Course description
Long-term effectiveness of early implant placement: Indications for
soft and hard tissue regeneration.
The long-term effectiveness of treatment concepts after a minimal followup
of 5 years are important milestones for clinicians to assure predictability
and success of implant therapy. The critical analysis of long-term results
is able to identify potential risk factors and thereby optimizes current
treatment strategies in implant dentistry.
The aesthetic zone of the anterior maxilla is susceptible to aesthetic
complications with mucosal recession, radiographic bone loss and
inadequate pink aesthetic scores in some interventions. Careful case
selection, strict inclusion criteria and high surgical skills have been
recommended to obtain pleasing aesthetics. Long-term follow-up
studies have been requested to ascertain the stability of the peri-implant
tissues, low incidence for complications and long-term implant retention.
However, over the long-term reasons for crestal bone loss is multifactorial
and remains highly controversial.
Understanding the mechanisms, which favour the stability and integrity
of the facial tissue dimensions over time will facilitate future innovations
in tissue regeneration, surface technology and treatment concepts to
provide predictable aesthetic success in implant therapy. The aim of the
presentation is to assists clinicians in comprehensive treatment selection
to achieve successful long-term outcomes.