Main description:

Dental Implants: Materials, Coatings, Surface Modifications and Interfaces with Oral Tissues provides readers with information on past and contemporary advances in the design and modification of dental implants to enhance osseointegration and biocompatibility. The book begins with a look at the current status of dental implants, materials and fabrication methods. Chapters then cover surface modification techniques and a variety of inorganic, organic and biological coatings. Final sections cover tissue-implant interfaces. Written by a multidisciplinary team of materials scientists, dental clinicians and implantologists, this book is an essential reference for materials scientists, dental practitioners and researchers and students in academia.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Dental Implants (Past, Present and Future)
2. Titanium, Zirconia and Polyethyletherketone (PEEK) as a Dental Implant Material
3. Design and Fabrication of the Dental Implants
4. Surface Modification Techniques
5. Hydroxyapatite and Nanocomposite Coatings
6. Bioactive Glass Based Coatings
7. Proteins and Peptides Coatings on Dental Implant Surfaces
8. Therapeutic agents and Growth Factors coating on Dental Implant
9. Silica-based antibacterial coatings for Dental Implants
10. Drugs Eluting Dental Implants
11. Hard and Soft Tissues Interface with Dental Implants
12. Tissue Regeneration aspects and dental implants
13. Challenges and future trends