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For this year’s annual meeting, Dr. Alan Meltzer DMD, MScD will be presenting a lecture entitled:

“Full Arch Immediate Implant Restoration in Challenging Situations”

Lecture Summary:

Today, the use of full arch immediate implant restoration is entering the realm of mainstream treatment. Some believe that removal of teeth and their restorations is the conclusion of a patient’s dental problems. Some even feel that by giving a patient an oral irrigator they are set for life with no need for professional maintenance. With 30 plus years of implant dentistry behind me, I have learned that in some cases four implants may be enough, while in other cases it is a formula for disaster. A fixed restoration on four implants can easily become no fixed restoration on three implants. Case selection, case design, implant selection, abutment selection along with proper hard and soft tissue evaluation and treatment become the keys for success. Finally, designing a final prosthesis and formulation of a proper maintenance program is mandatory. Let us not trade our patients’ dental problems for implant problems and create unrealistic expectations.

Learning Objectives:

·        Diagnosis, Case design, implant, and abutment selection

·        Pre-treatment soft and hard tissue management

·        Execution of treatment, post operative care, long term maintenance

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