For an occasion like a 20th anniversary, one should do something memorable.
Implant company Osteocare chose to celebrate in two distinct ways, firstly by sponsoring free beer and bubbles at the Implant Dentistry Show earlier this year; and secondly, by hosting a free CPD seminars and afternoon tea at Brooklands Museum last month.
This seminar was very well attended, as Osteocare, famed for its unique implant system, courses, event and colourful history, continues to grow its presence in the dental implant market.
This seminar covered digital dentistry in a lecture to kick things off by Dr Martin Attariani. Dr Attariani spoke about digital implant dentistry. He started by dedicating the lecture to his friend – the late Doctor Anoop Maini. Dr Attariani qualified in Sweden as a biochemist. He qualified as a dentist in 2005 and in 2007 bought and now runs a full-private practice in Leamington Spa.
He likes his gadgets which includes a Cerec, microscope, CBCT, 3D printer among other items. He reminded attenders that without a CBCT there is a lot of guesswork is trying to estimate how much bone there is for an implant. Dr Attariani went digital purely for the patient experience. He knows patients may smile but they hate attending the practice. So he set about using digital devices to improve the patient experience. The patient experience is improved dramatically with intraoral scanning rather than traditional impressions. There is a reduced risk of errors. Cerec offers same day restorations, which is great for the patient.
Martin even took the time to talk through all the words and phrases uses in digital dentistry for those new to the field. He showed great cases of implant placement and restorations to the attenders.
Increasing bone volume in implant placement was a lecture presented by Professor Amr Zahran. He discussed the need for GBR, the effects of one-piece implants for immediate loading and the fail rates of implants placed where there is simply not bone. The professor has much experience in this area having conducted studies for decades.
Last and last minute stand-in speaker Dr Sumair Khan said there is no implantology without periodontology (NIWOP). His lecture offered a detailed summary of the clinical research into the links between periodontology and implant dentistry. He concluded that it is vitally important for the implant dentist to be aware of a patient’s perio status before surgery and to have any periodontitis under control.
Osteocare business development manager Carly Harwood said: ‘The professor (Amr Zahran) has been fundamental in the design of Osteocare implants and was an honour for him to talk at our 20-year celebrations. And the Brooklands Museum was the perfect place to celebrate our 20-year anniversary as it is the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation which ties into Osteocare’s heritage. Our engineers are always aiming to make implant placement easier for users and our dedicated researchers are constantly developing new ideas to increase osseointegration.’
At the afternoon tea, Osteocare director Celine Gauld gave a heartfelt speech to mark the firm’s 20-year success in the implantology market. She talked about the history of Osteocare and it being British designed.
Osteocare is the only British made and designed implant company. Brookland’s Museum, the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation, was the right place to celebrate 20 years of implants.
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