Surgical Session 5: Immediate Placement & Loading, Treatment of Peri-Implant Disease

This course is oriented toward those dentists who have had a moderate level of surgical experience, enjoy it, and want to increase their knowledge and clinical skills in placement of implants.

Learn and experience how to make bite splints with a very high degree of accuracy, including how to ensure predictability by making better material choices, taking excellent impressions and will demonstrate the use and application of the facebow.

In Part 2 of this series, Dr. Vargas takes the theory to the next level by walking the learner through the techniques to apply it in creation of an esthetic and well-matched composite restoration.

Learn about simple periodontal procedures include bone grafting, ridge preservation, crown lengthening, periodontal flap surgery, and mucogingival surgery; incorporation of many of these procedures will increase the success of subsequent implant placement, promote retention of natural dentition where possible, and improve overall gingival esthetics.