Dental Implant Therapy Symposium

Course Details and Registration:

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina   CE Credits: 6

The University of North Carolina School of Dentistry Presents:
Dental Implant Therapy Symposium
November 14, 2008
Chapel Hill, NC

Participants will gain further appreciation for the many new procedures and techniques that have been introduced to implant dentistry. Where possible, evidence-based support for or against suggested "innovations" will be provided.

During this day’s symposium, participants will:

• Acquire a clear understanding of the possibilities as well as the limitations of alternative implant placement techniques including immediate placement, osteotome techniques, and immediate loading.

• Acquire an understanding of the step by step process of using digital imaging and stereolithographic surgical guides for implant surgery.

• Understand how computer-aided-design can improve restorative aspects
of implant dentistry, particularly related to implant abutment design and manufacture.

• Better appreciate the importance of communication between all members of the dental implant team.

This course is appropriate for clinicians interested in gaining a complete overview of implant dentistry.

• Restorative dentists who would like to acquire a more in-depth and
comprehensive understanding of implant surgery.

• Surgical specialists who would like to acquire a more in-depth and
comprehensive understanding of implant restoration.

• Lab technicians who would like to produce world-class prostheses and
learn the fundamental guidelines to creating them.

• The dental staff member who is often responsible for explaining the many intricacies of implant procedures and who is part of a team that motivates patients to undergo and follow through multi-stage, multiple provider procedures.

Dental Implant Therapy Symposium November 14, 2008 • Chapel Hill, NC

Agenda
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Thursday, November 13
2:00 – 5:00 pm
Lecture Presentation (limited attendance)
Location: UNC School of Dentistry

Friday, November 14
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Bone Biology and Dental Implant Therapy Symposium
Location: The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing
Education, Chapel Hill

Saturday, November 15
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Clinical Treatment/Demonstration of Three Different
Immediate Loading Scenarios (limited attendance)
Location: UNC School of Dentistry

Time and Location
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The program on Friday will be held at the William and Ida Friday
Center for Continuing Education. Registration will begin at 8:30am.
The program will be held from 9:00am – 4:30pm. The Friday Center is
located on Friday Center Drive just off Highway 54 on the east side of
Chapel Hill. A continental breakfast and buff et lunch will be provided
with your paid registration.

Speakers
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Dr. Homa Zadeh is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry and a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. He received his DDS degree from USC in 1987. Dr. Zadeh also completed advanced clinical education in Periodontology and a PhD in Immunology from the University of Connecticut. He currently directs the Laboratory for Immunoregulation and Tissue Engineering, funded by NIH. Dr. Zadeh also maintains a part-time private practice limited to Periodontology in southern California.

Dr. Fernando Rojas maintains a private practice limited to dental implant surgery and prosthodontics in Castellón, Spain. He is an adjunct assistant professor in the UNC Dept of Prosthodontics and lectures extensively worldwide.

Dr. Michael Norton is a graduate of the University of Wales School of Dental Medicine. He runs a dedicated implant practice in Harley Street, London. He is a specialist in Oral Surgery and is Visiting Professor at Marquette Dental School in Milwaukee, WI. He was recently awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh for his contribution to the field of implant dentistry.