Peri-implant disease – monitoring, maintenance and prevention

In this webinar we will look at how to spot the signs of the two main peri-implant diseases. We will look at implant monitoring and maintenance in general practice and we will consider prevention of peri-implant disease at a patient and practice level.

Aims

Understand the two main peri-implant diseases
Effective monitoring of dental implants
Understand how we can maximise our chances of preventing peri-implant diseases.

Following this webinar attendees will

Be able to describe the two main peri-implant diseases
Be confident to monitor dental implants in their practice
Able to advise patients on prevention of peri-implant disease and the reasons why it is so important.

Speaker: Ian Dunn

Ian qualified from Leeds in 1998 and went into general practice in the North West. In 2001 he was awarded Membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practice. In 2002 he joined the teaching staff at Liverpool Dental Hospital in the Periodontology Department where he became the Undergraduate Teaching Lead in Periodontics and a Senior Clinical Teacher in Periodontics, a role he held for 5 years until leaving that position in 2018. In 2010 he completed his MSc in Periodontology and in 2013 he was admitted to the GDC Specialist List in Periodontics. Ian is the Perio Lead for the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners and runs their short course in Periodontics and leads the Perio components of the FGDP Restorative Diploma. Ian spends three days a week in private practice in the North West of England where he takes referrals for all aspects of Periodontology. He is the British Society of Periodontology regional representative for Merseyside and Cheshire, and serves on their Council as Commercial Liaison Officer. In 2014 he was also elected to the BSP Faculty.

Dr. Ian Dunn

BChD MFGDP MSc (Perio)