Books Review
Implant Dentistry Research Guide:
Basic, Translational and Clinical Research
Ahmed Ballo
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Language: English
ISSN: 978-1-61942-503-3
Edition: 1/e
Publish Year: 2012
Pages: 567, illustrated
Price: $215.00
Dr. Ballo’s book is the result of a collaboration
involving international clinicians and scientists in
the field of implant dentistry and guided-boneregeneration research.
The Implant Dentistry Research Guide is a
comprehensive book with a complete update
on various methods and techniques used in this
field.
The Guide has 6 part and 21 chapters.
Part
I,
chapter
one
presents
relevant
information from the fields of bone biology and
osseointegration.
Part II, the next two chapters provide the
general guidelines for topographical data and
characterization of implant surfaces, and an
overview of the approaches and methods to the
surface structure, chemistry, and oxide thickness
of the clinically available titanium implants.
The next three chapters which make up Part III
describes procedures of using simulated body
fluid to determine the bioactivity of a new
implant candidate material; which cell-culture
models can be used to investigate the process
of osseointegration and in vitro testing methods
of implant prosthodontics evaluation.
Part IV and its five chapters reveal the research
made on animal models. It tackles a tool to be
concretely implemented in a self-reflection sheet
before starting an animal trial; the strengths and
limitations of the commonly small laboratory
models frequently used and an overview of the
different animal models used in alveolar bone
Florin Eugen and maxillary sinus augmentation research.
Constantinescu Ethical issues raised by animal testing and the
DDS, PhD Student
moral dilemma offered by the 3 Rs: Reduction,
ROPOSTURO
Holistic Dental Medicine Institute
Bucharest, Romania
E-mail:
[email protected]
Refinement, and Replacement end this part.
Methods for bone-implant interface analysis are
presented in the next five chapters in
Part V. It describes the theoretical principles and
practical techniques used to analyze the boneimplant interface, the current application of
micro-CT in different areas of the bone and the
biomaterial research, the application of electron
and ion beam microscopes for implant surface
and bone-implant interface characterizations,
the molecular biological techniques provide the
tools necessary to further clarify the underlying
mechanisms of osseointegration, and computer
enginereering methods to evaluate the
biomechanical behavior of the osseointegrated
implants.
In Part VI, the last five chapters develop the
human clinical research: the general principles
of randomized controlled trials are discussed
in detail, inclusion and exclusion criteria used,
methods available to monitor the biological
performance of a biomaterial, some relevant
aspects of two-dimensional radiography, and
noninvasive assessment of implant stability for
the clinica l success of osseointegrated denial
implants measurement by resonance frequency
analysis (Osstell).
Finally, an appendix of standard abbreviations is
also included.
Dr. Ballo with the support of the international
dental community has published The Implant
Dentistry Research Guide which is a successful
attempt to promote the idea of improving
patient care in the field of oral implantology and
guided bone regeneration.
The Book Review is drafted in the reviwer’s sole wording and illustrates his opinions.
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