What Works in Implant Dentistry…and What Doesn’t! Based on Experience and over 9,500 Implants over 20 Years

• Selecting a company that responsibly researches their products (to avoid the disastrous results we have seen with several implant designs).
• Selecting a company that can provide excellent service and support (to avoid improperly treated cases).
• Selecting implant designs that will maximize success and minimize crestal bone loss.
• Selecting an implant system that offers implant designs that allow for successful treatment of challenging cases

Dr. Murray Arlin, D.D.S., dip. Perio., F.R.C.D.(C) Dr. Murray Arlin received his D.D.S. from McGill University in 1977. After a 1 year Residency in General Dentistry at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, he began his Post Graduate Program in Periodontics at the University of Toronto, graduating with his diploma in 1980. Dr. Arlin received his Membership and Fellowship in the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in 1981 and 1983 respectively. He has taught at the Undergraduate and Periodontal Post Graduate departments at the University of Toronto. Dr. Arlin received his training in Implant Dentistry initially in 1985 and since then has been actively involved in continuing education. He has placed and documented over 9,500 implants to date. He has lectured internationally and has authored many articles on Periodontics and Implant Dentistry.

Sponsor: Astra Tech

Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry: Research, Functional-Esthetics & Biocompatibility

The dawn of a new biotechnology era in Aesthetic Dentistry coupled with the recent introduction of metal-free restorations, brought about a spectrum of operative - protocol issues.

The conference will attempt to characterize and optimize the correlation parameters of material science, clinical indications and post-operative implications.

• Universal direct restorative fillings
• Condensable Class II
• Class Verosion-site repair
• Luting cements and fl owable composites
• Polyceram prosthodontics; alloyless, fiberless laminate veneers, inlay/onlay, crown & bridge
• Implant superstructure
• Adhesive dentistry - interfacial-bond affinity and longevity
• Photopolymerization; Halogen, Led, Xenon & Laser. 

In-Vitro and In-Vivo data will be presented to ascertain the following:

• The elimination of post-operative sensitivity: cold, hot and pressure symptomology - underlying mechanism, masticatory cyclic fatigue and marginal integrity
• The physiology of occlusion: composite vs. ceramics and alloys
• The success of implant interfacial osseointegration - transitional loading period superstructure macrorigidity vs. microelasticity
• Functional - Aesthetic, properties of materials
• Tooth preparation methodology; effects and side-effects
• Auxiliary materials, contraindications and long-term effects; hemostatic agents, isolation materials and techniques, liners and glass ionomers, provisional temporizing agents and sealants
• Ceramo - repairs
• Biocompatibility and Cytotoxicity - reactivity, irritation, infl ammation and manifestation
• Color and Gloss value: Opacity/Translucency stratifi cation gradients
• Polishing materials and techniques.

You, the clinician, will leave this conference with a comprehensive understanding of Optimum Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry for the new millennia. 

Dr. Samuel Waknine, M(D.M.S.), Ph.D Dr. Samuel Waknine is alumnus of University of California at Irvine, New York University Dental Center and University of Connecticut Health Center & Institute of Materials Science: Restorative Dentistry & Chemical Engineering dual-Doctorate. He is an active member of the International Association for Dental Research, Biomedical Materials Research Congress Society, Academy of Dental Materials, International Society of Electron Microscopy, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemists, and European Academy of Stomatology, Implantology and Esthetic Dentistry. He has presented lectures worldwide and is the original co-developer of the Herculite/Belleglass system and the sole-developer

Sponsor: DRM Research Laboratories Inc.

Paradigm Shift: Making Implant Surgery Simpler for the General Dentist