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