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AAIP to host 28th annual meeting

The American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics will meet in Scottsdale, AZ, USA, a suburb of Phoenix. (DTI/Photo Dan Klimke, Dreamstime.com)
American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics

American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics

Fri. 8 October 2010

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ: The American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics will hold its 28th annual meeting on 6 November at the Marriott at McDowell Mountains, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, in association with the Dental Implant Clinical Research Group and Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine. The theme of the meeting will be ‘Implant Update — 2010.’

The meeting will feature outstanding dental clinicians and a well-known financial analyst. Featured speakers at the meeting are Drs Robert J. Braun, Clement Guarlotti, Leonard I. Linkow, Harold F. Morris, Peter A. Neff and Azfar Siddiqui, and G. Kent Mangelson.

Linkow, considered by many of his colleagues as the ‘Father of Oral Implantology,’ will speak on ‘Five Decades of Dental Implants.’

In 1992, New York University College of Dentistry created the first and only endowed chair in implantology in perpetuity with Linkow as the recipient.

Neff, formerly professor and chairperson of the Department of Occlusion at Georgetown University School of Dentistry and author of the popular textbook TMJ Occlusion and Function, will speak on ‘Occlusal Considerations in Implant Prosthodontics.’

Morris, co-director of the Dental Implant Clinical Research Group and clinical professor of restorative dentistry at Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia will speak on ‘Recent Advances in Implant Research.’

Braun, professor of oral and maxillofacial pathology, medicine and surgery at Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia, will speak on ‘Systemic Implications of Oral Disease and its Relation to Oral Implantology.’

Siddiqui, associate professor of dentistry at Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine, will speak on ‘Lateral Bone Condensing and Expansion for Dental Implant Placement.’

Guarlotti, past president of the American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics, will discuss ‘New Implants for Old Fixed Prostheses.’

Mangelson, CFP, an expert in the area of lawsuit protection and prevention, will speak on ‘Advanced Lawsuit Protection and Tax Reduction Strategies for Dentists.’ Mangelson authored ‘The Advanced Tax and Asset Protection Training Manual’ and ‘The Asset Protection Bible.’

Alternate speakers are Drs Mike Shulman and Sheldon Winkler.

Founded by Dr Maurice J. Fagan Jr., in 1982 at the School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, the objective of the academy is to support and foster the practice of implant prosthodontics as an integral component of dentistry.

The academy supports component and affiliate implant associations around the world, including organizations in Egypt, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Israel, Italy, Paraguay, South Korea and Thailand.

The academy has published two textbooks, ‘The Dental Implant’ in 1985 and ‘Implant Prosthodontics’ in 1990. The Journal of Oral Implantology is the official publication of the academy. The academy also publishes a newsletter.

The academy holds an annual convention, international meetings in cooperation with its affiliate and component societies, offers continuing education courses and sponsors a network of study clubs in the United States.

American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for fellowship, mastership and membership maintenance credit. The current term of approval extends through 31 December 2013.

Officers of the academy are Dr Sheldon Winkler, Scottsdale, AZ, president; Dr Harold F. Morris, Canton, MI, president-elect; Dr Peter A. Neff, North Palm Beach, FL, vice president; Dr Robert Wood, Philadelphia, PA, secretary; and Dr James Fagan, III, Atlanta, GA, treasurer. Dr M. Joe Mehranfar, Scottsdale, AZ, is general chairperson of the 2010 annual meeting.

Meeting information can be obtained from the AAIP headquarters at 8672 E. Eagle Claw Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85266-1058; telephone +1 480 588 8062; fax +1 480 588 8296; e-mail swinkdent@cox.net. The AAIP website is www.aaipusa.com. A meeting program can be downloaded from the website.

 

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