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Ever since the concept of osseointegration has been introduced in the field of Dentistry, literally hundreds of dental implant systems are now being used in the implant dentistry. Every dental implant system has some pros and cons, and insists their system has many advantages giving implantologists some confusions. One of the possible inconveniences of screw using system is screw loosening or even fracture sometimes. One might wonder if the screw should be one of the essential parts of dental implants, and Tenax dental implant system was developed from that point of view. Restoring single mandibular second molar can be challenging in several aspects. One should consider moderate to heavy masticatory forces applied, visually and mechanically restricted surgical field due to its most posterior location, difficulty in positioning because of some limited mouth openings in most cases, episodes of screw loosening or fracture after the prosthesis has been done, et cetra. Furthermore, the vertical distance to inferior alveolar nerve bundle is usually not enough to place longer dental implants to withstand the functional forces for longer period. Last but not least, the distance from first molar tooth is somewhat critical to reduce cantilever-arms. We operated one of these area with Tenax dental implant system with great concerns and made out some pretty nice short term outcome, and we hereby introduce the Tenax dental implant system and report the case result.
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