Program Track: Implant Surgery & Prosthetic Rehabilitation

Course Description: Dental implant treatment has been well accepted all over the world. It is one of the optimum options for the oral rehabilitation. There are however some cases with esthetic failure due to the expected or unexpected biological changes. In clinical situation, those cases need to be treated with acceptable result. By the scientific development, various approaches were reported for the prevention and recovering for devastating esthetic problem periodontally and prosthetically. This presentation will focus on how those challenging cases can be prevented and will be successfully handled by the collaborative work with surgical and prosthetic approaches.

Educational Objectives:

• Comprehend the principles of biological alteration after surgical approach
• Identify the indications of the various modalities of soft tissue and hard tissue regeneration techniques
• Discuss the prosthetic compensation for the lack of peri-implant tissue which surgical approach is less likely to augment enough
• Provide a decision-making process to prevent and recover challenging esthetic complications

Course length: 32 minutes

Original release date: December 15, 2021

Expiration date: December 15, 2024

The American Academy of Periodontology designates this activity for 0.50 continuing education credits.

The American Academy of Periodontology is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

The AAP cautions participants for this CE activity about the potential risks of using limited knowledge when incorporating new techniques and procedures in their practice.