Treatment Planning In Implant Dentistry

Dr. Saj Jivraj Completed his dental degree at the University of Manchester in England and his Advanced Prosthodontic training at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He is the Former Chairman Section of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry at University of Southern California School of Dentistry. Dr Jivraj has published numerous articles on Esthetic and Implant Dentistry in Peer Reviewed journals, and has presented on aspects of Implant Dentistry and Advanced Prosthodontic procedures both nationally and internationally. He is co-author of the textbook "Treatment Planning in Implant Dentistry", published by the British Dental Association and is chief editor for the book "Graft less solutions for Edentulous patients", published by Springer. He currently holds a Faculty Position as an Associate Clinical Professor at the USC School of Dentistry, He is Founder and co-director of the Digital Dentistry Institute which is a teaching entity which provides training for dentists globally. He maintains a private practice limited to Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry in Oxnard CA.

Dr. Winston Chee is a full-time faculty member at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. He is the Ralph and Jean Bleak Professor of Restorative Dentistry. He has served as the Director of the Advanced Education in Prosthodontics Program and as the Director of Implant Dentistry, he initiated the department in 1987 with the Advanced Programs of Prosthodontics, Periodontics and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and has developed the discipline to the point where our Dental Students are routinely treatment planning implants and have the opportunity to place and restore implants. Dr. Chee's expertise is focused on Dental materials and Implant Dentistry, he has published over 120 articles in peer reviewed journals and Co Authored a book "Treatment Planning with Dental Implants"., has been on the editorial board of Clinical Implants and Related Research and reviewed for many journals. He has made presentations nationally and internationally at most of the major professional organizations. He is engaged in part time extra mural practice limited to Prosthodontics. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists and American College of Dentists.

1. Rationale for Dental Implants.- 2. Surgical guidelines for implant placement.- 3. Immediate implant placement, treatment planning and surgical guideline.- 4. Biomechanics and occlusion. Jivraj and Chee.- 5. Medical Evaluation of the Implant patient. Jivraj and Chee (We could include medical history, medications and syndromes).- 6. Treatment planning of posterior quadrants.- 7. Treatment planning in the aesthetic zone.- 8. Treatment planning the edentulous maxilla.- 9. Treatment planning the edentulous mandible.- 10. Impression techniques and scanning in Implant dentistry.- 11. Digital workflow from Single tooth to full mouth.- 12. Screw vs cemented restorations.- 13. Connecting implants to teeth and opening of proximal contacts.- 14. transitioning patients from teeth to implants.- 15. The role of orthodontics in Implant dentistry.- 16. Factors that affect individual tooth prognosis - To extract or not to extract.- 17. An. Interdisciplinary role in treatment planning.- 18. Failures and Complications in Implant dentistry.- 19. Implant maintenance.