Kari Luotio – Clinical Guidelines for Dental Implant Treatment

Автор: Kari Luotio
Название книги: Clinical Guidelines for Dental Implant Treatment
Формат: PDF
Тема: Стоматология
Страницы: 213
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

The main task of dental implantology is occlusal rehabilitation. We should call
the end product a prosthesis, whether it is removable or not. As described, a
prosthesis is a substitute for an organ or its function. At best, a patient should
be able to forget that they using a prothesis and its existence should in itself be
satisfying to them. If we can fulfil these criteria, we have given the patient a gift,
a gift which is one of the most important they will ever receive.
The field of dental implantology increased rapidly until the beginning of the
last decade. This is explained not only by the increasing level of dentists’
knowledge and skills, but also by the various national social security systems in
Central Europe and some Scandinavian countries. Today, these systems are less
effective as a result of economic depression. This has forced the development
of reasonable, simplified and rational dental implant systems such as the Osfix
system.
It is possible to describe dental implantology as controlled risk-taking, based
on skilled surgery in the jawbone, modern titanium fabrication and precision
dental laboratory manufacturing. This involves three obligatory conditions for
the implantologist: 1. A knowledge of anatomy; 2. the ability to handle tissues
such as the mucous membrane, muscles, nerves, veins, bones, extra oral tissues,
and even sinuses; and 3. the ability to assemble prefabricated titanium parts and
hand-made dental laboratory products. If any of these claims are not fulfilled,
the risk-taking is no longer controlled.
Anatomical hand books were written a long time ago, therefore the idea of this
book is not to teach surgical anatomy. However, repetitio est mater studiorum.
It is not a waste of time to consider applied implantological anatomy, because a
small misalignment of an implant may result in tremendous technical problems
between the bone surface and occlusion becoming apparent. It is impossible to
overstate the importance of the advice of experienced implantologists and the
enormous knowledge which is available in other implantological books.