FDA on Mini Implants | OsseoNews Discussions on Dental Implants

FDA on Mini Implants | OsseoNews Discussions on Dental Implants: "A well known one piece small dental dental implant or mini dental implant as some wants to call it is called “self-tapping threaded screws indicated for long-term intra-bony applications. Additionally, they ….. may also be used for inter-radicular transitional applications. These devices will permit immediate splinting stability and long-term fixation of new or existing crown and bridge installations, for full partial edentulism, and employing minimally invasive surgical intervention.”

The quotation is taken clean from the FDA K031106 certification. Note that the term used is “self-tapping titanium threaded screws” and not “implants”. It seems that the FDA has to date decided that any threaded titanium screw that is of diameter 3mm and more is called an implant but anything below that is called a titanium threaded screw. However, its uses appear to be close to, if not equivalent to the uses of conventional implants……….i.e.long-term fixation of new and existing crown and bridge installations. Additional uses are inter-radicular transitional applications, immediate splinting stability, full and partial edentulism…..and using minimally invasive surgical intervention to boot! So the one piece small dental implants, though not labelled as implants seem to be approved to function as implants and is more versatile in"