The present state of the art of implant dentistry coupled with the increasing esthetic expectations of patients continually challenges the surgeon, restorative dentist, and laboratory technician treatment team. Successful implant therapy can no longer be judged by whether or not the implant osseointegrates. Precise duplication of the color, contour, and vitality of natural dentition may ultimately result in an esthetic failure if the optimal gingival profile is absent.
The concept of tissue-directed implant dentistry signifies a paradigm shift from conventional therapy. The treatment team initially envisions the final prosthesis appropriate for each patient. This directs pre-implant hard and soft tissue augmentation and/or prosthetic tissue manipulation, proper implant placement, post-implant prosthetic soft tissue maintenance and enhancement to establish natural gingival contours. Thus esthetics, function, and long-term biologic synergy will coexist with inherent compatibility.
To develop optimal gingival contours both facially and interproximally is a daunting challenge. This is especially true for patients with the edentulous maxillary arch or when adjacent implants are scheduled to be restored with fixed restorations. Following extraction, there is usually loss of bone facially and vertically, resulting in osseous and soft tissue contours not readily conducive to a favorable gingival architecture. However, using specific surgical and prosthodontic procedures, the gingival profile surrounding the implant supported fixed prosthesis can be maintained or created, thus emulating nature.
A skilled implant dentistry team is required to achieve optimal patient care. Therefore, an important goal is to facilitate communication and treatment coordination between team members. Rick Kinsel and Bob Lamb will present a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to esthetic management of the implant patient-from initial examination, treatmAent planning, laboratory procedures, surgery, provisionalization, and final prosthesis. Live demonstrations of the immediate restoration of implants including all of the specific laboratory procedures will be shown.
Included with each course:
- Full days of Education
- Stay at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City
- All course materials, equipment, and instruments
- All transportation to and from the San Francisco (SFO) airport and the Crowne Plaza Hotel, and from the Crowne Plaza Hotel and IDEA each day
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner prepared by IDEA's in-house Executive Chef and served in our private dining room
- Maximum of 16 participants per course!
Maximum of 16 participants
Price:
- Pay in Full - US$ 4,800.00
- Pay Deposit - US$ 500.00
- Pay in Full w/ No Hotel - US$ 4,400.00
- Pay Deposit w/ No Hotel - US$ 500.00