Peri-Implant Therapy for the Dental Hygienist is a comprehensive guide for implant history, prosthetic designs, and patient selection including oral systemic health and risk assessment. The text also discusses pre-surgical procedures, communicating with patients about implant dentistry, in-office maintenance protocols, plus new innovative home-care options to ensure success of the implant and overall health of the patient. An essential tool for dental hygienists to prepare to take on this very important challenge in the profession, Peri-Implant Therapy for the Dental Hygienist is a valuable resource for the entire dental team.
Dental implant therapy has become a part of mainstream dental therapy (Krishnamoorthy et al., 2021). Unfortunately, despite the increase in dental implant and complete arch implant supported restorations being placed, scarce information is available about dental implant maintenance protocols (Krishnamoorthy et al., 2021). With the advancement of dental implantology, dental hygienists need to have current and comprehensive knowledge of current recommendations relating to implant maintenance (Zellmer et al., 2020). The purpose of this project was to create a dental hygiene protocol that dental hygienists can follow when treating their patients who have dental implants. Important focus was placed on maintaining complete implant supported fixed arch restorations. The scope of this project included three parts: a power point presentation, CE privileges, and decision tree visual aid. This project was created for licensed dental hygienists and other dental health professionals who care for patients with dental implants and implant supported fixed arch restorations. This project could also be useful in dental hygiene schools to educate dental hygiene students about dental implants and implant supported fixed arch restorations and the required treatment modalities for both.
Practical guidance for dental hygienists on how to maintain dental implants in daily practice The newly revised Second Edition of Peri-Implant Therapy for the Dental Hygienist provides a comprehensive guide to biofilm-focused assessment, maintenance, and home care for the prevention of long-term implant complications. The book offers clinical protocols ranging from single titanium and ceramic implant-borne restorations to the fixed full arch final prosthesis. The text also discusses pre-surgical regenerative procedures, implant placement, and patient communication to support hygienists and other dental professionals in talking to patients about implant dentistry. The book is a valuable clinically oriented resource guide for dental professionals seeing patients with titanium and ceramic dental implants. This new edition introduces readers to new information on ceramic implant instrumentation and ‘Mastering the Arch’, as well as detailed information on how to remove, assess, and provide maintenance for full arch prostheses patients. A new companion website provides dental instructor materials, review questions and answers, lesson plans, videos, PowerPoint slides, skills evaluations, and learning objectives. The book includes: Useful clinical photographs, illustrations, and patient cases to demonstrate the concepts discussed throughout the book Researched protocols for assessment, professional in-office maintenance, and biofilm-focused patient home care to meet all the peri-implant therapy challenges Updated classification, guidelines, and treatments for peri-implant disease Technology and resources for prevention of peri-implantitis and complications that can be prevented with early detection and patient awareness Ideal for dental hygienists and dental hygiene and dental students, Peri-Implant Therapy for the Dental Hygienist is also an essential reference for any dental professional seeking a one-stop resource for maintaining dental implants and managing their complications.
Identifies the learning styles that work best for you through a learning styles inventory. Offers cases, content review, review questions, and competency exams to ensure your mastery of the materials. Serves as your competency check-off lists in clinical and lab.
"Purpose: Research has shown dental implants improve quality of life. This study utilized an educational course and before and after course surveys to observe differences in dental providers in regards to confidence performing dental implant maintenance, changes in collaboration, and utilization of the new 2018 AAP classifications on dental implants. Methods: Dentists (n = 3) and dental hygienists (n = 81) attended a course on dental implant maintenance and were invited to participate in three surveys: a pre-course survey, a post-course survey that was send immediately after the course and open for a week, and a second postcourse survey that was sent three weeks after the course and open for two weeks. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered via the time series surveys to determine whether confidence was gained through the educational program and whether intraprofessional education can increase collaboration. Results: The study showed utilization of the 2018 AAP classifications on dental implant health increased between the pre-course survey and the second post-course survey. Results from the paired t-test for confidence levels indicate statistical significance in the pre- and first postcourse surveys (p = 0.0041), and in the pre- and second post-course surveys (p = 0.034). Results from the paired t-test regarding collaboration levels in implant maintenance indicate statistical significance on the pre- and second post-course surveys (p = 0.031). Ten (n = 10) of 37 (N = 37) participants on the descriptive analysis showed increased levels of confidence related to the assessment of dental implant health. Six of the 37 participants (n = 6) felt increased confidence in recommendations for homecare for the patient. When asked what they saw as future opportunities to collaborate with their fellow hygienist/dentist, 13 participants (n = 13) said that they would like to take more CE on dental implant maintenance together. Conclusion: Continuing educational courses on dental implant maintenance can have a statistically significant impact on confidence and collaboration levels. As dental implants continue to be the replacement for the loss of natural teeth, it is important that dental providers feel confident in treating and assisting patients maintain the health of their dental implants."--Page vi-vii.
Purpose: There is a range of clinical practices that dental professionals use to maintain implants, revealing a need for a more standardized approach. The purpose of this study was to determine the curricular content for dental hygiene programs in the U.S. regarding implant maintenance. This research aimed to find out if that curricular content aligned with the CPG published by the ACP. Methods: This descriptive research study utilized a survey to explore the implant maintenance curriculum in U.S. dental hygiene programs. Descriptive statistics were used to examine the data. Results: A total of 53 participants responded to the survey (n=53). 100% of programs felt that implant maintenance was important to include in the curriculum and 98.1% teach implant maintenance. This study helped identify the curricular content for implant maintenance: 94.3% teach preventative care techniques, 90.6% teach appropriate tools/materials, 92.5% teach patient education, 88.7% teach radiographic interpretation, and 83.0% teach recall frequency. This research has helped recognize where the curricular content aligns with the current CPG published by the ACP and that most programs are not utilizing the CPG as a resource for curricular development. Conclusion: Dental hygiene programs are teaching dental implant maintenance but there is variety among the content and the resources used to develop that content. If more programs were to standardize their content, there could be less variety in treatment modalities in clinical settings for implant maintenance.
This book examines the current state of knowledge on why implant failures occur, makes specific recommendations for prevention of failure, and emphasizes the role that maintenance plays in increasing the probability of success. Current recommendations for the treatment of ailing implants are also reviewed. Prevention begins with appropriate patient selection and treatment planning, correct implant placement, and effective prosthetic rehabilitation. All of these aspects are thoroughly discussed. The specifics of maintenance therapy for patients with dental implants are then addressed, bearing in mind that patients on a regular maintenance schedule following completion of active therapy have fewer implant complications. Readers will find information on the frequency of visits as well as step-by-step guidance for a routine visit. In addition, current concepts regarding the etiology of implant failure are covered, with explanation of their potential implications for maintenance care. The book will be an ideal aid and reference source for all clinicians wishing to stay abreast of the latest knowledge and developments in the field of dental implant diagnosis, maintenance, and therapeutic intervention.
Covering treatment planning to restoration, Principles and Practice of Single Implant Restorations is the first book specifically designed to train Endodontists and General Dentists for a single tooth implant and restorations. It describes surgical principles, implant placement, implant site preparation, bone grafts and bone substitute materials, tooth extraction, guided bone regeneration, immediate implant placement, surgical defects, and single-tooth esthetic considerations. Expert authors Dr. Mahmoud Torabinejad, Dr. Charles Goodacre, and Dr. Mohammed Sabeti provide detailed guidelines for the use of single tooth implants as an appropriate and compelling treatment tool. Single tooth implants have been established as a new tool by the AAE, allowing you to use single tooth implants as a part of overall treatment planning for patients with a tooth that must be extracted. Easy-to-follow content generally follows the diagnosis and treatment planning for a single tooth implant and restoration, describing how a clinician might actually perform a single tooth implant. Unique! Instructions designed exclusively for Endodontists and General Dentists doing endodontic work help you use single tooth implants to treat a diseased single tooth. Expert authors Torabinejad, Goodacre, and Sabeti are AAE leaders as well as instructors at Loma Linda University, one of the first schools to have a Master's-level course in single-tooth implants, and have recruited contributors from top names in the endodontic and implant fields.
Implants have truly transformed dentistry by giving people safe, stable, and esthetic replacements of natural teeth. Since the first implant was placed in 1965, they have continued to increase in overall efficacy and popularity, where currently a large majority people in the United States know what they are, and how they function. Currently there is very little information for patients who are interested in receiving dental implants. Since most of the books on dental implants are designed for dentists rather than patients. Information that is available on line is also geared towards dentists also. The information that is available for non dentists typically is often in the form of brochures comprised of very general information and line drawings which are often simplistic and do not adequately familiarize them about dental implants. As implantologists, by far the most common questions that I have been asked by patients that are thinking of receiving dental implants is what they feel like when placed, how they will work, and their overall safety and effectiveness. In order to try to answer these questions we put together some information on dental implants so that people are made familiar with the implant components, how they are placed and how they will function in the mouth. We also sought to provide information regarding the rationale behind the implant selection process, and surgical aspects of implant placement as well as provide a history and also recent advances that are associated with implant dentistry. Since dental implants are comprised of two components, the root component that is placed surgically, and the restorative component that represents the crown of a tooth. In order to present information on both aspects of implant therapy, information on both aspects of therapy are provided in order to familiarize patients with information on not only dental implant surgery, but also on implant restorations. Line drawings and case studies including before and after pictures of both surgical and restorative procedures are included in order to provide information for patients about the dental implant procedure. The goal of this book is to provide vital information about dental implants in such a way that will aid patients in deciding whether or not to have dental implants.
