1. The basics: osseointegration
2. The basics: the peri-implant mucosa
3. The basics: surgical anatomy of the mandible
4. The basics: surgical anatomy of the maxilla
5. The basics: bone shape and quality
6. Implant macrostructure: shapes and dimensions
7. Implant macrostructure: implant/abutment connection
8. Implant microstructure: implant surfaces
9. Success, failure, complications, and survival
10. The implant team
11. Patient evaluation: medical evaluation form and laboratory tests
12. Patient evaluation: the patient at risk for surgery
13. Patient evaluation: the patient at risk for dental implant failure
14. Patient evaluation: local risk factors
15. Patient evaluation: dental history
16. Patient evaluation: dental implants in periodontally compromised patients
17. Patient evaluation: esthetic considerations
18. Patient evaluation: surgical considerations
19. Patient evaluation: surgical template
20. Patient evaluation: imaging techniques
21. Patient records
22. The pretreatment phase
23. Treatment planning: implant selection
24. Treatment planning: the provisional phase
25. Treatment planning: immediate, early, and delayed loading
26. Treatment planning: single-tooth replacement
27. Treatment planning: implant-supported fixed partial denture
28. Treatment planning: fully edentulous patients
29. Treatment planning: edentulous mandible
30. Treatment planning: edentulous maxilla
31. Surgical environment and instrumentation
32. Surgical techniques: socket preservation
33. Surgical techniques: the standard protocol
34. Surgical techniques: implants placed in postextraction sites
35. Surgical techniques: computer-guided surgery
36. Bone augmentation: one-stage/simultaneous approach versus two-stage/staged approach
37. Bone augmentation: guided bone regeneration
38. Bone augmentation: grafts materials
39. Bone augmentation: block bone grafts
40. Bone augmentation: split osteotomy (split ridge technique)
41. Bone augmentation: sinus floor elevation
42. Bone augmentation: alveolar distraction osteogenesis
43. Soft tissue augmentation
44. Dental implants in orthodontic patients
45. Prescriptions in standard procedure
46. Postoperative management
47. Life-threatening surgical complications
48. Surgical complication
49. Dental implant maintenance
50. Peri-implant diseases
Appendices
A. Glossary
B. Basic surgical table and instrumentation
C. Preparation of the members of the sterile team
D. Medical history form
E. Consent form for dental implant surgery
F. Postoperative patient records: stage 1
G. Postoperative patient records: stage 2
H. Postoperative instructions
I. Treatment planning: fully edentulous patient
J. Overdenture supported by two implants: surgical procedure
K. Overdenture supported by two implants: prosthetic procedure
L. Fixed prosthesis (mandible) supported by four implants
M. Fixed prosthesis (maxilla) supported by four implants
N. Bone regeneration
References and further reading