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The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of short implants supporting prostheses in the posterior premolar region of the maxilla and mandible.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Materials and methods<\/jats:bold> A total of 30 patients requiring short 6 mm length implant placement in the posterior premolar region were included. Following a period of osseointegration, the implants were restored with either single crowns, fixed bridges or implant-supported removable overdentures. Implant and prosthetic survival with technical complications were recorded.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold> In total, 45 implants were placed, with four failures reported before loading in two patients, resulting in a patient implant survival rate of 93.3% over the two-year follow-up. There was no statistically significant difference found between implant failure and arch placement. Prosthetic survival was 100% and minor technical complications recorded were low.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion<\/jats:bold> This study showed that short 6 mm implants could provide a viable treatment option, with high survival rates comparable with alternative bone augmentation procedures. Further research with longer observation periods would be required to validate these current findings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1038\/s41415-024-7610-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,19]],"date-time":"2024-07-19T09:02:25Z","timestamp":1721379745000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Clinical outcomes of short dental implants supporting prostheses in the posterior region"],"prefix":"10.1038","author":[{"given":"Murtaza","family":"Hirani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hannah","family":"Arnantha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Azza","family":"Al-Mossallami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"George","family":"Paolinelis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"7610_CR6443","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bell R B, Blakey G H, White R P, Hillebrand D G, Molina A. 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