The Digital Journey 2018 1 – 2 June, Copenhagen | Page 7

The Digital Journey
Digital Socket Shield
Technique
Saturday, 2 June
13:45 – 16:45
Dr. Francisco Teixera Barbosa
Socket shield is a treatment option not yet validated in the
long term in the scientific literature. So far, all the publications
reported are cases with an analogical workflow.
During this lecture, the technique using digital scanning
will be explained and the advantages of performing
this technique with digital impressions and CAD/CAM
restorations.
You will learn:
• What happens after an extraction.
• What kind of techniques can be performed using a PET
(Partial Extraction Technique) protocol.
• The advantages of using digital tools in a socket shield approach.
• How to use the technique step-by-step.
About the speaker
Dr. Francisco Teixera Barbosa
his post-graduation studies in Oral Implantology at Santiago
de Compostela University, Santiago, Spain in 2005. He continued
his education at Escuela Superior de Implantologia in Barcelona
and as a dentist at the Maxillofacial department of Hospital del Mar
in Barcelona. At the same time, he started his private practice and finished
his degree in Advanced Oral Implantology at the Loma Linda University, LA,
USA. He lectures all around Spain, Portugal and Italy and participates
in many research protocols.