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Thin Ridge Placement Final Implant Seating PDF Print E-mail

Placement of Dental Implants in a Thin Ridge of Bone


 

 

In this photo, you can now see the placement of both implants. The one in the thick side shows a classic Brånemark placement with the head of the implant just below the crest of bone. On the thin side, you can see the final seating of the implant with the collar exposed on the labial (and also a little bit on the palatal). The threads, however, are completely in bone. Later, when both implants are uncovered and loaded, biological width will re-establish the bone height around both implants and they will both have about a millimeter and a half of collar ex posed...
Here is another look at the final placement. The important thing to realize is that the collars of both implants will eventually be exposed. If that is the case, it makes sense to not worry too much about the thinness of the crestal bone at this stage. It should be noted that the bone that was collected during drilling is used to plump out the ridge on the thin side...
Here we are placing the cover screw on the implant in the thin side of the ridge. You can get a better idea of how the implant is seated in this thin bone. You can also see how the same Drive-Lock™ is used to seat the cover screw. Neat system!
Last Updated ( Friday, 01 September 2006 )

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