Clinical and Laboratory Manual of Dental Implant Abutments

Description

To fulfill the vision for his latest book, Dr. Hamid Shafie compiled technical information from a vast variety of sources, including implant manufacturers and designers, master dental technicians, implant researchers, and expert clinicians leading the field of implant dentistry worldwide. He and his expert contributors meticulously assembled each chapter to include only the most relevant and up-to-date content and procedures in a concise and simple format.

Dr. Shafie follows the same easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format as his best-selling textbook Clinical and Laboratory Manual of Implant Overdentures.Starting with the material science behind implant abutments, the text then describes all of the relevant abutment solutions, providing a step-by-step guide to design and manufacturing of the CAD/CAM abutments and explaining how to adjust prefabricated abutments and one-piece titanium and zirconia implants. In addition to offering the ultimate procedural guide for clinical and laboratory preparation of dental implant abutments, this textbook is filled with useful tips on clinical practice management such as sterilization, instrumentation and trouble-shooting related to implant abutments.

Clinical and Laboratory Manual of Dental Implant Abutmentsis the only text devoted exclusively to an in-depth look at implant abutments. Every dental implant clinician, technician, student, and implant industry insider needs this vital work in their library.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1) Implant Abutment materials
Hamid R. Shafie and Bryan A. White

Chapter 2) General information about implant abutments
Hamid R. Shafie

Chapter 3) Retaining abutment screw
Hamid R. Shafie and Scott Martyna

Chapter 4) Different implant abutment connections
Hamid R.Shafie and Bryan A. White

Chapter 5) Prefabricated implant abutments
Paul P. Binon

Chapter 6) The use of CAD-CAM Technology in Implant Custom Abutment Manufacturing
Julian Osario and Robert B. Kirstein

Chapter 7) Relationship between abutment geometry and peri-implant tissue in the esthetic zone cases
Dean Morton

Chapter 8) Instrumentation for abutment modification and guidelines to uses
Hamid R. Shafie

Chapter 9) Abutment preparation technique for one-piece titanium ad zirconia implants
Hamid R. Shafie and Mary L. Ballard

Chapter 10) Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization instruction implant abutments
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Author

HAMID R. SHAFIE, DDS, CAGS, is a best-selling author and much sought-after speaker in the field of implant dentistry. He received his certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Prosthodontics from Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine. He is the director of postdoctoral implant training at Washington Hospital Center Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Shafie currently is the President of the American Institute of Implant Dentistry, a not-for-profit teaching institution in Washington, DC. His best-selling textbook, Clinical and Laboratory manual of Implant Overdentures, is published by Wiley Blackwell.