Technology has allowed dental implants to be more accessible to patients, which can improve their oral health. As oral health care practitioners, Hygienists play a pivotal role in maintaining implants. Fundamental knowledge of implant components, mechanism and debridement materials are central for achieving comprehensive and individualized patient care. For clinicians involved with the process of care module- ADPIE; assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate, in providing comprehensive care for implants.

Learning objectives:

• Assess: Describe the 2018 AAP peri-implant classifications
• Diagnose: Identify health, peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis.
• Plan: Identify risk assessments associated with implants.
• Implement: Describe GBT and debridement for healthy and diseased implants.
• Evaluate: Identify referral and recall intervals for the healthy and compromised implants.
• Understand the concept of symbiosis and dysbiosis of the oral microbiome
• Learn to create effective patient care plans
• Integrate air-pressure technology and powders into clinical protocols
• Evidence inform decisions with air-pressured technologies
• List and describe mechanical interventions that combat mature biofilms
• Learn the concepts of guided biofilm therapy


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