Room 709, MTCC

Redefining Periodontitis Treatment: A Novel YSGG Laser-Resective Protocol for Predictable Pocket Elimination
Speaker: Philip Kang, DDS

Despite decades of advancement in laser dentistry, the treatment of periodontitis still lacks a standardized, evidence-based surgical protocol—particularly one that leverages laser technology in a resective capacity. This presentation introduces a novel Er,Cr:YSGG laser-assisted protocol designed for predictable pocket elimination. By leveraging the laser’s unique wavelength and water/air-mediated energy delivery, the protocol enables effective decontamination, precise osseous contouring, and minimal invasiveness. Drawing from clinical case series, it redefines the laser as a central tool for achieving long-term periodontal health.

Room 602AB, MTCC

Ridge Preservation and Ridge Augmentation at the Era of Aseptic Processing
Speaker: Nikolaos Soldatos, DDS, MSD, PhD

Ridge preservation maintains the integrity of the alveolar ridge in order to prevent bone resorption and facilitate future implant placement. Ridge augmentation goes a step further by regenerating the alveolar bone to support the placement of dental implants or enhance aesthetic outcomes. Both procedures involve the placement of bone grafts. Aseptic processing eliminates the need for terminal sterilization and retains the endogenous growth factors present in the bone grafts. Furthermore, it ensures that the bone grafts maintain their osteoconductive, osteoinductive, and osteogenic properties.

Room 604, MTCC

Laser Precision: Er:YAG-Assisted Decontamination of Peri-Implant Surfaces in Compromised Implant – Bridging Technology and Clinical Outcomes
Speaker: Véronique Benhamou, BSc, DDS, Cert. Perio.

This lecture explores the Er:YAG laser’s role in managing peri-implant disease through effective surface decontamination. Emphasis will be placed on its micro-explosive photothermal ablation efficiency, selective biofilm removal, and preservation of titanium microtopography, which collectively enhance conditions for cellular reattachment and potential re-osseointegration. Current literature, clinical outcomes, and optimized protocols will be reviewed, highlighting how this technology supports predictable strategies for the treatment of compromised implants and long-term peri-implant health.

Room 605, MTCC

When and Where to Utilize Their Biologics
Speaker: Fadi Hasan, DDS, MSD

Maxxues offers a wide scope of biologics. In this lecture, you will have the opportunity to see how the wide array of biologics available from Maxxeus can be utilized for different surgical scenarios from Implant Immediacy to Ridge Augmentation to Root Coverage Procedures.

Room 606, MTCC

Laser Regeneration and Soft Tissue Management for Implants and Esthetic Outcomes
Speakers: Jon Suzuki, DDS, PhD, MBA and Harinder S. Sandhu, DDS, PhD

Long-term peri-implant complications are now recognized by the AAP as a growing public health concern while soft tissue considerations and heightened demand for more esthetic results present new challenges. What are the implications for patients and your practice? Discover new treatment recommendations regarding the use of lasers to manage peri-implantitis and ensure more successful clinical outcomes. Patient- and site-level factors and their association with peri-implant disease, as well as soft-tissue advantages in the esthetic zone also will be discussed.

Room 603, MTCC

Complications in Advanced Vertical Regeneration Procedures
Speaker: Sascha Jovanovic, DDS, MS

Advanced vertical bone regeneration presents unique biological and surgical challenges. This session will explore complication types such as graft resorption, flap breakdown, and delayed healing. Evidence-based protocols and recent clinical data will guide participants in identifying high-risk situations and applying appropriate corrective measures. Emphasis will be placed on refining techniques and enhancing long-term predictability in complex regenerative procedures.

Room 601AB, MTCC

The Modern Landscape of Implant Therapy: Immediacy, Soft Tissue Engineering, and Digital Innovation
Speaker: Shayan Barootchi DDS, MS
Moderator: Miles Madison DDS, MS

Today’s clinicians are navigating an era where immediacy, soft and hard tissue grafting, and digital workflows converge with evolving implant designs to shape a new standard of care. For clinicians confident in biologically driven, analog protocols, the question is no longer if to adapt, but how. This lecture explores the integration of contemporary implant designs, immediate protocols, soft tissue grafting methods, and digital tools not as disruptive trends, but as synergistic strategic enhancements to elevate precision, efficiency, and patient-centered outcomes in daily practice.

Room 603, MTCC

Immediacy Workflow Solutions for Practice Growth and Efficiency
Speaker: Curry Leavitt, DMD, MS

Implants designed for immediacy combined with the streamlined workflow of scannable, anatomically shaped healing abutments optimized for digital workflows, offer significant reductions in chair time and the number of patient visits. These innovations enhance treatment efficiency and improve case acceptance.

The integration of SmartShape™ Healers eliminates the need for time-consuming chairside fabrication, enhances gingival contouring, minimizes the need for abutment removal, and supports optimal healing and esthetic outcomes. When combined with implant options such as narrow-diameter, short, and immediate molar, the SmartShape™ workflow provides periodontists and their referral partners with a comprehensive range of solutions for diverse clinical scenarios.

Room 709, MTCC

Intelligent Grafting Procedures: From Socket Schield to Guided Bone Regeneration with Magnesium Technology
Speaker: Giorgio Tabanella, DDS, MS

The recent introduction of magnesium-based solutions (NOVAMag®) has led to a breakthrough, providing significant extraordinary improvements in terms of clinical application, tissue interaction as well as biological function.

Room 604, MTCC

Evolving Full Arch Implants: Digital Strategies for Efficient Surgical and Restorative Outcomes
Speaker: Mark Montana, DDS

Explore the evolution of full-arch implant-supported prostheses, with a focus on integrating digital workflows to enhance clinical efficiency and outcomes. This presentation will cover surgical and restorative strategies, emphasizing comprehensive treatment planning as the foundation for success. Attendees will gain practical insights into implementing guided surgery and digital protocols in practice, optimizing execution, predictability, and patient-centered care. Designed for clinicians seeking to refine their approach to modern full arch implant therapy.

Room 606, MTCC

Should You Consider Replacing Your Use of Xenografts and Allografts with a Carbonate Apatite Alloplast?
Speaker: Paul S. Rosen, DDS, MS

Oral reconstruction has historically used hard tissue grafts of autogenous, allogenic or xenogeneic origin. Goal has always been to find the best possible material that is both efficacious and safe. Recently, Cytrans Granules, an alloplast made from carbonate apatite, has been introduced. It has both in vitro and human histology evidence that attests to its excellent osteoconductive benefits. This lecture will provide background for why you should strongly consider incorporating Cytrans Granules into your armamentarium.

Room 602AB, MTCC

My Perspectives on Vertical and Horizontal Augmentation – Part 1
Speaker: Istvan Urban, DMD, MD, PhD

Vertical and horizontal augmentation presents one of the greatest challenges of bone regeneration in implant dentistry.  This is primarily due to the difficulty of the surgical procedure and its potential complications. However, it has been demonstrated that successful clinical outcomes can be predictably achievable when strict protocols are followed. The detailed understanding of clinical anatomy should guide the clinician when managing the soft tissue flaps in an attempt to securely close the flaps to achieve optimal healing environment of the graft. Graft immobilizations, the optimal use of graft materials are essential in achieving bone formation even in a distance from the bony walls. This presentation will summarize the essential steps of ridge augmentation and gives an insight how a clinician can learn these demanding procedures. Graft harvesting, membrane fixation for vertical augmentation as well as for the Sausage Technique TM will be lectured.

Room 605, MTCC

Welcome to the Generation of Predictable Regeneration
Speaker: Matthew Fien, DDS

The loss of normal anatomic hard and soft tissue contours following tooth extraction or infection is to be expected. Regeneration of deficient hard and soft tissue volumes is often necessary to provide a functional and esthetic rehabilitation with dental implants. In this session Dr. Fien with discuss the use of a bio active membrane, Bioxclude, for a wide array of clinical applications. Material handling and versatile protocols featuring the use of Bioxclude will be discussed in detail.

Room 707, MTCC

Mastering the Art of Esthetics: Provisional Restoration & Tissue Management in Anterior Cases
Speaker: Stephen J. Chu, DMD

Elevate your outcomes with precision and artistry. This session dives deep into the critical role of provisional restorations in shaping esthetic outcomes, while exploring advanced techniques in soft and hard tissue management. Learn how to optimize emergence profiles, preserve papillae, and guide tissue healing for seamless integration and natural-looking results. Whether you’re restoring a single central incisor or managing complex multi-unit cases, you’ll gain the clinical confidence to deliver highly esthetic, biologically sound anterior restorations that exceed patient expectations.

Room 601AB, MTCC

Guided Implant Workflows for Full Arch: Practically Speaking
Speaker: Phil Walton DDS, MMSc, FRCD(C)
Moderator: Miles Madison, DDS, MS

With so many offerings surrounding this overarching Digital Workflow topic, it may prove difficult, regardless of experience and desire of the clinician surgeon, to determine how best to introduce these techniques and technologies within their given practice setting. This lecture is geared to those surgeons who have long felt confident in their free hand/analog skillset yet seek an exciting new phase of their implant careers with an unprecedented ability to deliver patient-centered care.

Room 603, MTCC

Reality Check on Full Arch Implant Therapy: All on XYZ™
Speaker: Michael Pikos, DDS

This clinical -presentation will feature the importance of synergy among three critical factors for long-term success for full arch immediate implant reconstruction case types. It will focus on number and location of implants placed (X), bone grafting (Y) along with soft tissue grafting (Z). Discussion will center on the sequential incorporation of all three elements into full arch implant cases with specific protocols.

After this presentation attendees will:
1. Appreciate the benefits of implant number and location for full arch implant therapy.
2. Appreciate the advantages of incorporating bone grafting in select cases for full arch implant therapy.
3. Appreciate the advantages of incorporating soft tissue grafting in select cases for full arch implant therapy.

Room 604, MTCC

Advancing Implant Site Development and Osseointegration: Leveraging Biomaterials for Predictable Regeneration and Implant Integration
Speaker: Zeeshan Sheikh Dip.Dh, BDS, MSc, M.Perio, PhD, FIADFE, FRCDC, Dip-ABP

Optimizing and achieving predictable dental implant placement requires careful management of implant site preparation through thoughtful biomaterial selection, and sound surgical protocols. This presentation will explore evidence-based strategies for dental implant site preparation with emphasis on matching grafting materials and membranes to site-specific clinical needs to enhance bone regeneration and soft tissue stability. Furthermore, the lecture will examine how to optimize implant osseointegration by understanding the cellular mechanisms, biological timelines, and patient factors that influence healing post implant placement.

Room 606, MTCC

Characteristics of Cytrans Granules and Clinical Advantages
Speaker: Yusuke Hamada, DDS, MSD

This lecture will focus on the characteristics of Novel Alloplastic materials “Cytrans Granules” and how clinicians maximize the clinical application of this material. In this presentation, basic knowledge of “Cytrans Granules” with scientific evidence will be explained and discuss how this graft material benefits our patient’s care through clinical cases.

Room 602AB, MTCC

My Perspectives on Vertical and Horizontal Augmentation – Part 2
Speaker: Istvan Urban, DMD, MD, PhD

Vertical and horizontal augmentation presents one of the greatest challenges of bone regeneration in implant dentistry.  This is primarily due to the difficulty of the surgical procedure and its potential complications. However, it has been demonstrated that successful clinical outcomes can be predictably achievable when strict protocols are followed. The detailed understanding of clinical anatomy should guide the clinician when managing the soft tissue flaps in an attempt to securely close the flaps to achieve optimal healing environment of the graft. Graft immobilizations, the optimal use of graft materials are essential in achieving bone formation even in a distance from the bony walls. This presentation will summarize the essential steps of ridge augmentation and gives an insight how a clinician can learn these demanding procedures. Graft harvesting, membrane fixation for vertical augmentation as well as for the Sausage Technique TM will be lectured.

Room 709, MTCC

The Dental Guide to EBITDA Acceleration: Build Value, Boost Earnings and Exit on YOUR Terms
Speaker: Forrest Bryant, DMD

The Dentist’s Guide to EBITDA Acceleration by Dr. Forrest Bryant helps dentists maximize practice value, profitability, and exit readiness. Drawing on his own journey from practicing dentist to private equity-backed seller and advisor, Bryant outlines strategies to boost revenue, cut wasteful expenses, improve profit, and multiply EBITDA—the key driver of valuation. Using real-world examples, benchmarks, and SWOT analysis, he shows dentists how to grow enterprise value, achieve financial freedom, and exit on their own terms.

Room 605, MTCC

The Peri-implantitis Conundrum: Is Dehydrated Amnion-Chorion the Answer?
Speaker: Vinay Bhide, DDS, MS

Peri-implantitis presents a persistent and evolving challenge in implant dentistry. This lecture will delve into current peri-implantitis management strategies, then critically examine the regenerative potential of dehydrated amnion-chorion membranes. We will specifically focus on BioXclude, exploring its unique biological properties that promote angiogenesis, reduce inflammation, and accelerate soft tissue and bone regeneration.Through evidence-based insights and relevant clinical applications, attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of how BioXclude can be effectively integrated into surgical protocols to enhance predictable and biologically favorable outcomes in peri-implantitis treatment.

Room 707, MTCC

Integrating Techniques and Technology for Better Outcomes
Speaker: Avi Shelemay, DDS, MS, MSD

Will present cases supported by literature to demonstrate how the synergy between novel techniques and advanced technology results in improved outcomes for dental implants. Simple to complex bone augmentation procedures have become predictable treatment modalities due to the advent of new techniques and a deeper comprehension of bone grafting materials. The patient’s treatment journey does not conclude with the regeneration of the ridge. As clinicians, we are also responsible for ensuring the long-term success of dental implants and implant-supported restorations. Technologies such as digital workflow are instrumental in planning, implant surgery, and the prosthetic phase of treatment. Furthermore, advancements in implant design, surface topography, and components have been introduced to enhance both functional and aesthetic outcomes.

Room 601AB, MTCC

Singles to Full Arch – The Latest Innovations in Straumann’s Digital Workflow Through A Prosthetic Lens
Speaker: Luiz H. Gonzaga DDS, MS
Moderator: Miles Madison DDS, MS

The maturation of the field of implant dentistry with regards to digital technology, materials and the biologic interface has improved treatment efficiency along with esthetic and functional predictability. Whether the digital solution is through integration of in-house technology or outsourcing, predictable treatment pathways can be realized. This lecture focuses on experiences in incorporating the latest digital workflows offered by Straumann into our clinic and how it has influenced the outcomes in our patient population.