Graham Smart Memorial Lecture Day: Controversies in Periodontics (BU030610)

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DescriptionThis course will examine several controversial areas in contemporary periodontics, including the nature of the disease process, questioning whether periodontitis is an infection at all and looking at the evolutionary origins of the condition. We shall investigate root surface contamination, when to extract periodontally-involved teeth and the role of implants in periodontal therapy. The very latest research data will be discussed and there will be plenty of opportunity for healthy debate. A day that the late Graham Smart, former Vice-Dean and Postgraduate Tutor, would have loved to present is dedicated to his memory.
VenueStoke Mandeville Postgraduate Centre, Aylesbury - Buckinghamshire  View details
Date & timeThursday 3 June 2010, 09:00 to 17:00
LecturerMigration  View details
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Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours6:00
Cost£20.00
Aims
  1. To appreciate the nature of periodontitis in terms of the principles of evolutionary medicine and to examine whether it should be thought of as an infective or inflammatory process
  2. To understand the factors involved in determining the prognosis of periodontally-involved teeth
  3. To appreciate the relative significance of plaque biofilm, subgingival calculus and cementum in root surface contamination
  4. To understand the factors that affect the sucess and survival of implants in periodontally-susceptible patients