Bone Response to Dental Implant Materials

Full Professor of Oral Pathology and Medicine at the Dental School, University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy). Dean and Director of Studies and Research from 1997 to 2009 at the Dental School, University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy). 2003-2005 he was President of the Italian Society of Osseointegration (S.I.O.). Membership: Academy of Osseointegration (AO), Board of the Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine (1993-1999), Board of the journal of Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research (2002-present ). Prof. Piattelli has coauthored more than 600 papers in international peer-reviewed Journals. Primary research interests have been immediate loading, bone response to different biomaterials and to human implants

1. Introduction to bone response to dental implant materials

2. Mechanical modification of dental implants to control bone retention

3. Surface modification of dental biomaterials for controlling bone response

4. Bone response to calcium phosphate coatings for dental implants

5. Peri-implant biological behavior: clinical and scientific aspects

6. Implant primary stability and occlusion

7. Clinical bone response to dental implant materials

8. The effect of loading on peri-implant bone: A critical review of the literature

9. Bone response to decontamination treatments for dental biomaterials

10. Anti-resorptive treatment in osteoporosis and their deleterious effects on maxillary bone metabolism in clinical dentistry

11. Biocompatibility and cellular response to dental implant materials

12. Analysis of bone response to dental bone grafts by advanced physical techniques

13. Acoustic emission and ultrasound for monitoring the bone-implant interface

14. A new approach for modeling bone response to dental implant materials