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Recreational Mechanic
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Northern Colorado, USA
Posts: 3,326
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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
Nick, or others....any familiarity with "mini-implants"? Searching a bit and it seems these can be completed in one session and useable immediately. Too good to be true?
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No they don't work. 50% failure rate. They are OK to stabilize a denture in an 85 year old with 10% chewing function but that's about it. I have seen them bend under bite forces. I use them only as temporary implants while the "real" implant is integrating nearby.
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