Peri-Implant Soft-Tissue Integration and Management

Popular demand for dental implants as a reliable long-term option to replace missing teeth has risen dramatically. However, situations remain that pose challenges to practitioners and the treatment process. Written by renowned clinicians and supported by cases contributed by expert practitioners, the present volume of the ITI Treatment Guide series highlights the integration and management of peri-implant soft tissues. It discusses soft-tissue management before and during implant placement and during supportive peri-implant therapy and addresses the techniques and materials used for peri-implant soft-tissue augmentation and replacement and for the treatment of peri-implant soft-tissue dehiscences. Volume 12 of the ITI Treatment Guides series offers clinicians a comprehensive overview of various evidence-based techniques and treatment approaches for use in daily practice, with a focus on current techniques and materials.

About the Author

Mario Roccuzzo is a lecturer in periodontology and member of the attending staff of the Division of Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Turin. He is an active member of SIdP and serves on the editorial board of Clin Oral Impl Res, Int J Perio Res Dent, and Int J Est Dent. Dr Roccuzzo teaches periodontology in several postgraduate courses at the Universities of Turin and Milan San Raffaele and he has been invited to lecture in more than 30 countries across all continents. He was awarded for the best clinical presentation at the 2009 EAO Congress and for the best research article by the German Society of Periodontology in 2010 as well as the winner of the 2013 Osteology Clinical Research Prize. He maintains a private practice limited to periodontology and implantology in Turin.

Professor and chairman of the Department of Periodontology and Executive Director of the School of Dental Medicine, University of Berne, Switzerland. Research awards: Anthony Rizzo Young Investigator Award of the Periodontal Research Group (PRG) of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), the IADR/PRG Award in Regenerative Periodontal Medicine, Distinguished Teacher Award of the European Orthodontic Society. Member on the editorial board or Editor of more than 14 dental journals. Past president of the Periodontal Research Group of the IADR Past president of the Swiss Society of Periodontology President of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) President Elect of the International Academy of Periodontology (IAP)