Paul Rosen: Factors associated with peri-implant bone loss

The cause(s) of bone loss around dental implants evoke many disparate views. Since the 6th European Workshop on Periodontics held in 2007, no update has been made to the original list leading to debate as to what may be relevant. This lecture will highlight some of these emerging areas of concern and discuss potential strategies to mitigate this problem. 

The goal of this lecture is to revisit the original list of factors enumerated by the 6th European Workshop on what causes pathologic bone loss around dental implants, identify what original factors may hold no validity and list what emerging factors have evidence to support their addition to this list. 

Dr. Paul Rosen maintains a full-time private practice in Yardley, Pennsylvania, limited to periodontics, surgical implant placements and regenerative therapy. He also has appointments as Clinical Professor of Periodontics at the University of Maryland Dental School and Clinical Professor of Periodontics and Dental Implantology at Temple University Dental School, US. Dr. Rosen is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and serves as an examiner. He has also devoted his time to a number of committees for the American Academy of Periodontology including chairing a task force that authored an article titled, Peri-Implant Mucositis and Peri-Implantitis: A Current Understanding of Their Diagno-ses and Clinical Implications which appeared in the Journal of Periodontology. He reviews for, and serves on, the editorial boards for a number of dental journals and has authored/coauthored a number of articles on periodontal regeneration, dental implants and interrelated orthodontic-periodontal care. He has lectured both nationally and internationally on the subjects of dental implants and regeneration for both teeth and dental implants. Dr. Rosen is also quite proud of being named the 2015 recipient of the American Academy of Periodontology’s prestigious Master Clinician Award.