German O. Gallucci
German O. Gallucci, Dr. Med. Dent, PhD is the Raymond J. and Elva Pomfret Nagle Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He obtained his doctorate at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland and his PhD from ACTA, Netherlands. Dr. Gallucci actively participates in clinical research related to implant prosthodontics and digital dentistry. He has been an ITI Fellow since 2004, Chair of the ITI Scholarship Center at Harvard, and also holds other ITI Committee functions in the ITI Section USA and the ITI globally.
Articles
Feature Article
The intra-oral surface scanner has become an integrated part of CAD/CAM dentistry. With the advent of digital impressions in dentistry, simplified digital workflows now offer various treatment options to enhance the prognosis of the restorations.
Feature Article
Local soft tissue deficits often follow tooth loss and implant therapy. Under these circumstances, future implant reconstructions should aim to completely or at least partially compensate this loss in order to minimize any adverse effects, namely compromising subjective patient comfort. In the main, this encompasses disconcerting food impaction, as well as esthetic and phonetic impairment. The present article reviews the relevant prosthetically driven compensation measures, confining itself to the esthetic zone of partially dentate implant patients and fixed dental prostheses (FDP).
Feature Article
This article summarizes most of the variables contributing to an esthetic and biological success in implant prosthodontics of the anterior zone and to provide key treatment considerations on the decision-making process of replacing missing anterior teeth with dental implants.