OLE T. JENSEN, DDS, MS Private Practice, Implant Dentistry Associates of Colorado, Greenwood Village, Colorado AUTHORS MARCUS ABBOUD, DMD Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Prosthodontics and Digital Technology, Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook, New York DEBORA ARMELLINI, DDS, MD Director of Prosthodontics, ClearChoice, Dental Implant CenterWashington Metro, Vienna, Virginia EDMOND BEDROSSIAN, DDS, FACD, FACOMS, FAO Assistant Professor and Director, Implant Training, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Residency Training Program, Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California MICHAEL S. BLOCK, DMD The Center for Dental Reconstruction, Metairie, Louisiana CAESAR C. BUTURA, DDS Private Practice, ClearChoice Dental Implant Center, Phoenix, Arizona NARDY CASAP, DMD, MD Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel JARED R. COTTAM, DDS, MS Private Practice, Burien, Washington DANIEL F. GALINDO, DDS Private Practice, ClearChoice Dental Implant Center, Phoenix, Arizona G.E. GHALI, DDS, MD, FACS Gamble Professor and Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana STUART GRAVES, DDS, MS Oral Surgeon, Private Practice, Burke, Virginia BEN JAVID, DDS Prosthodontist, Private Practice, Rockville, Maryland Dental Implants OLE T. JENSEN, DDS, MS Private Practice, Implant Dentistry Associates of Colorado, Greenwood Village, Colorado D. DAVID KIM, DMD, MD, FACS Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana ZVI LASTER, DMD Head, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya, Tiberias, Israel DANIEL LESMES, DMD Formerly, Chief Resident, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya, Tiberias; Currently, Consultant, Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, The Rivka Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel PATRICK J. LOUIS, DDS, MD Professor and Residency Program Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama BRIAN A. MAHLER, DDS Private Practice Limited to Prosthodontics, Fairfax, Virginia ROBERT E. MARX, DDS Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida CRAIG M. MISCH, DDS, MDS Private Practice, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Prosthodontics, Sarasota, Florida; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Implant Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York GARY ORENTLICHER, DMD Private Practice, New York Oral, Maxillofacial, and Implant Surgery, Scarsdale; Section Chief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, White Plains Hospital, White Plains, New York JASON L. RINGEMAN, DDS, MD Fellow, Tissue Engineering Institute of Colorado, Greenwood Village, Colorado DOUGLAS P. SINN, DDS, FACD Clinical Professor and Past Chairman, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, Dallas, Texas DANIEL B. SPAGNOLI, MS, PhD, DDS University Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Charlotte, North Carolina ALLISON K. VEST, MBBS, MS, CCA Anaplastologist, Medical Arts Prosthetics, LLC, Dallas, Texas Contributors iv