OPTIMIZING SUCCESS IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY
A one-day overview from socket therapy through guided planning and surgery and restorative design
Sunday, August 17th • New York City, NY
Sunday, July 20th • Atlanta, GA
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This full day, didactic and hands-on session will take the participants through the steps required to optimize their success rates in implant dentistry. It is designed to facilitate the delivery of scientifically, literature and biologically based, predictable, profitable implant dentistry. Beginning with a tooth in place, the dentist/dental team must have a vision for maintaining or rebuilding the alveolar structure. Sufficient quantity, quality and location of bone and keratinized tissue are required to optimize function and form around dental implants and their associated restorations. Using the appropriate implant system and associated software and hardware, this program will detail the steps involved in obtaining predictable implant- supported restorations. Tips and techniques will be included in how to discuss all aspects of the process with your patients.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants will learn how to:
- Identify hard and soft tissue defects around teeth prior to extraction.
- Features and benefits of the Kontact system will be discussed.
- A thorough description of the digital work flow involved in site evaluation and surgical guide planning will be detailed.
1. When do you prepare a patient for dental implant therapy?
- After a tooth has been extracted.
- When the patient is numb and in the chair for the extraction.
- When a tooth has questionable restorations, endodontic therapy.
- When a tooth has fractured, is infected, deemed non-restorable?
2. What restorative components are important in an implant system?
- Full range of restorative parts for cementable, screw-retained restorations.
- A stable, reliable prosthetic connection.
- Prefabricated components enabling varied gingival height.
- All of the above
3. What characteristics separate an implant body from different manufacturers and systems?
- Thread pitch.
- Color coating of the implant body.
- Cement vs. screw-retained prostheses.
4. What design features can give an implant more primary stability?
- Thread pitch and “sharpness”
- How far the threads emanate from the implant body.
- Length of the cylindrical portion of the implant body.
- All of the above.
Pricing
EARLY BIRD
$695
30 Days prior to course
REGULAR
$895
After 30 Days prior
to course
Pricing
About ROBERT A. HOROWITZ, DDS
Dr. Robert Horowitz is a practicing periodontist in Scarsdale, New York. For more than 25 years, he has been and continues to be a leading researcher for several international companies in materials and methods used in dental implantation, bone and gum restoration and regeneration. He is the author of dozens of professional journal articles and book chapters, inventor and patent holder. Dr. Horowitz lectures, teaches hands-on courses, and chairs conference sessions across the US and internationally. He is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Periodontology, Quintessence, Compendium, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, and other high impact peer-reviewed journals in the US, and around the world. Dr. Horowitz graduated from the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery of NY, completed a residency in Periodontology at the Manhattan VA and NYU College of Dentistry and completed an implant dentistry fellowship at NYU College of Dentistry.