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Prof Joachim E. Zöller Prof Hakan Özyuvaci Özcan Yildirim Hilal Kuday
Dr Kerem Dedeoglu Dr Serdar Yalcin Chris tian Berger Dr Atakan Elter
Looking beyond the dental fence
Prof Özyuvaci opened the proceedings by presenting
a classification of complications as preoperative,
intraoperative and postoperative. Some of his illustrations
showed dislocated implants within the maxillary
sinus. Prof Zöller also pointed out the interrelationship
between an aging patient population and
the rising incidence of concomitant systemic diseases.
In addition to local diagnostic findings, he
said, systemic afflictions must always be taken into
account by the treatment concept. His presentation
focused on the importance of the patient’s medical
history, general clinical findings and psychosocial
background in addition to the anatomical situation.
Everybody expects to come home from continuing
education with new ideas to be implemented in clinical
practice. The symposium paid special attention to
dental technology. Dental technician Özcan Yildirim
(Istanbul) explained how present-day dental laboratories
work and demonstrated the differences be -
tween conventional and CAD/CAM restorations in the
production phase. He concluded that the precision
of milled restorations is greater than that of cast
restorations when it comes to wide-span bridges.
Dental technician Hilal Kuday (Istanbul) emphasized
the importance of patient discussions and of paying
attention to the patient’s overall facial features
when introducing high-quality aesthetic anterior
restorations.
Dr Kerem Dedeoglu (Istanbul) spoke about the
importance of getting an accurate patient history,
presenting some case reports to demonstrate the
potential dramatic consequences of incomprehensible
clinical descriptions. Prof Serdar Yalcin (Istanbul)
pointed to possible complications, including implant
loss after immediate insertion, citing a significantly
higher rate of complications following immediate
implant insertion in inflamed regions. Christian Ber -
ger (Kempten) made the connection to endodontics,
referring to a number of clinical cases to demonstrate
that, given the current state of the art and the
currently available treatment options, an endodontically
treated tooth may well be the better implant.
Aesthetics and mathematics
What does aesthetic dentistry have to do with mathematics?
Quite a lot, Dr Atakan Elter (Istanbul) thinks.
Nature, human beings in general and the human