Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Osseointegration is the most studied and most investigated area in implantology. A thorough and complete understanding of what happens at the bone-implant interface is important for the implantologist, thereby enabling a treatment plan which conforms to the standards and gives better clinical predictability. This article serves to be a comprehensive review of the literature on the various aspects of osseointegration. (C) 2012 Asian AOMS, ASOMP, JSOP, JSOMS, JSOM, and JAMI. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.