Clinical Cases in Implant Dentistry

Clinical Cases in Implant Dentistry presents 49 actual clinical cases, accompanied by academic commentary, that question and educate the reader about essential topics in implant dentistry, encompassing diagnosis, surgical site preparation and placement, restoration, and maintenance of dental implants. 

    Unique case-based format supports problem-based learning
    Promotes independent learning through self-assessment and critical thinking
    Highly illustrated with full-color clinical cases
    Covers all essential topics within implant dentistry

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Examination and Diagnosis

Case 1 Clinical Examination
Satheesh Elangovan

Case 2 Medical Considerations
Ioannis Karoussis and Pinelopi Pani

Case 3 Implant Stability
Marcelo Freire, Samuel Lee, and Kwang Bum Park

Case 4 Oclussal/Anatomical Considerations
Hamasat Gheddaf Dam and Rumpa Ganguly

Case 5 Radiographic Interpretation and Diagnosis
Aruna Ramesh and Rumpa Ganguly

Chapter 2 Implant Design

Case 1 Regular Platform Implant Case
Mariam Margvelashvili and Jacinto Cano Peyro

Case 2 Wide Diameter Implants
Hans-Peter Weber and Hadi Gholami

Case 3 Special Surfaces
Suheil M. Boutros

Case 4 Narrow Diameter Implant
Sung Min Chi

Case 5 Short Implants
Chun-Teh Lee, Chin-Wei Jeff Wang, Rainier A. Urdaneta, and Sung-Kiang Chuang

Case 6 Platform Switching
Samuel Lee, Sergio Herrera, and Kwang Bum Park

Chapter 3 Prosthetic Design

Case 1 Abutment Design
Christopher A. Barwacz

Case 2 Screw Retained Implant Restorations
Luis Del Castillo, Maria E. Gonzalez, and Jacinto Cano-Peyro

Case 3 Choice of Restorative Materials
Sonja Mansour

Chapter 4 Soft Tissue Management

Case 1 Free Gingival Grafts
Daniel Kuan-te Ho

Case 2 Sub-Epithelial Connective Tissue Graft
Luca Gobbato, Gustavo Avila-Ortiz, and Fabio Mazzocco

Case 3 Vestibuloplasty and Frenectomy
Daniel Kuan-te Ho, Luca Gobbato, and Luigi Minenna

Case 4 Xenografts
Mohammed Alasqah and Zuhair S. Natto

Chapter 5 Ridge Site Preparation

Case 1 Guided Bone Regeneration
Satheesh Elangovan

Case 2 Growth Factors
Daniel Kuan-te Ho and David Minjoon Kim

Case 3 Alveolar Ridge Preservation: Allograft
Gustavo Avila-Ortiz, Mitchell Gubler, Christina Nicholas, and Christopher Barwacz

Case 4 Alveolar Ridge Preservation: Xenograft
Waeil Elmisalati, Wichaya Wisitrasameewong, and Emilio Arguello

Case 5 Alveolar ridge preservation: Alloplasts
Waeil Elmisalati, Wichaya Wisitrasameewong, and Emilio Arguello

Case 6 Guided Bone Regeneration
Yong Hur, Hsiang-Yun Huang, Teresa Chanting Sun, and Yumi Ogata

Case 7 Ridge Split and Expansion
Samuel Koo and Hans-Peter Weber

Chapter 6 Sinus Site Preparation

Case 1 Lateral Window Technique
Yumi Ogata, Irina Dragan, Lucrezia Paterno Holtzman, and Yong Hur

Case 3 Internal Sinus Lift: Osteotome
Samuel Lee, Adrian Mora, and Kwang Bum Park

Case 2 Internal Sinus Lift: Other Techniques
Samuel Lee, Adrian Mora, and Kwang Bum Park

Chapter 7 Implant Placement

Case 1 One Stage/Two Stage Placement
Rory O’Neill and Pinelopi Pani

Case 2 Immediate Placement
Samuel Koo, Marcelo Freire, and Hidetada Moroi

Case 3 Delayed Placement: Site Development [do you want ‘site development’ added? If so, do you want Case 7.2 to have a sub-title?]

Y. Natalie Jeong and Carlos Parra

Case 4 Submerged Implant Placement and Provisional Restorations [do you want ‘and Provisional Restoration’ added?]
Hans-Peter Weber and Hadi Holami

Chapter 8 Restoration

Case 1 Single Tooth Implants – Posterior
Hans-Peter Weber and Hadi Gholami

Case 2 Anterior Implant Restoration
Gianluca Paniz and Luca Gobbato

Case 3 Full-Mouth Rehabilitation
Gianluca Paniz, Eriberto Bressan, and Diego Lops

Case 4 Implant Supported Mandibular Overdentures
Michael Butera

Case 5 Immediate Provisionalization (Temporization)
Panos Papaspyridakos

Case 6 Immediate Loading
Panos Papaspyridakos

Chapter 9 Special Interdisciplinary Considerations

Case 1 Implants for Periodontally Compromised Patients
Marcelo Freire, Mindy Sugmin Gil, and Karim El Kholy

Case 2 Dental Implants in Orthodontic Case
Chin-wei Jeff Wang, Seyed Hossein Bashir, Nadeem Karimbux, and Lauren Manning

Case 3 The Use of Dental Implants in Children
Abdullah Al Farraj Aldosari, and Mohammed Alasqah

Case 4 The Use of Dental Implants in the Child/Adolescent
Seyed Hossein Bashir and Zameera Fida

Chapter 10 Peri-implantitis: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Case 1 Ailing and Failing Implants
Seyed Hossein Bashir and Nadeem Karimbux

Case 2 Patient’s Plaque Control Around Implants
Lorenzo Mordini, Carlos Parra, Tannaz Shapurian, and Paul A. Levi, Jr.

Case 3 Professional Plaque Control Around Implants
Carlos Parra, Lorenzo Mordini, Tannaz Shapurian, and Paul A. Levi, Jr.

Case 4 Locally Delivered Drug Agents
Federico Ausenda, Francesca Bonino, Tannaz Shapurian, and Paul A. Levi, Jr.

Case 5 Systemic Antibiotics
Zuhair S. Natto, Shatha Alharthi, Tannaz Shapurian, and Paul A. Levi, Jr.

Case 6 Surgical Management of Peri-implantitis
Yumi Ogata, Zuhair S. Natto, Minh Bui, and Yong Hur

Case 7 Removal/Replacement of Failed Implants
Samuel S. Lee, Paulina Acosta, and Rustam DeVitre

Index

Dr. Nadeem Karimbux is Professor of Periodontology and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Dr. Hans-Peter Weber is Professor and Chair of the Department of Prosthodontics at Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.