Oseointegration of Dental Implants

Dentists and scientists have for a long time been researching materials and techniques for providing predictable efficient and effective methods of restoring a depleted dentition and they have employed considerable clinical skills in an effort to cope with the consequences of partial and/or complete edentulism. These consequences are related mainly to partial or total deficits in one or both jaws. As a result clinical ingenuity has led to many treatment successes with prostheses supported by varying degrees of residual periodontium and/or alveolar bone. The notion of an analogue for a periodontal ligament attachment with predictable long-term success has of necessity intrigued clinical researchers for several decades. Amongst the most versatile of these are osseointegrated Implants.