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Mini Dental Implant Cost

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The cost of mini dental implants is around 1/2 that of a traditional dental implant.Picture_cost_benefit_analysis

However to me the true cost is not measured only in dollars.  It is in lots of other measures as well.

Other costs could include:

  • Loss of the ability to smile
  • Unable to find and keep a good job
  • Social situations are avoided – like going to church, cheering at your kids or grand kids sporting events
  • Inability to enjoy your favorite foods (steak, salads, crispy veggies)
  • Overall health suffers – ill chewed food puts stress on your digestive system and you absorb less of all the good stuff
  • Spending valuable $$ on Adhesives or Pastes to glue in your dentures
  • Constant sores in your gums
  • Yearly relines of your denture or partials

The cost of even missing one tooth is HUGE!  If one tooth is missing and not replaced 20% of the teeth next to it will be lost in the next 4 to 8 years.  This is one of the reasons that over 50 Million Americans have lost all their teeth. 

Mini Dental Implants for an Affordable Cost can:

Replace Single Teeth:  With a mini implant acting as the root of your missing tooth a porcelain crown can be made.  You do not remove this like a partial denture.  To you it is like having your natural tooth back.

Replace Multiple Teeth:  Several mini dental implants can be placed to form a porcelain bridge.  This will get rid of the gap where several teeth have been lost.  It does not require healthy teeth on either side to be ground down like a traditional bridge. 

Replace an Entire Row of Missing Upper or Lower Teeth:  In some cases 8-10 mini dental implants can be placed in the upper or lower jaws to support a full roundhouse bridge.  This will replace 10-12 missing teeth with a series of porcelain crowns that are connected and placed over the mini implants.  You will never need to use dental adhesives or pastes to hold teeth in again.  You also will have teeth that you do no remove.  You will have to brush and water pick to keep your new teeth clean.

Paresh B Patel DDS

Mini Dental Implants

Dental Implants Charlotte Lake Norman Mooresville NC

Dental Implants Hickory Lenoir Boone Asheville NC

 

 

miniMARK Dental Implant Seminar – Online Restorative Presentation

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To view Part 1 The miniMARK Placement Protocol click the blue text.

So we left with the patient done with the miniMARK implants in his lower jaw. 

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A set of Locator impression caps were placed over the miniMARK mini dental implants.  These look like champange glasses and will communicate to the lab the exact location of the one piece Locator miniMark implants. 

 

 

 

 

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A good impression is taken to ensure that all pertinent landmarks are captured in the impression.  Land areas, retromolar pad, frenal attachments and of course the Locator impression caps. 

 

 

 

Wax Bite Rim

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Master Cast

Master cast with the Locator retention caps placed on the lab analogs.  These 'snaps' will be processed into the denture.

 

 

 

 

 

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Final processed denture with the metal frame incorporated.  If the denture is too retentive then different nylon rings can be placed to decrease the retention.  Or if it is not tight enough stiffer rings can be placed to increase the retention on the miniMARK implants.

My patient has had the lower denture now for 4 weeks and loves how stable and retentive it is.  This case utilized some of the best technologies avaliable today for implant overdentures.  The Locator attachment, a metal frame incorporated into the denture, high quality composite denture teeth and lab processed attachments. 

To use these kinds of materials and mini dental implants unfortunately has one setback:  COST for the patient.  This case is about 2 timesthe cost of a o-ball mini dental implant solution.  Certainly something for the dentist and patient to discuss and come to the best solution that will fit every ones desires and needs.  There are several good implant and mini implant systems out there….check them out and help your patients by getting the best system for you. 

Paresh B Patel

Mini Dental Implants

Dental Implants Mooresville Lake Norman Charlotte NC

Dental Implants Lenoir Hickory Boone Asheville NC

Glidewell Laboratories Introduces the Inclusive Mini Dental Implant

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A leader in the dental laboratory market has introduced a new mini dental implant. 

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The Inclusive Mini Dental Implant System provides the dentists all the components necessary to start and finish a high quality mini implant retained overdenture. 

This package includes the final overdenture, four Inclusive Mini Implants, surgical drill, impression copings, analogs, O-ring housings and all model work.  The Inclusive Mini Implant is also available for purchase individually.  I anticipate in the near future a competitively priced Surgical Guide made from a Dual Scan CT. 

 

 

 

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Photograph showing the Inclusive Mini Implant Placement Kit.  I was glad to see that Glidewell had the dentist in mind and included:

A drill extender

Torque wrench

3 different size pilot bits

 

 

Inclusive Mini Implants are available in three diameters (2.2 mm, 2.5 mm, 3.0 mm) and three lengths (10 mm, 13 mm, 15 mm) and provide many benefits including: a minimally invasive surgical protocol, immediate loading and affordability. Mini implants can accommodate new or existing dentures, which are anchored to the exposed ball heads of the mini implants via a simple and effective O-ring retention system, providing edentulous patients new levels of comfort and confidence.

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The Inclusive Mini Dental Implant comes in a heavy duty heat wrapped plastic bag.  A glass vile contain the sterile mini implant.  The carrier color denotes the size of the implant. 

Green = 2.2mm

Orange = 2.5mm

Blue = 3.0mm

 

 

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Another nice feature is the o-ring housing comes pre-loaded and includes an extra black o-ring.  Several other lab support items are available such as a 25 pack of block out shims and lab analogs. 

 

 

 

 

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I anticipate good things for General Dentists who want to learn how to improve their patients lives with the security and comfort of a well thought mini dental implant system….

Paresh B Patel DDS

Mini Dental Implants

Dental Implants Charlotte NC

 

 

 

Mini Dental Implant Dentures ~ IMTEC MDI, OCO Biomedical, Intra Lock

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Do you have a loose denture?  If you have around an hour of time a few mini dental implants can be placed to secure that upper or lower denture. 

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3 out of 4 mini dental implants placed in the lower jaw to anchor in a snap in/out denture.  Mini Dental Implants can typically be placed without cutting the gums, so less surgery, less healing time, less discomfort and less cost for the patient. 

This also allows medically compromised patients, such as diabetics or patients on blood thinning medicines, to be potential candidates for mini dental implants.

 

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Four snaps inside the existing denture.  In this case we were able to use the patients denture and fit the retentive snaps inside the lower denture.  These snap on top of the 4 mini dental implants. 

 

 

 

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About an hour later the mini dental implants are in place and the denture is fitted with the snaps.  An easy and cost effective way to help patients suffering from loose or ill fitting dentures. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paresh B Patel DDS  Mini Dental Implants Charlotte NC

Mini Dental Implants Lenoir Hickory Asheville NC

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