Root-Form Endosseous Implants

Erik Simpanen BME 281 Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

What is a Dental What is a Dental Implant?Implant?

Placed in the bone of the mandible for a number of different reasons:

Support (crowns, bridges, replacement teeth, and dentures)

Anchorage

Prevent tooth movement.

History: Part 1History: Part 1

Mayan Civilization

600 AD: “Implant” made from

shell in three of the teeth on the mandible of a 20 year old woman

History: Part 2History: Part 2 50’s research in Cambridge

discovered the use of titanium implants in the cartilage of rabbits ears

1952- rabbit femur by Dr. Branemark After a few months the

bone had regenerated around the titanium and it was securely in place.

History: Part 3History: Part 3 1952: Dr. Leonard Linkow - first dental implant (not titanium).

1992: 19,000 implants. (father of modern implant dentistry.)

1965: Dr. Branemark put the titanium and dental implant research together in a human patient.

Operation:Operation: No specific degree needed

(dentists or surgeons)

Courses across the nation are available

Outpatient surgery with minimal anesthesia

The root hole is expanded by a drill

Significant time for healing before attachment

Today and Beyond!:Today and Beyond!: Recently: ceramic materials (zirconia)

No long term studies

SourcesSources 1) Albrektsson, T., G. Zarb, P. Worthington, and A.R.

Eriksson. "The Long Term Efficacy of Currently Used Dental Implants: A Review and Criteria Proposed for Success." JOMI 1.1 (1986). Print.

2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_implant

3) American Acadomy of peridontology, 2011,

(http://www.perio.org/consumer/2m.htm)

4) American Assocition of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2008,

(http://www.aaoms.org/dental_implants.php)

Questions???