Thoroughly updated to include the latest methods and techniques in esthetic implantology, case studies demonstrate innovative surgical techniques, while anchoring them in solid scientific research. The book offers a protocol for soft tissue amendments around dental implants before, during and after dental implant fixture placement. Readers will learn the physiology of labial plate of bone, the influence of the labial plate of bone to the overall fate of the surgical and prosthetic procedure, and several novel techniques to restore osseous defects in the aesthetic zone. A new chapter offers a solid protocol to predictably diagnose, classify and treat implant related gingival recession.

Step-by-step procedures are illustrated with over 1500 clinical photographs and a companion website hosts videos and follow-up case studies. Comprehensively and thoroughly referenced, Advances in Esthetic Implant Dentistry serves as an indispensable reference to practitioners and students of periodontics, prosthodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Author Information

Dr. Abd El Salam El Askary maintains a private practice specializing in esthetic dentistry in his native Egypt. An experienced clinician and researcher, he is also very active on the international conference circuit and as a lecturer on continuing professional development courses. He also holds a teaching position at New York University School of Dentistry.

Table of Contents

• List of Contributors, viii
• Foreword, ix
• Preface, x
• Acknowledgments, xii
• About the Author, xiv
• Chapter 1 Introduction, 3
• Chapter 2 Diagnostic Considerations for Esthetic Implant Therapy, Chapter 3 Contemporary Facial Evaluation, 79
• Chapter 4 Multidimensional Esthetic Implant Positioning, Chapter 5 Intraoral Plastic Soft Tissue Surgery, 127
• Chapter 6 Immediate Esthetic Implant Therapy, Chapter 7 Socket Augmentation: Rationale Technique, 209
• Chapter 8 The Interimplant Papilla, 225
• Chapter 9 Tissue Engineering in Surgery, 255
• Chapter 10 Prosthetic Technologies Techniques Beyond the Mere Fixture, 263
• Chapter 11 The Art and Science Matching in Esthetic Implant Dentistry, 275
• Chapter 12 Treatment Complications in the Esthetic Zone, 301
• Index, 329