Dental Health Magazine Dental Health Magazine Issue 8 | Page 35

Issue #8, December 2017
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This was not a choice he wanted to make but was the reality of
his situation. He became more reclusive and withdrew from public
life as his lower dentures kept slipping and sliding. His dentist then
referred him to us and we discussed all the options and he chose
to have a full lower bridge retained by six implants.
We proceeded in placing six dental implants and waited for
ten weeks before we did a second stage procedure for him. The
surgical procedure was done under local anaesthesia and it was
uneventful. It took us about 60 minutes to place all six implants.
Fig 1 : a picture
of the lower
jaw after the
placement of the
roots also known
as the fixture of
the implants
Fig
2
The
abutment placed
after the osseo-
integration of the
implants.