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The less than 7-mm edentulous mandible: the implant/overdenture reconstructive option
N Talebzadeh1, R A Smith, F C Finzen
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Implant Dentistry
|January 15, 2000
Abstract:
The edentulous patient with a severely atrophic mandible (less than 7 mm in height) can be successfully restored with two endosseous implants and a clip-bar overdenture, with minimal morbidity. Two of the three cases reported illustrate the long-term potential of this treatment modality.