Dental CE Course: Strategies for Successful Restorative and Implant Therapy: Shifting Paradigms Challenges, Considera

Successful restorative and implant therapy results from careful treatment planning in a multidisciplinary manner. This course will highlight some of the steps needed to arrive at a successful long term restorative and implant supported prosthetic result in both the anterior and posterior regions. Aesthetic and biomechanical issues will be addressed along with the current sifting paradigms in patient care. Challenges, considerations and controversies in restorative and implant therapy will be addressed.
The generic principles presented will discuss issues in treatment planning, treatment sequencing, MacDonald's Theory on implant biomechanics, immediate implant placement, immediate implant loading, esthetics, challenges and diagnostic and treatment dilemmas. The advantages and the disadvantages of screw and non-screw retained restorations will be also be discussed. Clinical cases will be used to illustrate the topics in this interactive presentation. At the completion of this lecture the participant should be able to:
1. Treatment plan and sequences restorative and implant restorations
2. Plan for and manage aesthetic issues and the limitations in the anterior region
3. Understand the principles of implant biomechanics to assure long term success
4. Recognize the obstacles posed by every case
5. Understand the limitations of immediate implant placement
6. Evaluate the appropriateness of immediate loading
7. Routinely and economically utilize fixed provisionalization through all stages of treatment ie. from pre-treatment to case completion in partially edentulous arches