dental Implant

lecture #1 : history
• During the last decade, implantology has become an
indispensible part of mainstream dentistry, helping
dentists to improve the quality of life of large patient
populations.
• Whilst implant treatment could often be a convenient
alternative to conventional treatment options, in
certain cases, it is the treatment of first choice for the
rehabilitation of severe functional, anatomical or
aesthetic problems arising from tooth loss. This is
probably most striking in the treatment of the severely
atrophic mandible.
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treatment
Per-Ingvar Brånemark
 WHAT IS DENTAL
IMPLANTOLOGY?
Dental implantology is the field of dentistry that is
concerned with the replacement of missing teeth and their
supporting structures with artificial prostheses anchored to
the jawbone.
Indications for implant treatment:

• Restore dental aesthetics

• Restore lost dental function:
- Chewing - Speech
• Space maintenance and occlusal stability
• Orthodontic anchorage
• Bone preservation and prevention of disuse atrophy
after tooth loss
The phenomenon of osseointegration
of titanium implants was discovered
by Brånemark
 successful implant Survival
– There are a number of published versions of what
constitutes a successful implant or implant system.
Albrektsson (1986) proposed the following minimum
success criteria:
1. An individual, unattached implant is immobile when tested clinically.
2. Radiographic examination does not reveal any peri- implant radiolucency.
3. After the first year in function, radiographic vertical bone loss is less than
0.2 mm per annum.
4. The individual implant performance is characterized by an absence of signs
and symptoms such as pain, infections, neuropathies, paresthesia, or
violation of the inferior dental canal.
5. As a minimum, the implant should fulfill the above criteria with a success
rate of 85% at the end of a 5-year observation period and 80% at the end of
a 10-year period.