Short strategic implants for mandibular removable partial dentures: One-year results from a pilot randomized crossover abutment type study.

Placing 6 mm short implants at mandibular molar sites of RPD wearers seems to be a viable treatment option, based on this investigation with a short-term follow-up. Although only minor differences between the two abutments were observed, patients seem to prefer the ball over the dome abutment.