Course Director

The instructors for this course have no relevant financial relationships to disclose but are receiving reasonable honoraria for this presentation. Instructor honoraria is provided by Hiossen Implant.

Dr. Kent Hwang

Course Director

Course Objective:

With an increase in dental implant placements and restorations as the standard of care for treatment of missing teeth, comes complications associated with dental implants. This course will address some of the most common complications we observe in our practice. Including causes, remedies and prevention.

Hands-on Activities:

Learn to remove damaged screws and fractured implant on typodont models

Presentation Topics Include:

• Peri-implantitis:
  What causes Peri-implantitis?
• Abutment screw loosening:
  What causes abutment screw to loosen?
  How can we fix and prevent screw loosening?
• Abutment screw damage:
  How to remove and replace damaged abutment screws
• Implant fracture:
  What causes implants to fracture?
  How can we remove fractured implant in most conservation manner?