Clinical Assessment of Implant Success or Failure

Credit Details
This electronically delivered self-instructional program is designated for 1.5 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:
Implants are no longer the occasional means of replacing missing teeth. Whether they are used in conjunction with removable or fixed prosthetics, they are now the number one tool that dentists have to restore a dentition with one or multiple missing teeth. But how does one assess whether an implant has successfully integrated and is ready to restore? And more importantly how does one assess whether an implant with a restoration is doing its job and is clinically viable? In this comprehensive course, Dr. Carl Misch goes into detail on how to evaluate the success of an implant in your patient’s mouth. He describes what to look for clinically when doing patient exams to make this assessment with certainty. Both hygienists and dentists can go through a list of criteria and evaluate the results and know what steps to take depending on the results. Many examples of successes and failures are shown in this presentation from Dr. Misch’s case files to help one understand this important evaluation process. In addition, Dr. Misch describes how to avoid the most common reasons that implants fail.

This course is a must see for clinicians in dental practices that not only place or restore implants, but also for those dental practices that have patients that already have had implants placed. In other words, this information is important for every dental practice.

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

• Understand how to evalulate the success of an implant in your practice
• Understand criterial for Implant success
• Understand the validity of the comparison of the ideal conditions of teeth and Implant success.
• Understand that bone "likes" rough surface Implants over smooth surface implants.
• Understand when mobility is and is not a concern in an implant.

Description of Speaker:
Carl E. Misch is Clinical Professor and Director, Oral Implantology at Temple University, Philadelphia. Dr. Misch serves on the Board of Trustees at the University of Detroit Mercy where he is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics. He is Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan, School of Dentistry in the Department of Periodontics/Geriatrics and Adjunct Professor at the School of Engineering in the Department of Biomechanics, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was the Director of the Oral Implantology Residency Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine from 1989 to 1996. Dr. Misch has maintained a private practice restricted to implant surgery (bone grafting and implant placement) and related prosthetics for more than 30 years. He currently practices in Beverly Hills, Michigan. Dr. Misch graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1973 from the University of Detroit Dental School, then went on to receive his Prosthodontic Certificate, Implantology Certificate and Masters Degree in Dental Science from the University of Pittsburgh. The University of Yeditepe in Istanbul, Turkey and Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania each awarded Dr. Misch a Ph.D. (honoris causa). He holds several other post-graduate honors including twelve fellowships in dentistry, including the American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists, Royal Society of Medicine, American Association of Hospital Dentistry and the Academy of Dentistry International. Dr. Misch holds Diplomate status at the American Board of Oral Implantology / Implant Dentistry and served as Board President and member of the examining committee. He has also served as President of several implant organizations including the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, American Academy of Implant Dentistry, Academy of Implants and Transplants and the American College of Oral Implantologists. He is currently Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of International Congress of Oral Implantologists, which, has more than 90 countries represented, and is the world’s largest implant organization. In 1984, Dr. Carl Misch founded the Misch International Implant Institute (MIII) a one year continuum for implant education. The MIII which now has locations in Florida and Nevada. Over the years, the MIII has been present in Brazil, Canada, France Italy, Japan, Korea, Monaco, Spain, and the United Kingdom. This program has (or is currently) the primary implant education forum for six dental school specialty residencies. As Director, he has trained more than 4,500 doctors in a hands-on, yearly forum of education in implant dentistry. Programs are offered in both the surgical and prosthetic aspects of care. Dr. Misch has more than ten patents related to implant dentistry and is co-inventor of the BioHorizons® Maestro™ Dental Implant System. Dr. Misch has written three editions of Contemporary Implant Dentistry (Elsevier), which has become the most popular, book in dentistry and has been translated into 9 languages, including, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian and Korean. He has also written Dental Implant Prosthetics (Elsevier). He has published over 250 articles and has repeatedly lectured in every state in the United States as well as in 47 countries throughout the world.

Disclosure:
Dr. Misch 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 nor have a financial interest in any commercial products or services discussed in this article. Dr. Misch does have financial interests in teaching implant dentistry.

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