Aims
Experimentation and development of new protocols adopting digital integration of Computerized Diagnostics and Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS), which minimizes the invasiveness of surgical procedures, is of great scientific interest to all surgical specialties of medicine. This impressive approach has also reached implant surgery. The world's leading authorities, pioneers in the implementation and development of this new technology, will introduce the participants to the state of the art of surgical techniques in Computer Aided Implantology (CAI) during the two day Congress.
The speakers will present scientific data published in international literature and discuss their clinical experiences. The lectures will illustrate how, in recent years, these new procedures have revolutionized the traditional approach to oral implant surgery.
The congress is aimed specifically at implant-prosthetic rehabilitation as a total concept. This is not only the competence of generic dentists, but necessitates a collaboration between implantologists, prosthodontists and dental technicians more than any other discipline.
The ever growing request for implant supported prosthetic rehabilitation, together with the commitment to reach optimal aesthetic results compels the dentist to attentively assess pre-surgical treatment planning. Hence, implants will be correctly positioned respecting both the prosthetic project as well as the anatomic structure throughout the surgical procedure.
This technological evolution has brought about the development of unique software and navigation systems that allow the dentist to transfer the radiographic images obtained by computerized tomography (CT) onto a PC, to create a virtual plan of the surgery and to faithfully bring all this diagnostic information into the surgical field; this is acheived today both with navigation systems as well as with surgical guides. Such a computerized procedure enables the operator to perform surgery providing a secure environment for the patient and, when possible, adopting minimally invasive surgical protocol such as flapless implant surgery.
Practice sessions will be organised where registered participants can observe and follow hands-on excercises using various software programmes commercially available.
Various platforms will be presented and compared, giving the participants an opportunity to acquire the necessary information to guide them in their choice of methods.
I would like to personally invite all colleagues to take part in this exciting new development.
Francesco Valente, DDS
CAI Academy president 2005-2006
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