The clinical use of evidence-based medicine has been regarded as one of the most
significant medical advancements of the last century. As the costs of medical care escalate …

Background: With an emerging clinician demand for evidence‐based decision making for
implant therapy, there is a need for an assessment of the strength and quality of evidence …

In recent years, the profession has witnessed the introduction and subsequent withdrawal
from the market of numerous unsatisfactory implant products and techniques. The profession …

Purpose: This overview was prepared to describe how an evidence-based approach was
used to develop an Academy of Osseointegration (AD) Workshop on the State of the …

As more types of implants have become available, clinicians have been faced with the task
of choosing a specific implant from a wide array of options for a given clinical situation …

T he magnitude of the missing tooth problem (edentulism) in the US adult population
remains considerable. Although there has been a tremendous reduction in coronal dental …

Several techniques exist for the surgical placement of dental implants. The aim of this study
was to assess systematically, the efficacy of these protocols by the evidence-based …

What is known currently is but a fraction of the real potential that exists for the field of
endosseous dental implants. Dramatic increases in the number of reports on the results from …

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue
concerning randomized controlled trials to determine the most effective ways to maintain …

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