Scientific Session
Course Learning Objectives
Dr. Edward P. Allen
“Soft Tissue Solutions”
Learning Objectives:
The participant will learn soft tissue surgical techniques using both palatal connective tissue autografts and acellular dermal allografts for solving soft tissue problems including implant exposure, thin marginal tissue, and mobile marginal tissue.
Art Curley, Esq.
“Informed Referral Recognizes Risks of Turning Down Alternatives”
Learning Objectives:
- Dental Implants are now a standard of care.
- Learn the new legal standards or implant evaluation and recommendation.
- Learn the requirements for imaging the legal doctrine of informed refusal.
- Learn how to document patient discussions to avoid litigation.
- Learn the technique of creating a perception of value for implants through patient education and trust.
Dr. Raouil d’Alessio
“Orthodontics, Esthetic and Restorative Guidelines for the Congenitally Missing
Maxillary Anterior Teeth”
Learning Objectives:
- Identify treatment options to replace congenitally missing maxillary anterior teeth.
- Integrate the use of endosseous implants into the over all esthetic and orthodontic treatment.
- Follow esthetic guidelines to maximize the esthetic potential of the patient. Growth
- Synchronize all phases of treatment following age and growth.
Dr. Abdel Salam El Askary
“Treatment Complications with Dental Implants in the Aesthetic Zone”
Learning Objectives:
The participant will recognize the various treatment complications that occurs in the aesthetic area following the treatment with dental implants, the participant will learn how to detect a future complication event as we as learn how to mange it. Also the participant will see the most updated areas of research that made to overcome treatment complications.
Dr. Fred Bergmann
“Full Arch Totally Edentulous Implant Prosthetics”
Learning Objectives:
- Preimplantological disgnostics with study models, X ray, CT scan, trial set up and a surgical guide help to plan the final ourcome and the necessary augmentation procedures and soft tissue management.
- The surgical range in cases of compromised bone requires GBR techniques, sinus floor elevations, monocortical bone block transplantations for horizontal and vertical enhancement of the alveolar ridge, including the corresponding soft tissue management.
- A treatment protocol is essential for a multiple implant concept with all ceramic zirconium oxide and fixed superstructures.
- Non-invasive and cost effective solutions with removable overdentures with prefabricated telescopic crowns can be an alternative treatment option.
- Clinical procedure will be demonstrated including the temporary restoration for progressive loading, bone training and soft tissue customizing.
Dr. Marco Degidi
“Influence of Inter-Implant Distance on Papilla Formation”
Learning Objectives:
After the presentation participants should be able to:
- Identify features of the implant to implant distance that affect peri-implant mucosal health
- Identify features of the implant/abutment interface that affect peri-implant mucosal healing
- Use their knowledge regarding the response of peri-implant tissue to different crestal modules, so as to achieve more predictable results.
Dr. Kenan Eratalay
“Quality and Biomechanical Properties of Compromised and Augmented Bone
for Implant Placement: Key to Successful Implants?”
Learning Objectives:
- Predetermination of existing bone quality in potential implant site.
- Clorrelation between clinical and histological bone structure.
- Quality of bone tissue in augmented cases.
- Bone quality and early loading.
- How to increase bone quality.
Dr. Jeffrey Ganeles
“Art and Science of Predictable Immediate Loading”
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to:
- Recognize diagnostic criteria to select appropriate loading protocols.
- Select appropriate surgical and restorative strategies and components for successful immediate restoration and loading of implants.
- Understand case types, difficulty levels, surgical and restorative requirements for predictable, successful, stable results.
- Anticipate requirements and communicate effectively with the dental laboratory.
Dr. Scott Ganz
“Understanding CT Planning”
Learning Objectives:
- To understand and appreciate the various two and three dimensional images provided by CT scans.
- To provide a protocol for planning cases in the mandible by identifying important anatomical landmarks.
- To understand how to use new innovative tools to help link the restorative outcomes with the placement of implants.
- To understand how CT derived templates can facilitate implant placement.
Dr. Henry Greenwell
”Which Surgical Techniques and Graft Materials Work Best for Ridge Preservation?”
Learning Objectives:
- How to determine if ridge preservation is necessary.
- Which allograft materials work best for ridge preservation.
- Which surgical techniques work best for esthetic zone and posterior ridge preservation.
- What if the influence of flap vs. flapless techniques on ridge hard issue dimensions.
Dr. Paul Homoly
“Making it Easy for Patients to Say ‘Yes’”
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the distinctions between simple and complex care patients.
- Determine whether your patient is ready for complex care.
- Understand the role of leadership during the case acceptance process.
Dr. Ole T. Jensen
“Increasing Alveolar Bone Masss by Distraction Osteogenesis”
Learning Objectives:
The participant will see that total jaw or segmental alveolar distraction is a viable option for selected edentulous or partially edentulous cases in preparation for implant placement.
Dr. Scott Keith
“Predictable Esthetic Success with Dental Implants!”
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of proper diagnosis and treatment planning prior to surgical intervention.
- Be able to determine when and where extraction and immediate implant placement is appropriate and the esthetic risk factors involved.
- Classify case types to assist in creating predictable esthetic outcomes including timing of extraction, grafting, implant placement and provisional restorations.
- Understand the importance of customized impression copings in communication of healed tissue contours to the laboratory technician.
Dr. Roger Levin
“More Profit, Less Stress: How to Achieve Explosive Implant Growth”
Learning Objectives:
- Increase implant case acceptance through powerful educational and motivational techniques.
- Develop an implant culture within the practice.
- Establish better communication with implant partners to ensure total patient satisfaction.
- Become the dominant implant practice in your area.
- Learn the critical role that the Implant Treatment Coordinator plays in the surgical practice.
Dr. Leonard Linkow
“Immediate Loading of Implants – An Old Concept”
Learning Objectives:
- Most all implants can be immediately loaded.Immediate loaded implants create lamellat bone.Submerged implants lead to the creation of bundle bone.
- All subperiosteal and blade/plate form implants beside root form implants can be and were immediately loaded.
Dr. Christopher Marchack
“Immediate Load Implant Restorations for the Edentulous Patient”
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the treatment sequence and technique for an immediate load CAD/CAM guided prosthesis, for the fully edentulous patients.
- How to create the fully edentulous radiographic template for CAD/CAM guided surgeries.
- Discuss the options with a pre-fabricated prosthesis
Dr. Robert Marx
“The Risks, Prevention and Treatment of Patients Taking Oral Bisphosphonates”
Learning Objectives:
- To educate participates in the mechanism of bisphosphonate bone damage.To educate participants in the proper prevention measures to prevent osteonecrosis.
- To educate participants in the principles of treatment for oral bisphosphonate induced osteonecrosis.
Dr. Robert Marx
“Platelet Rich Plasma Improved Results and Outcomes for Grafts of Nonviable and Viable Graft Materials”
Learning Objectives:
- To related the biologic impact of platelet rich plasma growth factors and cell adhesion molecules.
- To learn the outcome of randomized prospective trials using PRP with six different graft materials.
- To learn the outcome of randomized prospective trails using PRP with autogenous grafts placed in osteoporotic women.
Dr. Alan Meltzer
“Considerations of Single Tooth Placement & Loading in the Aesthetic Zone”
Learning Objectives:
The participant will be able to establish a set of clinical guidelines to achieve three objectives with respect to immediate placement and loading of single teeth within the esthetic zone. These objectives fall into three subgroups: 1)Initial primary stability considerations, 2)Esthetic considerations, 3)Secondary Biologic stability considerations.
Dr. Carl Misch
“Sequence of Treatment for Esthetics in the Premaxilla withIimplant Prostheses”
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the six steps to restore an esthetic implant restoration.
- Evaluate when fixed vs. removable restorations are indicated.
- Determine the position of the anterior teeth based on natural esthetics.
- Design an ideal smile for 91% of patients.
- Consider the soft tissue drape by prescription rather than art form.
Dr. Tetsuya Mizukami
“Esthetical Considerations on the Choice of Flap Designs for the
Anterior Implant Restorations”
Learning Objectives:
How to select the flap designs considering such situations as follows:
- Immediate or delayed
- With or without membrane
- Existence of bone defect on adjacent teeth
- The reason of extraction
- The number of residual bone wall
Dr. Pablo Galindo Moreno
“Evaluation Considerations on the Choice of Flap Designs for the Anterior
Implant Restorations”
Learning Objectives:
- To describe sinus augmentation technique by using a bone scraper.
- Present the rationale for the use of a composite grafting material.
- Discuss the rationale for using Platelet-rich Plasma in combination with the grafting material.
- Assess the biologic behavior of that grafting material after clinical monitoring and histologic analysis.
- Valoration of the clinical and histological outcomes achieved after applying this GBR technique.
Dr. Morton Perel
“Macroesthetics: The Bigger Picture”
Learning Objectives:
- Situational designs of implant prostheses.
- Implant fulfillment of quality of life.
- Meeting the requirements of removable implant prostheses.
- Extraoral achievements of intraoral dental implants.
Drs. Pikos and Salama
“Site Preparation and Augmentation Techniques in the Esthetic Zone”
Learning Objectives:
- Diagnosis and classification of implant recipient sites
- Preservation techniques available for implant replacement
- Management of the “deficient” site through bone augmentation techniques
Dr. Yvan Poitras
“Autogenous Graft – Is it Still the Gold Standard for a One Wall Bony Defect?”
Learning Objectives:
- Show simple to complex bone augmentation techniques based on the diagnosis of the bone defect.
- Demonstrate the limitations of allogenic and autogenous grafts.
- Establish the parameters for the need of other techniques to grow bone horizontally and vertically with predictability.
Dr. David Salmassy
“Accelerated Treatment Protocols Using Guided Implant Surgery”
Learning Objectives:
Participants will learn techniques available to accelerate the surgical and restorative protocols currently in practice, resulting in predictable implant placement for ideal restorative outcomes.
Dr. Gerard Scortecci
“Laterally-Inserted Disk-Type Implants: 22 Years of Continuing
Application & Innovations”
Learning Objectives:
- Introduction to disk-type implants and their specific characteristics
and indications. - Comparison of basal implantology and axial implantology.
- Results achieved with disk-type implants in atrophic maxillae and
pencil mandibles. - Disk-type implants as an alternative to nerve displacement, bone
grafts, and sinus lifts.
Dr. Mohammed Sharaway“Evidence Based Studies of the Successful Use of Biomimetic Collagen
Scaffolds (PepGen-P-15) in Conjunction with Dental Implants”
Learning Objectives:
- Present experimental and clinical evidence for the use of bone substitute material in conjunction to implants.
- To show that implants with and without additional grafts do osseointegrate if immediately placed in healthy and periodontally diseased sockets.
- Osseointegration of the implants and the quality of interface bone are enhanced by PepGen P-15 material.
Drs. Dennis Smiler & Muna Soltan
“Successful Bone Grafts with Stem Cells”
Learning Objectives:
- Teach technique of bone marrow aspiration from iliac crest.
- Explain rationale for using bone marrow aspirate.
- Discuss histomorphogenetic analysis of various bone graft materials.
- Demonstrate importance of quality of bone at recipient site.
- Show bone marker analysis of peripheral blood and bone marrow.
Dr. Marius Steigmann
“Maintaining and Reconstruction of the Soft Tissue for Aesthetic Needs”
Learning Objectives:
- To learn about the importance of the emergence profile in the aesthetic zone and the specific requirements for a natural soft tissue.
- To understand the surgical possibilities of correction of this transition zone between implant and crown.
- Choosing the right healing abutment or temporary crown.
- How to shape abutments and to design the crown for soft tissue stability.
Dr. Jon Suzuki
“Clinical Management of Dental Patients taking Oral Bisphosphonates: Case Reports
of Periodontal, Implant, and Extraction Surgeries”
Learning Objectives:
The participant will be able to:
- Describe bone metabolism and the effects of bisphosphonates
- Discuss potential clinical management of extractions in a patient taking oral bisphosphonates.
- Discuss potential clinical management of periodontal surgeries in a patient taking oral bisphosphonates.
- Discuss potential clinical management of dental implant placement in a patient taking oral bisphosphonates.
Dr. Hilt Tatum, Jr., DDS
“NIRISAB - A Comprehensive Solution in the Search for Success and Stability”
Learning Objectives: This will identify factors which lead to Natural Implant Restoration
In Stable Alveolar Bone
- Understand natural defenses
- Understand importance of alveolar bone
- Understand alveolar bone enhancement
- Understand prosthetic direction for implant placement
- Understand damage of flap reflection
- Understand benefits of trans-mucosal implants
- Understand how to enhance gingiva
- Understand how to create natural esthetics
- Understand the requirements for long term success
Dr. Paulo Trisi
“When and How Temporization: From the Biology to Clinical Practice”
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the micromotion limits for immediate load.
- Understand how to achieve optimal implant primary stability.
- Understand the rationale for the immediate loading protocols.
Dr. Sebastian Tseng
“Bone Regeneration Around an Implant in a Critical Sized
Defect in Dog’s Tibia Using a Grown Factor-Enriched Complex”
Learning Objectives:
- Under the SEM observation, the osteogenesis around an implant progressed in a programmed sequence. The implant surface acted as a substrate facilitating bone to grow within a synergetic framework.
- In order to enhance wound healing and bone regeneration, Wellplex instead of PRP may be an easy-to–use technique that facilitates us to accelerate bone grafts and dental implant osseointegration in the future.
Dr. Tulio Valcanaia
“Osseointegrated Device for Distraction Osteogenesis”
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will learn an easy way to do distraction osteogenesis of alveolar bone.
- Background of distraction osteogenesis.
- Phases of distraction osteogenesis.
- Demonstration of Osseointegrated Device for Distraction Osteogenesis (ODDO).
- Presentation of clinical cases of vertical reposition of osseointegrated implants.
- Presentation of clinical cases of vertical ridge augmentation.
Dr. Hom-Lay Wang
“Bone Augmentation Using Human Allografts: Particulate and Block”
Learning Objectives:
- Know the properties of human mineralized cancellous/cortical bone, particulate and block shape.
- Learn the advantages and limitations associated with collagen and pericardium.
- Learn step-by-step surgical sequence and clinical tips associated with using these materials for predictable bone augmentation.
Dr. Robert Winter
“Looking at the Big Picture”
Learning Objectives:
- An interdisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment planning will be outlined.
- “Setting up” the patient for an ideal implant restoration.
- Creating a vision for the final functional and esthetic outcome.
