The Mini Dental Implant in Fixed and Removable Prosthetics: A Review

Dental implant treatment can restore oral function to edentulous patients. Recently, mini implants have been shown to be successful in minimally invasive treatment. There are initial reports of mini implants retaining removable prostheses and supporting fixed partial and complete dentures. This article reviews the treatment of edentulous patients with prostheses and mini implants and offers guidelines for successful outcomes.

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Rationale for Definitive Mini Dental Implant Treatment

Journal of Oral Implantology ◽

10.1563/aaid-joi-d-19-00317 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Dennis Flanagan

Keyword(s):

Dental Implants ◽

Past Research ◽

Load Resistance ◽

Complete Dentures ◽

Mandibular Incisor ◽

Mini Implants ◽

Bone Width ◽

Maxillary Lateral Incisor ◽

Mini Dental Implant ◽

Implant Treatment

Mini dental implants can be used to support crowns and partial and complete dentures in compromised edentulous sites. Lack of bone width or site length may be treated with mini implants. Mini implants have less percutaneous exposure and displacement that may reduce complications. Nonetheless, mini implants transmit about twice the load to the supporting bone and thus control of occlusal loading is important. In fixed prosthetics, rounded flat cusps, splinting, implant protective occlusal schemes and only placement in dense bone sites are features of successful mini implant treatment. With removable prosthetics, multiple mini implants may be needed for appropriate retention and load resistance. Maxillary lateral incisor and mandibular incisor sites may be best suited for mini implant treatment.Caveat: Past research of dental implants has been directed at standard sized implants. While mini implants are dental implants, indeed, they behave somewhat differently under functional load and the clinician should be circumspect and very judicious in their use.

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Percutaneous Minimally Invasive Treatment for the Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Review

Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine ◽

10.24015/japm.2015.0023 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 167-174

Author(s):

Xiang-Fei Guo ◽

Jun Ma

Keyword(s):

Trigeminal Neuralgia ◽

Minimally Invasive ◽

Minimally Invasive Treatment ◽

Invasive Treatment

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EAU, AUA and NICE Guidelines on Surgical and Minimally Invasive Treatment of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia: A Critical Appraisal of the Guidelines Using the AGREE-II Tool

Urologia Internationalis ◽

10.1159/000517675 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Dmitry Enikeev ◽

Vincent Misrai ◽

Enrique Rijo ◽

Roman Sukhanov ◽

Denis Chinenov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Minimally Invasive ◽

Treatment Options ◽

Stakeholder Involvement ◽

Minimally Invasive Treatment ◽

Invasive Treatment ◽

Agree Ii ◽

Prostate Hyperplasia ◽

Assessment Score ◽

Nice Guideline ◽

Agree Ii Tool

Objective: To critically appraise the methodological rigour of the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) vis-à-vis BPH surgery as used by specialist research associations in the US, Europe and UK, and to compare whether the guidelines cover all or only some of the available treatments. Methods: The current guidelines issued by the EUA, AUA and NICE associations have been analyzed by 4 appraisers using the AGREE-II instrument. We also compared the recommendations given in the guidelines for surgical and minimally invasive treatment to find out which of these CPGs include most of the available treatment options. Results: According to the AGREE II tool, the median scores of domains were: domain 1 scope and purpose 66.7%, domain 2 stakeholder involvement 50.0%, domain 3 rigor of development 65.1%, domain 4 clarity of presentation 80.6%, domain 5 applicability 33.3%, domain 6 editorial independence 72.9%. The overall assessment according to AGREE II is 83.3%. The NICE guideline scored highest on 5 out of 6 domains and the highest overall assessment score (91.6%). The EAU guideline scored lowest on 4 out of 6 domains and has the lowest overall assessment score (79.1%). Conclusions: The analyzed CPGs comprehensively highlight the minimally invasive and surgical treatment options for BPH. According to the AGREE II tool, the domains for clarity of presentation and editorial independence received the highest scores. The stakeholder involvement and applicability domains were ranked as the lowest. Improving the CPG in these domains may help to improve the clinical utility and applicability of CPGs.

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