title: Are Dental Implants a Panacea or Should We Better Strive to Save Teeth?
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, USA Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA wgiannob@umich.edu.
authors.forename: W V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Giannobile
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, University of Zurich, Center for Dental Medicine, Switzerland.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D015921:Dental Implants; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D057873:Peri-Implantitis / Q000209:etiology; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists'; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000209:etiology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants
keywords: function; implant dentistry; oral implants; peri-implantitis; periodontitis; tooth maintenance