Periodontal Playbook: The Art of Saving Teeth Without Losing Your Mind

This session for dentists and hygienists will take a deep dive into the world of periodontics and the art of saving teeth and implants. Saving teeth is more predictable than saving ailing and failing implants — this course will review why and convince you to save teeth for our patients and ourselves.

We will review the importance of accurate and timely diagnosis of periodontitis, the multifactorial etiology and disease pathogenesis of periodontitis and peri-implantitis, and the prognostic challenges we face with perio patients. We will review non-surgical options for the general office and anticipated outcomes prior to jumping into periodontal regenerative options and various surgical approaches to treat teeth and implants with bone loss. We will review the oral-systemic link and how to manage medically complex perio patients with systemic co-morbidities. Lastly, we will discuss why treatment without maintenance is of limited value.

If you have ever wondered what perio options exist beyond scaling and root planing — this course if for you. If you have asked why is the periodontist trying to save a tooth with a questionable prognosis — this course is for you. If you have pondered why so many patients have bone loss around implants — this course is for you. If you have random questions for the periodontist you’ve been dying to ask — this course is for you!

Learning Objectives:

1. Be able to make an accurate periodontal diagnosis
2. Understand and explain what causes periodontitis
3. Be able to make an accurate periodontal prognosis
4. Understand the limitations of non-surgical periodontal therapy
5. Identify which perio patients need surgery and why
6. Understand the anatomic differences between teeth and implants
7. Be able to confidently discuss peri-implantitis with patients
8. Identify who needs maintenance — when and why
9. Explain the importance of maintenance to patients
10. Join the effort to save teeth!

ADA Member Dentist $240.00
Hygienist $100.00
All other staff $60.00