Dr. Hamid Shafie’s Clinical and Laboratory Manual of Implant Overdentures is a ground-breaking guide to this popular and effective treatment modality, which is increasingly seen as the standard of care for the fully edentulous patient. This highly practical step-by-step handbook provides the dentist and laboratory technician with essential instruction and sound clinical support, demystifying this complex subject through systematic evaluation of the available attachment systems to produce treatment plans to best suit the patient’s needs.
CONTRIBUTORS, xiii
FOREWORD, xv
Dennis Tarnow
FOREWORD, xvi
Zhimon Jacobson
INTRODUCTION,
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1 Patient Preferences Expectations,
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2 Diagnosis and Treatment Planning,
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3 Surgical Guide and Diagnostic Stent,
Hamid Shafie, Wolfram Stein, and Amir Juzbasic
4 Principles of Attachment Selection,
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5 Stud Attachments,
Hamid Shafie and James Ellison
6 Bar Attachments,
Hamid Shafie and James Ellison
7 Spark Erosion,
Hamid Shafie, Eduard Eisenmann, and Gunter Rubeling
8 Success with Implant Overdenture,
Hamid Shafie
9 Occlusion and Implant-Supported Overdenture,
Hamid Shafie and Frank Luaciello
10 Surgical Considerations for Implant Overdenture,
Richard Green, George Obeid, Eskow, and Hamid Shafie
11 Straumann Implant System,
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12 Endopore Dental Implant System,
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13 Overdenture Implants,
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14 Loading Approaches for Mandibular Implant Overdentures,
Dittmar May, George Romanos, and Hamid Shafie
15 Clinical Applications for the Measurement of Implant Stability Using Osstell Mentor,
Hamid Shafie and Neil Meredith
16 Follow Up and Maintenance of the Implant Overdenture,
Robert Eskow, Valerie Sternberg Smith and Roy Eskow
17 Core Principles of the Successful Implant Practice,
Sean Crabtree, Paul Homoly, Andress Charalabous, Peter Warkentin, and Kornelius Warkentin
INDEX,