Subject: 690 - Implants
Credits: 6 Lecture
Thursday, June 18: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Lunch: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Audience: D, H, A, T, ST, R
Fee: $100
Location: Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2020
Dr. Keith Bio: Walnut Creek, CA; private practice, Dental Implant Center
Dr. Ruskin Bio: Denver, CO; Chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery at Denver Health Medical Center; Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Medical School.
Dr. Martin Bio: Gainesville, Florida; Clinical Associate Professor, University of Florida, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Implant Dentistry
Dr. Higgenbottom Bio: Dallas, Texas; Associate Clinical Professor, Baylor College of Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Prothodontics; Clinical Associate Professor, Periodontology, University of Texas Heath Science Center; San Antonio, Texas
Dr. DiPonziano Bio: Pleasanton, California; Private Practice
AM1-Dr. Scott Keith-Implant Diagnosis and Treatment Planning basics
AM2-Dr. James Ruskin-Implant Surgery
PM1-Dr. Will Martin-Implant Prosthodontics
PM2-Dr. Frank Higginbottom-Managing Implant Complications
Moderator-Dr. John DiPonziano DDS, MAGD, DICOI, FACD, CDT
Dr. John DiPonziano has been performing the surgical placement and prosthetic restoration of dental implants since the mid-eighties. A 1983 graduate of Temple University School of Dentistry, he also completed a three-year didactic and participatory program in Implantology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1988. Prior to attending dental school, Dr. DiPonziano was a full-time dental technician and earned Certified Dental Technician status, which he still maintains today. Dr. DiPonziano performs many of the implant laboratory procedures himself, and is well versed in all aspects of the implant treatment picture – from the laboratory planning phase, to surgery and prosthetic restoration. He is a Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, a credentialed member of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists. He served as President of the New Jersey Academy of General Dentistry in 2003, and Chaired the AGD Implantology Task Force, which formulated universal educational guidelines for implant training in 2009.
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