ABSTRACT
The pioneering work on osseointegration in the 1970s paved the way for a successful introduction of dental implants as a mainstream means of dental rehabilitation. In the case of dental implants, it is also important to understand how the anatomy of the mandible and the maxilla change following the loss of teeth. In the mandible, the lingual bony undercut in the posterior molar area, the inferior dental canal and the mental foramina are the structures of which to be aware. Planning of implant surgery, as part of the overall dental health, is perhaps the most important step in the dental rehabilitation process. Implant surgery is typically performed under a combination of short- and long-acting local anaesthetics with vasoconstrictors. The advent of guided surgery has considerably changed the practice of implant surgery by offering unprecedented capabilities of precise design and planning and outcome predictability.
