People now live longer and have higher expectations for health and quality of life than they did in previous generations, and demographic shifts have occurred in recent decades leaving more older people than younger. These shifts have brought new demands to implant dentistry and practitioners, who now see elderly patients routinely in practice. Because of their age, these patients are subject to certain limitations and often require special dental care, especially patients in ailing condition. This volume addresses the situation and needs of the elderly patient, from systemic changes and physical and mental limitations to considerations of quality of life. Twelve clinical cases demonstrate solutions for various clinical situations, including treatment of an Alzheimer patient, rehabilitation of a patient with osteoarthritis, treatment sequencing for full-arch removable dental prostheses, flapless guided surgery for bar-supported overdentures, and minimally invasive treatment of a patient in her 90s with severe peri-implantitis, among others.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 01: Introduction
Chapter 02: Implant Treatment in Old Age: Literature Review
Chapter 03: Aging: a Biological, Social, and Economic Challenge
Chapter 04: The Benefits of Implant-supported Prostheses in the Elderly Patient
Chapter 05: Medical Considerations for Dental Implant Therapy in the Elderly Patient
Chapter 06: Features of Removable Prostheses for the Old
Chapter 07: Implants and Partial-denture Design
Chapter 08: Implant-supported Overdentures for the Edentulous Patient
Chapter 09: Surgical Considerations in the Aging Patient
Chapter 10: Oral Hygiene in Geriatric Implant Patients
Chapter 11: The Ailing Patient
Chapter 12: Management of Technical and Biological Complications
Chapter 13: Clinical Case Presentations:

Improving an Existing Implant-supported Denture in an Alzheimer Patient with Bipolar Affective Disorder with Moderate Depression and Dementia
Maxillary Complete Denture and Mandibular Overdenture on Two Implants with Universal Design
Improving a Centenarian’s Quality of Life
Oral Rehabilitation of an Elderly Edentulous Patient with Osteoarthritis Using an Implant-supported Mandibular Prosthesis with Locator Abutments
Maxillary Implant-supported Full-arch Removable Dental Prostheses for a Geriatric Patient: Sequencing the Treatment for an Optimal Outcome
Mandibular Overdenture Supported by a CAD/CAM-milled Bar with Long Distal Extensions on Two Conventionally Loaded Implants
Flapless Guided Surgery: Bar-supported Overdenture on Four Implants
Prosthodontic Solution for Two Angulated 6-mm Implants Supporting a Removable Partial Denture in a 74-year-old Patient
Rehabilitation of a Mandibular Distal Extension Situation in a 89-year-old Patient with an Implant-supported Fixed Dental Prosthesis
Minimally Invasive Treatment of a Patient in Her Nineties After Removing Implants Affected by Severe Peri-implantitis
Implant-retained Rehabilitation after Mandibular Rim Resection
Four Immediately Loaded Mini-implants Supporting a Mandibular Overdenture

Chapter 14: Conclusions
Chapter 15: References