Practice abstract
British Dental Journal 201, 13 - 23 (2006)
Published online: 8 July 2006 | doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4813766
Subject Category: Implants
Treatment planning of implants in posterior quadrants
- Patients diagnosed with a lack of posterior support should be treatment planned for dental implants to re-establish support.
- Sufficient restorative space must exist when treatment planning dental implants in posterior quadrants.
- There are many advantages in designing posterior dental implant restorations to be retrievable.
- Splinting of multiple posterior implants provides many benefits.
Implants
- Rationale for dental implants
- Treatment planning of implants in posterior quadrants
- Treatment planning of implants in the aesthetic zone
- Surgical guidelines for dental implant placement
- Immediate implant placement: treatment planning and surgical steps for successful outcomes
- Treatment planning of the edentulous maxilla
- Treatment planning of the edentulous mandible
- Impressions techniques for implant dentistry
- Screw versus cemented implant supported restorations
- Designing abutments for cement retained implant supported restorations
- Connecting implants to teeth
- Transitioning a patient from teeth to implants
- The role of orthodontics in implant dentistry
- Interdisciplinary approach to implant dentistry
- Factors that affect individual tooth prognosis and choices in contemporary treatment planning
- Maintenance and failures
Abstract
Differences in anatomy and biomechanics make treatment of posterior quadrants with dental implants substantially different to that of anterior areas. Without implants, when posterior teeth were lost, treatment options included a long span fixed partial denture or a removable prosthesis, especially when no terminal abutment was available. Today, with the use of implants, options are available that allow preservation of unrestored teeth.1 When teeth are missing, implant supported restorations can be considered the treatment of choice from the perspective of occlusal support, preservation of adjacent teeth and avoidance of a removable partial denture.
- Chairman, Section of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, University of Southern California School of Dentistry/Private Prosthodontics Practitioner, Sherman Oaks and Torrance California
- Ralph W. and Jean L. Bleak Professor of Restorative Dentistry, Director of Implant Dentistry at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry/Private Prosthodontics Practitioner, Pasadena, California
Correspondence to: S Jivraj1
School of Dentistry, Rm. 4372 University Park, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0641, USA
e-mail: jivraj@usc.edu
