Book excerpt: Provides practitioners and students with all the scientific and clinical data necessary to understand implant dentistry. Intended for practical and didactic use, it includes numerous color photographs and diagrams to illustrate the various surgical techniques routinely needed in practice. Specific treatment procedures, including immediate implant placement and guided bone regeneration, are carefully detailed. Also addressed are surgical and prosthetic considerations for each type of edentulism, a classification for treatment in posterior regions, and the nonsubmerged implant concept. The authors also discuss surface properties and early loading and offer innovative ideas for treating young patitents.