Continuing Education:
IMPLANTS: Decisions for extensively damaged dentition / Guidelines for immediate loading
Dr. Winston Chee, DDS FACP
Faculty Member, Ralph W. and Jean L. Bleak Professor of Restorative Dentistry, Co-Director of the Advanced Prosthodontics Program, and Director of Implant Dentistry, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry; Private Practitioner, Glendale, California
Dr. Chee will be covering two implant topics in a fast-paced, content-rich pair of lectures: Decisions for Extensively Damaged Dentition - will outline several considerations toward using implants for restoration instead of keeping teeth ravaged by decay, wear or periodontal disease. As an outcome of having participated in this part of the lecture, participants will have information to make the correct decision toward maintaining teeth or removing them in favour of implants; Guideline For Immediate Loading - will propose a matrix for deciding when to immediately load with risk and cost benefit analysis for each situation. As an outcome of having participated in this part of the lecture, participants will have learned to use a matrix for deciding when to safely load implants.
Winston Chee, DDS FACP, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics. He is the Ralph W. & Jean L. Bleak Professor of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Southern California (USC), School of Dentistry and presently serves as the Director of Implant Dentistry and the Co-Director of the Advanced Prosthodontics Program at USC, where he has been a full time faculty member for 23 years and has taught at both pre and post doctoral levels. He publishes regularly having over 70 publications on dental materials and implant dentistry in peer reviewed journals and participates in clinical research. He has lectured internationally and maintains a private practice limited to Prosthodontics in Glendale, California.