ISSUES RELATED TO SINGLE-TOOTH IMPLANTS

Authors
MEFFERT RM
Citation
Rm. Meffert, ISSUES RELATED TO SINGLE-TOOTH IMPLANTS, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 128(10), 1997, pp. 1383-1390
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
128
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1383 - 1390
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1997)128:10<1383:IRTSI>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Many practitioners place single-tooth implants when the teeth adjacent to the edentulous space are intact, free of caries and have had no re storations, and the patient is reluctant to wear a removable appliance for physical or psychological reasons, or both. The main exclusionary factors for a single-tooth dental implant are insufficient bone quant ity, poor bone quality and insufficient vertical interarch space to ac commodate the prosthodontic components of the implant.