioactive surface treatment ensures development of biological stability. PMID: 29243685 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29243685?dopt=Abstract

Source: Stomatologija - December 16, 2017 Category: Dentistry Tags: Stomatologija Source Type: research

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