Foreword.

Preface.

Contributing authors.

INTRODUCTION Asbjorn Jokstad.

CHAPTER 1 IMPLANT DENTISTRY: A TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT.

How many implant systems do we have and are they documented? Asbjorn Jokstad.

What Have We Learned From Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials On Oral Implants? Marco Esposito, Maria Gabriella Grusovin, Paul Coulthard & Helen Worthington.

Systematic reviews of survival and complication rates of implant-supported fixed dental prostheses and single crowns. Bjarni Elvar Pétursson .

CHAPTER 2 COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT PLANNING FOR COMPLETE ARCH RESTORATIONS.

Treatment of the Edentulous Maxilla and Mandible with Implant Retained Overdentures. David Felton .

Key Implant Positions and Implant Number: A Biomechanical Rationale. Carl E. Misch.

Treatment alternatives for the terminal dentition patient. Luca Cordaro .

CHAPTER 3 COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT PLANNING FOR THE PATIENT WITH COMPLEX TREATMENT NEEDS.

The Challenging Patient With Facial Deformities, Rare Disorders Or Old Age. Birgitta Bergendal, James D. Anderson & Frauke Mueller.

CHAPTER 4 COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT PLANNING FOR THE PATIENT WITH ORAL OR SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION.

The Efficacy of Osseointegrated Dental implants for the Periodontally Compromised Patient. Myron Nevins & David M. Kim.

Profiles and treatment options for refractory patients in a periodontal practice. Øystein Fardal.

Systemic Implications of Peri-implant Inflammation; Mimicry of the Periodontitis-Systemic Disease Model? Howard C. Tenenbaum, Michael Glogauer, Michael Lanzberg & Michael Goldberg.

CHAPTER 5 SURGERY PHASE PLANNING.

Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Utilizing CT Scan Technology for Improving Surgical and Restorative Implant Reconstruction: Tools of Empowerment. Scott D. Ganz .

Immediate Implants in Infected Sites: Contraindications reconsidered. Jay R. Beagle .

Image-based implant therapy: current status and future perspectives. Homah Zadeh .

CHAPTER 6 PRE-IMPLANT SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS.

Horizontal and Vertical Bone Regeneration in the Maxilla and Mandible. Burton Langer.

Pre-Implant Surgical Interventions Tissue Engineering Solutions. E. Todd Scheyer .

Guided Bone Regeneration with or without bone grafts. From experimental studies to clinical application. Nikolaos Donos .

CHAPTER 7 PRE-IMPLANT SURGICAL AUGMENTATION INTERVENTIONS.

Hard Tissue Augmentation to Osseointegrate Implants. Friedrich W. Neukam, Emeka Nkenke & Rainer Lutz.

Onlay and inlay grafting in Implant Rehabilitation. Clinical aspects. Karl-Erik Kahnberg.

Is Autogenous Bone Still the “Gold Standard” for Grafting? Current Opinion on the Use of Autograft in Implant Dentistry. Craig M. Misch .

CHAPTER 8 PRE-IMPLANT SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS WITH FOCUS ON THE MAXILLA.

Evolution of the Sinus Augmentation Procedure 1982, 2008, and Beyond. Stephen S. Wallace & Stuart J. Froum .

Bone augmentation in the severely resorbed maxilla. Lars Rasmusson.

CHAPTER 9 BIOMATERIALS AND SUBSTANCES FOR SITE OPTIMIZING.

Alveolar Augmentation: Past, Present, and Future. Ulf Wikesjö, Michael Reddy & Massimo Simion.

CHAPTER 10 IMPLANT SURGERY INTERVENTIONS .

Three Dimensional Reverse Tissue Engineering for Optimal Dental Implant Reconstruction. Michael A. Pikos & Albert H. Mattia.

CHAPTER 11 THE IMPLANT AND BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE.

The healing bone-implant interface: the role of micromotion and related strain levels in tissue. John B. Brunski, Jennifer A. Currey, Jill A. Helms, Philipp Leucht, Antonio Nanci & Rima Wazen.

CHAPTER 12 THE IMPLANT SURFACE AND BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE.

The Changing interface. John E. Davies, Peter Schüpbach & Lyndon Cooper .

CHAPTER 13 THE IMPLANT DESIGN AND BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE.

Influences of Implant Design and Surface Properties on Osseointegration and Implant Stability. Jan Gottlow.

Implant Surface Design and Local Stress Fields –Effects on Periimplant Bone Formation and Retention with "Short" Porous-surfaced implants. Robert M. Pilliar.

CHAPTER 14 LOADING PROTOCOLS AND BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE.

Peter K. Moy, Georgios E. Romanos & Mario Roccuzzo.

CHAPTER 15 RESTORATIVE PHASE TREATMENT PLANNING.

Integration of Biological Principles to Achieve Stable Esthetics. Clark M. Stanford.

Changing rationales connecting teeth with implants by a suprastructure. Paul Weigl.

CHAPTER 16 RESTORATIVE PHASE TREATMENT PLANNING USING SHORTENED CLINICAL PROTOCOLS.

Stability of Implant-Abutment Connections. Thomas D. Taylor.

Shortened clinical protocols – the (r)evolution is still ongoing. Roland Glauser.

CHAPTER 17 THE TRANSMUCOSAL COMPONENT AND THE SUPRA-CONSTRUCTION REVOLUTION.

Abutment Design and Materials Using CAD/CAM Technology. Steven E. Eckert.

CAD-CAM in Implant Dentistry. Jörg-R. Strub & Siegbert Witkowski.

CHAPTER 18 THE IMPLANT DESIGN AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES.

Contemporary Dental implants and Clinical Performance. John K. Schulte & Shadi Daher.

The Internal Connection: A Contributing Factor to Achieving an Esthetic Result. Antonio Sanz Ruiz.

CHAPTER 19 LOADING PROTOCOLS AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES.

What have we learned about the influence of loading on the quality and maintenance of osseointegration? Ignace Naert, Katleen Vandamme & Joke Duyck.

The Concept of Early Loading. Hans-Peter Weber.

What have we learned from Clinical Trials about early loading of implants? Asbjorn Jokstad.

CHAPTER 20 PATIENT FOCUS ON NEUROPHYSIOLOGY.

A Neurophysiologic Perspective on Rehabilitation with Oral Implants and Their Potential Side Effects. Iven Klineberg, Peter Svensson & Barry J. Sessle.

CHAPTER 21 PATIENT FOCUS ON EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES.

Dental Implant Innovations – Growing Evidence for Best Decisions. Kent L. Knoernschild .

Subjective and objective evaluation of implant-supported reconstructions for partially edentulous patients. Klaus Gotfredsen.

CHAPTER 22 PATIENT FOCUS ON FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION.

J. Mark Thomason, Jocelyne S. Feine & Daniel Wismeijer.

CHAPTER 23 BEYOND THE MOUTH – HABILITATION AND REHABILITATION.

Dental implants in the Habilitation of Young Patients. George K. B. Sándor.

CHAPTER 24 MINIMUM COMPETENCY FOR PROVIDING IMPLANT .

PROSTHODONTICS - WHAT SHOULD BE THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS?.

Guaranteeing Treatment for Everyone: Changing Educational Criteria for “Garden Variety” Cases to Major Bone Grafts. Kenneth W.M. Judy.

Appendix. Toronto Osseointegration Conference Revisited, May 2008 program and bibliographies of speakers.

Index