Descrizione
Editor del volume: Massimo Gagliani
The goal of this text is to provide the reader with the tools for making an informed
choice among all the available therapeutic possibilities for saving a natural tooth or
replacing it with or without an osseointegrated implant. The set of strategies for
preserving natural teeth involves complex endodontic retreatments, resulting from
previous failures that combine anatomical peculiarities and technical errors,
including fractured endodontic instruments or perforations. Some of these issues
can be resolved orthograde, while others necessarily require surgical intervention.
Surgical endodontics plays a fundamental role in the extreme salvage of the
natural tooth and must adhere to well-established rules and procedures to achieve
high probabilities of success. The text also examines other prosthetic-orthodontic
solutions to address cases such as agenesis, including autotransplantation, which
involves using a natural tooth extracted from a different area to replace the
missing tooth.
A significant part of the volume is dedicated to replacing the natural
tooth with an osseointegrated implant. In this section, the criteria for selection, timing, and methods to achieve optimal integration are examined, aiming for a
considerable success rate in terms of implant stability in the bone and the proper
relationship between the implant and its associated crown with the soft tissues.
It
is a comprehensive guide based on the most modern principles of dentistry, which
place dental elements at the center of the rehabilitation process and consider
implant components as essential support when teeth are irreparably compromised.