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Book Description

This book's organisation is designed to follow the thought process of the practitioner in planning and implementing an implant placement. The book focuses on patient selection, diagnosis, treatment and management - including long term follow up care. Features in the book are anatomy, medical evaluation, interaction with specialists and treatment complications.

 

Contents

PART I: DIAGNOSIS and TREATMENT PLANNING. Rationale for Dental Implants, Generic Root Form Implant Body and Prosthetic Component Terminology, The Implant Quality Scale: A Clinical Assessment of the Health Disease Continuum, Medical Evaluation of the Implant Patient, Prosthetic Options in Implant Dentistry, Diagnostic Imaging and Techniques, Divisions of Available Bone, Bone Density: A Key Determinant for Clinical Success, Dental Evaluation: Factors of Stress, Diagnostic Casts, Pre-Implant Prosthodontics, Treatment Prostheses and Surgical Templates, The Evaluation of Natural Teeth Adjacent to Implant Sites, Classification and Treatment Plans for Partially and Completely Edentulous Arches in Implant Dentistry, Treatment Options for Mandibular Implant Overdentures: An Organized Approach, Treatment Planning for the Edentulous Posterior Maxilla . PART II: FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE. Applied Anatomy for Dental Implants, Spread of Dental Infection in the Head and Neck, Bone Physiology and Metabolism, Tissues Surrounding Dental Implants, Pharmacologic Considerations in Implant Dentistry, Biomaterials for Dental Implants, Clinical Biomechanics in Implant Dentistry, Bone Response to Mechanical Loads, A Scientific Rationale for Dental Implant Design. PART III: IMPLANT SURGERY. Root Form Surgery in the Completely Edentulous Mandible: Stage I Implant Insertion, Density of Bone: Effect on Surgical Approach and Healing, Second Stage Surgery: Uncovery and Treatment of Healing Complications, Single Tooth Implants, The Division C Mandible - Mandibular Complete and Unilateral Subperiosteal Implants, Bone Augmentation for Implant Placement - Keys to Bone Grafting, The Maxillary Sinus Lift and Sinus Graft Surgery, Intraoral Autogenous Donor Bone Grafts for Implant Dentistry, Premaxilla Implant Considerations: Treatment Planning and Surgery, Extraoral Autogenous Donor Bone Grafts for Endosteal Implants. Bone Grafting and Maintenance of Alveolar Bone for Conventional Prostheses. PART IV: IMPLANT PROSTHODONTICS and MAINTENANCE. Principles of Cement-Retained Fixed Implant Prosthodontics, Principles for Screw-Retained Prostheses, Progressive Bone Loading, Occlusal Considerations for Implant-Supported Prostheses - Implant Protective Occlusion and Occlusal Material Considerations, Maxillary Denture Opposing an Implant Prosthesis - Hydroxylapatite Augmentation and Modified Occlusal Concepts, Maintenance of Dental Implants.