Open AccessShort implants - When, where and how?
Author(s) -
Anjan Shah
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of international clinical dental research organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-5357
pISSN - 2231-0754
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0754.172932
Subject(s) - dentistry , dental implant , implant , medicine , engineering , surgery
The success of dental implants has led to research in techniques in minimising surgical complexity and increasing survival. Short dental implants are increasingly being seen as an alternative to more extensive bone augmentation procedures. This paper reviews aspects of short implant literature to give some guidelines in making their use more successful