Since the first Treatment Guide appeared in 2007, the field of implant
dentistry has progressed significantly in terms of implant design,
surgical techniques, and materials, as well as abutment design and
restorative materials. In recent years, however, one of the changes that is
having far-reaching effects on how we practice implant dentistry has
been the introduction of digital workflows—with the associated benefits
as well as the challenges they pose to practitioners.
At the 6th ITI Consensus Conference in Amsterdam in 2018, progress in
digital technology was examined by one of the working groups that
looked into, in particular, computer-aided implant surgery, implant
impression techniques, the accuracy of linear measurement of conebeam CT images, and the accuracy of static computer-aided implant
surgery.
The fruits of these discussions have been integrated in this volume. In 14
chapters that include 13 clinical cases, the authors have covered a broad
spectrum of technologies, procedures, and approaches, as well as
offering recommendations and taking a look at developments currently
in the pipeline.