Ridge presentation and immediate implantation

  • D. Schwartz-Arad
UK: Quintessence price £148.00; pp 304 ISBN 9781850972167 | ISBN: 978-1-8509-7216-7

Reliable immediate implantation or 'teeth in one day' is what many of our patients are demanding. The extraction of teeth can have a very large effect on our patient's quality of life. This textbook covers all aspects of immediate implant placement, immediate loading and temporisation. This books takes you from the very basics to the most complex cases including informative chapters on treatment planning, case selection, aesthetics, occlusion and the psychological aspects for the patient, to name but a few.

Dr Schwartz-Arad is a specialist in maxillofacial surgery from Tel Aviv and has a very impressive background both in academia and in clinical practice. She is joined in the task of writing this book by 22 international leading names in the world of implant dentistry. In the foreword to this book Dr Dennis P. Tarnow describes this as a 'life's work'. It is only through a 'life's work' that such an impressive book can be written for future generations of implant dentists to learn from.

The book is split into five sections. These five sections describe the background to immediate implant placement, surgical aspects to placement, aesthetic considerations in treatment planning, clinical scenarios, psychological aspects, complications and complex cases. All these sections are illustrated with hundreds of high quality photographs and excellent diagrams, along with CBCT scans and radiographs. I found the step-by-step photography contributed significantly to my enjoyment of the book.

This section on on complex and unusual cases describes immediate implantation following extraction of an impacted maxillary canine, as well as a case of a root fracture where there is a need for an 'emergency' implant placement! All of these cases are followed up over a number of years.

Of particular note, the author presents many arguments for the immediate placement of implants. Along with ridge preservation, another argument strongly put forward throughout the text is the 'quality of life' effect of immediate implant placement. Schwartz-Arad presents an excellently laid out section on the psychological benefits of immediate implant placement and I was certainly convinced by her arguments.

There is something in this book for everyone and thus I would wholeheartedly recommend Ridge presentation and immediate implantation to any practitioner of implant dentistry.