Year : 2018

Volume : Volume 8

Issue : Issue 3

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Dhanraj Kalaivanan.
dhanrajkalaivanan@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  Children and adolescents often require prosthodontic rehabilitation for the restoration of edentulous areas which could be due to congenitally missing teeth and teeth lost due to trauma. These children are usually treated with removable prosthesis considering the fact that skeletal and dental growth and development is incomplete and this treatment modality can lead to residual alveolar resorption, periodontal problems and increased risk of dental caries. The concern of placing implants in growing children is jaw growth. An osseointegrated implant behaves like ankylosed teeth and fails to move with surrounding structure leading to infraocclusion. When a choice is made to place the implant in growing children it should be closely monitored and implant prosthesis should be designed to accommodate the growth and development. This article gives a brief review on implants in growing children and effect of growth and development on implants.

Keywords: Implants in children, ectodermal dysplasia, growth and development.