Implant event
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Anthony Summerwill was the main attraction at a recent implant event at Edinburgh’s Scotch Whisky Experience
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most clini- cians will tell you that whisky and dentistry
shouldn’t mix, but it proved a perfect match for those attending the recent ‘Evening with Anthony Summerwill’. The Birmingham-based specialist dentist was the main speaker at the BioHorizons event at The Scotch Malt Whisky Experience, Edinburgh. Anthony was appointed as
a consultant at Birmingham Dental Hospital in 2001 where he focuses on the rehabilitation of adult cleft lip and palate patients and young adults with congenital hypodontia. He is part of the regional multi- disciplinary cleft lip and palate team based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and is also an honorary senior clinical lecturer at Birmingham University. His private practice at
The Westbourne Centre in Birmingham covers all aspects of integrated restorative management. This includes fixed and removable prostho- dontics and implant-based treatments. He advocates inter- disciplinary care to achieve the best treatment outcomes. Anthony lectures in implants
nationally and internationally and is a member of the ITI education group. He is a fellow of the International Team for Oral Implantology and a board member of the International Academy of Oral and Facial Rehabilitation. The University of Wales
Graduate told the Edinburgh meeting “the most critical thing
about implant placement is the depth of the implant”. He also stressed the importance of eval- uating risk, saying: “One thing I tell everyone at the dental school is to assess risk – it can get you out of a lot of holes.” He discussed vertical offset
and horizontal offset and the technique of platform switching in order to preserve alveolar bone levels around implants, before looking at the benefits of BioHorizons’ Laser-Lok implant system – the only surface treatment to be approved by the FDA to be shown to attract a true, physical connective tissue attachment. Anthony was followed
on to the podium by three Ayrshire-based clinicians, all proponents of the Laser-Lok implant. Dundee graduate Donald Morrison owns Quad- rant Dental Practice, Ayr. He completed vocational training at the John Radcliff hospital in Oxford then ran his own London dental practice, selling it in 2007 to return to Scotland. Donald introduced Glasgow
graduate Scot Muir from Love Your Smile Dental Care, Prest-
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Peter Byrne talked about a few of his own cases
wick. Scot studied at the Royal College of Surgeons in England and gained a Masters in Implan- tology at Warwick University. He was followed by Donald’s
associate Peter Byrne, another Glasgow graduate who is final- ising a masters in aesthetic implant dentistry. All three presented Laser-Lok system cases and took part in a lively discussion with the 20-strong audience then embarked on a private whisky tour and dinner courtesy of BioHorizons.
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