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WORLD CONFERENCE 2003 IN RETROSPECT

Science & Clinical Documentation of Immediate Function

Abstract
The early dental implant treatment protocols were based on the conception that an implant had to be integrated in bone prior to loading. However, an increasing number of publications and reports illustrate that one-stage surgery and immediate/early loading of dental implants can be successfully used in many indications.

This presentation focused on biological and biomechanical aspects of immediate/early loading and gave an overview of the clinical documentation. The influence of factors such as primary stability, bone quality, loading and surface modification on the clinical outcome of immediate loading were also discussed.

Lars Sennerby, DDS, PhD, Gothenburg, Sweden

Dr Sennerby graduated from the University of Gothenburg Faculty of Odontology, Sweden, with a DDS degree in 1986.

He received his training in dental implant surgery at the Brånemark Clinic in the Faculty of Odontology. In 1991 he defended his thesis "On the bone tissue reposne to titanium implants" for a Ph.D. degree.

In 1993 he was appointed Associate Professor at the Goteborg University of Gothenburg Faculty of Odontology and in 2000 was appointed as Professor in Experimental and Clinical Oral Implantology in the Department of Biomaterials, Institute for Surgical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Dr Sennerby is the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Reasearch, and a member of the European Academy of Osseointegration. Dr. Sennerby has lectured throughout the world and published extensively in the scientific literature on all aspects of implant dentistry.