Dental implants : the art and science

Babbush, Charles A. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781416053415
ISBN: 1416053417
Physical Description: print
xvi, 523 p. : ill (chiefly col.). ; 29 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed. /
Publisher: Maryland Heights, Mo. : Saunders, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The future need and demand for dental implants -- The business of implant dentistry -- Essential systems for team training in the dental implant practice -- Dental risk management -- Master planning of the implant case -- Dental implant therapy for medically compromised patients -- Surgical anatomic considerations for dental implant reconstruction -- Contemporary radiographic evaluation of the implant candidate -- Bone: present and future -- The use of CT/CBCT and interactive virtual treatment planning and the triangle of bone: Defining new paradigms for assessment of implant receptor sites -- Peri-implant soft tissues -- Membrane barriers for guided tissue regeneration -- Contemporary subantral sinus surgery and grafting techniques -- Inferior alveolar nerve lateralization and mental neurovascular distalization -- Graftless solutions for atrophic maxilla -- Complex implant restorative therapy -- Intraoral bone grafts for dental implants -- The use of computerized treatment planning and a customized surgical template to achieve optimal implant placement: an introduction to guided implant surgery -- Teeth in a day and teeth in an hour: implant protocols for immediate function and aesthetics -- Extraction immediate implant reconstruction: single tooth to full mouth -- Immediate loading of dental implants -- Management of patients with facial disfigurement -- The evolution of the angled implant -- Implants for children -- Piezosurgery related to implant reconstruction -- A new concept of tapered dental implants: physiology, engineering and design -- The all-on-4 concept -- Laboratory procedures as they pertain to implant reconstruction -- Complications and failures: treatment and/or prevention -- Hygiene and soft tissue management: two perspectives.