Publications & Downloads

In the interest of participating in the latest conversations on trends and to aid assocaites and patients in the understanding of advancing periodontal and oral surgical procedures the following selection of works authored by Dr. Richard Akin are provided:

• 2014: Immediate Provisional dental implant Restoration: The intention of this review is to put forth a surgeons perspective for a biologically sound, functionally relevant and specialty-specific technique for providing provisional dental implant restoration at the time of tooth removal. This paper will also put forth the rationale for the use of provisionals and suggest that providing these techniques in the OMS office not only serves to optimize patient outcomes but also fills a need our specialty is positioned to innovate. A quick reference guide presented at the end of this article (Page 20) provides an overview.