What are mini implants?
Mini implants are small, narrow implants that were for many years suggested for temporary use only. They were used to hold temporary bridges and dentures in place whilst conventional implants became osseointegrated. Although not widely used they worked well for this procedure as they did not osseointegrate predictably and were removed a few months after their placement when the conventional implants were restored. However, recently these implants have been suggested as giving a stand alone answer. They can often be placed with a minimal amount of surgery and are a considerably cheaper answer. Conventional root form osseointegrated implants (as used by John Grummitt) have over forty years of supporting literature in refereed dental journals (this means that experts in the field believe that these articles appearing in these journals are as correct and proven as it is possible to be at the time of their publication). There is very little published literature on these mini implants used a
