DENTAL IMPLANT

Dental Implant Information

Dental implant infections.

Dental implants provide a restorative tool to support crowns, bridge abutments, and removable dentures. Osseointegrated implants are titanium posts that are surgically implanted in alveolar bone. A tight immobile bond (osseointegration) forms between bone and titanium, and prosthetic and restorative fixtures are attached to the implants. Titanium implants differ from natural teeth, which may ma...

AMEriCAn DEntAL iMPLAnt ASSoCiAtion

thE offiCiAL PubLiCAtion of thE AMEriCAn DEntAL iMPLAnt ASSoCiAtion In the coming months, Dental Implantology Update will feature a host of topics centered on evidence-based dentistry, with a review of fundamental concepts at each pass as a primer for the dental-implant practitioner The relevance and place of evidence-based principles in health care today remains somewhat debated, with reproach...

Titanium dental implant surfaces

Osseointegration has been defined as “a direct structural and functional connection between ordered, living bone and the surface of a load-carrying implant”. However, titanium and its alloys cannot directly bond to living bone after being implanted into the body. The osseointegration of titanium dental implants is critically dependent on the implant surface properties. Various surface modificat...

Modeling dental implant insertion.

The success of dental implantation is connected with the so-called implant primary stability, a synonym for the implant anchoring inside the bone. The primary stability is related to the applied peak torque to the implant during the insertion process. This work simulates the process of insertion of a typical commercial implant into the jaw bone (mandible) using a 3D dynamic non-linear finite-el...