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Saturday, April 13 2024
Stereophotogrammetry: an essential tool for the digital workflow in multi-unit implant restorations.
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
- HYATT REGENCY GALLERIA HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056 | ROOM TBD
Workshop Description:
This presentation will discuss the latest advances in digital impression systems for multiple dental implants. Several techniques, available software, and hardware will be discussed. We will emphasize the digital workflow for multi-unit implant restorations, utilizing the PIC system. In addition, we will describe the possible options for the implementation of stereophotogrammetry systems in the dental practice.
Course Objectives:
- Reviewing the evolution of stereophotogrammetry in implant dentistry.
- Discussing the different systems in the market, and making an evidence based assessment of their properties, costs and ease of use.
- Discussing how are the images in the PIC system captured and how are these imported to the Exocad Software.
- Explaining the role of the practitioner, surgeon and lab technician in the PIC digital workflow.
- Demonstrate, through a hands on exercise, how the system works. Live experience using the system.
Dr. Sergio Ortegon DDS, MS
Dr. Ortegon is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, a Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontics, and a Maxillofacial Prosthodontist. He graduated from the Universidad Javeriana in Bogota-Colombia in 1998. He completed residencies in; Advanced Education in General Dentistry and Prosthodontics and a Masters in Dental Science at the University of Connecticut Health Science Center. In addition, he did a fellowship in Maxillofacial Prosthetics at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He is currently an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Texas School of Dentistry-Houston and a clinical consultant for the Texas Children’s Hospital Department of Plastic Surgery. He is also the president of the American College of Prosthodontics-Houston Chapter. Dr. Ortegon has published in peer-reviewed specialty journals and lectures locally and internationally. He has a private practice limited to his specialty and subspecialty in Bellaire, TX.