Introducing Dental Implants

Dental Implants

Osseointegration is a major factor influencing the success of dental implants. To achieve rapid and strong durable osseoin-tegration, biomaterial researchers have investigated various surface treatment methods for titanium dental implants. Current dental implant research has studied the interaction between bone and implant surface in order to understand the osseointegration process. This specia...

Dental Implants

Many millions of people around the world use removable complete dentures, and while these are designed to serve as substitutes for natural teeth, they are, at best, a compromise. Because dentures are not retained by tooth roots, they can move or slip when speaking, eating or yawning. Pressures exerted on the gums while chewing or food particles lodged under the base can also make dentures uncom...

Maintenance of Dental Implants: A Review

  Objective: Successful bonding of a dental implant to bone, which was referred to as osseointegration by Branemark has been well documented. However, long-term prognosis of an implant depends on adequate maintenance and long-term care. An effective maintenance program is required to preserve the health of peri-implant tissues. Several techniques have been suggested for this purpose but it is n...

Rationale for Dental Implants

Dental Implants: A Review

Dental caries and periodontal disease have historically been considered the most important global oral health burdens. More recent epidemiological data seem to show an increasing trend of tooth loss due to periodontal reasons rather than caries; the presence of initial attachment loss, bone height and the habit of smoking significantly increase the risk of tooth mortality. A dental implant is a...