) If insufficient bone is available by highly atrophic alveolar ridge (bone loss, it is possible to stabilize by Inserting a few implants in the residual bone usually in front of the jaw of a bar construction, snaps or magnets a prosthesis, which often holds so well that we in the maxilla without even the palate can. Ideally, you need six implants in the maxilla and the mandible of four. In exceptional cases, the anchor, but with less successful implant abutments.
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Figure a) or push-button telescopic anchoring of a mandibular implant supported denture b) Stegkonstuktion in the mandible with associated mandibular denture - c) and d) a lower denture with magnetic anchorage.
The application of the various retaining elements is made in consultation with the patient in the discretion of the treating physician, and depends on the individual situation. The bridge is anchored on the most solid, and Magnet, telescoping push-button anchoring and clean best.
