copious amounts of water must be used to keep the bone cool and prevent heat transfer to the metal implant.

The single-tooth implant is the only bladevent design that should be immediately stabilized after insertion. The type of sup-port will depend upon the condition of neighboring teeth.

Canine Pillar Implants

The canine pillar is a versatile site for the single-tooth implant. The pillar is a column of bone that tends to remain relatively substantial even after extensive bone loss elsewhere in the ridge.

Although most patients have enough bone below the nasal vestibulum to accept some type of bladevent, in a few cases the bone is so flawed or shallow that an endosteal implant is contraindicated. Resorption may have extensively flattened or deformed the ridge, or left a knife-edge ridge that cannot be reduced to accept a blade.

The shape of the bone at the crest determines how the socket will be made. Because the implant has narrow shoulders, it can be set in a very short space. Its socket can be aligned along the dental arch (1), with its face (2) following the arch line. Saggital (3)