Aim:

To provide delegates with an overview of then maintenance requirements of fixed dental implant restorations and highlight what can be done to manage complications. 

Objectives:

To use 15 minute presentations including slides and media and a panel discussion of cases to fulfil the below learning outcomes.

A Hygiene-Led Approach to Maintaining Implants with Aly Virani

Learning Outcomes:

• Be shown the relevance of maintenance programmes to the long term outcomes for patients with dental implants
• Be able to discuss the factors that can maximise the role of the dental team in prevention, diagnosis and management or peri-implant diseases
• Be able to consider the possible implant workflows that could result in less stress for the dentist, greater job satisfaction for the DCP and improved outcomes for the patient

ITI DHT group, their remit and Congress - presented by Karen Walker

To Probe or Not to Probe? with Pratik Patel

 Learning Outcomes:   

• Have had an introduction to the pros and cons of probing around dental implants to monitor disease
• Know the main differences between the supporting tissues of teeth and implants
• Be able to describe how to perform probing around implants and abutments and interpret the findings

Panel Discussion on Implant Maintenance and the Management of Peri-implant disease.

Chair: Matthew Brennand Roper

Guests: Eva Aguilera, Aly Virani, Karen Walker, Pratik Patel

 Aims     

To present delegates cases involving peri-implant disease, discuss their management and maintenance using an inter-professional approach.

YITI at Congress