Program 9 Contemporary Clinical Periodontology and Oral Implantology
Professor Jon B. Suzuki, DDS, PhD, MBA
Audience Code: D, H 2.5 CEUs/Clinical
This course will emphasize the new trends and concepts of Microbiome and Immune Response in relation to Systemic Diseases, including Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Gastric Ulcers, Neoplasia's, and other conditions. Concepts of pathogenesis and immunology related to periodontal diseases will be presented with extensions to systemic diseases and conditions, including Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovascular accidents (stroke), Rheumatoid arthritis, Respiratory diseases, pancreatic cancer, ulcers, and others.
Periodontal and Implant Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, with a focus on Peri-Implantitis and Implant Failures will be presented, using Case Reports.
Program Objectives:
- Understand Microbiome and Immune Response in relation to systemic diseases
- Relate Oral Infections to Systemic Diseases and Conditions
- Describe advances in periodontal and implant treatment planning and therapies
- Understand concepts of periodontal and implant surgeries including regeneration
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