ICOI summer symposium is moving to Hyatt Regency McCormick Place

While the host hotel will be the Hyatt Regency, the meeting will take place in the convention center, which is attached to the Hyatt. 
Dr. Jon Suzuki, ICOI president, has designed a scientific program featuring 20 hours of CE credit with a theme focusing on “Implant Failures.”

The international faculty will feature clinical reports from generalists, specialists, academicians and laboratory technicians with a primary focus on the restorative discipline, but with secondary emphasis on surgical placement and its issues. Featured speakers include Dr. Robert Blackwell, Dr. Lyndon Cooper, Dr. Frank De Luca, Dr. Charles Goodacre, Dr. Ken Hebel, Dr. Les Kalman, Dr. Aldo Leopardi, Dr. Craig Misch, Dr. Ricardo Mitrani, Dr. Ady Palti, Dr. Yvan Poitras, Dr. Thomas Rams, Dr. Randy Resnik, Dr. Paul Rosen, Dr. Guido Sarnachiaro, Dr. Edwin Scher and Dr. Raymond Yukna. 


Upon completion of this symposium, attendees will:

• Learn to properly assess patients and understand the essential components for thorough implant examinations.
• Compare the clinical survival rates of multiple implant treatment modalities
• Review treatment solutions for surgical and prosthetic implant complications
• Learn how important the treatment planning phase is to avoid problems
• Review etiologies of peri-implant disease and treatment strategies for infectious dental implant complications
• Understand the various systemic medical conditions and contraindications that influence implant success





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Accompanying the doctors program will be the customary two-day auxiliary program given by an ICOI Component Society, the ADIA and designed by Lynn Mortilla, RDH.

Thursday’s half-day session will feature Patti DiGangi and Deborah Miller, followed by a two-hour ADIA hands-on workshop.

Friday’s program will consist of speakers from both the auxiliary arena as well as several doctors (Ira Langstein, Avi Schetritt, Burt Melton and Jeff Melton) whose lectures will cover a wide variety of implant topics, and Yva Khalil, who will deal with post-op implant care.


While the plenary session for this symposium begins at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21, several sponsor-conducted pre-symposium workshops will be offered on Thursday morning from 8 a.m. to noon.

The meeting’s web site, www.icoichicago2014.org, has full course descriptions.
 
A highlight of this symposium will be the Aug. 23 commemorative reception to honor Dr. Carl Misch and to recognize the incredible contributions he has made to the field of oral implantology and implant dentistry.