Designed to aid in the successful diagnosis and treatment planning in implant dentistry, the text helps dental team members to use important terms consistently and accurately, ensuring effective communication and successful outcomes. This important resource:

• Offers clear definitions for dental implant-related terms for use by the whole dental team
• Fosters a working knowledge of currently used dental implant terminology
• Helps team members to communicate more efficiently and effectively
• Presents a comprehensive guide for specialist and general dentists, dental students, residents, dental hygienists, and dental laboratory technicians
• Includes entries for hardware technology, regenerative materials, lasers, radiology, and more

Written with the entire dental team in mind, Glossary of Dental Implantology covers all aspects of implantology, making it an essential reference for anyone working with implants, including prosthodontists, oral surgeons, periodontists, residents in these areas, dentistry students, general dentists, dental hygienists and nurses, and dental laboratory technicians.

Author Information

Khalid Almas, BDS, MSc, FDSRCS, FRACDS, DDPHRCS, FICD, FAAOM, is Professor of Periodontology at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, College of Dentistry in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Fawad Javed, BDS, PhD, is Dental Researcher and Clinical Dental Practitioner at the Department of General Dentistry, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, USA.

Steph Smith, BChD, BChD(Hons), MDent, MChD, is Lecturer of Periodontology at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, College of Dentistry in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.