Dear Colleagues,

Dental implants had been a widely accepted treatment modality for fully or partially edentulous patients in recent years improving function, esthetics, and stability. Nowadays, several developments in dental implants have occurred. There are several key factors for the long-term success of implants as proper selection of the implanted biomaterial, surface roughness, and coating. Titanium dental implants have been widely used in clinical applications due to their advantages. More recently, several other biomaterials have been introduced as zirconia and polyetheretherketone (PEEK) because of their physical and mechanical properties being close to that of bone. Surface modification of dental implants by physical, chemical, and biological means could improve the success rate of dental implants and meet the clinician's requirements. The success and survival of dental implant have been reported to be very high in healthy patients, while it is debatable whether dental implants are a preferred solution in medically compromised patients.

This Special Issue encourages researchers and clinicians to submit original research articles, technical notes, review articles, and systematic reviews that address the update on oral implantology and related surgeries.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

1. Biomaterials in the fabrication of dental implants.
2. The development in implant designs, surface modifications and coatings.
3. The most recent surgical techniques and protocols for dental implant osteotomy.
4. Sinus lifting in association with dental implants.
5. Custom implants using three-dimensional (3D) printing.
6. Zygomatic implants.
7. TMJ implants.
8. Ridge splitting.
9. Orthognathic surgery for implant placement.
10. Distraction osteogenesis for dental implants.
11. Strategies in the application of dental implants in medically compromised patients suffering from local or systemic diseases interfering with implant surgery with special concern to medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) as one of those recent diseases.

Dr. Riham Fliefel
Prof. Dr. Sven Otto
Guest Editors

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• dental implant
• surface
• biomaterial
• sinus lift
• MRONJ
• 3D printing
• implant design