My dentist tells me that the majority of bone loss occurs within the first year a tooth is extracted so he wants me to get a surgeon to put a dental implant right after extraction to prevent bone loss. But I want to get braces and jaw work next year which I can't do with an implant. I've heard mini implants are only temporary. So if I get this mini instead, will it prevent bone loss so that I can then remove it next year and still get braces?
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Determining success of treatment require data on many cases and long term success. This was never the case with mini dental implants. Mini dental implants can only be used successfully to support removable dentures or a single small tooth. The cannot support multi teeth fixed restorations. The...
It's difficult to answer this question without diagnostic records and clinical examination. What I can tell you is everyone's teeth move differently. We generally give our patients a guideline of space closure of about 1mm / month - this is not from scientific data, just what we have...
We have completely eliminated openbite surgery with the advent of TADs. The TAD should be placed in the palate and a TPA arch utilized with springs to the TADS. A Transpalatal arch is a metal bar that is extend between the back molars. A TPA will need to be used to prevent...
