Implant restorations: a step-by-step guide (second edition)

  • C. Drago
UK: Blackwell Munksgaard price £55.00; pp 264 ISBN 9780813828831 | ISBN: 978-0-8138-2883-1

Text is split into three sections. The first section relates to the technical components of the 3i system, diagnosis and treatment planning. The second section describes the management of several clinical cases ranging from basic to the more demanding. The final section discusses record-keeping, patient compliance, hygiene regimes and follow-up. The last chapter, somewhat oddly, considers osseointegration, which may have been more useful earlier in the book.

The text is highly illustrated with good quality images and tables and follows a format of demonstrating how to treat common treatment scenarios and problems.

The text is easy to read and provides a high level of detail. The strengths and weaknesses of this text are exemplified by the fact that it relates only to 3i products and in such detail that it is almost a manual for this system. This is obviously of great advantage if you are a 3i user but can be frustrating if you are not. This latter feature can detract from the many positive features of this publication.

This book will be of great use to those using the 3i system but its focus on this system may put off those who are not.