BioMed Research International
Volume 2019 (2019), Article ID 1465368, 1 page
https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1465368

Editorial

Implant Dentistry: New Materials and Technologies

Luigi Canullo,1,2 Carlo Mangano,3,4,5,6,7 and Henriette Lerner8,9

¹Private Practice, Rome, Italy
²University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
³Digital Dentistry, Dept. of Dental Sciences, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
⁴Head of Digital Dentistry Unit Research, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
⁵Faculty of Dentistry, University of Granada, Spain
⁶Universidad Catolica, Murcia, Spain
⁷Private Practice, Gravedona (CO), Italy
⁸HL Dentclinic and Academy, Baden-Baden, Germany
⁹Academic Teaching and Research Institution of Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Correspondence should be addressed to Luigi Canullo; luigicanullo@yahoo.com

Received 3 April 2019; Accepted 3 April 2019; Published 17 April 2019

Copyright © 2019 Luigi Canullo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Implant dentistry is living a revolution of materials and technologies aiming at a higher predictability, quantification, less invasivity, and higher esthetic expectations.

A new fresh sequence of researches is renewing the concepts and predictability of bone grafting implant designs, digital dentistry.

Predictable parameter of treatments of peri-implantitis is creating new perspectives.

Bone grafting philosophy takes a new direction. Researches are mirroring the biological aspects focusing on biological integration and the necessity of lack of foreign body reaction.

New materials and classifications of lateral and vertical grafting are on the way, aiming at a higher predictability and success rate. Collagen matrices have shown capacity of increasing the peri-implantary soft tissue quality and quantity.

Accuracy and precision are the new parameters in implant placement. We take advantage of quantified data about precision and accuracy of digital impressions. Next accuracy and precision in all the new technologies of guided implant placement are taken “under the loupe”: dynamic navigation, planning systems, printing technologies, and surgical guides.

Implant Dentistry never sleeps.

The special issue “Implant Dentistry: New Materials and Technologies” introduces with freshness and professionality the scientific reliability of a new era in implant dentistry.

Conflicts of Interest

The editors report no conflicts of interests with regard to the present Special Issue.

Luigi Canullo
Carlo Mangano
Henriette Lerner