Short implants

This comprehensive guide to short implants will take the reader through their research and development, explain the clinical indications, evaluate the outcomes achieved with various implants, and explore restorative and laboratory considerations. Short implants have steadily gained greater market share in the last decade as practitioners sought alternatives to traditional length implants in order to avoid grafting procedures. Current manufacturers offer a variety of implant lengths and widths, allowing surgeons and restorative dentists the ability to select the best implant for each clinical circumstance. Cutting edge information is provided on the research and clinical results achieved utilizing a range of implants, specifically those developed by Nobel Biocare, Straumann, Jack Hahn, and Bicon. Readers will also find an extensive description of the role of ultra-short implants involving reconstruction in both cleft patients and cancer patients who have lost portions of their mandible and/or maxilla. This book is a must-have for those interested in learning how the use of short and ultra-short implants offers both surgeons and restorative dentists an opportunity to stand out from those that use only the traditional length implants.

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1: A Short History of Dental Implants -- References -- 2: Short Implants: Indications and Contraindications -- References -- 3: Short Implants and Early Brånemark Team Developments: Heritage Established at the Outset -- References -- 4: The Short Implant Heritage Continues: The Possibility of Reduced Grafting Without Restorative Compromise -- 4.1 Approaching the Site with Minimal Bone Volume -- 4.2 The Most Important Part of the Implant -- References -- 5: The Straumann Short Implants -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Straumann 6 mm Implant

5.3 The Straumann 4 mm Implant -- 5.4 Conclusions -- References -- 6: Short Implants: Historical Perspectives -- 6.1 What Is a Short Implant? -- 6.2 Implant Design -- 6.3 Rational for Short Implants, Why Do They Work? -- 6.4 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- 7: Significance of Bone-Implant Contact in Short Implants and Clinical Impact -- 7.1 Bone Biology, Osseointegration, Bone-Implant Contact, and Physics -- 7.2 Assessment of Osseointegration -- 7.3 Clinical Osseointegration and Short Implants -- 7.4 Conclusion Statements -- References

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