This didactic is for clinicians who would like to learn and incorporate non-surgical management of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis into their daily practice.

The course will also discuss biological and restorative risk factors to peri-implant diseases.

It will also provide insights into basic surgical, reconstructive/regenerative skills in management of peri-implantitis.

The presenter’s published protocol and other new and advanced techniques and indications for non-surgical and surgical management of peri-implant diseases will be covered. Basic surgical skills are a pre-requisite to the course.

Topics include:

• Step-by step diagnoses of peri-implant mucositis vs. peri-implantitis
• Step-by-step non-surgical management of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis
• When to open and perform surgical and access management of peri-implantitis
• Basic surgical instrumentations and armamentarium
• Suturing
• Discussion on Reparative/Regenerative Management of Peri-implantitis
• Clinical applications of xenografts and autogenous grafts and biologically active materials
• Management of complications

You will learn:

• Understanding differences between peri-implant diseases
• Understanding biological and restorative factors of peri-implant diseases
• Understanding basic armamentarium for non-surgical management of peri-implant diseases.
• Understanding indications and requirements for surgical and reparative management of peri-implantitis.
• Basic surgical and suturing techniques.