Surgical Research in Implant Dentistry

Michel M. Dard, DDS, MS, PhD, was trained in dentistry and oral medicine in France (Universities of Bordeaux and Nantes) and at New York University, College of Dentistry, New York, USA. He is currently the Senior Director for Continuing Education and Clinical Development at Vizstara, New Jersey, USA. He served during 20 years successively as the Head of Preclinical Research, Head of Surgical and Clinical Science and Global Medical Director at the Straumann Group, Basel, Switzerland. Prior to this he was the Director of Oral and Cranio-Maxillo-Facial R&D at Biomet-Merck, Darmstadt, Germany. Dr. Dard's fields of expertise include research and innovation management and administration, surgical methodology, surgical procedures in implant dentistry and periodontology, novel materials and medical devices, translational and precision dental medicine. He is a member of several international societies (IADR, ITI) and served for more than a decade as an expert at the French NIH (INSERM, Paris, France) and the Directorate for Research and Innovation of the European Union Commission (Brussels, Belgium). He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Dental Medicine at Columbia University, New York, USA.

He holds several patents and is the author of more than 170 international peer-reviewed original articles, book chapters, monographs, reviews, and editorials.

He lectures globally at most noticeable offline and online international congress, symposiums, University seminars and before scientific societies on medical devices, biomaterials, tissues regeneration, implant dentistry and surgical & oral rehabilitation science.

1. The method sets the tone.- 2. Preclinical studies design and place of rodents .- 3. Preclinical studies design and place of rabbits .- 4. Preclinical studies design and place of swine .- 5. Preclinical studies in the canine model .- 6. Preclinical studies design and place of caprine and ovine.- 7. Clinical investigations in implant dentistry:experimentation versus observation and the future of merging data.- 8. Translational aspects in living mammalian organisms.- 9. Biomechanics of the radicular component of endosteal implants.- 10. Radiographic imaging in implant dentistry.- 11. Biological events at the interface between the radicular part of the implant and bone.- 12. Mechanics of the implant-abutment-connection.- 13. Mechanics of the prosthetic rehabilitations.- 14. Imaging of non resorbable bone substitutes.- 15. Biology of low-substitution bone substitutes.- 16. Imaging of resorbable bone substitutes .- 17. Biology of resorbable bone substitutes.- 18. Membranes and soft tissues enhancers.- 19. Biomarkers for implant dentistry studies.- 20. Computer-Assisted Implant Dentistry.- 21. Insight into statistical procedure.

"This book is well written ... . The book is split into 21 chapters, each looking at different stages of research including development and design, methodology, as well as analysis and statistical procedures. ... It is a useful resource targeted mainly towards researchers and academics, while also being useful to students and general practitioners aiming to understand implant-based dentistry in greater depth." (Ammar Ahmed Zaki, British Dental Journal, Vol. 235 (12), December, 2023)

“This book is well written … . The book is split into 21 chapters, each looking at different stages of research including development and design, methodology, as well as analysis and statistical procedures. … It is a useful resource targeted mainly towards researchers and academics, while also being useful to students and general practitioners aiming to understand implant-based dentistry in greater depth.” (Ammar Ahmed Zaki, British Dental Journal, Vol. 235 (12), December, 2023)