Peri-Implant Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment for Hygienists

Credits:

Course Overview:

Peri-implantitis, defined as progressive bone loss associated with clinical inflammation, is not a rare finding these days. The prevalence of Peri-implant mucositis has been reported to be 43% (range 19 – 65%) and Peri-implantitis 22% (range 1-47%). This constitutes a serious concern for clinicians and patients, given the negative impact on the quality of life for affected patients. Hygienists can play a major role in the management of these diseases. Saving implants is different from saving teeth.

Peri-implant tissue is different from periodontal tissue.
Diagnosis and Classification.
Are some patients more susceptible to peri-implant disease?
When is it time to intervene surgically? What works & what does not?
How to clean around implants, and what oral hygiene aides really work.

Speaker:

Dr. Leonard Schwartz
B.Sc., D.D.S., Dip. Perio.

Dr Leonard Schwartz is in Private Practice in Thornhill and Newmarket specializing in Periodontics and Implant Dentistry. He has placed several thousand implants and has up to 30 years follow-up on selected cases. Dr Schwartz is one of the first surgeons in Ontario to provide intra-oral scanning of implants to initiate a digital workflow for implant restoration.

Dr Schwartz is a graduate of McGill University. After graduation he toured the Eastern Arctic and the Hudson Bay coast providing dental services to remote communities. He then trained at Jamaica Hospital in Queens NY., as a general practice resident, focusing on facial trauma. He continued specialty training at the University of Connecticut in Periodontics and is a certified specialist in Periodontics with the RCDSO.

Dr Schwartz’ current practice includes regenerative hard and soft tissue procedures for the natural dentition and for dental implants. He continues to monitor and maintain the numerous implant cases he has been involved in.

Participants:

Hygienists

Date:

Oct. 5, 2023

Time:

6:00pm - 9:00pm (5:30 registration & dinner)

Location:

641 Davis Dr., Lower Level, Newmarket, ON. ($5 parking lot just east of the 647 Davis Dr.)

Fee:

$40.00 plus taxes (limited to 18 seats)

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