"THE JOURNEY OF A BONE GRAFT IN CONTEMPORARY IMPLANT DENTISTRY
The Fundamental role of Guided Bone Regeneration from Extraction Socket Preservation to Immediate Implants to Advanced Autogenous Grafting."

The most difficult aspect of Implant Dentistry is Treatment Planning. Gathering the necessary diagnostic information, making the correct interpretations and offering the appropriate treatment options is a skill that we develop with time and practice. Myriads of questions arise during our consultation with our patient. In this presentation, the speaker will make an effort to address commonly asked treatment planning questions during our implant consultations in regards to bone grafting decisions and the appropriate diagnostic data needed.

Bone grafting techniques will be addressed in detail from the simplest case of extraction socket preservation to the more technically demanding immediate implant placement and loading. The ultimate goal of this lecture is to provide the contemporary clinician with a better understanding of his options for his implant patients thus leading him / her to improved treatment planning decisions and enhanced surgical techniques.

Dr. Tassos Irinakis is a Certified Specialist in Periodontics and the Director of Graduate Periodontics & Implant Surgery at UBC. He is also the founder and director of I.D.E.A.S. Institute for Dental Education & Advanced Surgeries.