Implantologie Journal • January 2014

Mini Dental Implants Used as Strategic Support for the Retention of Partial Dentures

Dr. Friedhelm Heinemann University of Greifswald · Department of Prosthodontics, Geriatric Dentistry and Medical Materials Science, Dr. Christoph Bourauel University of Bonn | Uni Bonn · Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund,- und Kieferheilkunde, Dr. Istabrak Hasan, M.Sc. B.D.S., Prof. Dr. Torsten Mundt Center for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Greifswald Polyclinic for dental prosthetics and materials science University Medical Center

Partial dentures supported on natural teeth are a standards in dentistry and are used on a significant percentage in the prosthetic cases in the German population. In the future, with the improvement of dental hygiene in the population there will be less total edentulism but instead there will be an increase in the cases of partial edentulism and consequently there will be an increase in partial bridges.
Mini dental implants offer a viable alternative to natural tooth and conventional implant supported partial bridges. When using mini dental implants in this role it is important that certain guidelines are followed in order to achieve long term success