ESSENTIAL IMPLANT THERAPY
A Patient’s guide to understanding Implant dentistry
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Dental implants have truly been a major landmark for dentistry. They offer fixed restorations which not only improve overall function, and esthetics for patients, but even more than that have been able to prevent bone loss in patients’ jaws.
A large population of people in the United States are missing more than three teeth in their mouths. Typically the average person that is 35-49 years is missing at least three teeth. By age 50-64 years that number increases to 5, and by the time they are 75 years and older they are typically missing at least 9 teeth.
A number of individuals in the United States are also completely edentulous including about 10% of people between 50-64 years, 23.9% of people who are 65-79 years, and 31.3% of people who are 75 years and older.
Armed with these statistics, and also information showing that the number of dental implant procedures that are being performed in the United States has increased dramatically over the past few years, the targeted population for this book are for those patients that would consider dental implants but are on the fence about the decision because of fears of what the procedure would be like, or not having enough information about dental implants.
The goal is to provide a comprehensive guide to dental implants, familiarizing patients about the procedure utilizing line drawings and before and after photographs as a means of providing visual benefits of the procedure.
As the need for dental implants have increased, there has not been a corresponding increase in vital information regarding the surgical procedure and implant restoration phase, in order for patients who need dental implants to be able to adequately familiarize themselves about the procedure.
Therefore, the goal of this book is to present a step by step guide to the implant process as well as providing some of the information about what can occur from implant placement to implant restoration so that patients are better informed about the implant process.
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Implants have truly transformed dentistry by giving people safe, stable, and esthetic replacements of natural teeth. Since the first implant was placed in 1965, they have continued to increase in overall efficacy and popularity, where currently a large majority people in the United States know what they are, and how they function.
Currently there is very little information for patients who are interested in receiving dental implants. Since most of the books on dental implants are designed for dentists rather than patients. Information that is available on line is also geared towards dentists also. The information that is available for non dentists typically is often in the form of brochures comprised of very general information and line drawings which are often simplistic and do not adequately familiarize them about dental implants.
As implantologists, by far the most common questions that I have been asked by patients that are thinking of receiving dental implants is what they feel like when placed, how they will work, and their overall safety and effectiveness.
In order to try to answer these questions we put together some information on dental implants so that people are made familiar with the implant components, how they are placed and how they will function in the mouth. We also sought to provide information regarding the rationale behind the implant selection process, and surgical aspects of implant placement as well as provide a history and also recent advances that are associated with implant dentistry.
Since dental implants are comprised of two components, the root component that is placed surgically, and the restorative component that represents the crown of a tooth. In order to present information on both aspects of implant therapy, information on both aspects of therapy are provided in order to familiarize patients with information on not only dental implant surgery, but also on implant restorations.
Line drawings and case studies including before and after pictures of both surgical and restorative procedures are included in order to provide information for patients about the dental implant procedure. The goal of this book is to provide vital information about dental implants in such a way that will aid patients in deciding whether or not to have dental implants.
About the Author
Dr Obiechina completed her training in periodontics and implant dentistry from Columbia University. She is the recipient of the Melvin Morris award for clinical excellence in periodontics in June of 2001, and the Northeast region student award for excellence in Periodontics in 1998.
She has worked extensively within the field of periodontics and implant dentistry with two goals in mind: To offer periodontal and implant therapy that is non invasive and the highest standard of care, as well as to educate patients and people in general about periodontal disease and its effect on dental and overall health, in addition to educating them on the benefits of implant therapy.
She has been practicing all scopes of periodontics and implant dentistry in the East and West coast for many years, and has active licenses in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California. She continues to keep abreast of the latest advances in her field so as to be able to continue to offer state of the art periodontal and implant care.
Dr. Pannu established Pannu Dental Group, located in Cupertino, San Jose, Dublin, and Fremont, California. He practices all facets of implant restorative procedures in his offices and is a member of the American Academy of Implant dentistry. He also hosts a weekly radio show “dentist on air” to answer public questions about dentistry and oral health. Dr. Pannu has a large library of dental implant case reports on various multimedia channels.