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Short Implants: Historical Perspectives

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Short implants have had a recent surge in popularity due to well-documented success rates. Implants meeting the definition of short implants as established by the SSID Conference of the Academy of Osseointegration in August, 2010 have been available for over 30 years. There were warnings that short implants may not be a viable treatment for some cases and should be used when they are the only alternative. Despite this, there are 25–30 year survival rates in cases with implants still looking like they will survive even longer. Improvements in implant design have shown these implants to be a viable option in all surgical circumstances with success rate equivalent to longer implants. Short implants are now a part of all manufacturers inventory at this time and restrictions are no longer an issue.

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  1. Chevy Chase Oral and Implant Surgery, Chevy Chase, MD, USA

    Clarence Lindquist

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Denver Health and Hospitals, Denver, CO, USA

    Boyd J. Tomasetti

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Lindquist, C. (2020). Short Implants: Historical Perspectives. In: Tomasetti, B., Ewers, R. (eds) Short Implants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44199-9_6

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