Dental Implants and Restorations: Challenges and Prospects
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 269
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Interests: biomechanics; materials science
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Dear Colleagues,
The use of dental implants has become a standard procedure in many modern treatments and the overall long-term results are reasonably good. The changing demographics of the patient population, who are becoming more demanding in terms of quality of life and esthetic expectations while simultaneously getting older and more medically compromised, demands for continuous adaptations of treatment approaches. In particular, the long-term stability of both technical and biological results are of great interest, and novel materials, improved designs, and procedural adaptations are required to keep the currently achieved standards. This Special Issue is aimed at identifiying relevant challenges in current implant dentistry and finding treatment options which may now be in a preclinical stage but could soon enter clinical practice to overcome these issues. As such, both clinical researchers as well as colleagues addressing basic science are encouraged to contribute to this Special Issue.
Dr. Matthias Karl
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- implant design
- biomaterials
- CAD/CAM
- peri-implantitis treatment
- dental technology
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