Implant Restorations: A Step-by-Step Guide
by Dr Carl Drago
ISBN: 9781119538110 • Hardcover • 536 pages • Fourth edition
This important text presents the latest information on restoring dental implants and addresses recent advances in treatment planning and procedures. This fourth edition provides a wealth of updated and expanded coverage on detailed procedures. Focusing on the most common treatment scenarios, it offers concise literature reviews for each chapter and easy-to-follow descriptions of techniques, along with high-quality clinical photographs demonstrating each step. This comprehensive and practical guide begins with information on incorporating implant restorative dentistry in clinical practice. It covers diagnosis and treatment planning and digital dentistry, and addresses advances in cone beam computerised tomography (CBCT), treatment planning software, computer-generated surgical guides, rapid prototype printing and impression-less implant restorative treatments, intra-oral scanning, laser sintering, and printing/milling polymer materials. Record-keeping, patient compliance, hygiene regimes, and follow-up are also covered.
• A step-by-step guide to commonly encountered treatments, describing procedures and techniques in an easy-to-follow, highly illustrated format • New chapters on diagnosis, treatment planning and digital dentistry
• Covers advances in CBCT, computer generated surgical guides, intra-oral scanning, laser sintering, and more. This is an excellent and accessible guide on a burgeoning subject in modern dental practice by an experienced clinician. Implant Restorations: A Step-by-Step Guide is a valuable resource for prosthodontists, general dentists, implant surgeons, dental students, dental assistants, hygienists, and dental laboratory technicians.