3rd ITI Education Week Pretoria

Learning Objectives

• At the end of this Education Week, participants will be able to:
  
• Diagnose, classify and manage periodontal and peri-implant disease
  
• Draw up a treatment plan for the replacement of lost teeth in the anterior maxilla (esthetic zone)
  
• Place an implant correctly in the anterior maxilla, take impressions and manufacture provisional crowns and bridges on implants in the esthetic zone.
  
• Use different suturing techniques for soft-tissue management
  
• Manage minor hard- and soft-tissue defects using particulate grafting and resorbable membranes
  

Topics

• Diagnosis, classification and management of periodontal/ peri-implant disease
  
• Dento-facial esthetics
  
• Treatment planning: the single missing and multiple missing teeth in the anterior maxilla
  
• Computed tomography and related software in implant planning
  
• Risk assessment from an anatomic and surgical point of view
  
• Extraction technique and post-extraction ridge alterations in the esthetic zone
  
• Correct 3D implant placement in esthetic sites
  
• Post-extraction implant placement with simultaneous contour augmentation: when and how?
  
• Surgical handling of esthetic complications and failures
  
• Assessment of treatment difficulty and risk to outcomes in the esthetic zone
  
• Prosthodontics management of peri-implant tissues – prior and subsequent to  implant placement
  
• Provisional restorations for esthetic cases
  
• Demystifying abutment, restorative materials and morphology in implant dentistry
  
• Digital planning and prosthodontics in implant dentistry – from planning placement to prosthodontics
  
• Avoiding and managing prosthodontic and surgical complications in implant dentistry