PMID: 2489294Oct 1, 1989Paper

A thought on the future of dental implants

Shigaku = Odontology; journal of Nihon Dental College
Y Kobayashi

Abstract

Presently we are mainly employing into our clinic the Osseointegrated implants as advocated by Dr. Brånemark. Very often general practitioners would ask which implant system is superior when comparing the Osseointegrated implants with apatite implant or ceramic implant which were developed in this country. The main difference between the Osseointegrated implants and all other implants is that the Osseointegrated implants possess the long term basic clinical data obtained objectively, a systemized technique, and the fact that long term safety has been established in edentulous patients. Therefore in order to compare the Osseointegrated implants with appatite implant or ceramic implant it is at the least necessary for the latter two to receive the type of investigation and researches that the Osseointegrated implants has been enjoying for the past 30 years and to possess the long term basic clinical data associated with such researches. With the circumstances as it is when we look into the future of implantology it will not be exaggerating to say that the Osseointegrated implants will dominate the field for the next 20 to 30 years. Thus we would like to limit ourselves to the Osseointegrated implants when we think about the futur...Continue Reading

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