The Secrets of Guided Bone Regeneration in Implant Dentistry: Hands-on Workshop 2019

The Secrets of Guided Bone Regeneration in Implant Dentistry: Hands-on Workshop is organized by Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of University of Southern California (USC) and will be held on Mar 09, 2019 at Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Dentists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 7.00 Continuing Education Credits.

Course Description:
This bone graft course will feature a combined one-day scientific lecture and hands-on workshop. The course will focus primarily on the principles of guided bone regeneration in implant dentistry and on the most up-to-date techniques in bone grafting to improve long-term clinical success with dental implants. This course is designed for the clinician that has prior implant experience and would like to broaden his/her knowledge and scope of practice and improve surgical skill.

Course Objectives:
• Biologic basis of bone regeneration
• Criteria for patient selection
• Step-by-step surgical procedure
• Properties of barrier membranes
• Selection of biomaterials
• Biologic modifiers and their relationship to bone regeneration
• Flap design for optimal esthetic and predictability
• Guided bone regeneration in various post-extraction defects
• Guided bone regeneration for simultaneous implant placement - “the Esthetic Contour Graft”
• Guided bone regeneration for vertical ridge augmentation
• Proper use of screws in the “screw tent-pole grafting” technique
• All aspects of the post-operative management
• Recognition and management complications associated with guided bone regeneration

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.