Implant Site Development

With the desire for dental implant therapy ever escalating, clinicians are faced with the challenge of augmenting deficient natural physiology to provide effective sites for implantation. Implant Site Development helps the clinician decide if, when, and how to create a ridge site amenable to implantation. This practical book offers solutions to many implant site preservation scenarios, discussing different treatment options, timing, a variety of materials and techniques, and their application to the clinical practice. With a unique integrated clinical approach, Implant Site Development covers a range of site development techniques. Highly illustrated, Implant Site Development presents diagrams and clinical photographs to aid with clinical judgment and will prove useful for any dental professional involved in implant therapy, from general practitioners to prosthodontists, but especially surgeons. This literature-based, yet user-friendly, reference will be indispensable to the novice or veteran clinician.

About the Author

Michael Sonick, DMD , is an internationally-known, highly-regarded authority in the field of dental implantology. A full time practicing periodontist, he is also a frequent guest lecturer in the international program at New York University School of Dentistry and a former assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine. He lectures worldwide on the subject of esthetic implants and guided bone regeneration at prestigious periodontal and oral surgery symposia. He serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals including the Compendium of Continuing Education and the Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry, and also writes and publishes numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Debby Hwang, DMD, practices as a full-time periodontist and implant surgeon. An experienced lecturer and published author, Dr. Hwang has presented on several scientific and clinical issues nationally and internationally and is an active member of the American Academy of Periodontology and American Dental Association.