Event Date: February 12, 2025

Recovering Lost Ground:
 Uncovering the Essentials?

When we are faced with a failing dentition in the esthetic zone, extractions and implant placement may lead to changes that alter the esthetic result—thus, the path to successful restorations can be daunting and extremely complex. In this anterior esthetic case dilemma, participants will be challenged on their basic understanding of the biological and prosthetic factors necessary to achieve a successful functional and esthetic treatment outcome.

During this session, designing a predictable treatment plan will be contingent upon determining:

• If (and how many) teeth should be extracted.

• If pre-surgical treatments will be needed to enhance the surrounding structures.

• How lost supporting structures will be replaced.

• What important factors need to be addressed to increase the chances of a successful outcome with dental implant placements.

• Prosthetic considerations to enhance the overall esthetic appearance.

• What restorative materials will be used.

  Upon completion of this session, attendees should be able to:

• Outline through different treatment possibilities for complex cases in the esthetic zone.

• Understand the importance of the soft tissue-restorative interphase when treating in the esthetic zone.

• Recognize important prosthetic considerations that can increase treatment predictability.

  Dr Jonathan Esquivel is employed at LSUHSC School of Dentistry and received honorarium from Zimmer Biomet and Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.

About Dr. Esquivel:

Dr Jonathan Esquivel is a second- generation dentist. He received his DDS at Universidad Americana in his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua. Upon graduating from dental school, he joined his father’s practice. After four years of practice, he realized he had a passion for prosthetics, and decided to pursue specialty training in prosthodontics at the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry. After graduating from his prosthodontics residency in 2013, he continued his training in esthetics and surgical implants with a fellowship at LSU. As an educator he has won numerous awards, including the excellence in teaching award, along with being named an honorary faculty member in the C. Edmund Kells Honorary Society. Dr Esquivel is currently an assistant professor for the department of prosthodontics at Louisiana State University, where he teaches both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, serving as clinical director of implant dentistry for prosthodontics residents.