Course objectives

Since the millennium change, implant esthetics has been a dominating topic in implant dentistry for partially edentulous patients. In the anterior maxilla, the rehabilitation of patients with implant supported restorations is challenging for involved clinicians due to the high esthetic demand by the patients, and difficult anatomical situations with bone and/or soft tissue deficiencies, which are often present in the esthetic zone. These defects are more often present today, since implant placement post extraction dominates daily practice.
This interactive 3-day CE course has been established more than 20 years ago for experienced colleagues in implant dentistry, and it has been further developed over the years. Since the pandemic, it is offered as a hybrid CE course for on-site, but also for online participants utilizing a high-quality streaming technology. This also allows us to include world-famous guest speakers via Zoom. The superb high-quality faculty will present comprehensively the well documented treatment concepts for the handling of single tooth gaps or extended edentulous spaces in the anterior maxilla of partially edentulous patients. These concepts have been developed in the past 25 years providing successful outcomes with high predictability and a low risk for complications.
All relevant aspects of treatment planning, step-by-step surgical proceduresprocedures, and prosthetic rehabilitation with first provisional and subsequently definitive restorations will be presented and discussed. This includes the biologic basis for current surgical and prosthetic procedures, as well as the latest developments in the field of implant design, digital implant dentistry and dental materials. The surgical approaches in post-extraction implant placement and bone augmentation procedures with the GBR technique will be presented addressed with 3 live surgeries.

Lecture topics:

• Fundamental esthetic principles revisited - a critical appraisal
• Esthetic risk assessment and basic surgical principles in esthetic sites
• Implant placement post extraction: when immediate, when early, when late?
• Implant treatment planning: How much digital technology is used today?
• Bone healing in membrane protected defects: Selection of bone fillers and membranes
• The concept of Bone Conditioned Medium (BCM)
• Immediate implant placement with immediate loading
• Early implant placement with simultaneous Contour Augmentation
• The concept of socket grafting for alveolar ridge preservation
• Soft tissue conditioning around integrated implants
• Mucosal recessions at implants: Potential of soft tissue grafting?
• Immediate provisionalization of implants: Risk and opportunities?
• Prosthetic procedures for esthetic single-tooth crowns and long-term results
• The interaction between prosthodontist and dental technician in the digital era
• GBR procedures in complex situations
• Prosthetic handling of extended edentulous spaces and compromised sites
• 3 live surgeries with 3 different clinical situations