Straumann Villeret production site

20 Sep 2020, 11:00 AM Amsterdam

Nowadays dental implants are mostly the first treatment option for missing teeth. Long-term promising results increase the interest on implant treatment for both patients and dentists. Especially with digitalization, dental treatment became more reachable as the procedures get easier. Plus, answering the demand of shortened treatment period is the most favorable result of digital implant dentistry.

20 Sep 2020, 09:00 AM Amsterdam

Incomplete removal of a tooth has always been a dilemma for discussion over the centuries. In the 1920s, disservice of a patient was considered if a fragment of a tooth was not removed as it would cause pain, infection and even cyst formation. This was the historic consensus by then. Up to 11-37% the retained root fragments were accidentally discovered of routine radiographs and were reported. Studies have shown majorities of these root fragments will cause no harm to patients and will heal in situ under certain conditions. Healing will be by formation of a cementum layer on dentine, which allows bone deposition around the root fragment, hence being enclosed within bone. Coronectomy was a later developed, a technique to intentionally keep the root fragments for the benefit of the patient in preserving alveolar bone for prosthetics or avoidance of injury to the inferior alveolar nerve in impacted wisdom teeth where risk of damage is high.

19 Sep 2020, 12:00 PM Amsterdam

Dr. Nygaard will share how the use of a digital implant workflow can be a powerful tool to build your implant practice and provide an exceptional patient experience to distinguish your practice.