Written by the foremost authority in the field, Dental Implants Prosthetics, 2nd Edition helps you advance your skills and understanding of implant prosthetics. Comprehensive coverage includes both simple and complicated clinical cases, with practical guidance on how to apply the latest research, diagnostic tools, treatment planning, implant designs, materials, and techniques to provide superior patient outcomes. Treatment supported by clinical evidence equips students with a more targeted evidence-based approach to patient procedures.

PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Rationale for Dental Implants -- 2. Generic Root Form Components Terminology -- 3. An Implant is Not a Tooth: A Comparison of Periodontal Indices -- PART II: BASIC SCIENCES -- 4. Biomaterials for Implant Dentistry -- 5. Clinical Biomechanics in Implant Dentistry -- 6. Bone Response to Mechanical Loads -- 7. Diagnostic Imaging Techniques -- PART III: IMPLANT TREATMENT -- 8. Stress Treatment Theorem for Implant Dentistry -- 9. Prosthetic Options in Implant Dentistry -- 10. Force Factors Related to Patient Conditions. 11. Implant Site Bone Density: A Key Determinant for Treatment Planning -- 12. Key Implant Positions and Number for Fixed Implant Prosthesis: A Biomechanical Rationale -- 13. Dental Implant Body Size: A Biomechanical and Esthetic Rationale -- 14. Available Bone and Dental Implant Treatment Plans -- 15. Scientific Rationale for Dental Implant Design -- 16. Preimplant Prosthodontics: Overall Evaluation, Specific Criteria, and Pretreatment Prostheses -- 17. Natural Teeth Adjacent to an Implant Site: Joining Implants to Teeth -- 18. Diagnostic Casts and Surgical Templates. 19. Treatment Plans for Partially Edentulous Arches In Implant Dentistry -- PART IV: SPECIAL TREATMENT OPTIONS -- 20. Posterior Single-Tooth Replacement: Treatment Options and Indications -- 21. Maxillary Posterior Edentulism: Treatment Options -- 22. The Edentulous Mandible: An Organized Approach to Implant-Supported Overdentures -- 23. The Completely Edentulous Mandible: Treatment Plans for Fixed Restorations -- 24. Maxillary Complete Edentulism: Treatment Options for Full Arch Fixed Prostheses and Overdentures. PART V: PROSTHETIC ASPECTS OF IMPLANT DENTISTRY -- 25. Principles of Cement Retained Fixed Prosthodontics: Natural Teeth and Implant Abutments -- 26. Digital Technology and Implant Dentistry -- 27. Principles of Screw-Retained Prostheses -- 28. Single Tooth Replacement -- Anterior and Posterior Prosthesis Design and Fabrication -- 29. Implant Overdentures Design and Fabrication -- 30. Maxillary Arch Fixed Implant Prosthesis: Design and Fabrication -- 31. Occlusal Considerations for Implant Supported Prostheses -- Implant Protective Occlusion -- 32. Prosthetic Progressive Bone Loading -- 33. A Maxillary Denture with Modified Occlusal Concepts Opposing an Implant Prosthesis. PART VI: MAINTENANCE -- 34. Maintenance of Dental Implants: Implant Quality of Health Scale.