Contemporary Implant Dentistry

Contemporary Implant Dentistry by Carl E. Misch. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780815170594.

This books 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. * Provides objective appraisal of various implant systems so practitioner can determine the clinical efficiency of a system before making the investment. * Emphasizes patient selection, work-up and treatment planning with several approaches that may benefit the special needs of a patient. * Covers complications, infections and retreatment of implant surgery to show the general practitioner how to deal with treatment failures that occur in about 10 percent of cases. * Biomaterials, biomechanics, anatomy and physiology chapters explain what is occurring at cellular and functional levels to help predict success or failure. * Taking a multidisciplinary approach to implant dentistry, the roles of general dentists, oral surgeons, prosthodontists, and periodontists are discussed.