Cone Beam CT and Implant Dentistry: Integration of New Digital Technologies

Topics Covered:

• How digital dentistry is evolving into a mainstream dentistry, allowing everyone to achieve successful “restoratively-driven” implant dentistry.
• Use of CBCT for assessing patient anatomy for a variety of presentations
• How CBCT is one of the best diagnostic, marketing, and communication tools for clinicians

Webinar Details

Successful “restoratively-driven” implant dentistry has its foundation in the ability to diagnose and treatment plan properly. It’s imperative that we understand all of what it missing, which often includes the bone, the surrounding soft tissue, and the tooth. The goal of implant dentistry is not the implant, it is the tooth that we replace. Therefore patients seek out treatment when they need teeth, not implants. The advent of CBCT has empowered clinicians with the tools to diagnose in 3-D, to assess the underlying anatomy and adjacent vital structures, to communicate these concepts to the patient and all members of the implant team, and to execute the plan to restore the patient properly, whether for a single tooth replacement or full mouth reconstruction. New paradigms have emerged, and dental school curriculums need to be re-written which embrace the digital tools of today.

As CBCT has become the state-of-the-art, the race is on to identify opportunities which benefit from the digital information embedded in each scan. Guided implant surgery has evolved as an important modality and aid in transferring the virtual 3-D plan to the patient. Surgical templates can then be laboratory fabricated on stone casts, or directly CT-derived via stereolithography, taking the scan data and turning it into solid resin models of the patient’s mandible or maxilla. However, as more companies invest in 3-D “digital dentistry” solutions, “linking” the technologies together has become a reality. This presentation will demonstrate how digital dentistry is evolving into a mainstream dentistry, allowing everyone to achieve successful “restoratively-driven” implant dentistry.

About Dr. Scott Ganz

Dr. Scott D. Ganz graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry – New Jersey Dental School. He completed a three-year specialty program in Maxillofacial Prosthetics at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Ganz is well-published in various scientific and professional journals ( over 50 articles ). He has delivered presentations both nationally and internationally on the Prosthetic and Surgical phases of Implant Dentistry and is considered one of the world’s leading experts in the field of Computer Utilization for Diagnostic, Graphical, and Treatment Planning Applications in Dentistry.

Dr. Ganz has been a featured speaker for numerous organizations including the Academy of Osseointegration, American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, The American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, The International Congress of Oral Implantologists, The American College of Prosthodontists,
The American Academy of Implant Dentistry, The European Academy of Osseointegration, and The American Society of Osseointegration. He currently serves as Assistant Editor for the peer-reviewed journal, Implant Dentistry and the editorial staff of Practical Procedures and Esthetic Dentistry.

Dr. Ganz’s book, “An Illustrated Guide to Understanding Dental Implants” available in both English and Spanish, has received wide acclaim as the standard in patient education texts, and has sold worldwide in over fifteen countries.

Dr. Ganz is on the Implant Faculty of many preceptorship programs around the country, is on the staff of Hackensack University Medical Center, past faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Dental School, and presently on faculty at New Jersey Dental School. Dr. Ganz has served as a consultant for numerous companies involved with dental implants, imaging, and the high technology arena for the past fifteen years. Dr. Ganz is a Past President of the N.J. Section of the American College of Prosthodontists and maintains a private practice for Prosthodontics, Maxillofacial Prosthetics, and Implant Dentistry in New Jersey, USA. He also developed and maintains an internet FORUM on interactive
CT scanning technology, and was a founding member of the SIMPLANT ACADEMY,
headquartered in Lueven, Belgium (www.simplantacademy.org)

More information on Dr. Ganz can be found on his Web Site at
www.drganz.com or at www.kineticguidance.com

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