Dr. Chiapasco & Dr. Polido | Seattle | Bone Regeneration in the Digital Era: Where are We in 2025? Customized CAD/CAM Titanium Meshes versus GBR and Bone Blocks

Geistlich sponsored 4 hour CE Lecture and Hands on Workshop with Dr. Chiapasco and Dr. Polido.

A Continental Breakfast will be served at 7:30am in Ballroom B

OBJECTIVES

Aims of this lecture are the following:

• How to optimize the treatment planning of a case presenting with soft/hard tissue defects following the so-called Prosthetically Guided Regeneration (PGR) principle
• To present the best documented surgical alternatives, highlighting advantages and disadvantages of each technique
• How to choose the most appropriate regenerative biomaterials for soft and hard tissue augmentation
• How to reduce complexity and morbidity with the aid of digital technologies, with a specific focus on custom-made, CAD/CAM titanium meshes
• Provide the most important tips and tricks to optimize results and minimize or manage complications related to protected regeneration with Titanium meshes

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN

• How to plan a case presenting with edentulous areas associated with alveolar bone defects
• How to manage the digital workflow for planning and producing a customized CAD-CAM titanium mesh
• How to choose grating materials for bone augmentation with titanium meshes
• How to harvest bone chips with a bone scraper from the mandibular ramus (on pig mandible)
• How to position, fill with grafting materials, and stabilize a titanium mesh (on pig mandible)
• How to release soft tissues to obtain a eater-tight and tension-free suture (on pig mandible)
• How to reduce and/or manage potential complications associated with the use of titanium meshes
• Present perspectives and preliminary results with the new semi-occlusive customized CAD-CAM titanium meshes