Saturday, April 18, 2026
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08:55
Opening Day 3
09:00
Session 7: Emerging Voices: Poster Competition Spotlight
The six selected poster finalists will present their research in a short oral pitch, followed by a Q&A session with the expert panel.
10:00
Coffee Break
10:30
Session 8: Digitally driven: The future of prosthetic design & delivery
Moderator: Katja Nelson
In contemporary restorative dentistry, the integration of digital technology is reshaping how we design and deliver smiles that are both esthetically pleasing and functionally stable. This presentation explores the digital workflow and its clinical application in both anterior esthetic restorations and full-mouth implant rehabilitations. By harmonizing facially driven design with occlusal precision and long-term biomechanical stability, clinicians could achieve predictable, patient-centered outcomes. Through every day patients, it will be illustrated how digital tools—from facial scanning to virtual articulators—are used to plan, communicate, and execute treatment with accuracy. This session bridges esthetics, function, and digital precision, highlighting the future of interdisciplinary smile design.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how to apply facially driven digital smile design to both anterior and full-arch restorations for optimal esthetic integration.
- Identify key steps in digital workflows that ensure occlusal harmony and long-term functional stability in implant rehabilitations.
- Explore how digital tools enhance communication across the Dental TEAM to improve precision, efficiency, and predictability in treatment planning.
Alvaro Blasi
Digital workflow protocols in full-arch implant rehabilitations
Dental implants treatment is generally associated with positive patient-centered outcomes. It provides a safe and predictable treatment option, especially for completely edentulous patients who, otherwise, would be faced with wearing conventional removable prostheses. A number of digital workflows have been proposed for diagnosis, treatment plan and treatment execution. These include pre-operative imaging, intra-and extraoral data acquisition, digital planning, guided implant placement and provisionalization, as well as design (CAD) and manufacturing CAM) of the definitive prostheses. Ultimately though, we are treating an analog patient and it is in the oral cavity that the proverbial rubber “meets the road”, especially when it comes to treatment efficiency, accuracy and cost. This presentation will address the advantages and disadvantages of current digital workflows for full-arch rehabilitations and critically review their indications for an efficient and accurate delivery of care. A step-by-step approach from diagnostic data collection and treatment planning to surgical and prosthetic management will be illustrated through clinical cases and supported by scientific evidence.
Course objectives
At the conclusion of this presentation, attendees should be able to
- Describe the various applications of digital technology in full-arch fixed implant rehabilitations.
- Discuss the scientific evidence for the applications of digital technology in full-arch fixed implant rehabilitation.
- Illustrate step-by-step clinical protocols for the complete digital workflow from planning to final rehabilitation for terminal dentition patients as well as completely edentulous patients.
Carlo Ercoli / Kostas Cochlidakis
Scanning technologies for single and full arch
Wael Garine
Clinically, materials such as lithium disilicate and various generations of zirconia are widely used. While early generations like 3Y-TZP zirconia are well-documented, newer, more translucent types (4Y-PSZ, 5Y-PSZ) lack sufficient long-term clinical data. The lecture highlights that assuming comparable performance between generations and derivates is scientifically flawed and potentially risky, particularly when extrapolating data from limited studies tied to specific manufacturers.
From a laboratory standpoint, the mechanical and biological behavior of these materials varies significantly. Regarding new zirconia generations, the loss of phase transformation toughening in newer zirconia types reduces fracture resistance, making them less suitable for high-load indications. Furthermore, processing methods for provisional materials – additive vs. subtractive manufacturing – were shown to influence cell viability and inflammatory responses, underscoring the relevance of manufacturing routes beyond the base material itself.
In conclusion, the insufficient clinical evidence for new materials, combined with evolving laboratory insights, creates a clear ethical dilemma for clinicians. Responsible use requires critical evaluation of not only material properties but also their processing methods and the strength of supporting evidence.
Benedikt Spies
Panel discussion
12:30
Lunch Break
13:30
Session 9: Surgical precision in the digital era: From plan to placement
Moderator: Homa Zadeh & Lin Ye
The use of adjunctive growth factors has been shown to enhance results of periodontal regeneration procedures around teeth, for guided bone regeneration, and for soft tissue augmentation. While multiple growth factors are purported to improve outcomes, the clinical utility and relative advantages differ based upon the specific growth factor used, patient-related factors, and site-specific morphology. This course will explore the available and emerging biologic mediators used in periodontal regeneration and the ideal This course will review the use of adjunctive growth factors for periodontal regeneration in clinical applications and seeks to improve understanding of the different available growth factors as well as the criteria and indications for their usage. Through completion of this course, clinicians will be able to make informed treatment decisions that will result in improved treatment and patient outcomes.
Learning Objectives
Discuss the evidence for the use of biologic mediators to improve outcomes in hard and soft tissue periodontal regeneration
Assess optimal patient and site-specific factors that may indicate an advantage for the use of biologic mediators for enhanced periodontal regeneration
Review clinical procedures and outcomes for the use of biologic mediators during periodontal regenerative procedures.
Mia L. Geisinger
Digital technologies in implant surgery
The speaker will be announced shortly
Severe atrophic bone presents significant challenges in oral reconstruction, often requiring complex procedures like bone grafting or zygomatic implants. This lecture introduces an innovative technique utilizing the dual scan protocol and 3D-printed custom plates to restore full arches, quadrants, or individual teeth with enhanced precision and efficiency. By reverse-engineering from the provisional prosthetic design, the dual scan protocol enables the creation of patient-specific plates secured with bone screws, incorporating abutments for immediate provisional placement. This approach eliminates the need for intraoperative lab support or restorative dentist involvement, streamlining the surgical process. Compared to zygomatic implants, this method avoids maxillary sinus complications and orbital risks, while offering fewer surgeries and faster recovery than bone grafting. The plates feature gyro scaffolds (restore3D) to promote osseointegration, enhancing stability through native bone integration. For full-arch or quadrant restorations, plates are anchored to vertical pillars (zygoma and piriform) via bone screws, ensuring robust fixation. This technique reduces complications, shortens treatment timelines, and improves patient outcomes, making it a game-changer for managing severe atrophy. Attendees will gain insights into the clinical applications, technical workflow, and advantages of this cutting-edge approach, positioning it as a superior alternative to traditional methods.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the dual scan protocol and its role in designing 3D-printed custom plates for precise restoration of severe atrophic bone.
- Compare the clinical advantages of the custom plate technique to bone grafting and zygomatic implants, focusing on reduced complications and treatment efficiency.
- Explore the integration of gyro scaffolds and vertical pillar fixation in enhancing stability and osseointegration for full-arch and quadrant restorations.
Shuaib Malik
Panel discussion
15:00
Coffee Break
15:30
Session 10: Redefining possibilities: Contemporary and future treatment alternatives
Moderator: Mariano Sanz
Minimally invasive approaches for the esthetic zone in the digital age: Immediate implants and tooth supported alternatives.
Florian Beuer
Applying P4 medicine in preventing peri-implant diseases
Purnima Kumar
Nowadays, patient requirements are taking our treatments to limits that were unthinkable some years ago. Patients whose teeth suffered from very advanced periodontal disease, that would normally lead to complete edentulism, are now treated with advanced periodontal-orthodontic-implant-prosthodontic rehabilitations. This can only be achieved when these different specialties join forces and are used systematically and judiciously from the early stages of the establishment of the global treatment plan.
This presentation will focus on the different aspects of a good cooperation between the Periodontist and the Orthodontist in order to achieve both a functional and an aesthetic result. Attention will be given to the establishment of the different steps of a well-designed and rational global treatment plan in order to obtain the best possible results.
Several aspects have to be considered, not only from the functional but also from the aesthetic point of view. Very often the services of an Orthodontist are sought by Patients who have developed spaces between their teeth while the real aetiology of that migration is due to periodontal destruction. After the completion of the periodontal correction, the orthodontic treatment will have to deal not only with the repositioning of the teeth but also to minimize the aesthetic sequalae of the periodontal disease.
The inclusion of endo-osseous dental implants will also be discussed as an integral part of that same global treatment plan.
Learning objectives
- Understand the possibilities and the limits of orthodontic treatment in advanced periodontal patients
- Understand that orthodontic treatment will not jeopardize the remaining healthy periodontal attachment
- Realizing that perio-ortho treatments in very advanced periodontal cases can be maintained for many years, with excellent prognosis.
Gil Alcoforado
Tunneling techniques for the treatment of soft tissue recessions at dental implants: Why, when and how
Anton Sculean
Panel discussion
17:25
Closing Ceremony
President / Scientific Committee
17:30
End of congress
Anniversary Reception: 20 Years Strong – The Future is Now
with the Research & Poster Awards Ceremony honoring outstanding contributions to science and innovation