1st European Meeting on Enhanced Natural Healing in Dentistry 2016

Dear colleague,

Favorable wound healing has always been a major quest in periodental surgery. It is a concern in healthy as well as compromised patients. In an effort to improve and accelerate healing of both hard and soft tissues, substitutes including growth factors and bio-materials have been traditionally used. Membranes were introduced to achieve regeneration by excluding unwanted tissues. Recent research clearly indicates that L-PRF (a second generation of platelet concentrates) significantly enhances wound healing in both soft and hard tissues. Growing evidence supports the assertion that platelet concetrates have the potential to replace Bio-materials in many surgical procedures. Clinical procedures benefit from recent advancements in platelet concentrate protocols including, but not limited to: soft tissue healing, plastic periodontal surgery, gingiva enlargement, MRONJ, regeneration of infra-bony defects, ridge preservation, sinus augmentation, immediate implant placement and implant osseointegration itself. An added benefit is that these platelet concentrate protocols offer significantly lower cost treatment solutions to our patients due to the fact of their ease of use and inexpensive preparation.

Your contribution to ENHD 2016 is warmly welcomed and we invite you to submit a scientific abstract via the conference website.

We hope to hear from you soon, and look forward to welcome you to Leuven!

Best regards,

Prof. Marc Quirynen

Prof. Nelson Pinto

Friday October 14th: Workshop

• 15.00-16.30: Surgical Interventions: Video Presentations.
  
• 17.00-19.00: Hands-on: Preparation L-PRF & Ridge Preservation.
  

Saturday October 15th: Lectures

• 09.00 - 10.30: Preparation and characteristics of “Platelet Concentrates”.
  
• 11.00 - 12.30: Enhanced natural healing (extra & intra-orally).
  
• 13.30 - 15.00: Benefits of L-PRF in periodontology.
  
• 15.30 - 17.00: Benefits of L-PRF in implant dentistry.
  
• 17.30 - 19.00: Oral presentation of best abstracts.
  
• 19.30: Meet the speakers during a walking diner 
  

• 09.00 - 10.30: Surgical interventions: video presentations.
  
• 11.00 - 12.30: Hands-on: preparation L-PRF & ridge preservation.