From Extraction to Prosthetic Restoration: Considerations for the Esthetic Zone

Continuing Education Credits:
1 CEU (Continuing Education Credit)

Course Presenter(s):
Thanos Ntounis, DDS, MS


Date Added:
07/27/2017

Course Description:

This webinar will highlight surgical and restorative techniques to accomplish predictable outcomes in the esthetic zone with implant therapy. Treatment modalities will be demonstrated with high quality photography and case series discussion. Surgical modalities presented will include ridge preservation, the current evidence on the use of growth factors such as PRP and hr-PDGF bb. Also timing of implant placement as well as soft and hard tissue augmentation will be discussed. Special emphasis will be placed on immediate provisionalization of implants to accomplish optimal peri-implant mucosa architecture. Techniques to transfer provisional emergence profile to the final restoration will be presented. The ABC protocol will also be presented and discussed as a treatment modality for congenitally missing teeth in the esthetic zone. Additionally, critical elements of restorative treatment and material choice will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• 1) To highlight the surgical and restorative techniques that are necessary to accomplish predictable outcomes in the esthetic implant therapy.
• 2) Show how to integrate the current evidence on the use of growth factors such as PRP and hr-PDGF bb into extraction site therapy.
• 3) To introduce the utilization of the “ABC” protocol as a treatment modality for congenitally missing teeth in the esthetic zone.