With the increasing number of implants we place, there is more potential for issues to arise. These issues can be related to either the surgical or the prosthetic phases of treatment.
These issues occur in single implants and full arch cases. They are also common in the anterior esthetic region where they can have devastating results and liabilities. It can happen after years of success and function.
This lecture is a comprehensive overview of the possible risks and complications and their management in the surgical and prosthetic phases and how to prevent their occurrence.
Identify the risk factors:
Strategies to identify, assess, and manage the risks associated with the surgical and prosthetic phases of dental implants.
The intra and post operative complications:
Challenges related in the surgical technique, anatomy, local and systemic factors.The course will be covering principles of bone grafting, anatomy and treatment of the buccal plate.
Complication Handling
Practical approaches to manage surgical and prosthetic complications efficiently and predictably.
The planning and collaborative part:
Emphasizing the importance of a careful case planning and multidisciplinary approach in dental implantology to ensure comprehensive patient care and minimize risks and complications.
Wesam Salha is dual trained in Periodontics and Implants surgery and prosthodontics.
He finished a 3-year residency in Advanced Education in Implant Dentistry in 2008. In 2011 Dr. Salha completed a second residency in Advanced Education in Periodontics and received his Masters in Dental Science as well, all from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in California.
He has been passionately providing periodontal and dental implant surgery care in Houston for 13 years.
Dr. Salha is committed to continuing education through attending and providing numerous lectures, conferences and workshops in the field of periodontology and implant dentistry nationally and internationally.
5858 Westheimer, Suite 820,
Houston, TX, 77057
Phone: (713) 784-6065