Peri-implantitis: Prevention, Maintenance, and Evidence-Based Dental Treatment -Hands-on Course-

Peri-implantitis has been receiving attention following recent studies that showed that it is highly prevalent and difficult to manage. Preventing peri-implant complications by providing professional in-office assessment, maintenance, and home-care recommendations is vital.  This lecture will provide the latest evidence -based implant maintenance protocols and information on peri-implant diseases with emphasis on the role that titanium particle release has in destructive bone inflammation around implants. Strategies for prevention and mitigation will be presented through clinical cases.

Objectives:

• Be able to perform in-office professional implant maintenance and identify home-care strategies for more predictable outcomes - peri-implantitis prevention.  
• Understand the interactions between biological peri-implant environment, oral bacteria and biomaterial that lead to titanium release
• How to mitigate peri-implantitis without releasing titanium particles.
   

Georgios Kotsakis DDS, MS is a Board-Certified Periodontist and a Fellow of the ITI. He received his DDS from the University of Athens and after graduation he practiced in Athens, Greece prior to coming to the US. He then completed his residency in Periodontics and MS in Science at the University of Minnesota when he first got involved in Peri-implantitis research. Following his training, he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Periodontics at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA and then moved to UTHealth San Antonio as an Associate Professor and held the Roland Meffert Endowed Professorship in Implant Dentistry. He is currently a Professor of Oral Biology & Assistant Dean for Clinical Research at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. He directs the NIH-funded Translational Periodontal Research Lab conducting research on the biological mechanisms underlying peri-implant bone loss and developing novel treatments for dental and biomedical implants. 
He has been the recipient of multiple career and research awards from the American Academy of Periodontology, the Academy of Periodontology Foundation, the IADR, and other organizations. Additionally, he serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Periodontology, and for Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research. He lectures frequently and gives hands-on courses both nationally and internationally on peri-implantitis therapy.

Susan Wingrove BS, RDH is a dynamic innovator, writer, researcher, and international speaker. RDH Hygienist Award of Distinction and Western Society of Periodontology Hygiene Educator of the year recipient.  Highly skilled researcher, contributor to multiple product developments, instrument co-designer of the Wingrove Titanium Implant Series, ACE probes, and Queen of Hearts instruments for PDT, Inc.  Susan specializes in providing presentations, webinars, and workshops on protocols that follow the science for healthy teeth, implants, and disease treatment.  Published author; American and International journals on peri-implant therapy, regeneration, advanced instrumentation, customizing patient home-care, and textbook: Peri-Implant Therapy for the Dental Hygienist: 2nd Edition. Resides in Missoula, Montana USA.