
Implant Lectures
Implant Survival: It’s in Your Hands!
(Half-day)
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
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Examine risk factors that can affect the success of implants and how to detect early problems such as implantitis
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Understand the implications of implant-induced caries
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Using an evidence-based approach and case studies, address why implants fail
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Review implant maintenance protocols and how to develop a self-care program with systems and products to help combat implant failure
Conquering Biofilm on Implants
(Half-day)
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
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Apply assessment skills required to evaluate the health of the implant
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Connect the role of airflow debridement to successful biofilm management
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Implement evidence-based protocols and techniques for consistent thorough maintenance and client self-care to improve long term implant health
Dental Implants and the Process of Care
(Full/Half Day)
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
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Assess and identify opportunities for dental implants
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Recognize the type of implants and implant parts with prosthodontics options
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Understand the value in applying the fundamentals of the process of care with therapeutic communication for short and long-term goal setting with clients
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Apply assessment skills required to evaluate the pre-implant client
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Identify risk factors that affect implant success
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Understand the dental implant treatment planning process
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Utilize evidence-based protocols for monitoring and maintaining dental implants
Inflammation, Periodontitis and Peri-implantitis:
The Clinical Management (Evening/Half-day)
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
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Examine and compare the clinical management protocols for treatment of teeth and implants
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Develop critical thinking skills and strategies for complex treatment planning
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Increase knowledge of innovative treatment modalities that will assist in the clinical management of your client