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Benefits and limitations of single implant treatment

The application of implants for single-tooth replacements has evolved into a viable surgical and prosthodontic treatment option with reporting of excellent implant survival rates and satisfied patients. Psychological benefits of restoring the dental...

Diagnosis and treatment planning
Patient assessment
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General patient history

It is helpful if a clinician is situated so that his/her eyes are at the level of the patient's eyes. For example, if the patient is seated, the clinician should also be seated. It is beneficial if the interview between clinician and...

Systemic factors
Patient assessment
Preoperative procedures
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Christian Coachman: Smile design and material selection for white and pink esthetics over implants

Dr Coachman develops how the smile design can be the primary principle of a restorative treatment plan, and how nowadays technologies assist us in achieving predictable esthetic restorations adressing functional and biologic aspects at the same time. Guided surgery is at times...
Digital workflow
Guided Surgery
CAD/CAM
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Peter Wöhrle, Pascal Kunz: NobelClinician® - integrated workflow

Adequate patient assessment, diagnostics and treatment planning are crucial for long-term successful clinical results. Procedures should be outcome-driven, predictability means success. The lecturers present the integrated workflow with NobelClinician and its use in combination...
Radiology
Digital workflow
Guided Surgery
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Scott Dyer: Treatment planning and procedures for the edentulous patient

In this lecture Dr Dyer discusses criteria for the restoration of edentulous jaws with a focus on the questions how many implants and which patient receives which treatment and why, and reviews the key basic prosthodontic principles, retention, stability, support, as well as...
Edentulous treatments
Implant prosthetics
Patient assessment
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Laureen Langer: Thirty years of osseointegration in private practice - what have we learned

In this lecture, Dr Langer reviews implant dentistry over a 30 years time frame with almost 40.000 implants placed, and underlining with comprehensive literature support, with a focus on the treatment objectves predictability, beauty and longevity. The lecture discusses aspects of...
Radiology
Implant designs
Implant surfaces
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Bertil Friberg: The Brånemark Clinic - current research and clinical implications

Based on extensive literature review and clinical resarch at the Gothenburg Brånemark clinic over 3 decades, Dr Friberg is reviewing causes for bone loss in implant treatment, in single, partial and edentulous situations, and discussing the influence of traumatized and ankylotic...
Radiology
Implant surfaces
Anterior implants
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Yoshihiro Goto: Oral rehabilitation of amelogenesis imperfecta

Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) represents a very challenging situation for both patient and clinician. Besides malformation of the enamel layer and tooth discoloration, AI often shows other severe symptoms such as teeth impaction, root malformation and severy malocclusion. For the...
Edentulous treatments
Implant prosthetics
Immediate loading / provisionalization
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Overarching considerations

The primary goal is a proper oral function. This implies not only chewing but also speaking, smiling. Patients’ adaptability varies enormously. Some are satisfied with removable dentures, others object to the esthetics of...

Local factors
Patient assessment
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Friedrich Neukam, Stefan Holst: Optimal decision-making and treatment planning - a shared responsibility

The lecturers present their team approach for patient communication, diagnostics, treatment planning and treatment decisions, discuss the functional and esthetic consequences of edentulism, and review the different treatment phases. In addition to regular intro-and extra-oral...
Radiology
CAD/CAM
Prosthetic materials
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Steven Eckert: Decision making on residual "healthy" teeth

Tooth loss is an important change in a patient's life. The decision to remove healthy or restorable teeth within a comprehensive treatment therefore requires a strategic approach and evaluation within the guidelines of medical/ dental ethics. Implant treatment is certainly a game...
Patient assessment
Preoperative procedures
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Terry Walton: Herodontics - can it be justified in this age of implant dentistry

The lecture raises the discussion about overtreatment of natural teeth or alternatively also with implants. Dr Walton introduces his thoughts as a 'tale of caution'. Is ongoing treatment of severely structurally or periodontally compromised teeth - 'herodontics' - still justified...
Patient assessment
Success & failure
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Kenji Higuchi: Applying effective interviewing skills to uncover patient expectations

There is only one chance to make first good impression. The first patient consultation therefore plays an important role in order to adequately perform the initial patient interview, medical examination, the diagnostic evaluation and discuss logistic information such treatment plan...
Patient assessment
Preoperative procedures
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Shane White: To retain or replace a diseased tooth

The lecture compares the treatment options for a compromised tooth, endodontic treatment, fixed partial denture and extraction and implant placement, and discusses adjunctive procedures for each treatment as well as economical considerations. Dr White reviews the literature data...
Anterior implants
Diagnosis and treatment planning
Patient assessment
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Tidu Mankoo: Success criteria for soft tissue management in the esthetic zone

The lecture reviews the criteria for successful soft tissue management in the esthetic zone. Correct three-dimensional implant position around 3 mm apical and 2 mm palatal of the final desired gingival margin on the restoration support the buccal plate and adequate stable bone...
CAD/CAM
Anterior implants
Soft tissue management