Absract
Success in implant dentistry requires a proper diagnosis and treatment plan. Moreover, today's patients are also demanding a youthful, attractive smile. The evolution of aesthetic dentistry is the product of novel digital technologies, techniques and materials. However, the esthetic rehabilitation of patients with functionally compromised dentitions remains a challenge in dentistry. In addition, failing dentition is a dentist-made term, so that, there are no strong criteria for diagnosis and there are no universally accepted workflows. The aim of the lecture is to defining the problem and determining the cause (diagnosis); identifying, prioritizing, and selecting alternatives for a solution (treatment plan). In other words, probing solving in the treatment of compromised esthetic smile! Big emphasis will be given to the use of digital technologies and novel implant surfaces. In a few words, from challenging to routine dentistry. Welcome to the future of dentistry.
Learning Objectives
- Definition of failing dentition and diagnostically-based principles
- Digital solutions in dentistry
- Work flow for the esthetically-driven treatment of single missing teeth
- Work flow for the treatment of failing dentition: what’s new
- Work flow for the treatment of complete edentulous patients what’s new