Mini dental implants are a newer type of dental implant that use a 1-piece screw a little bit smaller than 3 millimeters (mm) in diameter — a little more than 1/10 of an inch. Traditional dental ...

Learn about the many types of dental implants and procedures, including subperiosteal, endosteal, mini implants, immediate load, All-on-4 bone augmentation, and sinus lift.

Mini dental implants have a smaller diameter than traditional implants and are often used when the jawbone may not be suitable for larger implants.

In a recent article in Scientific Reports, researchers examined how the surface microstructure of orthodontic mini-implants (OMIs) affects cell adhesion and growth, using scanning electron ...

Orthodontic mini-implants serve as a minimally invasive skeletal anchorage system, pivotal in contemporary orthodontic treatments for controlled tooth movement and improved clinical outcomes.

If you or someone you know has missing teeth, you know it impacts all facets of life– Dr. Rick Miller of Bent Tree Dental wants to help you get your confidence and smile back just in time for ...

Mini-implants were FDA-approved back in the 1990''s for long-term use, following 20 years of safe and satisfactory use as temporary implants. Yet no one here seems to have heard of them. Answer::sorry ...

Why are mini-implants not more widely used and promoted in South Africa, considering that they are a quarter of the price of regular implants, work the same, have the same minimal failure rate and are ...