Program at a Glance
Pre-Symposium Courses
Pre-Symposium Course 1
Pre-Symposium Course 2
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Call for Abstracts
The Faculty
Keynote Address
Symposium Party

Friday, April 16, 2010

New and proven Treatment Procedures.

Friday April 16, 2010



Session 4: Limited Attendance Session (5 parallel presentations)
Risk factors (Moderator: Alex Tsai, TPE)
08.00 4A Critical factors for esthetic stability Akshay Kumar (USA)
08.25 4A Risk markers for oral bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis Yong-Dae Kwon (KOR)
08.50 4A Excess cement and peri-implant disease Thomas Wilson (USA)
09.15 4A Osteoporosis as a risk factor for implant failure Cermal Ucer (GBR)


Surgery (Moderator: Juan Carlos Garcí­a Lara, MEX)
08.00 4B Minimally invasive sinus lift procedures Lars Ake Johansson (SWE)
08.25 4B Vertical augmentation of the atrophic posterior mandible
Waldemar Polido (BRA)
08.50 4B Vertical and lateral bone augmentation using biphasic calcium phosphate
Andres Stricker (GER)
09.15 4B Distraction osteogenesis in partially dentate patients Eppo Wolvius (NED)


Surgery (Moderator: Gerrit Wyma, RSA)
08.00 4C Microvascular bone transfer for ridge augmentation Alexander Gaggl (AUT)
08.25 4C Piezoelectric bone surgery in implant dentistry
Nathan Hodges (USA)
08.50 4C Prosthodontically-driven tissue engineering George Sándor/Robert Carmichael (CAN)
09.15 4C Post-extraction implants and immediate loading Juan Blanco Carrión (ESP)


Restorative procedures (Moderator: Richard Leesungbok, KOR)
08.00 4D Occlusal reconstruction based on maxillofacial skeletal morphology
Masaaki Hojo (JPN)
08.25 4D Combining pink acrylic and porcelain in the esthetic zone
Steven Present (USA)
08.50 4D Prosthetic reconstruction of the resected mandible Robert Lee Schneider (USA)
09.15 4D Principles of Attachment Selection in Overdenture Treatment Siegfried Heckmann (GER)


Outcomes (Moderator: Timothy W. Head, CAN)
08.00 4E Immediate non-functional loading of implants in the posterior maxilla Jonathan Mark Korostoff (USA)
08.25 4E Ridge preservation
Nikolaos Mardas (GBR)
08.50 4E After implant placement and loading – what then? Per Nygaard-Ostby (NOR)
09.15 4E Immediately temporized implants in the esthetic zone Barry Levin (USA)
09.40 Coffee break


Session 5: Surgical procedures
Moderators: Steve Barter (GBR), David Cochran (USA)
10.00 Bone grafting for localized defects – simultaneous or staged? Thomas von Arx (SUI)
10.30 Sinus floor augmentation Matteo Chiapasco (ITA)
11.00 Short implants – what is short and what is not? Franck Renouard (FRA)
11.30 Flapless surgery Stephen Chen (AUS)
12.00 Panel discussion
12.30 Lunch


Session 6: Treatment Proceduresprosthetic and technical
Moderators: Frauke Müller (SUI), Tony Dawson (AUS)
14.00 Bone and tissue level implants – prosthetic implications Will Martin (USA)
14:30 From casting to CAD/CAM: navigating the technologic advances affecting clinicians today Brody Hildebrand (USA)
15.00 Evolution of loading protocols in oral implantology German Gallucci (USA)
15.30 The technicians’ viewpoint – material and technical evolution in implant dentistry
Michel Magne (USA)
16.00 Panel discussion



Session 7: ITI Research Competition
Oral Presentations (5 categories)
(10-minutes speaking time, 2 minutes for questions + answers per presentation)
16.30 Prosthodontics, Surgical, Basic Research, Clinical Research, Dental Lab techniques
18.30 End of day 2