Mini Implants

 Everyday patients ask me, "Do mini implants 'work?'

And everyday, I respond, "Depends."

If you are 40 years old, the chance of a mini implant lasting the patient's entire life is ZERO.

If you are 83 years old, frail, and have an ill fitting lower denture, mini implants might be a good thing.

Are mini implants the BEST dental implants? NO!!!! It is almost impossible to make the gum tissue around a mini implant look like a natural tooth and trust me...The gum tissue shape and contour is critical to make implants look like natural teeth.

But I see advertisements on TV for MINI IMPLANTS.

Doesn't make them the best option.