Education USA

Joanna Asadoorian

This webinar introduces the essential steps of evidence-based practice founded on recently published core competencies in evidence-based practice for health care professionals.

Dr. Mikael Zimmerman, Dr. Petteri Sjögren

We are constantly surrounded by a plenitude of potentially infectious microorganisms. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic cast a renewed light on the importance of infection control routines, both in daily life and in the medical field. Infection control and prevention commonly observed in the dental practice are safe and effective, but hygiene routines need to be known, understood and strictly observed by the whole dental office team.

Prof. Dr. Martin Schimmel

The use of osseointegrated implants for the stabilization of mandibular complete dentures is one of the great achievements in modern dentistry. It is well documented in the literature that the stabilization of lower dentures with two implants reduces peri-implant bone atrophy, increases chewing efficiency, reduces masseter muscle atrophy, and improves the patient’s oral health related quality of life significantly. Diagnostic prerequisites for backward planning as well as the use of two-piece as well as small diameter one-piece implants will be considered. In an approach that considers the general functional capacity and possible functional decline of the elderly edentulous patient a staged approach for the choice overdentures attachments will be discussed.

Dr. Sophie Dartevelle, Prof. Ian Needleman

Around the world, people practice sports at the amateur and elite levels. Whether athletes practice their sport as a hobby or professionally, their oral health is an important element of their general health and impacts their athletic performance. In this webinar, our experts will introduce the context and research related to the impact of sports on oral health and the impact of oral health on athletics performance. In addition, participants will be presented with the practical elements that dental professionals should consider for the prevention and treatment of athletes’ oral health.

Dr. Scott Davis

Highlighting the Neoss ProActive Edge implant surface, this live webinar will cover implant features and developments that facilitate successful rehabilitation, with a focus on materials and surfaces. Modern restorative dentistry has been transformed by dental implants but will biological and mechanical complications plague our future?

Mr. Georgio Haddad

Dental Strategic Partnerships, Formlabs

Dr. Till Gerlach

The ideal implant position facilitates ideal aesthetic outcome. Therefore bone augmentative procedures are necessary in daily implantology. Regarding bone biology the gentle preparation of the bone with piezoelectric divice is important for good healing results.

Dr. Phil Walton

Amidst various technologies and treatment options for replacement of one’s tooth, dental implants have become the standard of care in present day practice.

Dr. Wendy Thompson

Everyone has a role in tackling antibiotic resistance – what’s yours? Whether you are just starting out in dental antibiotic stewardship or are more experienced, this webinar is aims to offer something for everyone, from general dentists to specialist oral surgeons and from practice receptionists to those working in healthcare policy.

Prof. em. Dr. Daniel Buser

The implant surface is a key factor for the long-terem stability of dental implants. Today, hybrid design implants are clearly prefered by our team, such as Tissue Level Implants. They have a hydrophilic, micro-rough implant surface for the endosseous portion of the jaw to optimize implant anchorage. The best documented micro-rough implant surface is SLActive. In the neck area, a machined, smooth implant surface is present in the transrestal area to promote a healthy peri-implant mucosa with long-term stability

Prof. Stefan Renvert, Prof. David Herrera, Prof. Jöerg Meyle, Prof. Lijian Jin

The Step-by-Step approach of periodontal therapy to achieve periodontal health in your patients This webinar is the second in a 3-part series. The expert panel of the FDI Global Periodontal Health Project (GPHP) will update you on the latest guidelines/recommendations in periodontology and take you through the essential steps for you and your patients to achieve and maintain optimal periodontal health.

Adj.Prof. Joanna Slowik

Management of type 1 diabetes patients in dentistry can be a challenge. Tailored dental care programme makes a difference. The main goal of the insulin-dependent diabetes care programme is to early classify the high-risk groups to improve general oral health and thus improve the quality of life of our patients.

Corinna Bruckmann

Periodontal disease and diabetes share some life-style risk factors, like smoking, and there is a two-way relationship: patients with uncontrolled diabetes have a 3-fold higher risk to develop advanced periodontitis, while untreated periodontitis further dysregulates glycemic balance.

Dr. Paul S. Rosen

This lecture will review the need for resonance frequency analysis with dental im-plants since both our treatment protocols and our patient pattern of healing fails to follow preconceived norms.

Dr. Julia-Gabriela Wittneben

The possibilities and expectations of achieving a successful functional and esthetic outcome have been raised with the evolution of implant designs, prosthetic components and dental materials. Even after a successful surgical approach, the prosthodontic finalization remains challenging. The overall focus of this webinar will remain on the selection of implant abutments more specifically, focusing on different indications, materials and abutment types. Especially the selection of implant abutments in the esthetic zone seems still challenging and has an influence on the final esthetic result. This will be highlighted also in respect to the evidence concerning retention type (screw versus cement). All aspects of the lecture will be presented with reference to contemporary literature and clinical studies. The objective of this lecture is therefore to provide a summary of the clinical evidence which is of relevance to the practitioners perspective of implant prosthetic treatment

Kristy Menage Bernie

An acknowledgement of the impact of mental well-being of both dental professionals and their patients has been growing and accelerated even more in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prof. Marc Y. Donath

In patients with type 2 diabetes an inflammatory process is present. This inflammation is due to a pathological activation of the innate immune system, caused by metabolic stress and is partly governed by IL-1 signaling. We identified the role of IL-1β and insulin in the regulation of metabolism and immunity in response to food intake. Yet, as it becomes chronic, activation of auto-inflammatory processes may then become deleterious.

Dr. Ryan Hungate

Patients are increasingly going online to search for dental care options. Learn how digital healthcare tools can help your practice get new patients and keep them coming back.

Prof. Tomaso Vercellotti

A reduced crestal bone volume is frequently encountered in implantology, with horizontal bone defects being certainly the most common occurrence. The introduction of PiezoImplants has considerably simplified the implant therapy of thin crestal bone, because the rectangular section of the new implants’ wedge shape is a better fit for the crestal anatomy.

Marcelle Nascimento

Managing Caries by Risk Level

Dr. Aneta Olszewska

Local anaesthesia can often be unbearable for young patients and stressful for a dentist. A computer-controlled local anaesthesia system allows the delivery speed and pressure to be adjusted to the clinical situation, developmental, anatomical, and physiological tissue differences observed in children. Effective anaesthesia is achieved with a lower amount of analgesic reducing the risk of toxic or allergic reactions and minimizing discomfort and sensation of numbness after the treatment. It helps prevent unwanted self- injuries to the lips, cheeks, and tongue.

Dr. Robert J. Miller

The selection of a laser modality must be criteria based, both peri-operatively and post-operatively. Clinical outcomes will help guide the clinician as to when to select soft versus hard tissue ablative lasers for a procedure. This webinar will outline all the requisite criteria-based parameters for Oral Surgery and provide video based examples of surgical procedures as a clinical guide.

Faye Donald

This webinar focuses entirely on Airflow. It’s Origin, how key design and technology features translate into surgery, it’s role in contemporary practice, the extent to which it can be utilised and how perfecting technique can be a game changer for everyone. At the end of this webinar, listeners will know the truths and myths surrounding the use of Airflow and will have a clear understanding of how to utilise it’s full scope of practice when treating patients in the dental clinic.

Prof. Christian Makary

This webinar will overview lateral and crestal maxillary sinus floor elevation with special emphasis on the importance of piezosurgical technology to simplify surgical technique and reduce complications.

Dr. Eric Thevissen

Despite all efforts of dental professionals the prevalence and incidence of total edentulism is still increasing on a global scale. Second observation from a recent meta review in JDR (2020) was that total tooth loss is decreasing in low-income countries while, on the other hand, it is increasing in upper- or middle-income countries. Is periodontal disease the main responsible for this evolution?

Thomas Viola

Dental professionals must frequently draw upon their knowledge of pharmacology for optimal care of today’s medically complex geriatric dental patients. However, armed with relatively brief exposure to such a vast subject during formal education and faced with ever-changing medication therapy guidelines, many dental professionals simply cannot keep up with the latest trends in disease state management.

Prof. Finbarr Allen, Prof. Angus Walls, Dr. William Cheung

Rates of natural tooth retention are increasing globally: rather than losing all their teeth as they age, patients are increasingly greeting old age with at least a few of their natural teeth still intact.

Uche Odiatu

WHAT EVERY DENTAL PROFESSIONAL NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE HUMAN MOCROBIOME

Prof. DDr. Gabor Tepper

Advancing immediacy in your daily practice. 3200 implants later. My clinical journey with the BLX implant.

Gerry McKenna

Across the globe the population is ageing. Whilst increasing numbers of older people retain natural teeth, a sizable proportion of older people are still edentate. Replacement of missing teeth is important for function, aesthetics and to facilitate social inter-actions. This lecture will discuss treatment for edentate and partially dentate older adults including planning for removable and fixed prosthodontics.

Prof. Peter Mossey, Susannah Schaefer, Dr. Omolola Orenuga, Dr. Gerhard Seeberger, Jayant Singh

Many providers are involved in the care of people who are born with clefts. Everyone has a role to play in reducing oral disease in people who are born with clefts. This webinar will present the FDI World Dental Federation and Smile Train resource which has been developed to assist clinicians in their decision making during the oral health care continuum.