Clinicians are often faced with challenging situations where hard or soft tissue deficiencies exist (either around teeth or around implants). They may be uncertain of the appropriate treatment sequence to follow, or the appropriate grafts to use, or the correct restorative/surgical approach, to ensure long term success.
This lecture discusses how the above decisions can be simplified, and guides the clinicians with easy clinically relevant take-home points, which are evidence based. We discuss the evidence based SRA (Sequential Ridge Augmentation) protocol, and the RSC (Restorative Surgical or Combination) protocol , and how it applies to daily clinical decision making.
Lastly, the case-specific graft materials (autogenous or otherwise) to be used, will also be elaborated upon. This lecture is appropriate for both new graduates, as well as clinicians with a few years of practice experience.
Educational Objectives:
- Make evidence based decisions using the SRA and RSC protocol
- Utilize established diagnostic criteria to segregate simple/ complex cases
- Clinically apply and decide the appropriate use of soft and hard tissue grafts
- Decide the sequence of which correction should come first- hard tissue or soft tissue
Instructor: Neel Bhatavadekar, BDS, MS, MPH
As a former full-time faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Dr. Neel Bhatavadekar has extensive teaching and clinical experience, and he currently holds adjunct faculty appointments in the Department of Periodontology at Tufts University. After completing residency training in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill), he qualified for Board Certification in 2008. In addition, he has a Masters in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Florida and a Masters in Public Health from the UNC-Chapel Hill. He has been the first ITI (International Team for Implantology) Fellow in India, and is a Registered ITI Speaker. In addition to being a reviewer for the Journal of Periodontology, and the Journal of Clinical Periodontology, he has been a Key Opinion Leader (KOL) for dental implant and graft companies in Europe and US. Dr Neel has several clinical research grants, and over 600 publication citations to his credit. His clinical interests are grafting for implant dentistry, mucogingival surgery and periodontal bioengineering.
CDE Coursework Units: 1.5
Tuition: $59 (Due to the Joint Provider ship of this program with ACDE, UCSF Faculty and Staff discounts are not available.)
Cancellation/Refunds:
Tuition refund, less a $25 cancellation fee, will be issued only for cancellations received in writing at least 3 business days prior to the start date of the course. No refunds will be issued for late cancellations or no-shows. We reserve the right to cancel any course due to circumstances beyond our control; under those circumstances we will refund all course fee payments. Please be aware that UCSF School of Dentistry CDE is not responsible for reimbursement of nonrefundable airline tickets or any other travel expenses in the event that a course is canceled.
ACDE Joint Providership
This continuing education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) through joint efforts between University of Kentucky College of Dentistry and the Association for Dental Education (ACDE).