title: A dose of implant reality.
abstract: Welcome to the dark side of implant reality: complications, esthetic, prosthetic and implant failures, accompanied by personal and patient disappointments. Information on the "implant experience" gained personally and through communication with colleagues has been distilled into a dosage format to aid in reducing the more stressful aspects of implant dentistry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toffler
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal; D006801:Humans; D012308:Risk Management