Decision Making at the Crossroads Between Periodontology and Implant Dentistry. A Call for Personalized Oral Medicine (3 Volume Set)

Volume 1. Fundamentals, Strategies, and Concepts
Chapter 01. The Patient in the Center of Evidence-Based Medicine
Chapter 02. Anatomy and Structural Biology of Periodontal and Peri-implant Tissues
Chapter 03. Wound Healing: Influencing Factors, Manual Skills, and the Clinical Relevance of Microsurgery
Chapter 04. Incisions, Flap Designs, and Suturing Techniques
Chapter 05. Periodontitis, Life Expectancy, and Quality of Life – Healthy Teeth for a Lifetime!
Chapter 06. Peri-implantitis – When even the “Third Set of Teeth” are at Risk of being Lost
Chapter 07. Autologous Mucosal Grafts and the Hard Palate as the Preferred Donor Site
Chapter 08. Gingival Recessions, Peri-implant Mucosal Recessions – When is Treatment Necessary?
Chapter 09. Implant Dentistry in the 21st Century – Where is the Journey Heading?

Volume 2. Techniques I
Chapter 10. Surgical Techniques for Achieving Healthy and Stable Gingival Tissue
Chapter 11. Surgical Treatment of Periodontitis
Chapter 12. Conservative Dental Surgery at the Crossroads

Volume 3. Techniques II
Chapter 13 Alternative Tooth Replacement Options to Delay or Avoid Implant Treatment
Chapter 14 Surgical Techniques for Achieving Healthy and Stable Peri-implant Soft Tissue
Chapter 15 Surgical Treatment of Peri-implantitis
Chapter 16 New Approaches to Immediate Implant Placement

With their book Plastic-Esthetic Periodontal and Implant Surgery – A Microsurgical Approach, the two nationally and internationally renowned authors, Dr. Otto Zuhr and Prof. Dr. Marc Hürzeler, have already written one of the most important works on oral surgery. They now present their patient-oriented treatment approach for implantology and periodontal surgery in their new book "Decision Making at the Crossroads between Periodontology and Implant Dentistry – A Call for Personalized Oral Medicine".

Due to extensive current scientific evidence available in dental medicine, it is no longer appropriate for dentists to be for or against preserving severely damaged teeth or to be for or against implants. The time has come to break away from dogma and combine both worlds – tooth preservation and implant therapy – into a coherent approach for the benefit of patients.

In this groundbreaking three-volume compendium, the authors demonstrate, among other things, how to achieve healthy and stable gingival and peri-implant soft tissue, considering the latest evidence and the individual risk profiles and needs of patients.

The work contains a wealth of information, providing all the necessary biologic and technical principles (Volume 1) as well as the surgical techniques (Volumes 2 and 3) required for practitioners in the fields of implantology, periodontology, and oral surgery. The in-depth work comprises a user-friendly format, including numerous detailed case studies with step-by-step procedures and extensive lists of materials. It is brilliantly illustrated with top-quality photographs and radiographs as well as other illustrative material, and is supplemented by a number of videos. This outstanding work is without doubt a real breakthrough and should be included in every dental library!

Dr. Otto Zuhr
Germany, München
Internationally renowned for his achievements in the fields of periodontal and peri-implant diseases as well as esthetic periodontal soft tissue corrections, Dr. Zuhr is one of the world's leading oral surgeons. Together with Prof. Dr. Hürzeler, he wrote a specialist book in 2011 which, according to his colleagues, is "without doubt one of the most important oral surgery publications of recent years and a must-read for every periodontist and implantologist." Dr. Zuhr studied dentistry in Aachen and in the USA. He is a specialist in Periodontology and has been a board member of the German Society of Periodontology since 2007.

Prof. Dr. Marc Hürzeler DMD, PhD
Germany, München
Prof. Dr. Hürzeler is one of the world's leading specialists in complex implant treatments. Surgical methods developed by him are used with great success even in the most difficult cases. Accordingly, Prof. Dr. Hürzeler is an internationally sought-after speaker and trainer of dentists. 1984: Doctorate, University of Zurich. 1989: Specialist in Periodontology (SSP). 1991: Specialist in Prosthodontics (DGPro). 1991-93: Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Periodontology at the University of Houston, Texas; Clinical Associate Professor since 1993. 1996: PhD in the Department of Prosthodontics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg; since 1997, Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive Dentistry and Periodontology. Founded a private practice for periodontology and implant therapy with Dr. Zuhr. 2002: Professor of Dentistry, Medical Faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg. 2008: Founded the Huerzeler/Zuhr Education Center. President of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED). More than 150 scientific publications in the field of implantology, periodontology, and tissue regeneration. National and international speaker on periodontology and implant therapy. 2012: Publication with Dr. Zuhr of the bestselling book entitled Plastic-Esthetic Periodontal and Implant Surgery – A Microsurgical Approach.