Dentistry

Ridge augmentation of the anterior maxilla soft and hard tissue in aesthetic considerations

14^th International Conference on Dental Health

September 14-16, 2016 Philadelphia, USA

Shih Chieh Lo

Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Dentistry

Abstract:

Success in implant dentistry involves four areas: Peri-implant soft tissue management, pre-implant augmentative surgery, precision in implant placement and quality of the prosthetic restoration. Until now, ridge augmentation of the anterior maxilla soft and hard tissue in aesthetic area is still a popular issue in esthetic dentistry. As we know, the most challenging situation is the single-tooth replacement, especially in the anterior maxilla, where a malposition of less than 1 mm or less than 10 degree can jeopardize the overall treatment outcome. Augmentation of soft tissue is sometimes necessary to predict the final esthetic outcome of the treatment (e.g., to obtain enough soft tissue to remodeling the papillae). According to the loss of the alveolar ridge, the quantity and quality of available soft tissue, and the need for future ridge augmentation, soft tissue augmentation procedures can be handled before, after, or at the same time with hard tissue augmentation and also at different stage during the whole implant-supported rehabilitation procedure.

Biography :

Shih Chieh Lo is a Private Practitioner in Taipei. He is a Graduate of Taipei Medical University and finished the Master’s degree of Physiology in Taiwan Cheng Kung University. In addition, he is continuing the Master’s degree of Surgery in China Dalian Medical University. After that he completed one-year Clinician Program in Implant Dentistry at UCLA in 2011 and one-year Clinician Program in Comprehensive Esthetic & Implant Dentistry at UW in 2012. He further equipped himself by the award of Member and Specialist of Academy of Taiwan Cosmetic & Implant in Esthetic Implantology Dentistry in 2013. Next year, he completed the USC-Taiwan Comprehensive Surgical and Restorative Implant Training Program in USC in 2014. After that, he completed the USC-China Esthetic Dentistry Training Program in 2015. In addition, he is a key opinion speaker for VITA, SIC implant, Biotech implant, Sirona, Biolase and DMG dental company.

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