Dental treatment nowadays is not only directed towards enhancing esthetic results but also aims to achieve patient comfort and function with optimum satisfaction. Finer techniques are being developed so as to achieve better results that are less invasive & more conservative in nature. Dental implants have become a routine and effective treatment modality for the replacement of lost teeth. Implant dentistry too, is inclined towards minimal invasive implant technique to yield better esthetics as well as improved results, taking care of patient discomfort. Dental implants are inert, alloplastic materials embedded in the maxilla or mandible for the management of tooth loss and to aid replacement of lost orofacial structures as a result of trauma, neoplasia and congenital defects. The most common type of dental implant is endosseous comprising a discrete, single implant unit (screw- or cylinder-shaped are the most typical forms) placed within a drilled space within dentoalveolar or basal bone.
