Meimandi M, et al. - A comparative study was carried out between the biomechanical performance of splinted and nonsplinted short implants, in the posterior mandible, using finite element analysis. It was noted that splinting adjacent short implants could confer less bone strain and stress, particularly at the presence of lateral forces. Findings revealed that increasing the implant diameter could prove to be effective in strain reduction. However, it did not reduce the bone stress, irrespective of the direction of the load applied.