Mission Statement
The Academy as the national voice of periodontists, supports success of its members, promotes excellence in the practice of periodontics and in partnership advances the periodontal health of the public as an integral part of optimal oral and general health.
Vision Statement
The Academy unifies periodontists as the recognized leaders with the expertise to advance, provide and educate on periodontics and surgical tooth replacement care. Periodontists are key to comprehensive oral health care and a central collaborative interface with allied partners between oral health and general health.
Why see a Periodontist?
The goal of periodontal therapy is to allow you to keep your teeth and your smile all your life.
More specifically, it allows to stop the progression of gum disease, to strengthen your gums and to replace if necessary missing teeth with implants.
In most cases, with appropriate treatments and your cooperation, it is possible to keep your teeth for life.
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November Session
Thursday, November 28, 2024
8:00PM-9:30PM ET
Tasso Irinakis, DDS, MSc, Dip.Perio, FRCDC
Aesthetic Management of the "What the hell?" Anterior Implant Case
Moderator:
It is widely accepted that dental implants are the standard of care in treating patients with edentulous sites. Most individuals in our practices are generally well informed of implant supported crowns & bridges as a rehabilitation option when they are missing one or more teeth. With this surge in implant popularity, the expectations have been redefined, and now include highly cosmetic goals. To achieve such outcomes, requires a deep knowledge of techniques, materials and physiology. This lecture will focus on several important factors we need to identify in the treatment planning stages, along with techniques and methods that will allow us to enhance the odds for aesthetic results. A plethora of cases will be presented to outline the challenges we face in the anterior aesthetic zone, and how to plan around them. Emphasis will also be given to the critical role of pre-treatment and post-treatment patient management & communication.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify high and low risk cases for a cosmetic result
2. Learn to analyze anatomic landmarks and patient specific data, that
lead to realistic outcome expectations.
3. Review the potential and limitations of soft tissue and bone grafting for
future implant sites.
4. Grasp the magnitude of patient cooperation in short- and long-term
outcomes.
Dr. Tasso Irinakis is a board-certified specialist in Periodontics, and served as the director of the Graduate Periodontics & Implant Surgery Program at the University of British Columbia for nearly a decade. He continues to mentor part time the grad perio residents as a Clinical Associate Professor.
Dr. Irinakis' research at UBC focused on sinus surgery, bone grafting and implants. Serving as an editorial board member andreviewer for several peer reviewedperiodontal & implant journals is a favorite pastime.
He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally, in North America, Europe & Asia. He is a Fellow of the ITI, and served for several years as international faculty at the PAADI dental institute in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Irinakis' private practice focuses on implant rehabilitation & aesthetic reconstruction, utilizing the latest advances in technology and digital implant dentistry. He serves the community out of his clinics in Vancouver, Nanaimo & Courtenay, BC.
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