Dental Implants in Children: A Code to Decipher

Authors: Apurva M

DOI: 10.23880/oajds-16000120

Volume 2, Issue 1

Abstract

In our day today clinical practice, many a times we come across a situation in a child patient, where the oral rehabilitation is of prime importance. Congenital anodontia such as in patients of Ectodermal dysplasia, cleft lip & palate and traumatic tooth loss are the frequently encountered in children. By convention, a removable partial denture is the treatment of choice for such cases as replacement of teeth by implants is generally restricted to patients with completed maxillofacial growth. The major concerns for implant placement in children are: in the long term as the growth advances the implant may get submerged/ embedded in the bone and also it may restrict/hinder the normal growth of the jaws. The implant lacks in eruption potential, therefore, replacing a lost tooth with an implant in a growing child may end up with discrepancies in the occlusal plane, esthetic problems and possible disruption of the normal development of the jaw [1]. Hence, it is important to measure benefits of implants placement ingrowing patients against the concerns regarding their premature placement. 

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