Demystifying occlusion in dental implantology

  Posted by: Dental Design      22nd October 2021

Don’t miss Dr Avik Dandapat’s webinar available to view online for ADI members – join today to take advantage of this and several other educational and networking membership benefits!

About his session, entitled “Occlusion in Implant Dentistry Demystified”, Dr Dandapat comments:

“Occlusion is extremely important when placing dental implants, as they can fail due to over loading. An understanding of this aspect of occlusion is an essential tool for the long-term success of dental implant treatment. 

“One of the main challenges in the area is identifying causes of tooth loss and parafunction prior to placement of dental implants in order to avoid future issues. This can often be overcome by reorganising occlusal schemes, using bite guards and delivering adjunctive injectable drug therapy. 

“Among other topics covered within my ADI Webinar are common occlusal schemes; protective occlusion; identifying and diagnosing parafunction; the Dahl Principle; and reflective clinical practice.”

About the ADI specifically, Dr Dandapat adds: 

“The ADI is a great organisation which is promoting ethical long term evidenced implant dentistry.” 

ADI members can access ADI Webinars for free. For more information about the ADI, or to join, please visit the website www.adi.org.uk