Eimear received her dental degree from University of Edinburgh. She has run her own private dental practice in Edinburgh for 25 years.

She has received her MFGDP and FFGDP from the Royal College of Surgeons London and her Diploma of Implant Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.  She is currently President of the ADI.

In 2014 Eimear won a UK business award from Software of Excellence as well as winning Best Overall Practice in Scotland. In 2015 her practice won Best Patient Care Award.

She is a KOL for Dentsply Sirona in the field of digital dentistry and implant dentistry. In her spare time she looks after her three daughters.  Her interests outside dentistry include hockey, sailing, skiing, reading and enjoying the great outdoors.

Qualifications: BDS MFGDP DipImpDent RCS Ed FFGDP

Three case studies providing a detailed overview of the use of a novel dental implant combined with alloplast GBR, immediate placement, and loading in the aesthetic zone. 

All three cases will present unique elements within the use of these protocols. For example, the first lower anterior tooth, the use after case work up apicectomies and cyst enucleation/GBR, and the use for a single central incisor.

Dominic O'Hooley qualified as a dentist in 1993 and has been placing and restoring implants since 2008. 

His peripatetic practice is limited to implants and he is particularly interested in immediate loading within the aesthetic zone, complex bone grafting cases, and sinus work.

He mentors nationally and has presented both nationally and internationally on a wide range of implant-related topics. 

Dominic is married to Rebecca with five children. 

Qualifications: FFGDP (UK), BDS, MFDS RCS (Eng), MFDS RCPS (Glasg)

Immediate molar placement was a myth over ten years ago - traditionally a delayed approach was taken with extraction followed by a plethora of socket preservation techniques which inevitably resulted in some degree of resorption which in turn led to requirements of sinus grafting or lifting. 

My presentation will explain the following: 

1) How implant design can allow for immediate molar placement with insertion through the optimal prosthetic position given the thread designs available today. 

2) A step-by-step surgical protocol to allow delegates to place immediate molar implants in the inter-septal bone and then stabilise this with precision within the socket. 

3) We will discuss various augmentation techniques and soft tissue colour and speak about the way we can command fibroblastic activity to close around our implants.

Dr Avik Dandapat completed his BDS from Birmingham University in 2001. After a short period in general practice, he embarked and attained a  membership of the general dental practice at the FGDP and completed a diploma in implant dentistry as well as a advanced certification in 2007. This was then followed by a Masters in Implant dentistry from the University of Leeds. 

Avik has been at an exclusively implant dentistry-based practice for the past 15 years and runs the Institute of Implant Dentistry in Berkshire. 

In total, Avik has placed and restored 4000 implants and his MSc thesis was focused on immediate replacement of teeth. Most of his work is immediate placement and advanced full arch rehabilitation cases. 

Qualifications: BDS (Birmingham), MFGDP(UK) RCS Eng, Dip.Imp.Dent RCS (Eng), Advanced.Cert.Imp RCS (Eng), MSc (Implant Dentistry)

Immediate placement with/without loading in anterior teeth including premolars has become a common practice. Momen et al in 2010 analysed that immediate placement with the loading of a single mandibular molar implant had no significant difference in it’s success when compared to the delayed approach. However, we don’t see this approach being used widely due to anatomical considerations like maxillary sinus, ID canal, root morphology, etc. Is there a place for immediate placement with loading in maxillary and mandibular molars with or without loading? What are the factors we need to consider? What protocol can we use? We need more consensus on these dilemmas and the ADI Members National Forum is a great platform to start this debate.

Choksi is a GDP based in Dalston (Hackney) and travels to Deal (Kent) and Hadleigh (Essex) to perform dental implant-related treatment. He mentors other GDPs at various locations placing implants. Choksi completed his undergraduate training back in India (2007) before coming to the UK to study a MSc in Dental Public Health (MSc DPH) at the Bart’s and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and Diploma in Dental Public Health (DDPH) at the Royal College of Surgeons in 2009. He started with implant dentistry in 2012 after attending a certificate course in Dental Implantology (Egypt) in 2012. In February 2014 he did his certification in Acupuncture in Dentistry (British Dental Acupuncture Society, 2014). In 2017, Choksi completed his Diploma in Implant Dentistry (FGDP, RCS, Eng). He has been trained at renowned institutes in the UK, Germany, Italy, and Spain. He was appointed as ‘UK- Local Advocate’ for the WeldOne Concept in October 2018.

Qualifications: BDS, MScDPH, DDPH RCS Eng, DipImpDent FGDP

This lecture aims to examine the concepts of immediate implant dentistry especially in the aesthetic zone and whether after more than two decades of this technique we are any closer to maintaining bone loss and soft tissue and having longer-term implant success.

Aims:

• To examine the current immediate implant placement techniques (Hard and soft tissue)
• To comment on the success of immediate loading concepts
• Is zero bone-loss concept: miracle or myth 
• Where do we go from here?

Objectives:

• To understand the aspects of immediate implant dentistry that are evidenced-based 
• To examine the importance of adjunctive supplementary procedures related to immediate implant dentistry that are fundamental to its long term success

Thomas Crawford-Clarke  is a general dentist with a special interest in orthodontics, minimally invasive dentistry, and implant dentistry.

After qualifying from Bristol in 2010, he obtained the Restorative Diploma from RCSeng and is due to sit the examinations for the Implant Diploma from RCSedin later this year.

His passion is cosmetic implant dentistry and works closely alongside Dr Fazeela Khan-Osbourne at the One to One Dental Clinic and he is a course tutor on the One to One Education programme.

He is an active member of the ADI, BAAD and sits on the education committee of the BACD.

He lives in West London with his wife and daughter (with a new arrival imminent).

Qualifications: BDS PG Dip Rest (RCSeng)

Fazeela is the founding clinician of the FACE implant multi- disciplinary team Harley Street, both surgical and restorative, for One to One Dental Clinic. 

After qualification, she held surgical posts in oral and maxillofacial surgery, before studying for a MSc in Restorative Dentistry/ Gerodontics (Distinction.) 

Her passion and special interest is in implant dentistry, particularly full arch rehabilitation of the maxilla and developing treatment modalities for peri-implantitis within clinical practice. 

She is Course Lead for the One To One Education Programme which is in its twentieth year.

A former Lead Tutor for the Royal College of Surgeons, (Diploma In Implant Dentistry) she lectures worldwide on implant dentistry and is an active member of the ADI, BAAD, ICOI. She works alongside Prof Marcus Abboud on the Post-Graduate Implant Programme at Stonybrook University (USA), and runs a joint programme in Muco-Gingival surgery with Prof Cristian Dinu (Romania). She lives in West London with her two children. 

Qualifications: MSc(Lon)BDS,LDS.RCS(Eng)BSc(Hons)Dip Imp Dent(RCS.Eng) Adv Cert.(RCS.Eng) DRDP FCOI

Platelet Rich Plasma has been used for many years in orthopaedic surgery, injected into osteoarthritic or traumatised joints to help patients accelerate their recovery.  A slight modification in the preparation of the patients’ blood has produced ‘Platelet Rich Fibrin’ (PRF), which has been used in dentistry for over twenty years.

This presentation will examine the advantages of complementing implant surgery with PRF.  From extraction sockets to immediate implants, bone grafting to sinus lift treatments, PRF has a part to play in aiding the healing and, in my opinion, making the actual surgery easier. 

The talk will focus on using PRF to make “sticky bone”, demonstrating the advantages in handling and healing with a case presentation. 

Yusuf Alshafi qualified from Guy’s, King’s, and St Thomas’ Dental Institute in 2007. After graduating he completed the prestigious two year General Professional Training programme, where he won the David Rule Memorial Prize. The programme included a Senior House Officer position at Guy’s Hospital in Oral Surgery and Restorative Dentistry. At the end of this, he completed examinations and was awarded Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons, at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. His passion and interest in dental implants lead him to complete an MSc in Oral Surgery and Dental Implantology.

Since 2010, he has completed numerous postgraduate courses in implant dentistry in the UK, US, and Europe and has developed his experience in the most advanced dental implant treatments and the latest techniques. 

Yusuf is currently working in multiple practices in London and the South East, with his time dedicated entirely to implant and oral surgery. He has now mentored a number of dentists starting out in the field of implant dentistry and thoroughly enjoys teaching a subject he is passionate about.

Qualifications: BDS (Lond) MFDS RCSEd MSc (Dental Implants)

As clinicians, we often use bone augmentation materials without considering what they are, how they work, and what we really want them to do for us? In a presentation combining clinical slides and animations, Nigel Jones will try to help us think about which of the many materials available to us will be most effective in achieving treatment aims, and whether they actually do what it says on the tin (or bottle).

Nigel Jones operates a referral practice in Abergavenny limited to the assessment, placement, and restoration of dental implants. He is also the cohort director for the FGDP Implant Diploma in both London and Hong Kong which extends his contact with friends and colleagues from the ADI. He is married to the lovely Sarah, and they have four children and two grandchildren. The South Wales police take a keen interest in his driving but are less impressed by his guitar-playing. 

Qualifications: BDS, DipImpDent RCS, FFGDP(UK), FDS RCS, MSc, FID

This presentation uses a literature review to investigate the viability of autologous tooth as a GBR material and its comparison with other existing biomaterials by assessing of their effect on bone augmentation and socket preservation.

This presentation will also look into:

1. Clinical implications: Benefits in implantology, oral surgery and periodontology
2. Comparison with other biomaterials such as synthetic, xenograft, allograft and autologous bone grafts: advantages and disadvantages
3. KometaBio Smart Dentin Grinder Protocol: learning curve, advantages and disadvantages, tips and tricks

Dr. Dipil Nathalal graduated in Egas Moniz Institute, Portugal in 2009, with a DDS and MSc in Dental Medicine.

In 2014, he also completed a three year international Masters programme in Implantology, which involved academic education and clinical experience in Universities and Hospitals in the Dominican Republic, France, Portugal and Spain. Since then, he has continued to complete further programmes in implants, oral surgery and restorative dentistry in the UK, Portugal and Ireland. 

In 2016 he enrolled in the MClinDent in Oral Surgery in London, graduating in 2019. He has voluntarily worked for several years as an Implant Surgeon and Clinical Researcher at Egas Moniz University Institute where so far, he has achieved three publications in the field of implant and oral surgery and continues to submit his work to scrutiny at international congresses.

Currently, he is starting the Master course in Periodontology in PerioCentrum Academy and University of Padova.

Qualifications: DDS, MSc, MClinDent (Oral Surg)

Digital technology has transformed implant treatment planning and has enhanced the accuracy of implant placement. Static guides provide a fixed pathway for site preparation. In contrast, dynamic navigation permits the surgeon to alter the position of the osteotomy away from the computer-generated planned position and to still monitor the site preparation in real-time in 3D.

This retrospective study reflects on implant site preparations by one operator since 2018 using dynamic navigation. Through studying recordings, it was possible to assess the endpoint proximity and angulation of osteotomy compared to the pre-treatment planned position. Data in the maxilla and the mandible, differing sites, healed and immediate cases, and where bone augmentation was adopted, had been examined.

The results demonstrate differing degrees of variation from the final drill position to the planned position. The explanation for elected and non-elected changes to the computer-generated treatment plan are discussed.

Having graduated from Manchester Dental School in 1985, David started placing dental implants in the year 2000. He was an early adopter of digital technology being the first dentist in the UK to purchase a 3D intraoral scanner, and in 2015 was the first in the UK to place implants using dynamic navigation. Since then, David has placed over 3500 implants using Navident, and as a Master Clinical Trainer has run many courses in dynamic navigation with delegates attending from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Having been the first surgeon in the world to carry out many different implants and endodontic procedures using dynamic navigation, David has had numerous case studies published globally. More recently, he has carried out reflective studies into behaviour patterns during implant site preparation and will present a discussion based on these findings at the 2021 ADI Members Forum.

Qualifications: BDS DPDS MScConSed

How do you maximise the value of your CBCT examination with some quick and inexpensive techniques? When do you need CBCT and when can you use conventional radiographs? What are the alternatives for imaging prior to dental implant placement and what do current guidelines say? What are the anatomical variations to look out for on our CBCT images? Andrew will address these questions and present some practice-friendly hints and tips for using CBCT effectively.

Andrew is in specialist practice in Manchester, UK.  Qualified in 1979, he is a fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and of England.  Andrew is an honorary research fellow of the University of Manchester with a special interest in imaging prior to dental implant placement.  He has published several papers on the impact of cone beam CT technology on treatment planning and patient outcomes and is a co-author of the FGDP(UK)’s selection criteria in Dental Radiography.

Qualifications: PhD MSc BDS MFGDP(UK) DPDS MGDS RCSEd FDS RCSEd FFGDP(UK) Dip Rest Dent RCS Eng

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of freehand (FH) and fully guided (FG) surgery on the accuracy of implants placed in close proximity to vital structures such as the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) using R2 Gate ® system. Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and intraoral scans of six patients who have had previous dental implants in the posterior mandible were used in this study, to produce replica models. Implants were placed using FG and FH methods on the respective models and the results were compared with 3D planned positions. The angular deviations were calculated and the distance to the IAN was measured. Whilst surgically acceptable overall accuracy was obtained with FH, better margin of error was observed with FG surgery with respect to the angular deviation and controlling the distance of the implant to the IAN using R2 Gate ® system.

Amit Mistry is a current ADI trustee and Northwest Representative.  He qualified from the University of Manchester in 2001 and has since attained an MSc in dental implantology with distinction from the University of Salford and the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh implant diploma.  

He is a full time dental implantologist with over 20 years’ experience in treating implant cases from single placements to full mouth cases involving zygomatic implants.  Amit regularly performs reconstructive grafting of both hard and soft tissue and is involved in research to find methods in improving outcomes using digital technology.

Amit has taught for many years and is very experienced in teaching dentists but mainly focuses on teaching and mentoring the more complexed treatments such as full arch reconstructions to experienced implantologists. 

Amit’s main focus is to reduce risk of complications by increasing the accuracy of implant surgical and restorative treatment using digital technology.

Qualifications: BDS, MSc Implant Dentistry, MFDS RCS Eng, Dip Imp Dent RCS Ed

Guided implant surgery is widely seen as the future of implant dentistry and is becoming increasingly accessible to practitioners of all levels of experience. The accuracy of digitally planning and surgery using static surgical guides has been proven time and time again in the literature even at this early stage in the adoption cycle.

Guided surgery is not without its drawbacks however, excess heat generation leading to bone necrosis, the misuse of the guides, or a myriad of intra-operative vicissitudes can lead to catastrophe.

I will present the findings of my systematic review, published in 2020 in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery to answer the question, do implants that are placed using a digitally-designed static surgical guide offer comparable survival rates to those placed by all methods?

Karl Walker-Finch qualified from the University of Liverpool in 2010 before undertaking a certificate in implant dentistry followed by a Master of Science in Dental Implantology with distinction in 2017.

Karl is a mentor and lecturer on the Masters in Dental Implantology programme at the University of Salford in association with ICE Postgraduate Dental Institute. Working in Huddersfield and Manchester, Karl’s practice is predominantly focused on dental implant and cosmetic dental treatments with a passion for enhancing patient care through digital technologies.

Qualifications: BDS, MSc Dental Implantology

However carefully you plan and perform your implant cases, we all come across unexpected problems. Some of these may be easy to fix - others may end up with you being heavily out of pocket or worse!

This presentation will show you lots of cases where things did NOT go according to plan and will explain how they happened, and how they were managed so that perhaps you can avoid them happening to you.

Bill Schaeffer is a doubly qualified specialist oral surgeon who has been doing full-time implant surgery for the last twenty years.  He works at two implant centres in Sussex and is now happy to talk about his many mistakes.

Qualifications: FDS RCS, MRCS

With increased litigation, it is important that our records are thorough, accurate and contemporaneous. Kiroku is an intuitive software which increases the time-efficiency of our clinical records, allowing us to get on with what we are trained to do, clinical dentistry. The ADI have collaborated with Kiroku and we have written templates for our ADI members, with the implant assessment template being free to all our members. This talk will demonstrate Kiroku and the implant assessment template.

Shushil’s practice is limited to Implant Dentistry. He runs two dental clinics in Maidstone and Chatham and is a committee member of the ADI. Shushil lectures for Osstem UK on their sinus grafting course with the use of the CAS and the LAS kit. He is passionate about dental technology and IT which relates to dental implantology. He understands the importance or good record keeping in Clinical Dentistry and has made Kiroku available to all his team. He has written the ADI kiroku scripts, of which the Implant Assessment script is free to all members.

Qualifications: BDS MFGDP DipImpDent RCS MSc (Implant Dentistry)

In 2019, thanks to years of encouragement from my ADI friends and colleagues, I left general practice to pursue a career dedicated to implant dentistry. Since then, I have travelled to different places (sometimes driving 200 miles a day) with all of my equipment. I have had to set up an implant workflow in practices that had never provided implants. I hope to share the lessons I learned about equipment, paperwork, staff training, colleague support, choosing a system - all of the things that I learned by trial and error! 

Aly Virani is a graduate of Cardiff University and holds a Diploma in Implant Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. His practice of dentistry is focused solely on the placement and restoration of dental implants.

Before leaving to dedicate all of his clinical time to implant dentistry in 2019, Aly previously spent five years working in Cardiff as a general dental practitioner with a particular interest in Implantology and Periodontology at a private specialist practice.

From 2013-2019, Aly also worked as a Clinical Research Fellow and a Clinical Lecturer at Bristol Dental Hospital, University of Bristol. He was also involved with undergraduate teaching and training of Periodontology and has assisted with practical instruction on the Masters Programme in Implantology.

Aly is currently an elected representative on the executive committee of the Independent Dental Association Wales and an ambassador for the Young ITI (International Team for Implantology). He currently holds a position on the board of directors of the Association of Dental Implantology (ADI), where he was the Welsh Representative from 2015-2017 and again in 2021. He is a Member of the Joint Dental Faculties of the Royal College of Surgeons (England) and remains an active member of the Association of Dental Implantology. He continues to lecture (and learn!) in the national forum.

Aly currently spends his time travelling between his newly acquired practice (North Cardiff Dental & Implants) and Portman’s Hereford Dental & Implant Clinic. 

Qualifications: BDS (Hons) MJDF RCS (Eng) Dip Imp Dent Ed