Treatment Planning Strategies For Dental Implant Procedures

In dental implant treatment, clinicians can minimize biologic and technical complications by addressing these key factors prior to implant placement.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

1. Discuss dental implant success rates, and how risk assessment and establishing an individual treatment plan contribute to long-term outcomes.
2. Define the ultimate determinant of a successful dental implant procedure, and key clinical strategies in implant treatment.
3. List common complications in implant dentistry, and the parameters for diagnosis of peri-implant disease.

This course was issued in September 2019 and expires September 2022. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.