Oral and Cranial Implants Recent Research Developments /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Devlin, Hugh (Editor), Nishimura, Ichiro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Dentistry.; Oral surgery.; Maxillofacial surgery.; Biomaterials.; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dentists are routinely faced with a huge choice of implant systems from different manufacturers, each of whom claims that its own particular system has advantages over the others. There is consequently a need for an evidence-based review of the field that offers authoritative practical guidance for...

Table of Contents:

• Peri-implant Diseases: Peri-implant Mucositis and Peri-implantitis
• Cranial Implants
• The Bisphosphonate-treated Patient
• The Genetic Background of Implant Failure
• The Biomechanical Aspects of Implants and why they fail.