PERMANENT DENTURE STABILISATION

Having problems with your dentures?

Unable to eat what you want?

Dentures shift, tilt and wander?

Tired of the taste and feel of messy denture adhesives?

Gums sometimes sore?

Trouble speaking clearly?

Have fear of smiling?

Visit your dentist and have the Mini-Implant System placed in less than two hours. Eat comfortably, have a pleasant conversation, laugh and talk with confidence. Your denture feels secure and is being held firmly in place.

Sounds too good to be true, but it is true.

History

Mini Dental Implants, also known as MDI's, are ultra-small biocompatible titanium alloy implant screws which have been developed in order to provide a high degree of denture stability for all those patients whose lives are adversely affected by loose, unstable dentures, who cannot withstand the rigours of conventional implant surgery and who do not have enough bone to allow for full-sized implants to be placed.

A Manhattan dentist by the name of Victor I. Sendax designed and started utilizing his innovative technique in the mid 1970's. In 1998, Dr. Sendax, in association with Dr. Ronald A. Bulard, after countless hours of research and design modifications, brought to the dental profession the advanced implant concept now known as the MDI System.

Today, the Sendax MDI System from IMTEK Dental is the only implant system on the market which has US FDA approval for immediate permanent denture stabilization.

How do MDI's Work?

The MDI consists of a miniature 1.8mm titanium/alloy implant that acts like the root of a tooth and a retaining fixture containing an o-ring that is incorporated into the base of a denture.

The head of the implant is shaped like a ball and the retaining fixture acts like a socket. The o-ring snaps over the ball when the denture is seated and holds the denture in place at a predetermined level of force. When seated, the denture gently rests on the patient's gum tissue.

The implant fixtures allow for micro-mobility while withstanding natural
lifting forces.

Typically, for stabilizing full dentures, 4 MDI's are used in the lower jaw and 6 in the upper jaw, the greater number of implants in the upper jaw being necessitated by the somewhat reduced density of bone in that situation.

How are MDI's Placed?

Placement of the implants is accomplished quickly and easily in a process performed at your Contemporary Smiles' office, with local anaesthesia to help make you more comfortable.

Using a precise, controlled, minimally invasive key-hole surgical technique, the MDI's are placed into the jawbone.

The heads of the implants protrude from the gum tissue and provide a strong, solid foundation for securing your dentures.

The dentures are modified chairside at the same time in order to incorporate retaining sockets which engage the heads of the implants.

Summary

The minimally invasive MDI technique is fast becoming the international system of choice for stabilizing dentures for those countless patients who have had to endure loose, unstable and uncomfortable false teeth for decades.

And the good news is that it is not only the most affordable technique devised to date, costing far less than conventional wide-diameter titanium implants, but is the most rapid, comfortable and relatively risk-free technique to recreate security for denture wearers.