Color Atlas of Dental Implant Surgery
- 3rd Edition - April 13, 2010
- Latest edition
- Author: Michael S. Block
- Language: English
Use this atlas-style guide to master implant procedures and techniques! Written by leading expert Michael S. Block, DMD, Color Atlas of Dental Implant Surgery, 3rd Editi… Read more
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Use this atlas-style guide to master implant procedures and techniques! Written by leading expert Michael S. Block, DMD, Color Atlas of Dental Implant Surgery, 3rd Edition provides clear, full-color clinical photos and practical instructions covering a wide range of implant challenges. It takes you through treatment planning, presurgical guidelines, detailed surgical techniques, and postoperative follow-up. This edition adds more case studies, coverage of computed tomography, and a new DVD with videos of 14 surgical procedures filmed by the author. With this book, you’ll be able to address any implant-related situation and achieve optimal results!
- Clear step-by-step procedures include indications, contraindications, and treatment results for each procedure.
- Over 1,400 full-color photographs and drawings depict important concepts and techniques, and show treatment from beginning to end.
- Indications and contraindications for each procedure provide details of why a procedure is performed.
- A discussion of the result of prosthodontic treatment is provided for each case, explaining how implant placement factors into successful therapy.
- Chapters are organized by oral anatomy and surgical technique, with each chapter presenting a different area of the mouth or a specific surgical technique.
- The Mandible section covers various approaches to augmentation of the atrophic mandible, including a case that utilizes distraction osteogenesis.
- Detailed cases of posterior mandible surgery demonstrate onlay bone harvesting and grafting the deficient ridge.
- The Maxilla section features sinus grafting, hard and soft tissue procedures, and the relatively new zygomaticus implant procedure.
- References are provided at the end of every chapter for additional reading and research.
Part 1: Mandible
1. Surgery of the Anterior Mandible
2. Surgery of the Posterior Mandible
Part 2: Maxilla
3. Surgery of the Edentulous and Partially Edentulous Maxilla
4. Maxillary Sinus Grafting
5. Zygomaticus Implants and Angled Implants for the Edentulous Maxilla
6. Techniques for Grafting the Extraction Site
7. Immediate Provisionalization of Implant Restorations
8. Esthetic Anterior Implant Restorations: Surgical Techniques for Optimal Results
9. Soft Tissue Manipulation Around Implants in the Esthetic Zone
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: April 13, 2010
- Language: English
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Michael S. Block
Dr. Block graduated from the University of Rochester in 1975, attaining both a BA in Biology and a BS in Biomedical Engineering. He completed his dental training at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1979, receiving his D.M.D. cum laude in a special field.
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana; Private Practice, Metairie, Louisiana, USA