February 13, 2012

Dr. Georgios Romanos

Laser Dentistry Today: What can we Achieve with this Technology in Restorative and Implant Dentistry?

Course content

• Laser Physics, wavelengths, laser-tissue interactions
• Soft tissue applications (excision of soft tissue tumors, frenectomies, removal of gingival overgrowths, crown lengthening, pre-prosthetic surgery)
• Hard Tissue Applications for the restorative dentist
• Laser-assisted bone surgery
• Applications in Oral Implantology (second stage surgery, removal of hyperplastic periimplant soft tissues, treatment of periimplantitis)
• New concepts of treatment using photodynamic Therapy (PDT)

Course Objectives

• To explain the use of the different laser wavelengths and based on the laser physics to demonstrate their clinical use in the modern Clinical Dentistry for the General Dentist and Prosthodontist
• To present alternative options of treatment in Restorative Dentistry using the lasers today
• To control the complications associated with laser use in the clinical practice

Biographical Sketch

Professor of Clinical Dentistry at the Univ. of Rochester, NY; Director of the Unit of Laser Dentistry; fully trained in Periodontics, Prosthodontics and Oral Surgery in Germany and in USA; Professor (Prof. Dr. med. dent.) for Oral Surgery and Implantology at the Univ. Of Frankfurt, Germany; former Professor of Implant Dentistry at the NYU;

Editorial Board Member: IJOMI, Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, J Prosthodontics, Implant Dentistry etc.; more than 200 publications and 3 books on Lasers and Immediate loading; over 500 presentations worldwide. Chairman of the North American Division of the World Federation of Laser Dentistry (WFLD)