Implantology Articles

• Restoring a Long-Edentulous Maxillary Ridge Segment with Adjacent Implants

  Barry F. McArdle, DMD
  Compendium - July/Aug 2014

• Prosthetic Resolution of Peri-Implant Mucositis: Promoting Soft-Tissue Health Through Proper Restorative Design

  David E. Azar, DDS
  Compendium - July/Aug 2014

  Much attention has been focused on peri-implant disease, particularly in regard to its prevalence and the need to develop proper therapeutic approaches and modalities for its treatment.

• Guided Implant Surgery with Placement of a Presurgical CAD/CAM Patient-Specific Abutment and Provisional in the Esthetic Zone

  George A. Mandelaris, DDS, MS, Scott D. Vlk, DDS
  Compendium - July/Aug 2014

  Virtual planning modalities offer implant clinicians the ability to map the proposed implant sites to produce a stereolithographic surgical guide that provides a relatively precise path for osteotomy ...

• Masking Buccal Plate Remodeling in the Esthetic Zone with Connective Tissue Grafts: Immediate Implant Concepts, Techniques

  Bobby Butler, DDS
  Compendium - July/Aug 2014

  Even with staging and socket grafts, the buccal plate will still resorb. The socket graft only diminishes the amount of change. Decisions must be based on clinical and anatomical findings.

• Advanced Immediate Functional Loading: Requirements for Long-Term Success in Modern Implant Dentistry

  Georgios E. Romanos, DDS, PhD, Prof. Dr. med. dent.
  Compendium - July/Aug 2014

  Presented are three clinical cases illustrating possibilities for advanced immediate loading using different implant designs, demonstrating treatment of severe bone defects and the facilitation of pla...

• Criteria to Manage the Technical and Biologic Success of an Implant Abutment

  Leon Hermanides, CDT, NHD Dent Tech
  Compendium - July/Aug 2014

  This article examines the role of the abutment in supporting both esthetics and technical success, including cemented versus screw-retained restorations, material selection for anterior tooth replacem...

• Occlusal Considerations for Dental Implant Restorations

  Rainer H. Bergmann, DMD, Dr. med. dent.
  Compendium - July/Aug 2014

  Considerations regarding occlusion when performing dental implant restorations are reviewed.

• Patient-Specific Abutments for Anterior Maxillary Implants

  Christopher D. Ramsey, DMD, Karina F. Leal, DMD
  Compendium - June 2014

• Implant-Supported Restorations Impacting Dentistry’s “Traditional” Approach

  Francis G. Serio, DMD, MS, MBA, Michael P. Rethman, DDS, MS, George V. Duello, DDS, MS
  Compendium - June 2014

• Use of Titanium Mesh in Implant Site Development for Restorative-Driven Implant Placement: Case Report. Part 2—Surgical Protocol for Single-Tooth Esthetic Zone Sites

  Robert A. Levine, DDS, FCPP, Aleem Manji, DDS, MS, Joanie Faucher, DMD, MS, Philip Fava, DMD, MDSc
  Compendium - May 2014

• Using Papillae-Sparing Incisions in the Esthetic Zone to Restore Form and Function

  Gary Greenstein, DDS, MS, Dennis Tarnow, DDS
  Compendium - May 2014

• Deciding Between Immediate Versus Delayed Implant Placement

  Elizabeth M. Bakeman, DDS, Douglas F. Dompkowski, DDS, Gregori M. Kurtzman, DDS, MAGD, FACD, DICOI
  Compendium - May 2014

• Use of Titanium Mesh in Implant Site Development for Restorative-Driven Implant Placement: Case Report. Part 1—Restorative Protocol for Single-Tooth Esthetic Zone Sites

  Robert A. Levine, DDS, FCPP, Aleem Manji, DDS, MS, Joanie Faucher, DMD, MS, Steven Present, DMD
  Compendium - April 2014

  This case report demonstrates techniques for treating patients with significant bony defects using a titanium mesh scaffold along with prosthetic steps in molding and conditioning soft tissues with th...

• The “All-on-4” Concept for Implant Rehabilitation of an Edentulous Jaw

  Christopher CK Ho, BDS, Grad Dip Clin Dent, M Clin Dent, Sascha A. Jovanovic, DDS, MS
  Compendium - April 2014

  This article discusses considerations for All-on-4 treatment and presents methodological descriptions for the effective use of this treatment concept.

• Research Update: Periodontology and Implants

  Compendium - March 2014