Program at a Glance
Pre-Symposium Courses
Pre-Symposium Course 1
Pre-Symposium Course 2
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Call for Abstracts
The Faculty
Keynote Address
Symposium Party

Thursday, April 15, 2010

New Clinical Methods for Diagnosis
and Treatment Planning.

Thursday April 15, 2010

9.00 Opening and presentation of the scientific meeting Daniel Buser (SUI), Stephen Chen (AUS)
9.15 Keynote Address: Pioneering a more sustainable future Bertrand Piccard


Session 1: Computer-based diagnostic and planning tools for implant dentistry
Moderators: Anthony Dickinson (AUS), Johannes Kleinheinz (GER)
10.00 Improving the reliability of computerized reformatted radiological images William Scarfe (USA)
10.30 Has cone beam CT made conventional CT obsolete? Bernard Koong (AUS)
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 From planning to surgery: a critique of guidance and navigation techniques Ronald Ernst Jung (SUI)
12.00 Implant treatment planning software: an essential tool or gadgetry? Daniel Wismeijer (NED)
12.30 Panel discussion
13.00 Lunch


Session 2: The impact of new technologies on treatment planning
Moderators: Tom Taylor (USA), Ray Williams (USA)
14.30 Periodontal regenerative procedures in the era of implant dentistry Nikos Donos (GBR)
15.00 Choosing the implant design: soft tissue level or bone level? Christoph Hammerle (SUI)
15.30 New narrow body implants – expanded treatment opportunities? Paul Stone (GBR)
16.00 The SLActive surface – new promise for compromised sites? Frank Schwarz (GER)
16.30 Panel discussion


Session 3: Limited Attendance Session (5 parallel presentations)
Diagnosis and planning (Moderator: Merete Aaboe, DEN)
17.00 3A Interdisciplinary treatment planning for patients with hypodontia and oligodontia Nadine Brodala (USA)
17.25 3A CT evaluation – when, where and how? Robert A. Jaffin (USA)
17.50 3A Soft tissue visualization by CT
Alessandro Lourenço Januário (BRA)
18.15 3A Anatomy as a risk factor Andre van Zyl (RSA)


Surgery (Moderator: Christiaan ten Bruggenkate, NED)
17.00 3B Immediate implant placement in the esthetic zone Ken Akimoto (USA)
17.25 3B Ridge expansion – esthetic and surgical outcomes Dehua Li (CHN)
17.50 3B Computer-guided implant placement Ali Tahmaseb (NED)
18.15 3B Replacement of hopless teeth in the esthetic zone Farhad Boltchi (USA)


Restorative procedures (Moderator: Eiji Funakoshi, JPN)
17.00 3C Attachment systems for implant overdentures Arne Boeckler (GER)
17.25 3C Immediate loading of full-arch restorations Jeffrey Ganeles (USA)
17.50 3C Immediate loading of two implant overdentures Geert Stoker (NED)
18.15 3C Transitional appliances for immediate function of distally tilted implants Sergio Piano (ITA)


Restorative procedures (Moderator: Javier Fabrega, ESP)
17.00 3D Provisionals and soft tissue management
Diego Bechelli (ARG)
17.25 3D Abutment material and mucosal color Diego Lops (ITA)
17.50 3D Cement vs. screw-retained restorations John Lucas (AUS)
18.15 3D Implants and orthodontics Wolfgang Trumm (GER)


Outcomes (Moderator: Philip Freiberger, GBR)
17.00 3E 10-year outcome of SLA implants in the edentulous maxilla Kerstin Fischer (SWE)
17.25 3E Reduced diameter implants in the posterior maxilla João Garcez Filho (BRA)
17.50 3E Soft tissue stability around immediately placed and restored implants Pedro Tortamano Neto (BRA)
18.15 3E Esthetic outcomes with bone level implants Chris Evans (AUS)
18.40 End of day 1