Diagnosis, Prevention & Management of Implant Failures

Date & Time: Weds Feb. 12, 2020, 6:30-7 pm, registration and dinner, 7-9 pm, lecture

Location: TD Wealth 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 1600 North York, ON M2N 6L7 (Paid parking is available underground as well as paid street parking)

Speaker: Dr. Elaheh Behrouz, DDS, MBA, DDS, MSc (Prostho), FRCD(C) (Prosthodontist)

Seminar Title: Diagnosis, Prevention & Management of Implant Failures

2 CE points- Category 2

Seminar Enrollment Fee: Free for Gold IODA Members, $40 + HST for Silver or Non-IODA Members

Description: Loss of osseointegration may present with clinical manifestations such as peri-implant radiolucency, implant mobility and other clinical signs. Timely identification of implant failures is essential, as such failures are a biological and financial burden to the patient, moreover, early identification of implant complications may at times allow the clinician to incorporate preventive strategies to limit the progression of disease to complete loss of osseointegration. When failure of dental implants occurs, there may be prosthetic implications, in other words minor to major modifications to the implant-supported prosthesis may be required. It is therefore important to be acquainted with such management strategies and execute the most appropriate prosthodontic treatment, including the required modifications to the existing prosthetic design.

Learning Objectives:

-Defining implant success and failure and identification of implant failures and complications including multiple implant failures (cluster phenomenon)

-Acquaintance with methods of preventing implant failures and implant related complications

-Review of strategies to manage implant failures, understanding the prosthodontic implications of late implant failures and analyzing possible required modifications to prosthetic designs after late implant failures

Speaker Bio: Dr. Elahe Behrooz obtained her first DDS degree in Iran and her Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Carleton University. She obtained her second DDS degree with honours in June 2016 and graduated from the graduate prosthodontics program at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto in September 2019. Dr. Behrooz can be reached at ebehrooz@buildyoursmile.com.