Hugh Devlin • Ichiro Nishimura
Editors

2013

We have tried to provide an evidence-base to some of the most important concepts in implantology. It will also provide a readable information source for the practitioner as well as a heavily referenced text for the researcher and specialist. We ask for feedback from our colleagues, students and manufacturers to help us improve future editions, as we regard this as a work in progress. Hugh Rodman Leavell and E. Gurney Clark proposed the three-stage concept of preventive medicine: Primary Prevention for promotion of general health; Secondary Prevention for early diagnosis, prompt treatment and disability limitation; and Tertiary Prevention for rehabilitation.