Cancelled: CANCELLED: Successful Tactics in Managing All Peri-Implant Diseases
Friday, January 31, 2025
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Course Code:
549RL
Cost:
$135.00
Credits:
3
CE Hours
Perplexed by the elusive inflamed dental implant? Confused by the various treatment/management strategies? The introduction of dental implants in the overall management of patients is at an all-time high and dental professional have yet to achieve consensus for a standard of care. Recent data now demonstrates that inflammation associated with implants is commonplace and can result in loss of the implant with failure rates continuing to be at an all-time high. Implant diseases range from mucositis to bone loss implantitis. Long-term implant success can depend on quality prevention, treatment and maintenance. The dental team (especially the dental hygienist) requires successful systems and tools to enhance longevity and implant health.
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After this course attendees will be able to:
- Enhance diagnostic and differentiation skills for implantitis versus mucositis
- Develop communication skills to educate the patient about their disease
- Examine considerations for local versus systemic antibiotics in detoxification and decontamination
- Create innovative at home oral hygiene systems that enhance compliance
- Incorporate safe techniques for at-the-chair anti-inflammatory biofilm control with innovative technology, such as air medicinal delivery
- Establish the role of dental lasers in both open and closed procedures
- Determine the prognosis of a diseased implant and how to develop the ultimate treatment plan
The Massachusetts’s Dental Society is an ADA Corp Recognized Provider
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