Understanding Dental Implants

As our population increases in age along with social and oral health expectations, the amount of single tooth, full arch and complex full mouth rehabilitations using implants increases. As clinicians, we need to be able to educate on options available to our patients and advise on the post care requirements of single implants through to the full arch reconstructed cases.

Success of an implant requires many factors to be favorable: Host response, surgical planning and skill, prosthetic design and post placement care both at home and professional maintenance.

This seminar will go over implant options and maintenance protocols for single implants, implant bridges, full arch fixed appliances and zygomatic implants.

Implant designs and why it’s important for the Hygienists and OHT to understand the different types of implants available, platform choices and why different implants are utilized. This lecture will also describe the various prosthesis available and how the design impact cleansability.

Protocol for maintenance of single tooth, multiple tooth and full arch implants.

This lecture will provide the participant with various protocols for home and professional maintenance of single tooth, multiple tooth and full arch implant patients. The protocols relating to preventive measures both the patients and the clinician must undertake to keep the implant healthy will be discussed and presented.

Peri-implant pathology and treatment.

This lecture will discuss the differential diagnosis of identifying peri-implant pathology and the application of appropriate treatment plans for the treatment of peri-implant disease. The criteria of when and who to refer to will be presented.

Zygomatic implants.

Due to bone loss and poor anatomical structure, zygomatic implants are often the last fixed option for some patients to maintain oral function. These larger and longer implants come with new implications for maintenance and professional care. This presentation will present the current internationally recognized protocols for home and professional care.

This course is designed to help dental hygienists, dental therapist's and oral health therapist understand the anatomy, phases of implants and the long term care requirements of dental implants

The course will also include hands on training for maintenance and treatment of dental implants

This course will be 6.5 CPD hours

Location to be announced however will be a SYDNEY location

About the speaker

Tabitha Acret

Tabitha Acret is a dedicated and passionate award-winning Dental Hygienist. She studied a Bachelor or Oral Health at Newcastle University after working as a Dental Nurse and Practice Manager for 10 years and graduated in 2008. Since qualifying, Tabitha has become one of the most sought-after Hygienists and Educators in Australia and internationally with a fast-growing and loyal customer base of patients, dental professionals and media. Tabitha has since completed a Graduate Certificate in public health and is currently enrolled in her Masters at the University of Newcastle.

Tabitha was previously the National Vice-President for the Dental Hygienists Association of Australia and has volunteered in many roles since graduation for the Association. She also has a passion for educating with students, working as a Clinical Educator at Sydney University and currently works as a Clinical Educator for implant maintenance and non-surgical periodontal therapy. She lectures and writes regularly for both industry and consumer press on motivating patients, implant maintenance and disease prevention and periodontal therapy. Tabitha has travelled around the world learning about dental implants studying in Portugal, Washington DC, New York and Switzerland. Winner of the 2018 Leadership Award in Dental Hygiene and the 2019 Award for Clinical Excellence, Tabitha had dedicated her professional life to continued learning and sharing her passion with the dental community.

Outside of her busy work life of lecturing and working clinically in private practice Tabitha enjoys volunteering both locally and internationally to raise awareness to change the way oral health care is delivered to patients.

Cancellation policy

To ensure our workshop prices remain accessible for all, Level UP Preventative care has a fair and equitable cancellation policy that applies to all workshop registrations.

Registration confirmation – Registrations will not be confirmed until full payment is received.

Cancellations (Outside 14 days) – Should you cancel your training commitment more than two weeks (14 days) prior to the training date, you will be permitted to choose one of the following options:

Reschedule your training to the next available, mutually convenient workshop;

Transfer your registration to a colleague to attend in your absence; or

Request a full refund.

Cancellations (Inside 14 days) – Should you cancel your training commitment within the two weeks (14 days) prior to the training date, no refund or transfer to another workshop date will be permitted, and you will forfeit the cost of the workshop. You are however permitted to substitute a colleague for your reservation, to attend in your absence. Level UP Preventative care will not be held liable for an attendees’ failure to cancel a booking within the specified timeframes.

Cancellations by Level UP preventative Care – While every effort is made to ensure workshops are offered as advertised, there may be instances where courses need to be rescheduled. Level UP preventative care reserves the right to cancel or reschedule a workshop at its discretion. Where Level UP preventative care must cancel a workshop, participants will be offered to reschedule their workshop to the next suitable session or a full refund . Level UP preventative care will not be held liable for any costs incurred from changing to a different date.

to request a refund please contact tabithaacret@gmail.com

On the day for any issues please call 0410187849

COVID SAFE EVENT

The Level UP Preventative Care is committed to providing a COVID-SAFE course and we have a COVID safety plan in place that all attendees are required to follow.

This includes:

• Observing physical distancing

• Hand sanitiser will be available for the duration of the event

Please ensure you arrive during the registration window as we have to perform a COVID screening and temperature check of all attendees.

To ensure we meet the COVID-19 contact tracing requirements you will be required to check-in on the day through the NSW Health app

COVID-19 SCREENING:

If you are displaying any of the following symptoms no matter how mild, have been asked to isolated or are awaiting test results for COVID-19, we ask that you please contact me and do not attend the event:

• Fever (temperature of 37.5 degrees or higher)

• Cough

• Runny nose

• Shortness of breath

• Sore throat

• Loss of smell

If you start experiencing any of these symptoms during the event, please notify a team member immediately for assistance.

Level UP Preventative Care reserves the right to refuse attendance to any delegates who have not paid in full for their delegate fees.

Should Level UP Preventative Care cancel an event, all registraton fees will be refunded in full. Level UP Preventative Care accepts no liability for additional costs incurred by delegates, for example travel costs, and recommends all delegates take out personal insurance