On the 29th August 2012 the ITI Study Clubs of Nottingham and Grantham were proud to present Professor Daniel Buser providing a lecture on surgical complications in implant dentistry.
This was a huge privilege for the groups as Prof Buser was in the UK for the ITI AGM in London and was able to present a 90 minute lecture on this crucial topic to a large and very receptive audience.
Professor Buser stressed the importance of ideal implant placement and correct assessment of cases but also using methods and materials that are well proven and well researched. Professor Buser’s method of the provision of aesthetic implant cases is the use of Straumann bone level implants of appropriate width and diameter together with autogenous bone grafting combined with guided bone regeneration using Bio-Oss and Bio-Gide. This is a protocol which has been used at the University of Bern since the late 1990’s and has considerable research and weight behind it as a predictable outcome for surgery.
Professor Buser presented a case study of 20 cases that have been followed for approximately 6 years using this protocol – 19 out of the 20 have been provided with post surgical CBCT scans at 5 years to assess the integrity of the grafted material.
Professor Buser was able to go on to discuss strategies for the correction of aesthetic cases which have failed due to poor implant placement and discussed the use of connective tissue grafts, GBR procedures, block bone grafts and the use of pink porcelain in cases with vertical defects.
This was an extremely well received lecture and a privilege to present one of the most influential implant surgeons in the world and for Nottingham and Grantham an opportunity which will perhaps not come along again.
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