Fri., Nov. 8, 2024
1:00pm – 4:00pm (3 CE hrs)
Room 106-B
Speaker: Alan Scott Douglas, DDS
This course is supported, in part, by an educational grant from Dentsply Sirona
Recommended for: General Dentists
In today’s world, patients and clinicians want things to be done as quickly and efficiently as possible. For single-tooth replacement, this can be accomplished by utilizing the latest digital tools to help us treatment plan and execute both surgical and prosthetic implant treatment. This course will review how a new solution can streamline the implant workflow in single-tooth replacement cases. The concept involves combining intraoral scans with CBCT data to accurately diagnose and treatment plan dental implants as well as facilitate production of custom healing abutments and temporary/final restorations. Please join us to learn about the efficiency and simplicity of placing and restoring implants utilizing the latest digital innovations.
Course Objectives:
- Understand how recent advancements in patient-specific solutions can enhance workflow efficiency and predictability for the dental practice and laboratory.
- Learn effective strategies to prevent and manage implant abutment and prosthetic complications.
- Review key design concepts that contribute to a maintainable abutment-crown connection and stabilize marginal bone.
- How to identify the best treatment option based on individual patient needs and expectations.
- Recognize how new software and new scan bodies can make this process more accurate and predictable.
- Identify the role of implant biology, biomechanics and surface technology and how it relates to longevity in successful implant therapy.
Dr. Alan Scott Douglas is a 1989 graduate of The University of Texas Dental School at San Antonio. Following graduation, Dr. Douglas completed a one-year residency in Advanced Education in General Dentistry at The University of Texas Dental School at San Antonio. Dr. Douglas then completed a General Practice Residency at The Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital. He is currently the program director for the AEGD residency program at the VA hospital, a position he has held for the past 27 years. Dr. Douglas has participated in numerous implant and dental materials studies, including a focus implant research project, an overdenture implant research study, a ceramic abutment study, a study on the 3.0mm implant and a study on a fixed but removable telescopic prosthesis. He has published numerous abstracts on his dental materials research.
Dr. Douglas (or an immediate family member) has a significant relationship with the following commercial organizations whose products he will refer to in his presentation: Dentsply Sirona.
