Just like natural teeth, implants are constantly battling and resisting microbiological insults. A homeostatic situation is usually achieved when environmental and patient factors are favourable. This situation is finely balanced; any disturbances or adverse changes can easily shift the equation towards disease.
Topics to be covered will include:
Definition of peri-implant inflammation – peri-mucositis and peri-implantitis
• Comparing the aetiology and pathophysiology of periodontal diseases and peri-implantitis
• Diagnostic considerations – how to identify and classify disease severity
• Risk factors – patient factors, iatrogenic factors, hardware factors, etc.
• Prevention and future directions
• Principles of management
> Non-surgical management
> Surgical management
- Flap design, flap advancement, tension-free primary closure, and instrumentation
- Flap raising techniques and step-by-step guideline on suturing (Hands-on exercises on models and pig jaws).
- Implant surface decontamination techniques and supporting evidence.
- Reconstructive techniques – GBR and soft tissue management (Hands-on exercises on models and pig jaws – use of biomaterials to regenerate bone and gain soft tissue volume)

This course is designed for practitioners with an interest in expanding their concepts for Peri-Implantitis treatment.