Implant use in growing patients. Treatment planning concerns.

Abstract

The dynamic relationship of dental and craniofacial development to the use of dental implants in a growing patient must be understood before this treatment is initiated. This article describes the three dimensions of maxillary, mandibular, and skeletal growth and their relationship to the placement of dental implants. Recommendations are made for the use of dental implants in the growing individual predicated on the above parameters of growth and development.