Anterior Implants: Emergence Profile is Important in the Esthetic Zone

Credit Details
This electronically delivered self-instructional program is designated for 1.5 hours of CE credit by Farran Media.
AGD Code: 690.

The fee to view this course is $36. This cost includes the fee to take the exam and claim your CE credits.

Synopsis:
There is more to incorporating dental implants into your practice than the surgical placement. Diagnosing and treatment planning to help choose the right site for an implant and a review of atraumatic extraction techniques and grafting procedures are discussed in preparation for proper implant placement. Protocols for 2 dimensional placement and understanding the rules for anterior placement are presented. CBCT diagnosis protocols are demonstrated to help in the fabrication of a single anterior implant crown and a hybrid appliance. Learn how to achieve acceptable esthetics where there is significant bone loss, and defects in the surrounding tissues.

There are rules that when followed can help the practitioner provide outstanding functional and esthetic results for our patients. These include an understanding of available inter-septal bone and its importance in creating interdental papilla. When our patients present with significant bone loss due to trauma or periodontal disease, procedures can be accomplished to maintain hard tissue contours and support for our dental implants. Esthetic issues can be resolved with high quality laboratory procedures.

The most critical aspect of our esthetic implant dentistry is explaining to our patients about the results we can achieve. Visualizing the case finished prior to any surgical intervention can be aided with the use of computer technology and digital design. The final outcome is the most critical part of our modern implant procedures. Taking the steps illustrated here help maximize these results and minimize the stress to the dentist and result in a satisfied patient who promotes your practice.

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss the specifics in creating interdental papilla in the smile zone
• Learn the complications that occur in the anterior maxilla and how to overcome them
• Learn how to effectively use custom components for periodontal health
• Create natural looking prostheses with gingival shades materials.

Description of Speaker:
Dr. Timothy Kosinski is an Affiliated Adjunct Clinical Professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry and serves on the editorial review board of Reality, the information source for esthetic dentistry, the Michigan Dental Association Journal, and is the past editor of the Michigan Academy of General Dentistry and currently Associate Editor of the AGD journals. He is a Past-President of the Michigan Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Kosinski received his DDS from the University of Detroit Mercy Dental School and his Mastership in Biochemistry from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry, the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and the American Society of Osseointegration. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and received his Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Kosinski has received many honors including Fellowship in the American and International Colleges of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International. In 2017 he received the Academy of Dentistry International’s Humanitarian Award “in recognition of significant contributions to the enhancement of the quality of life and the human condition.” He is a member of OKU and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. Dr. Kosinski was the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry Alumni Association’s “Alumnus of the Year,” and in 2009 and 2014 received the Academy of General Dentistry’s “Lifelong Learning and Service Recognition.” Dr. Kosinski has placed over 13,000 dental implants and published over 190 articles on the surgical and prosthetic phases of implant dentistry and was a contributor to the textbooks, Principles and Practices of Implant Dentistry, and 2010’s Dental Implantation and Technology. He was featured on Nobelbiocare’s Nobelvision and lectures extensively.

Disclosure:
This CE activity is supported by an educational grant from Glidewell.

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