TEETH VS. IMPLANTS

Nowadays, dental implants have established themselves as a standard treatment protocol for replacing missing teeth. The debate that has arisen whether implants should obviate the necessity to preserve teeth is far from conclusive. In light of gained knowledge and experience in implant treatment and their complication maybe it is a good time to give teeth extractions a second thought. This lecture aims to discuss the indications and contraindications of saving teeth vs. extraction and placement of implants from a prosthodontic and periodontic perspective.

CPD Hours: 1 

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DR CAROLINA PEREZ-RODRIGUEZ BDS MJDF RCS (Eng) PgradDipCD (Implants) (Melb) DCD (Pros) (Melb)

Carolina graduated from the University Complutense of Madrid in 2006. She movedshortly after to Oxford (UK), where she worked as a general dentist and undertook furtherstudies in restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, and implants in London, Manchester andFrance. During this time, she gained membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (UK).In early 2013 she settled in Melbourne and while working in private practice, shecompleted a diploma in clinical dentistry in the field of implants as well as herprosthodontics specialist training and degree at the University of Melbourne.Carolina is a clinical demonstrator for undergraduate dental students and has lecturedin Melbourne and interstate for the Australian Dental Association. She works in privatespecialist practice in Cheltenham and Launceston and is the president of the AustralianProsthodontic Society Victoria Branch and committee member of the AustralianOsseointegration Society. She also is a member of the International Team for Implantology.

DR JESSICA WEI BDSC (HONS), FRACDS (GDP), DCD (Perio)

Dr Jessica Wei studied dentistry at the University of Melbourne and during her early yearsas a dentist, worked in private practices in Geelong and Cairns before finally returningto Melbourne in 2009. Ever since graduating as a dentist, Jess has continued to furtherherself as a practitioner, completing her Fellowship in General Dental Practice, beforeembarking on her road to becoming a Periodontist at the University of Melbourne in2014.Jess is currently working in private practice in Malvern, Berwick and Wodonga. She has aspecial interest in nonsurgical treatment of periodontal disease.