Modern Implantology: Prosthodontics Approaches to a Biological Challenge Part 2
Saturday, May 11, 2024
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: 323-325
CE Credits: 1.5
This is an all-day, four-part course (Parts 1-4).
The world of implant dentistry has changed over time; patients are far more demanding today than many years ago, they do not expect a simple implant crown to substitute a missing tooth. They expect it to look just like a natural tooth. Prosthetically-driven treatment planning plays a crucial role in predicting functional, biologic, and esthetic success in our implant cases. If prosthetic principles are respected, and there is a clear understanding of biology, implant cases will be less stressful for the clinician. Understanding biology is one of the essential things for successful implant therapy. The soft tissue-restorative interphase is the most complicated area to work within implant therapy and requires much attention to detail. The clinician must understand the importance of interim restorations and design them adequately to condition the tissues to create natural-looking emergence profiles on dental implants. Material selection, abutment design, and delivery techniques also play a crucial role in increasing implant therapy predictability. In this program, the clinician will be exposed to a four-step approach to diagnose, treatment plan, and execute implant cases in an organized and straightforward manner to increase their success in this type of therapy.
Part 2 Dental Gingival and Osseous Analysis -Morphology based prosthetic design for the single unit -Multidisciplinary approach to esthetic results in implant dentistry -Soft tissue management around single implant restorations -Immediate Provisionals and Immediate load of implant restorations.
Learning Objectives:
Identify important considerations for adequate treatment planning in esthetic implant therapy.
Identify the relationship between tooth position, soft tissue, and the prognosis of esthetic implant therapy.
Understand the importance of the different areas of the emergence profile and learn different techniques to condition the soft tissues.
Understand key parameters of prosthetically-driven implant therapy through analog and digital approaches.
Understand the essential criteria for proper material selection and delivery techniques.