Short Implants: Myths, Reality, and Long-term Clinical Results

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
5:00 pm PST / 8:00 pm EST

This continuing education course will provide information about the clinical advantages of using short implants, that truly work without screws and the need for splinting. Doctor Speratti will explain how and why his undergraduate dental students for the past six years have not only placed and restored single units, but also multiple implants for full arch restorations. Each academic year his students successfully place and restore approximately 850 implants. Students can engage directly with Doctor Speratti to clarify anything he presented about the clinical benefits of using short implants either in a dental school or in a private practice setting.

Learning Objectives

After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify Patients Suitable for Short Implants: Understand the specific clinical requirements to place short implants.
• Place Short Implants Confidently: Gain clinical knowledge how to plan and place short dental implants.
• Restore Short Implants Without Screws: Learn restorative techniques that allow for the restoration of short implants without relying on screws.
• Recognize Short Implants as a Practice Builder: Understand how offering short implants can expand your treatment options, which will in turn expand your clinical practice.

This webinar is free to attend. We offer 1.0 CE for DOCS Members and Trial Members who attend the live presentation.

If you are not yet a Member but would like to earn the 1 CE for attending, as well as experience the many benefits of DOCS Membership, consider joining as a Trial Member for only $1.* There is no obligation or risk; cancel anytime.

About the Presenter(s):

Dr. Speratti graduated in 1994 from the Methodist University Dental School in São Paulo, Brazil. While in dental school, he attended an implant seminar, which sparked his clinical passion. Immediately after graduation, he enrolled in an implant specialty program, and graduated in the first graduating class for this specialty in Brazil.

After practicing for seven years in Brazil, Dr. Speratti relocated to Boston, Massachusetts. He became a Clinical Instructor at the Implant Dentistry Centre and Bicon Institute in Boston, where he has trained hundreds of clinicians worldwide in dental implant procedures.

Dr. Speratti returned to dental school and received his DMD degree from Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine in Arizona. While a student he instructed both his instructors and fellow students about the nuances of dental implants.

With over twenty years of clinical and teaching experience with dental implants, Dr. Speratti was invited to establish a unique undergraduate dental implant program at Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine in Illinois, where he currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor. He continues to lecture worldwide and has authored and contributed to research articles and is a co-author of “The Bicon Short Implant: A Thirty-Year Perspective”.

He is also a private practitioner in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

*Trial Membership Offer is open to dentists who have not participated in the Trial Membership program within the past two (2) years. After 60 days, if not cancelled, the Trial Membership will upgrade to a Standard Membership at $57.95/mo for a one-year commitment. Refer to terms of service for details.

 

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DOCS Education is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by the AGD for Fellowship/Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 09/17/2000 to 12/31/2026. Provider ID# 217651.