The article shows how short (≤ 8 mm) and extra-short (≤ 5.5 mm) implants have reached dentistry to provide a solution to vertical atrophies in a minimally invasive way with higher predictability rates than bone augmentation techniques and to insertion of implants of “conventional” length. Even so, there are some occasions where residual bone volume is so limited that extra-short implants cannot be inserted directly. In these cases, these implants must be used with other accessory techniques (vertical growth, union to bone graft, sinus lift), which increases the invasiveness and morbidity of the cases, losing part of the advantages attributed to short implants. and extra short. As a result of this need to achieve a minimally invasive approach in cases of greater bone resorption, extra-short implants of less than 5 mm are born. Within this group of implants we can also find implants smaller than 5 mm that make up the group of extra-short implants, opening the range of possibilities for the treatment of severe atrophies in height, generating a new approach when facing the more complex cases. These implants can even be placed supracrestally, becoming an option for cases of atrophy up to 3 mm in height.
In the present work, a clinical case treated with implants of 4.5 mm in length is shown, describing the technique for their insertion and rehabilitation in a predictable way.
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New article by Eduardo Anitua in the March issue of Maxillaris
The article shows how short (≤ 8 mm) and extra-short (≤ 5.5 mm) implants have reached dentistry to provide a solution to vertical atrophies in a minimally invasive way with higher predictability rates than bone augmentation techniques and to insertion of implants of “conventional” length. Even so, there are some occasions where residual bone volume is so limited that extra-short implants cannot be inserted directly. In these cases, these implants must be used with other accessory techniques (vertical growth, union to bone graft, sinus lift), which increases the invasiveness and morbidity of the cases, losing part of the advantages attributed to short implants. and extra short. As a result of this need to achieve a minimally invasive approach in cases of greater bone resorption, extra-short implants of less than 5 mm are born. Within this group of implants we can also find implants smaller than 5 mm that make up the group of extra-short implants, opening the range of possibilities for the treatment of severe atrophies in height, generating a new approach when facing the more complex cases. These implants can even be placed supracrestally, becoming an option for cases of atrophy up to 3 mm in height.
In the present work, a clinical case treated with implants of 4.5 mm in length is shown, describing the technique for their insertion and rehabilitation in a predictable way.