JAPANESE JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Vol. 55 No. 2       2009

ISSN: 0021-5163      UBIC: 151-J

ABSTRACT

Lately, the improvement of dental implant treatment has been growing faster. This is surely based on the conception, which was established by Professor Brånemark and his groups. The present implant treatment is considered to be in the directions of followings; 1. Hard tissue augmentation techniques for top down treatment 2. Immediate and early loading 3. Clarification of risk factors 4. Management of implants in esthetic zone 5. Patient safety and quality assurance However, some treatments provide only clinical techniques, with few evidences and no consensus. It is needed to understand and distinguish the treatments for implant treatment with a consensus from the ones, which are still under experiments. For more growth of Dental Implantology in the future, the development of "Biofunctional Implants" by improving of dental implant surfaces is expected. Keywords: implant, hard tissue augmentation techniques, immediate and early loading risk factors, patient safety and quality assurance.

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