BASAL IMPLANTS – AN ALTERNATE TREATMENT MODALITY FOR ATROPHIED RIDGES

Author: 
Rahul Sharma., Jai Prakash., Dhruv Anand., Ashish Choudhary and Anurag Hasti

Rehabilitation of an atrophied edentulous jaws by placing implants is a challenging procedure.
Although various bone augmentation procedure like ridge augmentation, sinus lift are in practice but
it may lead to the morbidity of donor’s site. Sometimes patient is not willing for such extensive
surgical procedures. In such cases basal implants is a viable treatment option. Basal implants derive
support from the basal bone area which usually remains free from the infection and less prone to
resorption. This article discusses about the review literature of basal implants .

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1186-1190
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