Dental Implants: Materials, Coatings, Surface Modifications and Interfaces with Oral Tissues provides readers with information on past and contemporary advances in the design and modification of dental implants to enhance osseointegration and biocompatibility. The book begins with a look at the current status of dental implants, materials and fabrication methods. Chapters then cover surface modification techniques and a variety of inorganic, organic and biological coatings. Final sections cover tissue-implant interfaces. Written by a multidisciplinary team of materials scientists, dental clinicians and implantologists, this book is an essential reference for materials scientists, dental practitioners and researchers and students in academia. - Covers all aspects related to dental implants, including implant materials science, their fabrication, surface coatings and their clinical applications - Provides detailed information on surface modification on surfaces coated with inorganic, organic and biological materials - Discusses the modification of dental implants, including implant-bone interaction enhanced by coatings on dental implant surfaces - Written by a multidisciplinary team of materials scientists, dental clinicians and Implantologists

Dr. Muhammad Sohail Zafar is Associate Professor of Dental Biomaterials in the Department of Restorative Dentistry at Taibah University, Al Madina Al Munawara, Saudi Arabia. Dr Zafar completed his PhD at Nottingham Trent University (2011) after obtaining a master's degree in Dental Materials from the Queen Mary University of London, UK (Distinction level research project; 2007). During PhD, he has completed an NIH funded research project on natural silk for biomedical applications. He is a research-led academician having considerable experience in teaching, research and clinics management and the successful implementation of operating procedures in academic and clinical activities. Dr Zafar has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. With a google scholar h-index of 20, he is an editorial board member for journals "Fluoride (Official publication of fluoride (International Society for Fluoride Research, New Zealand) and the European Dental Journal. Currently, his research interests include dental implant materials, natural polymers for biomedical application, electrospinning, nanomaterials and tissue engineering.

1. Introduction to Dental Implants (Past, Present and Future)
2. Titanium, Zirconia and Polyethyletherketone (PEEK) as a Dental Implant Material
3. Design and Fabrication of the Dental Implants
4. Surface Modification Techniques
5. Hydroxyapatite and Nanocomposite Coatings
6. Bioactive Glass Based Coatings
7. Proteins and Peptides Coatings on Dental Implant Surfaces
8. Therapeutic agents and Growth Factors coating on Dental Implant
9. Silica-based antibacterial coatings for Dental Implants
10. Drugs Eluting Dental Implants
11. Hard and Soft Tissues Interface with Dental Implants
12. Tissue Regeneration aspects and dental implants
13. Challenges and future trends