Clinical Pharmacology - What Every Dentist Should Know

LOD-072-00

Dr. Anthony Feck

Modern dentistry has expanded the arsenal of services to restore patients oral health and cosmetic needs like never before. These changes have corresponded to an increasingly complex medical environment where patients are presenting at a more advanced age, with more medical conditions, and taking more medications. Understanding the pharmacology as it relates to their systems and how the drugs they are taking, as well as those we intend to administer affect the patient, one another, and our planned treatment is necessary for a safe and successful outcome to our planned care.

3 Lecture Series on Soft Tissue Management around Natural Teeth and Implants

LOD-071-00

Dr. Eric van Dooren

Lecture 01: Perio-prosthetic Considerations Around Dental Implants<br>Also available individually Lecture-On-Demand 047-00<br><br>Lecture 02: Perio-prosthetic Considerations Around Dental Natural Teeth<br>Also available individually Lecture-On-Demand 048-00<br><br>Lecture 03: New Advances In Soft Tissue Esthetics Around Teeth and Implants<br>Also available individually Lecture-On-Demand 049-00

Decision Making in Selecting the Appropriate Implant Loading Protocol

LOD-070-00

Dr. Roland Glauser

Decision Making in Selecting the Appropriate Implant Loading Protocol

Treating the Medically Complex Patient

LOD-069-00

Dr. Adi Garfunkel

&#8226 What is the dental-medical approach to the hypertensive patient?<br> &#8226 Could we treat patients with medication induced bleeding tendency?<br> &#8226 The use of adrenalin in local anesthesia constitutes at times a contradictory subject. How do we deal with this question?<br>

Minimally Invasive Soft Tissue Augmentation

LOD-067-00

Dr. Homa H. Zadeh

A variety of techniques have been described for augmentation of soft tissue around teeth with varying donor material and access. Recently, tunnel technique has been used for minimally invasive assess to sites being augmented. This presentation will describe a novel access for soft tissue augmentation and root coverage. Moreover, application of autogenous tissue, as well as growth factors will be discussed. Minimally invasive soft tissue augmentation may also be applied for modification of thin biotypes around dental implants. The techniques described will be illustrated with clinical cases.

Clinical Solutions with Immediate Function

LOD-065-00

Dr. Michael Danesh-Meyer

Overview of current concepts relating to immediate implant placement and immediate loading of dental implants for single tooth, partially edentulous and fully edentulous cases.

Tissue Engineering for Hard and Soft Tissue Regeneration - Clinical and Applied Results

LOD-064-00

Dr. E. Todd Scheyer

The promising field of periodontal tissue engineering, barely a decade old, is likely to revolutionize Periodontics. Cell based man-made skin, the first commercial product of tissue engineering, is already on the market and other variations will soon join it. Recombinant technology has provided us the first fully synthetic powerful growth factor available in periodontics with r-PDGF-BB which has been critically evaluated in all areas of periodontal research. This course will provide an overview of biologically based and live cell based tissue substitutes. Results from human and animal studies using biomimetics and tissue engineering to facilitate root coverage and bone formation will be discussed and human histology will be reviewed. Expanded clinical applications of growth factor influenced wound healing in tissue regeneration will also be presented.

Current trends in Aesthetic Periodontology

LOD-063-00

Dr. Andre Saadoun

Nowadays, the goal of periodontal plastic muccogingival procedure is to perform surgery as atraumatically as possible at the recipient and donor site. Recently, as an alternative to autogeneous gingival graft in root coverage procedures, Enamel Matrix Derivative and acellular dermal matrix allograft were utilized to correct this gingival defect, negating the requirement for a second surgical site.

Bone Augmentation for Implant Placement (JAPANESE LANGUAGE ONLY)

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Dr. Toshiro Sugai

Esthetic Dentistry - 2 Layer Composite Restorations (JAPANESE LANGUAGE ONLY)

YSGG Laser Precision in Periodontal Plastic Surgery

LOD-059-00

Dr. Bobby Butler

Lasers have been used in dentistry for many years. Mostly they have been used with soft tissue procedures. Recently the Er,Cr:YSGG laser has been shown to be safe and effective in osseous procedures. Many cosmetic dentists have been using lasers for esthetic crown lengthening procedures, but most of these cases are simple gingivectomies and not true crown lengthening procedures. Complications can occur without understanding the biologic width and different periodontal biotypes. This presentation will discuss current and future applications with the Er, Cr: YSGG laser with periodontal surgical procedures. The focus will be its use in closed and open esthetic crown lenghtening procedures. Discussion with case selection and osseous biotypes with be stressed. Other applications involving osseous augmentation procedures, harvesting osseous blocks, ridge splitting and lateral sinus wall procedures, will also be briefly discussed.