Current Concepts in Dentistry Day 2

Course description

Examining the Advancements in Contemporary Implant Dentistry: Enhancing Patient Care Through Innovative Concepts and Techniques

Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024
Presented by Sonia Leziy, DDS, Dipl Perio, FCDS(BC), FRCD(C)

This course will explore how innovations and concept changes shape our skills and treatment planning solutions, while underscoring the importance of collaborative planning between restoring dentist, technician and surgical team members. Surgical concepts that will be reviewed include virtual planning and guided surgery/provisional treatment, implant placement and restoration strategies for small and large edentulous sites, and management of hard and soft tissue deficiencies. Current diagnostic guidelines and methods to monitor health, and our approaches to reduce and mitigate disease risk will be discussed.

Learning objectives

• Understand, minimize and manage peri-implant diseases and complications.
• Recognize why digital workflows are dramatically improving accuracy and practice efficiency, while reducing errors in the treatment planning phase, surgical protocols and restorative design.
• Determine immediate, early or delayed implant placement and restoration protocols and recognize the pros and cons of these decisions.
• Discuss the use and fabrication of customized transitional restorative components in the hands of the periodontist or restoring clinician and understand why they are important steps in guiding tissue form.
• Discuss soft and hard tissue enhancement procedures used in surgical practice today. Recognize what the surgical team can do, but understand the limitations.

About the presenter

Sonia Leziy, DDS, Dipl Perio, FCDS(BC), FRCD(C) is a periodontist and maintains a full time practice in Nanaimo, BC, Canada. She was awarded the Lucy Hobbs Award for mentorship in 2013, and the Saul Schluger Award for excellence in teaching and education in 2014. She was also the recipient of the 2022 American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry Distinguished Lecturer Award, and the 2022 Greater NY Academy of Prosthodontics Distinguished Lecturer Award. Dr. Leziy is recognized by Dentistry Today as a leader in continuing education. She is a member of numerous editorial boards, and is published in the areas of implant esthetics, digital workflow and perioplastic procedures. She is editor of the implant section of Inside Dentistry/ Aegis Publications. She is a fellow of the ITI and a member of the ITI board of studies. She lectures internationally and provides education programs through Elatus Dental Bio-Architecture and Vancouver Island Dental Specialists.