Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rationale for dental implants -- Generic root form component terminology -- Stress treatment theorem for implant dentistry -- Prosthetic options in implant dentistry -- Treatment planning: force factors related to patient conditions -- Bone density: a key determinant for treatment planning -- Treatment plan related to key implant positions and implant number -- Implant body size: a biomechanical and esthetic rationale -- Available bone and dental implant treatment plans -- Scientific rationale for dental implant design -- Preimplant prosthodontics: overall evaluation, specific criteria, and pretreatment prostheses -- Diagnostic casts and surgical templates -- The edentulous mandible: an organized approach to implant-supported overdentures -- The completely edentulous manidble: treatment plans for fixed restorations -- Single-tooth replacement: treatment options -- Maxillary arch implant considerations: fixed and overduenture prostheses -- Treatment plans for partially and completely edentulous arches in implant dentistry -- Medical evaluation of the dental implant patient -- Pharmacology in implant dentistry -- Applied anatomy for dental implants -- Spread of dental infection in the head and neck -- Biomaterials for dental implants -- Clinical biomechanics in implant dentistry -- Bone physiology, metabolism, and biomechanics -- Dental implant surfaces: a review -- Bone response to mechanical loads -- Density of bone: effect on surgical approach and healing -- Posterior single tooth replacement: surgical guidelines -- Root form surgery in the edentulous anterior and posterior mandible: implant insertion -- Stage II surgery: uncovery and treatment of healing complications -- Anterior single-tooth replacement surgical considerations -- Premaxilla surgery: implant insertion, bone spreading, nasal flor elevation, and incisive foramen implants -- Immediate load and restoration in implant dentistry: rationale and treatment -- Keys to bone grafting and bone grafting materials -- Tooth extraction, socket grafting, and barrier membrane bone regeneration -- Maxillary sinus anatomy, pathology, and graft sugery -- Mandibular donor block bone grafts: symphysis and ramus -- Extraoral autogenous donor bone grafts for endosteal implants: ilium and tibia -- An implant is not a tooth: a comparison of periodontal indices -- Maintenance of dental implants: implant quality of health scale.