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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Dentistry Volume 2012, Article ID 351793, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/351793 Clinical Study Short Implants in Partially Edentulous Maxillae and Mandibles: A 10 to 20 Years Retrospective Evaluation 1 2 1 ` 1 Diego Lops, Eriberto Bressan, Gianluca Pisoni, Niccolo Cea, Boris Corazza,2 and Eugenio Romeo3 1 Department of Prosthodontics, S. Paul Hospital Dental Clinic, School of Dentistry, University of Milan, 20142 Milano, Italy 2 Department of Implant Dentistry, Padova University Institute of Clinical Dentistry, 35020 Padova, Italy 3 Chairman Department of Implant Dentistry, S. Paul Hospital Dental Clinic, School of Dentistry, University of Milan, 20142 Milano, Italy Correspondence should be addressed to Diego Lops, diego.lops@guest.unimi.it Received 9 March 2012; Accepted 6 May 2012 Academic Editor: Ozgur Pektas Copyright © 2012 Diego Lops et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Purpose. Evaluation of the short implant (8 mm in height) long-term prognosis and of the implant site influence on the prognosis. Methods. A longitudinal study was carried out on 121 patients (57 males and 64 females) consecutively treated with 257 implants. 108 implants were short. Results. Four (3.6%) short implants supporting fixed partial prostheses failed. Similarly, three standard implants supporting fixed partial prostheses and one supporting single-crown prosthesis failed. Mean marginal bone loss (MBL) and probing depth (PD) of short