Volume 2, Issue 2
May 1st, 2011
denture, mini implants, small diameter, mandibular overdenture, inclusive magazine, dr travis, dr christopher travis, dr cummings, dr david cummings
Mini or small-diameter implants (SDIs) were initially used as provisional or transitional implants during the osseointegration phase of standard-diameter root-form implants. As a result of their clinical success, SDIs were first cleared by the FDA for long-term use in 1997. Since then, the FDA has cleared several brands of SDIs for long-term use. While mini […]