Mini-implants supporting lower dentures showed high short-term survival
A review reported high implant survival after immediate functional loading, while longer-term evidence came from only subsets of the included studies.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
Most mini-implants that were put into function immediately to support a complete lower denture survived the first year. This is a result for a specific dental procedure, based on a limited evidence base. The outcome was implant survival, and the abstract provides no comparative estimate against another loading approach.
The review included few studies with relatively short follow-up. The abstract does not provide a comparative estimate against delayed loading or other implant approaches, so it cannot establish which option performs best.
What researchers found
Implant survival at 1 year
Immediately functionally loaded mini-implants supporting a complete lower denture; 16 of 495 implants failed. No comparator survival rate is reported.
A specific dental procedure
The research question focused on mini-implants put into function immediately to retain a full lower denture. That specific procedure and location define the scope of the review; results do not cover all dental implants.
Interpreting later follow-up
Later survival estimates came from smaller subsets of studies. Because the studies contributing at each time point differed, these figures should not be read as a single group's steady course over time.
The original publication
Survival rate of immediate functionally loaded ball-attachment mini-implants retaining mandibular overdentures: A systematic review.
Moftah HM, Al-Saadi MH
J Indian Prosthodont Soc · 2026
- PubMed ID
- 41476347
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