A patient of mine came to me and said, "Dr. Patel, I am so glad that I had mini dental implants placed to keep my lower denture from coming out every time I tried to eat or talk....but can you giv
e me some teeth that I don't have to take out?"
e me some teeth that I don't have to take out?"
Pan X ray and clinical photo of 4 Intra Lock Mini Implants to secure a lower denture
After pondering the thoughts of how to make a bridge that most people could afford I saw my friend Ken at the Annual Academy of Mini 
Implant Dentists in Orlando. He had a great idea; why not take high quality 4 layer acrylic teeth(in my opinion they look better than some porcelain crowns I have seen) and make a fixed mini dental implant bridge for our patients who suffer with dentures? The more I thought about it the more it made sense.
Implant Dentists in Orlando. He had a great idea; why not take high quality 4 layer acrylic teeth(in my opinion they look better than some porcelain crowns I have seen) and make a fixed mini dental implant bridge for our patients who suffer with dentures? The more I thought about it the more it made sense.Why should I tell patients that if I take some really accurate impressions and then make a tracing of how your chewing motions are with a soft reline material that I will be albe to create a set of dentures that will work? Its just not true...they might work...but I think most just make do with what they have. Dentures resting on gum tissue and chewing muscles will always create some sort of problem. Soreness in the gums, irritations when chewing foods that get under the denture, the list can go and on...most denture wearers will attest to that.
So with mini implants in hand 
and soon in our office, a Cone Beam 3D x-ray machine, its 'time to get to work' as Ken would say. After some careful planning we decided to upgrade Vicki's ability to chew by adding 7 additional mini implants to her lower jaw. One Intra Lock 2.0 x 18mm was placed in between the 4 minis she had. 3 additional Intra Lock 2.0 x 11mm minis were placed on each side for a total of 11 mini dental implants.
and soon in our office, a Cone Beam 3D x-ray machine, its 'time to get to work' as Ken would say. After some careful planning we decided to upgrade Vicki's ability to chew by adding 7 additional mini implants to her lower jaw. One Intra Lock 2.0 x 18mm was placed in between the 4 minis she had. 3 additional Intra Lock 2.0 x 11mm minis were placed on each side for a total of 11 mini dental implants.These will be used to hold a molar to molar (Roundhouse) Fixed Mini Implant Bridge.
This bridge will be cemented over the top of the mini implants and will not be removed by the patient.
The existing denture was modified to allow it to seat over the additional mini implants. She will comfortably wear her denture until the fixed set of teeth are made. 
It will be designed in the same fashion as a traditional fixed hybrid bridge over regular diameter implants. I will continue the post as I get the model work back from First Impression's Dental Lab.
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