Woodhead Publishing Dental Implants: Materials, Coatings, Surface Modifications and Interfaces with Oral Tissues (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials)

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. Review A useful guide to all aspects of dental implant materials and implant-tissue interfaces About the Author Prof. Muhammad Sohail Zafar completed his PhD at Nottingham Trent University (2011) after obtaining a master’s degree in dental materials from Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (distinction-level research project; 2007). Currently, he is working as a professor at the Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia, where he has been a faculty member since 2012. Before that (2011–12), he worked as an associate researcher at Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom. He was awarded the prestigious title of FICD (Fellow, International College of Dentists), United States. Being a research-led academician, Prof. Zafar has considerable exposure to teaching, research and clinical management, and successful implementation of operating procedures in both academic and clinical activities. He has contributed substantially (more than 200 peer-reviewed publications since 2013) to the field of dental materials, tissue engineering, and clinical dentistry (Scopus h-index: 28; Google Scholar h-index: 38; i10-index: 103). Prof. Zafar is an editorial board member for the journal 'Fluoride' (official publication of the International Society for Fluoride Research, New Zealand), a topics board member for the journals 'Polymers' and 'Prosthesis', and a section editor for the 'European Dental Journal'. His research interests include advances in biomaterials, tissue regeneration, nanomaterials, and polymeric biomaterials for dental applications. Dr. Zohaib Khurshid (Scopus h-index: 23) is a lecturer and course coordinator at the Prosthodontics and Dental Implantology Department, School of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include biomaterials, dental bone grafts, salivary diagnostics, dental education, dental biomaterial characterization, and dental caries remineralization. He has authored more than 100 publications available in Scopus, including review papers, research papers, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, book chapters, editorials, news magazine reports, and scoping studies. He participates in editorial activities with the 'European Journal of Dentistry' (EJD); 'Journal of Oral Research' (JOralRes); 'Journal of Dentistry'; 'Materials'; 'Molecules'; 'Current Issues in Molecular Biology'; 'Polymer'; 'International Journal of Molecular Sciences' (IJMS); and the 'European Journal of Dental Research and Biomaterials'. He has edited two other books with Elsevier: 'Advanced Dental Biomaterials' and 'Dental Implants: Materials, Coatings, Surface Modifications and Interfaces with Oral Tissues'. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Member of The Faculty of Dental Trainers (MDTFEd) of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was also honored with the Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (MFDS RCPS).