ABSTRACT
The present article on the history of dental implants spans beyond the past 100 years of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. It was not until the materials and methods became less traumatic to the bone that implants could become firmly attached to the surrounding bone. This phenomenon is now used to replace single and multiple teeth and restore the patient to function and well-being. Many of the methods used to increase denture function are still used with modifications to augment the environment for an implant. These technological changes have allowed patients to be treated efficiently, with the same need for a good treatment plan and physical evaluation by the clinician.
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Dental Implantation, Endosseous/history , Dental Implants/history , Dental Prosthesis Design/history , History, 17th Century , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , History, Ancient , Humans , Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic/historyABSTRACT
In the 100-year history of bone replacement in the human body for different purposes, a wide variety of surgical approaches and materials have been used. The techniques and materials selected significantly affect the outcome of bone replacement procedures in terms of bone formation volume and the quality and amount of vital bone. The choices facing the dental surgeon at the time of extraction, ridge augmentation, or sinus graft are wide-ranging. When choosing a bone graft material the surgeon should consider its ultimate effect on healing patterns in and around the alveolar bone at the endpoint of the procedure. As this article concludes, a better understanding of the materials and the results that can be predictably achieved with them can be valuable to the appropriately trained surgeon when preparing for these procedures.
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Bone Transplantation/methods , Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic/methods , Alveolar Ridge Augmentation/history , Alveolar Ridge Augmentation/methods , Bone Transplantation/history , Dental Implants/history , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic/history , Sinus Floor Augmentation/history , Sinus Floor Augmentation/methodsSubject(s)
Maxillary Neoplasms/history , Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic/history , Austria , Denture, Partial, Removable/history , Euthanasia, Active/history , History, 20th Century , Humans , London , Maxillary Neoplasms/surgery , Maxillary Neoplasms/therapy , Surgery, Oral/history , United StatesABSTRACT
The first report on the transfer of fresh bone was in 1668 when van Meekeren described how a Russian surgeon had repaired a soldier's skull defect by implanting dog bone with good results. Discovery of the anesthetics, nitrous oxide and ether, in addition to the introduction of antisepsis opened up new surgical possibilities and made bone grafting a possible clinical procedure. Around the turn of the last century, papers began to appear on the restoration of continuity defects of the mandibula. In the future it will be possible to acquire a living graft in the exact size desired based on a 3D reconstruction of a CT scan of the defect.
