Preface1. Why dental implants2. A brief history of dental implants3. Design of Implants4. Patient factors5. Patient consults6. Treatment planning and Evaluating implant sites7. Implant scenarios8. Implant surgery: simple healed sites9. Bone grafting10. Guided surgery11. Immediate implant placement: complicated immediate sites12. Full arch cases13. Screw-retention vs. Cement-retention of restorations14. Restoring dental implants15. Dental implant failures16. Economics of dental implants17. Maintaining dental implantsAppendix A: Restoring dental implantsAppendix B: AbutmentsAppendix C: Bone graft materials
Luigi O. Massa, DDS, is the owner and practitioner of Premier Dental Centers, Art & Technology Dental Studio in Boerne, Texas, USA.J. Anthony von Fraunhofer, MSc, PhD, FADM, FRSC, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.