I the 35 years since the concept of osseointegration was first applied to human patients, there have been many advances in the understanding and application of implant dentistry as a method for the replacement of missing teeth. Osseointegration as first defined by Brånemark is a scientific milestone that delineates a certain sense of separation of the old from the new in implant dentistry. Osse...

Dental materials for permanent restorations are manufactured with the intent to be stable and insoluble, but they do not fully achieve this goal. The amount of dissolved components is small and their detection sometimes requires sophisticated analytical equipment. The minute amounts of components that leach out of permanent dental restorative materials are most unlikely to cause toxic reactions...