Dentistry & Prosthodontics

Dental implant surgery is a very predictable treatment. However, it is very common to encounter severely resorbed ridges, which makes dental implant treatment difficult. In this presentation, the author will present many innovative options to overcome pneumatized sinus, thin ridges, and loss of vertical bone heights. Diagnosis and guidelines for these treatments will be reviewed concisely. The author will be discussing on: Diagnosis and treatment planning for implant treatment will be discussed, new sinus classification developed by the author, which simplifies the treatment of pneumatized sinus will be discussed, simplified GBR technique will be discussed, new autogenous bone harvesting technique will be introduced, easier mandibular ridge splitting technique will be introduced, biological modifiers will be discussed, non-traumatic Nerve Lateralization Technique will be introduced and cases involving multidiscipline specialties will be presented.