This volume brings together the knowledge of the foremost leaders in implant dentistry, covering all aspects of the treatment process, from decision-making and treatment planning through imaging, surgical techniques, bone and soft tissue augmentation, multidisciplinary approaches, loading protocols, and finally strategies for preventing and treating complications and peri-implantitis as well as providing effective implant maintenance therapy. Filled with expert knowledge based on decades of research and clinical experience as well as abundant illustrations and clinical case presentations, this book is an indispensable resource for clinicians seeking to provide implant treatment at the highest standard of care. 1,782 illus Contents: 1. A Clinical Decision: Save the Tooth or Place an Implant? 2. From Osseointegration to Predictable Long-Term Implant Stability: Clinicians Perspectives 3. Introduction to Implant Surgery: Optimal Positioning of the Dental Implant 4. Implant Placement for the Mandibular Posterior Quadrant 5. An Introduction to the Success of Short Dental Implants 6. The Evolution of Imaging and Associated Applications for Implant Surgery 7. Decision Making for Implant Therapy in the Maxillary Esthetic Zone 8. Management of the Extraction Site: Socket Grafting 9. Placement of Dental Implants into Extraction Sockets 10. Seeking the Optimal Esthetic Result in the Maxillary Anterior 11. Predictable Esthetic Anterior Maxillary Reconstruction with Dental Implants and Maxillary Tuberosity Grafts 12. Immediate Loading of Implants in Edentulous and Partially Dentate Patients 13. Sinus Elevation in the Posterior Maxilla via the Lateral Window Approach 14. Maxillary Transcrestal Sinus Floor Elevation Procedures 15. The Use of Zygomatic Implants for Maxillary Edentulous Patients 16. Treatment of the Edentulous Patient Using All-on-Four and the Zygoma Implant 17. Horizontal Bone Augmentation Procedures: A GBR Approach 18. Vertical Bone Augmentation with Advanced Flap Design 19. Growth Factors: Clinical Development for Periodontal and Implant Applications 20. The Introduction of Tissue Engineering for Bone Regeneration 21. Soft Tissue Management to Augment Implant Success 22. Implant-Abutment Junction: A Crestal Bone and Soft Tissue Determinant 23. Effective Application of Orthodontics with Implant Therapy for Periodontally Compromised Patients 24. The Interaction Between Implantology and Orthognathic Surgery 25. Etiology and Management of Post-Loading Complications: Implant Loss or Failure and Peri-implantitis 26. Regenerative Protocol to Treat Peri-implantitis 27. The Importance of Dedicated Maintenance Therapy for Long-Term Success 28. Peri-implant Maintenance Therapy for Long-Term Success 29. Implant Complications: A Reality Requiring Prevention