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British Dental Journal 202, 11 - 17 (2007)
Published online: 13 January 2007 | doi:10.1038/bdj.2006.106
Subject Category: Implants
An interdisciplinary approach to treatment planning in implant dentistry
S. Jivraj1, P. Corrado2 & W. Chee3
- Interdisciplinary therapy involves the combination of diagnostic, treatment planning, and therapeutic procedures amongst different specialties.
- Allied specialists must be recruited to optimise the peri-implant site prior to placement and restoration.
- A team approach to the management of patients who require implant dentistry allows more ideal restorations to be developed.
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
The practice of implant dentistry requires an interdisciplinary approach that integrates the knowledge, skills and experience of all the disciplines of dentistry into a comprehensive treatment plan. This article outlines a comprehensive interdisciplinary treatment philosophy designed for developing the foundation of optimal aesthetics in implant dentistry. Cases are presented to illustrate the utility of interdisciplinary treatment in which specialists are recruited to enhance and improve a patient's dental function and aesthetics.
- Chairman, Section of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, University of Southern California School of Dentistry / Private Prosthodontics Practitioner, Oxnard, California
- Private Practice, Verona, Italy
- 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
300 Esplanande Drive 1600, Private Practice Oxnard CA 93036, USA
e-mail: saj.jivraj@gmail.com
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