Dental Implant Removal by Dental Learning Systems, LLC

Dental Implant Removal is organized by Dental Learning Systems, LLC and will be held from Jun 01, 2018 - Jun 30, 2021.

The target audience for this medical event is for Dentists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 2.00 Self Study Credits.

Description:
Clinicians are faced with difficult decisions regarding the removal of osseointegrated dental implants. Recently, Tarnow and colleagues published a set of recommendations outlining when failing implants should be removed and when attempts to save them should be considered.1 Because hard and soft tissues continue remodeling after implant therapy is completed, esthetic and pathologic complications can arise. This often results in mucosal recession, inflammation, and cosmetic compromises. Although the ideal treatment involves maintaining the implant while correcting any tissue deficiencies, this is not always possible. In these situations, implants must be removed and are often replaced with new implants. This article examines the indications and contraindications for implant removal and discusses situations in which reverse torque instrumentation can be used, which is associated with less morbidity than explantation using a trephine drill.

Learning Objectives:
• Identify the indications and contraindications for implant removal.
• Summarize the considerations involved in implant removal when using a trephine drill and those involved when using reverse torque instrumentation.
• Explain the benefits of reverse torque instrumentation when compared with explantation using a trephine drill.
• Describe the use of hard- and soft-tissue grafting techniques to save implants for which explantation is contraindicated.

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