Short Implants; Does Size Really Matter?

Credit Details
This electronically delivered self-instructional program is designated for 2 hours of CE credit by Farran Media.
AGD Code: 690.

The fee to view this course is $36. This cost includes the fee to take the exam and claim your CE credits.

Synopsis:

In our daily implant practices we are often confronted with patients who meet the ideal criteria for implant treatment, but have a limited height of bone. Bone grafting may partially solve this issue, but bone grafting can be expensive, time-consuming, is always uncomfortable for the patient and can involve inherent risks. The use of short dental implants can often avoid the problems associated with bone grafts - but can it really be that simple? This course will show you the how's and why's of short implants.

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Be able to define what a short implant is
• Understand why dental implants have been getting shorter over the years
• Understand the alternatives to using short implants, along with their pros and cons
• Appreciate when when short implants can be used safely, and when NOT to use a short implant
• Be able to discuss the current evidence for using short implants, both for and against
• Understand why crown:implant ratio does not affect implants in the same way as teeth
• Understand why a longer implant may not be a better implant after crestal bone loss
• Understand the relationship between bone loading and bone loss and know whether using a short implant will lead to crestal bone loss over time

Description of Speaker:
Bill Schaeffer is qualified in dentistry and medicine, has post-graduate qualifications in both dental surgery and general surgery and is recognized as a specialist Oral Surgeon.

He has been placing dental implants since 1996 and is highly experienced in a number of different implant systems.

He is co-owner of two implant centres in the South of the United Kingdom, which both focus purely on dental implant treatments.

Bill has lectured widely, both nationally and internationally, on many aspects of implant dentistry and has more than 2,000 posts on the implantology forum of Dental Town.

Disclosure:
The speaker declares that neither he nor any member of his family have a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing dental education program.

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CE Contact
For any questions, please contact Nareg Apelian, DMD, Director of Continuing Education at nareg@farranmedia.com