Webinars

The course provides clinicians with a scaffold of treatment planning emanating from a complete dental examination. There will be several patient problems presented relating to compromised teeth of varying etiologies. The presentation will include how they are diagnosed and ultimately treated, with some of the results of therapy extending many years. The course is in a lecture format utilizing the literature to assist in decision making

Periodontal disease has been widely identified as a contributing factor for systemic diseases. This course will summarize periodontal disease etiology and its interaction with systemic health from the microbiology and clinical aspects.

Developmental or acquired soft tissue deformities represented by soft tissue recession and minimal or lack of keratinized tissue around teeth or implants are very prevalent conditions. This lecture will describe in detail the prevalence, etiology, prognosis, classification and how to treat (if necessary) these conditions.

This webinar will walk the participants through the Blue Sky Plan CAD module workflow in 7 steps from the model acquisition to the final screw retained restoration design and understand the use of customized healing abutments and emergence profiles.

Periimplantitis is known to have a very high prevalence among patients with implants placed more than three years ago. Mucositis precedes periimplantitis yet it does not raise awareness among clinicians.

Dental implants are a popular commonly used devices to restore edentulous areas. Most of the time, not enough hard and soft tissue are present, and the clinician needs to utilize different techniques and material to develop sites for implant placement.

Even though preventive dentistry has made great strides in reducing the incidence of tooth loss and its ensuing effects on the dentition; there still exists a demographic that is either unaware of or unable to avail the benefits of these advances to preserve their dentitions.

Implant therapy has been by far the most effective treatment modality to restore patients’ lost oral form and function since Professor P.I. Brånemark’s revolutionary discovery of osseointegration in 1952. Although many cases enjoy long-term success, complications related to both soft and hard tissues supporting dental implants have become increasingly prevalent.

This course will review how drug-free workplace policies can co-exist with legalized recreational marijuana. Learn to distinguish laws to provide reasonable accommodation, and familiarize yourself with drug testing issues and marijuana laws.

Since implant dentistry has become a common treatment for replacing missing teeth, dentists have been trying to mimic natural tooth morphology in order to achieve both functional result and to fulfill the patient’s esthetic desires. What was considered the standard of care 26 years ago is not necessarily valid today.

The definition of success for dental implants has evolved over the years, but the basic tenants remain the same - to ensure long term integration, maintain bone levels and an absence of peri-implant disease. Although most clinicians are aware of risk factors involved in implant failure few deem the restorative technique as a major culprit.

As the predictability of implant therapy has increased, patients esthetic expectations levels have risen as well. The implant restoration needs to integrate seamlessly with the natural dentition. An understanding of proper treatment sequencing is critical to achieve a highly successful esthetic outcome.

The main goal of periodontal therapy is to treat the infection caused by periodontal pathogenic biofilm and to arrest or slow down further attachment and bone loss, ultimately preventing tooth loss. In recent years, many research and clinical protocols have been shown the improvement of clinical outcome, including gain of clinical attachment level and radiographic bone fill, by periodontal regeneration while maintaining the esthetic of infected teeth compared to conventional respective periodontal surgery.

The definition of success for dental implants has evolved over the years, but the basic tenants remain the same - to ensure long term integration, maintain bone levels and an absence of peri-implant disease. Although most clinicians are aware of risk factors involved in implant failure few deem the restorative technique as a major culprit.

The presentation will focus on surgical techniques to correct mucogingival defects around teeth and dental implants. The course will cover root coverage and non-root coverage procedures using free gingival grafts, connective tissue grafts, allodermic grafts, and pediculated grafts.