FORAMEN dental magazine 1. Cirurgia | Page 18

„ Today the surgical trend is minimal invasivity and micro-surgery. the soft and hard tissue in all the cases in the level of their knowledge and their expertise on intheir private practice in a predictable way novations. in order to get optimal and stable esthetic results. FCDM – How crucial is for the dental practice the use of magnification? FCDM - How do you see Europe concerning the scientific development in compa- FA – Today the surgical trend is minimal invasivity and micro-surgery. This requires special instruments rison with the United States? and magnification in order to apply the most innovaFA – I travel quite often world-wide to tive techniques. give lectures and I realize that the level of implant dentistry in Europe is at the cut- FCDM – How complex and detailed is becoming denting-edge reguarding esthetic and new te- tal surgery? chnologies and more and more European speakers are invited to lecture in the most FA – I don’t think that is becoming complex, actually important meetings around the world for we are shifting toward simplified techniques that can My advice is not to jump immediately in the world of implant dentistry because it can badly burn back;„ be easily applied in anybody’s hands. There is a tendency to spread implant dentistry to the general dentists as well as the specialists. But there is definitely much more attention to details in terms of achieving optimal esthetics and minimize patient discomfort and shorten the treatment time. FCDM - Do you have any advice for those who are about to start in the implantology world? FA – My advice is not to jump immediately in the world of implant dentistry because it can badly burn back; but to prepare them- selves with high level training following FCDM - How different is implantology regarding to the lectures and hands-on courses in order to various countries you have visited? achieve a complete formation on the field. FA - Globalization today applies to science as well FCDM - What challenges will the younger any other topics, but there are still countries that follow a more conservative approach or prefer specific colleagues face? clinical protocols. FA – Too often the market pushes toward fast and apparently easy treatment, This That is why exchanging informations with internatiocan foul the practitioners that are starting nal meetings and courses are so important to attend their carreer. It is fundamental to unders- in order to expand our own view in the field of imtand that there is a learning curve that ta- plant dentistry. kes time to be completed. The challenging cases should be handle by expert hands otherwise failures or disaster results may happen.