Dental CE Course: Advanced Implant Design for Early Stability, Restoration of Function & Predictable Esthetics

Please join us for our July 24031, 2011 Alaskan Cruise while you take our Seminar in Paradise.We are an AGD PACE approved provider.The lecture will concentrate on these areas: span> (a) Biomechanical principals essential for initial implant stability and the importance of implant taper design and thread design. (b) Importance of the design of the implant retention screw for reliability of prosthetic fixation. (c) Significance of the use of controlled laser micromachined implant surface microtexture on the implant collar for successful endosseous incorporation; the integration of epithelium, connective tissue and bone at the implant surface. (d) Clinical application of these innovations as demonstrated by greatly reduced crestal bone loss, predictable soft tissue management, and excellent long-term function and esthetics. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION: Implant Overdentures · Value of implant-supported overdentures · Implant –supported vs implant retained overdentures · Occlusal design · Technique · Denture evaluation · Bar vs attachments · Attachments: direct and indirect techniques Immediate Load · Principles of immediate load – why does it work · Indications – healed bone and extraction sites · Single tooth – provisional no occlusion · Multiple teeth – splinting provisional> · Technique for single tooth · Technique for multiple teeth · Screw retained vs cemented provisionals · Healing Soft Tissue Management · Attached tissue management · Soft tissue contours · an> Gingival recession · Papilla development Treatment Plans · Restorative needs · Tooth prognosis · Occlusal plane · Incisal plane · Vertical dimension · Restorative options · Instrumentation > Complications · Surgical Complications Loose, unstable implant Soft tissue recession Infection with exudates Bone fracture Membrane exposed · Prosthetic Complications Crown does not fit Multi-unit malrelationship Broken screw Crown margin supragingival Crown rotation Poor crown contours · Functional Complications Periimplantitis Pain on chewing Periodic screw loosening Loose abutments