Implant Maintenance

Program

Pre-course

It is mandatory for you to watch the online course for all the theoretical concepts:

• Implantology: Concepts and Basic Terminology, Anatomy;
• Materials: Implants, Abutments, Keys, Surgical material;
• Types of Rehabilitation (Single Teeth, Partial, Full-arch);
•  Immediate Function in Implant Dentistry with a Special Emphasis on the All-on-4 Treatment Concept.
• Types of Adjuvant Chemicals in the Maintenance Protocol;
• Quality Control in Implant Maintenance;
• Main Reasons for Implant Failure in Implant Dentistry During the Functional Osseointegration Phase.
• Materials and Methods for long term maintenance
• Basic Concepts of Clinical Epidemiology Applied to Diagnostic Tests;
• Clinical and Radiographic Peri-Implant Diagnostic Tests;
• Marginal Bone Loss and Patterns of Bone Destruction;
• Radiographic Techniques for Peri-Implant Assessment;
• Prognostic Assessment in Implant Dentistry;
• Applicability of Success Criteria.
• Evaluation Assessment for the Conditions’ Severity;
• Epidemiological Approach: Assessing, Managing and Communicating the Individual Risk of the Patient;
• Non-Surgical Treatment – Limits and Applicability, the Role of the Dental Hygienist/Clinician;
• Rationale for Intervention and Success Criteria;
• Brief Overview of the Surgical Protocols;
• Maintenance Protocol;
• Rationale for Clinical Intervention and Maintenance;

DAY 1

• Morning: Implant Dentistry – General notions – Hands-on
  Protocol for Maintenance of Rehabilitations Supported by Implants in Immediate Function
• Afternoon: Practical notions of the immediate function protocol attending clinical appointments with real patients

DAY 2

• Morning: Peri-implant pathology Concept (evaluation, Epidemiological approach, Non-surgical treatment with hands-on in dummy models)
  Zygomatic implants maintenance protocol – hands-on in dummy models
• Afternoon: Practical notions of peri-implant pathology and Zygomatic implants Maintenance attending clinical appointments with real patients.