Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Management (eBook)

This book provides dentists who place dental implants with a thorough overview of how to deal with the various challenges that they are likely to face in delivering appropriate soft tissue management. Various modalities and techniques for handling soft tissue during the surgical and restorative phases are clearly described, with discussion of different flap designs and the implications of the patient's medical condition. Guidance is presented on subsequent oral hygiene measures and the management of common soft tissue pathologies that may arise around dental implants. In addition, the relationship between implant occlusion and soft tissues is examined. The book will be ideal for all practitioners and dental students and faculty at all levels who wish to learn more about the importance of the soft tissues in implant dentistry and the approaches that will contribute to optimal functional and aesthetic outcomes.

Mohamed H. Hassan is a Post-Graduate Faculty member of the Department of Oral Medicine, Infection & Immunity, of Harvard University, School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, and a Post-Graduate Faculty Affiliate of the Department of Periodontology, Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA  where he has developed and taught courses on the effects of occlusion on the periodontium. Dr. Hassan graduated as a Bachelor of Dental Medicine and Surgery (with honors) from Alexandria University, School of Dental Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt. He continued his training at Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, where he completed a Fellowship in Craniomandibular Disorders, earned a Masters of Dental Science (with a thesis on the destructive effect of nocturnal parafunction activities on teeth, periodontium, temporomandibular joints, and muscles of mastication), a Doctorate of Dental Medicine, and a Certificate of Periodontology. Dr. Hassan has extensive experience as a periodontist, implantologist, and TMJ specialist and lectures nationally and internationally on these topics and their relation to other systemic medical conditions.  He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and a Fellow of the International College of Dentists.