title: Consequences of implant design.
abstract: The use of dental implants to replace missing teeth is becoming a preferred alternative for restorative dentists and their patients. There are two general surgical approaches for the placement and restoration of missing teeth using endosseous dental implants. One approach places the top of the implant at the alveolar crest and the mucosa is sutured over the implant. An alternative approach places the coronal aspect of the implant coronal to the alveolar crest and the mucosa is sutured around the transmucosal aspect of the implant. This article reviews one-piece and two-piece implants as well as biologic implications of submerged and non-submerged surgical techniques for placing implants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics-MSC 7894, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA.
authors.forename: Archie A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cochran
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants