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Implant Surgery: Shorty™ implant and a provisional bridge as the ultimate implant solution for an excessively resorbed partially edentulous jaw.

Type: 
Main Program
ID: MP-16

Saturday, April 26, 2008
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Language: English
Presenters:
Commentator Jörg Strub;
Expert panel Ralf Kohal; Pelle Pettersson; Ching Sik Hong;
Presenter Ralf Kohal; Ching Sik Hong;
 


Learning outcomes:
At the conclusion of this session, the audience will be able to:

  • Describe the use of NobelGuide™ in treatment planning for the excessively resorbed jaw.
  • Understand when to treatment plan Procera® solutions for the excessively resorbed jaw.
  • Have knowledge of clinical skills in use of the Shorty™ implant system.
  • Compare the use of short versus long implants using scientific data.
  • Understand the evidence-based outcomes of bone grafting versus short implant placement.
  • Discuss with scientific data the load bearing capabilities of short implants.
  • Describe the numbers of implants and minimal lengths related to clinical outcomes.

Scientific evidence:
Renouard F.,Nisand D. Impact of implant length and diameter on survival rates. Clin Oral Implants Res, 2006 Oct; 17 Suppl 2 : 35 - 51

Renouard F., Nisand D. Short implants in the severely resorbed maxilla : a 2-year retrospective clinical study. Clin Implant Dent Relat Res, 2005; 7 Suppl 1: S104-10:
ISSN/ISBN: Supplement 1; S104-S110; 1523-0899 Keywords: atrophic/ initial stability/ maxilla/ resorption/ short implants

Friberg B, Grondahl K, Lekholm U, Branemark PI. Long term follow up of severely atrophic edentolous mandibles reconstructed with short Branemark implants. Clin Implant Dent Relat Res, 2002; 2 : 184-9

Please note that all information is correct at time of publication and may change.