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implants - international magazine of oral implantology

I education _Regenerative therapies require a high degree of dexterity—fromthefirstincisiontothelastsuture.Any- onewantingtoremainuptodateisdependentonreg- ular practice and trial, because the repertoire of thera- pies is constantly being supplemented by new tech- niques and materials. Thus, the Osteology Foundation clearly focuses on hands-on training at all symposia it organises. OnceagainonMay2,2013,thepre-symposiumday oftheInternationalOsteologySymposium,17practical workshopsinGerman,EnglishandFrenchwillbeinvit- ingattendeestotraintheirownskills. “Decision making with oral tissue regeneration” is thesymposium'smaintopic.Topspeakersfromallover theworldwillbespendingtwodayspresentinganddis- cussing the current state of knowledge relating to re- generativetherapies.However,thedaypriortothecon- gress is dedicated solely to practice. The Osteology Foundationaloneisorganisingsevenpracticalandtwo theoretical workshops. Further there are eleven work- shops being organised by the Gold Partners viz., BioHorizons, CAMLOG, DENTSPLY Implants, Geistlich Biomaterials,NobelBiocareandStraumann. Procedures for both bone and soft tissue regenera- tionandthetopicofperiimplantitisareatthecoreofthe practical exercises. Using pig's jaw models, attendees can gradually learn flap formation, incision types and suture techniques, practice widening up of keratinised mucosa,performverticalandhorizontalboneaugmen- tation, practice ridge preservation combined with socketsealortryoutvarioussurgicalandnon-surgical procedures for periimplantitis treatment. The clear ob- jective of the workshops is to teach attendees current therapyconceptsandgivethempracticaltipsforevery- daydentalpractice. The Osteology Foundation is also proud to premier workshops for researchers. Two theoretical workshops will deal with the experimental evaluation of biomate- rials and the correct selection of models for transla- tionalresearch. The congress website www.osteology-monaco.org lists the congress programme and all workshops in- cluding details of the speakers, languages, etc. You can registeronlineviathecongresswebsiteorbyfax(+377 97973550).Needlesstoemphasiseyourpromptaction asthenumberofplacesineveryworkshopislimited._ PracticalTraining at Osteology in Monaco Source_Osteology 44 I implants4_2012 Scanmetowatchthe OsteologyImage Movie!