Titanium: The Ultimate Solution or an Evolutionary Step?
Yasumasa Akagawa and Yasuhiko Abe

Biology of the Host-Implant Interface
Tomas Albrektsson

Biomechanical Aspects of Oral/Maxillofacial Implants
John B. Brunski

Is the Tissue-Integrated Interface a Periodontium Analogue: Myth or Metaphor?
Lyndon F. Cooper

Patient-Mediated Concerns: Is There a Limit to the Prescription of Implant Therapy?
Pierre de Grandmont and Louis de Koninck

Clinical Benefits of Dental Implant Treatment
Emad S. Elsubeihi and Nikolai J. Attard

Patient-Mediated Concerns
Regina Mericske-Stern

Dentist-Mediated Concerns
Ignace Naert

Bone Quantity and Quality: Are They Relevant Predictors of Implant Outcomes?
Clark M. Stanford

Implant Design and Surface Factors
Ann Wennerberg

Study Group Report and Discussion
John A. Hobkirk and George A. Zarb