BONE CLIMBING UP MINI DENTAL IMPLANT

A case of immediate extraction and implantation, followed by PFM bridge within 3 weeks. Follow-up xrays showed healthy bone growing around the minis. Not only did the bone seem to have climbed up the second implant from the left, there is also a layer of healthy cortical bone around it and between the minis.

There was a study that claimed that bone remodels around the minis at much higher rates than around a conventional, indicating the possibility that the bone around the mini maybe mainly woven bone and therefore not as good and sound as that around a conventional. Looking at this series of xrays, I am not sure that is true and if so, is it a disadvantage or advantage?

 There is also the possibility that the bone that seemed to have climbed up the mini may not be in close intimate contact with the surface of the implant, and therefore may not be osseointegrated. Alright then, I am going to CBVT this one as soon as I think it is necessary enough to buy one.