ADVANCES IN IMPLANT SURGERY

with Hands-On Workshop

April 25 - April 26, 2015, Oxford Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

Hom-Lay Wang, DDS, MSD.,Ph D. Endowed Collegiate Professor of Periodontics Professor and Director of Graduate Periodontics Diplomate and Former Director & Co-Chair, American Board of Periodontology

ADVANCES IN IMPLANT SURGERY with Hands-On Workshop

What will you learn This course is designed to familiarize participants with the every day practice of implant treatment. This course will address how to place implant in an ideal 3-dimensional position with proper soft tissue thickness. Participants will learn the following procedures: socket augmentation using many different advanced technique (mineralized bone plug, PTFE and others), immediate implant placement and immediate temporalization as well as advances in horizontal bone augmentation. It will familiarize participants with many different flap designs as well as suturing techniques. A “decision tree” of how to choose the most predictable procedure for horizontal bone augmentation will also be provided and discussed.

After completion of this two-day continuing education course, the participant will be able to:

• Know how to incorporate implant therapy into their daily practice

• Learn step-by-step surgical sequence and clinical tips associated with implant placement

• Know the concept of ideal implant 3D position and esthetic triangle

• Recognize the advantages and limitations associated with immediate implant placement and immediate implant functional loading

• Understand the decision making process to select the most appropriate techniques for horizontal bone augmentation.

• Be familiar with the newly introduced materials, pros and cons, for all these procedures.

• Be familiar with sandwich bone augmentation for predictable horizontal bone augmentation.

This course combines didactic lectures and hands-on workshop with pig jaws to cover variety implant related surgical procedures: implant placement, immediate implant placement, socket augmentation and simple bone augmentation In addition, live videos will be used to illustrate all these procedures.