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With the broadening of treatment options and an increasing number of clinicians who provide implant therapy, it is important to ensure that the treatment methods used meet the highest clinical standards. The ITI Treatment Guide series is a compendium of evidence-based implant-therapy techniques and procedures for daily practice. Written by renowned clinicians and supported by contributions from expert practitioners, the ITI Treatment Guides provide a comprehensive overview of various clinical options. The management of different clinical situations is discussed with an emphasis on sound diagnostics, evidence-based treatment concepts, and predictable treatment outcomes with minimal risk to the patient. People now live longer and have higher expectations for health and quality of life than they did in previous generations, and demographic shifts have occurred in recent decades leaving more older people than younger. These shifts have brought new demands to implant dentistry and practitioners, who now see elderly patients routinely in practice. Because of their age, these patients are subject to certain limitations and often require special dental care, especially patients in ailing condition. This volume addresses the situation and needs of the elderly patient, from systemic changes and physical and mental limitations to considerations of quality of life. Twelve clinical cases demonstrate solutions for various clinical situations, including treatment of an Alzheimer patient, rehabilitation of a patient with osteoarthritis, treatment sequencing for full-arch removable dental prostheses, flapless guided surgery for bar-supported overdentures, and minimally invasive treatment of a patient in her 90s with severe peri-implantitis, among others. Author Information Daniel Wismeijer PhD, DDS graduated in Dentistry at the University of Nijmegen Dental School in Nijmegen, the Netherlands in 1984. Afterwards he joined the department of Oral Function and worked in the section of Special Dental Care and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics. He received his PhD in 1996 on the subject of overdentures on dental implants. From 1985 until 2006 he worked at the Amphia teaching Hospital in Breda, The Netherleands in the Department of Oral Surgery and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics. In 1985 he started a general dental practice which since 1990 is a referral practice for Oral Implantology. He is an ITI fellow since 1993. In 2006 he accepted the position of Professor of Oral Implantology and Prosthetic Dentistry at ACTA Amsterdam, the Netherlands which he combines with his referral practice. He is the chair and head of the section of Oral Function and Restorative Dentistry. Stephen T. Chen BDS, MDSc, PhD, FRACDS is a specialist periodontist in private practice in Melbourne, Australia. He holds the position of Clinical Associate Professor at the School of Dentistry at the University of Melbourne. He graduated BDS (Malaya) in 1983, MDSc (Melbourne) in 1987, FRACDS in 1988 and PhD in 2008. Dr Chen’s scientific interests are in the field of tissue regeneration and post-extraction implant outcomes. Dr Chen is past-president of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Periodontists and Australasian Osseointegration Society. Daniel Buser Dr. med. dent graduated from the University of Bern, where he is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology. He did research at Harvard, USA from 1989 to 1991, with sabbaticals at the Baylor College of Dentistry, USA (1995) and University of Melbourne, Australia (2007/2008). His main scientific interests include tissue integration of dental implants, the bone-implant interface, bone regeneration in defect sites, guided bone regeneration, autografts and bone substitutes. He has authored/co-authored more than 300 publications. Frauke Muller Dr med dent is Professor, Division of Gerodontology and Removable Prosthodontics, University Clinics of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Stephen Barter BDS, MSurgDent, RCS Specialist in Oral Surgery, Clinical Director, Perlan Specialist Dental Centre, East Sussex, United Kingdom.
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