The Realities of Dental Implant Maintenance （牙科植体的现实维护）.pdf

The Brown PDL tm I. Stephen Brown, D.D.S., Periodontics Implant Dentistry Spring From Our Office The Realities of Dental to Yours... Implant Maintenance Implant dentistry can effectively meet the restorative needs of fully and partially edentulous patients. raditional implant mainte- The advent of single tooth and However, both the implants and the Tnance has in the past includ- cemented restorations, early and restorations they support can fail in ed clinical assessment of immediate loading, the variety of response to local and systemic etio- plaque control and radiographic abutment designs, and a shift in focus logic factors. evaluation of the crestal bone levels. to more cosmetically-acceptable The ability to assess the reac- Additionally, it was important to restorations has necessitated the tion of the peri-implant tissues and determine the integrity of the con- development of changes in the con- maintain their health is affected by nection of the prosthesis to the abut- cepts in implant maintenance. improvements in the biology and ment and the abutment to the To ensure the continued mainte- mechanics that affect implant den- implant body. nance of optimum intraoral health, tistry. Impla