SMALL DIAMETER IMPLANTS- A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Complete dentures is a very well-known and the most commonly used technique for edentulous patients, however in recent times implants are the new upcoming and promising alternative to complete dentures. It provides with better stability and retention. In spite of all these benefits many edentulous patients are resistant to undergo implant treatment due to fear of surgery and cost price. Taking into considerations of these issues, this paper reports the review on Small Diameter implants which were done in the past 20 years. The aim of this review article is to 1) find out that the survival of implant is dependent on flap or flapless approach 2) find out survival of narrow diameter implants 3) to find out if there is any co relation between the survival and length of the of SDIs.