Biomechanics is applied to many fields of dentistry including treatments involving the use of dental implants to provide a means for predicting the clinical outcome. Several experimental and theoretical approaches are being used to accomplish this goal. This book provides a brief guide to the apprentice, along with the most complete picture of clinical/animal/experimental biomechanical studies related to state-of-art dental implants. This book also includes a brief section related to post and core restorations. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. Mechanical Properties of Bone Tissue
(Maureen E. Lynch and Marjolein C. H. van der Meulen)

Chapter 2. Animal Models for Biological/Biomechanical Assessment of Endosseous Implants
(Murat Çehreli)

Chapter 3. Nanotopography in Dental Implant Surfaces
(Gustavo Mendonça, Daniela B. S. Mendonça and Lyndon F. Cooper)

Chapter 4. Measuring Implant Stability
(Murat Çehreli)

Chapter 5. Animal Experimental Findings on The Effect of Mechanical Load on Peri-Implant Tissue Differentiation and Adaptation
(Katleen Vandamme, Ignace Naert and Joke Duyck)

Chapter 6. Histologic and Histomorphometric Evaluation of Implants Retrieved from Humans
(Giovanna Iezzi, Marco Degidi, Antonio Scarano, Jamil Awad Shibli, Carlo Mangano, Vittoria Perrotti and Adriano Piattelli)

Chapter 7. Finite Element Analysis in Dental Implant Biomechanics
(Roberto S. Pessoa and Siegfried V. N. Jaecques)

Chapter 8. Strain Measurement and Electric Resistance Strain Gauges
(Ergin Tönük)

Chapter 9. Photoelastic Stress Analysis
(Murat Çehreli)

Chapter 10. Reliability of Experimental Stress/Strain Data
(Murat Çehreli)

Chapter 11. Treatment Planning for Implant-Supported Fixed and Removable Prostheses
(Regina Mericske-Stern)

Chapter 12. Implant Supported Fixed Partial Prosthesis: Current Concepts and Future Directions
(Kivanç Akça)

Chapter 13. Biomechanics of Post and Core Restorations
(Burak Sadik and Serdar Arikan)

Chapter 14. Evidence Based Dentistry Hierarchy
(Steven Eckert)

Index