Arm yourself with the latest research and tools you need to educate clients on the importance of maintenance and self-care. Protect their implants and their investment.

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• Learn to take AIM – Assess, Identify and Monitor – as a critical part of implant care

• Examine risk factors that can affect the success of implants and how to detect early problems such as implantitis

• Understand the implications of implant-induced caries

• Using an evidence-based approach and case studies, address why implants fail

• Review implant maintenance protocols and how to develop a self-care program with systems and products to help combat implant failure

Discover the current science on biofilm management with Air Flow debridement; a comprehensive biofilm management modality aimed to dismantle biofilm communities.

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• Understand the basics of biofilm and its management

• Apply assessment skills required to evaluate the health of the implant

• Connect the role of airflow debridement to successful biofilm management

• Implement evidence-based protocols and techniques for consistent thorough maintenance and client self-care to improve long term implant health

This session will focus on the application of how process of care applies to dental implants and empower decisions for providing quality care for clients.

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• Understand the consequences of edentulism

• Assess and identify opportunities for dental implants

• Recognize the type of implants and implant parts with prosthodontics options

• Understand the value in applying the fundamentals of the process of care with therapeutic communication for short and long-term goal setting with clients

• Apply assessment skills required to evaluate the pre-implant client

• Identify risk factors that affect implant success

• Understand the dental implant treatment planning process

• Utilize evidence-based protocols for monitoring and maintaining dental implants

Developing an evaluative sequence is critical in the identification of inflammation.  Problem solving is also a key component in managing our client’s oral condition.

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• Understand the similarities and differences of peri-implant and periodontal tissue

• Examine and compare the clinical management protocols for treatment of teeth and implants

• Develop critical thinking skills and strategies for complex treatment planning

• Increase knowledge of innovative treatment modalities that will assist in the clinical management of your client