Challenges between Endodontics, Periodontics and Implant Dentistry: Saving Teeth vs. Saving Implants

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

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Course Objectives

At the completion of this course the participants should be able to:

1. Justify the endodontic success using modern root canal treatment techniques
2. Recognize risk factors and negative prognostic indicators which may compromise the endodontic treatment outcomes
3. Diagnose endodontic-restorative failures which lead to extraction, ridge preservation and subsequent implant placement
4. Understand the difference between the terms “peri-implantitis” and “retrograde peri-implantitis” and how to successfully manage these cases
5. Realize when the endodontic treatment can’t be performed, and implant rehabilitation is the only treatment
6. Understand when extraction and ridge preservation should be performed before implant placement
7. Rationalize the placement of immediate implants without compromising the long-term success rate
8. Distinguish between ailing and failing implants and the techniques used to regenerate bone around implants.

“The educational teaching methodology used in this course is a self-study lecture presented via pre-recorded webinar in concert with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation. Both the pre-recorded webinar and the PowerPoint presentation incorporate a variety of audio and visual cues to enhance audience members’ understanding and retention of key concepts.”