Southwest Specialty Group Dental Implant Summit 2024
February 23 – 24, 2024 | Winnipeg Art Gallery – 300 Memorial Blvd, Winnipeg, Manitoba
CE Credits:
The event is offered by the Canadian Dental Institute (CDI), providing 9 CE hours.
Net proceeds from the Winter Implant Summit will be donated in support of the University of Manitoba Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry’s New Building Fund, for the benefit of the dental profession.
Register now for the most comprehensive dental implant summit ever organized in Western Canada.
Welcome to the SSG Dental Implant Summit, where innovation, expertise, and collaboration converge to advance the field of dental implantology. We would be thrilled to have you join this gathering of distinguished professionals, researchers, and industry leaders – all sharing a common commitment to excellence in oral health. Joining us are three internationally renowned speakers from Germany and the UK that headline the most comprehensive dental implant summit ever organized in Western Canada.
Register today – attendance numbers are limited.
February 23 – 24, 2024 | Winnipeg Art Gallery – 300 Memorial Blvd, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Summit Schedule
Friday, February 23
07:00 – 08:30 | Breakfast at the WAG
08:30 – 10:00 | Lecture – Dr. Mischa Krebs & Dr. Pablo Hess
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break at the WAG
10:30 – 12:00 | Lecture – Dr. Mischa Krebs & Dr. Pablo Hess
12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 | Lecture – Dr. Anastasia Cholakis
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break at the WAG
15:30 – 17:00 | Lecture – Dr. Jose Viquez
18:30 – 22:00 | Cocktails and Dinner – Rae and Jerry’s Steak House – 1405 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Saturday, February 24
07:00 – 08:30 | Breakfast at the WAG
08:30 – 10:00 | Lecture – Dr. Martin Wanendeya
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break at the WAG
10:30 – 12:00 | Lecture – Dr. Martin Wanendeya
12:00 – 13:30 | Closing Remarks
Tuition and Dinner Costs
Tuition for 2 day event: $495 CAD (Dentist), $345 (Denturist), $245 CAD (Hygienist/Assistant/Staff)
No registration fee for 4th Year Dental Students and Residents. Saturday, February 24 event only. Friday, February 23 dinner optional, but not included.
Friday evening dinner at Rae and Jerry’s Steakhouse – $125 CAD per person (optional and guests are welcome)
Registration is now open
For more information about the summit or to register/pay over the phone, please call us at 204-488-4564 extension 3, during regular business hours.
Summit Speakers and Presentations
Dr. Mischa Krebs + Dr. Pablo Hess
Immediacy Today – Straight Forward Workflows for Immediate Loading from Single-tooth to Full Arch
Osseointegration with dental implants has initially been published in 1969, nearly 55 years ago, and later been established as one of the standard procedures for the reconstruction of edentulous arches, partly edentulous areas and single tooth gaps.
During this long time period a continuous evolution of treatment concepts has been taking place, all basing on the same basic techniques already developed in the 1960s.
New digital technologies allow for completely new workflows from single tooth to full arch reconstructions. Besides a significant reduction of treatment time these workflows can help to make the dream of minimal invasive surgery possible and, most important, improve the treatment outcome, both aesthetically and functionally.
FRIDAY 8:30 – 10:00 | FRIDAY 10:30 – 12:00
DR. MISCHA KREBS BIO: Frequent lectures nationally as well as internationally on oral surgery and implant dentistry. Author of national and international scientific publications.
DR. PABLO HESS BIO: Pablo Hess is oral surgeon. He is assistant professor at the department of oral surgery and implantology of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt and also partner at the centre of oral competence Dres. Kempf & Dr. Hess. His research and passion deals with different loading times as early and immediate loading as well as aesthetic results in implant dentistry.
Dr. Martin Wanendeya
Using Digital Technology to Achieve the Optimal Pink and White Aesthetics in Implant Dentistry. From Single Teeth to Full Arches.
When the pink-and-white balance in implant dentistry is in harmony, any restoration can disappear into the mouth and look lifelike. But implant dentistry faces a unique challenge in achieving this because, on the extraction of any tooth, the hard and soft tissue will remodel, usually with resorption. This makes preservation and reconstruction of the hard and soft tissue, to recreate the ideal balance, a fundamental pillar in implant aesthetics.
This lecture will examine strategies to preserve and augment hard and soft tissue and the prosthetic steps to create an ideal pink-and-white balance in single teeth and full arches.
Aims and objectives.
- Present some strategies for planning optional pink and white aesthetics for single teeth, multiple teeth, and full arches.
- Understand the decision-making around preservation vs reconstruction in implant dentistry.
- Learn how to use digital technology to optimise aesthetic outcomes.
SATURDAY 8:30 – 10:00 | SATURDAY 10:30 – 12:00
BIO: Martin graduated from the University of Bristol in 1995 and has been a partner at Ten Dental, a specialist referral practice in Clapham, south London, since 2004. His focus at the practice is on implant and Aesthetic Dentistry.
He holds the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Periodontics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a lecturer in the Master in Aesthetics program at the University of Frankfurt. Martin has received the advanced-level Diploma in Implant Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons, England, and is also a tutor on the same program. He is a full member of the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry.
He has co-authored a chapter on FP1 full arch prosthetics in the book “Graftless Solutions for the Edentulous Patient”, published by Springer. Martin’s expertise extends to digital implant dentistry and smile design, and he has delivered international lectures on all aspects of implant dentistry.
Dr. Anastasia Cholakis
DENTAL IMPLANTS FOR LIFE- 25-year retrospective on how to address implant complications
Dental implant treatment is currently prevalent around the world. There have been significant efforts, in the last several years, to ensure an increase in the longevity and biocompatibility of this treatment modality. Today, more than ever, most dental practices are treating and maintaining patients with dental implants. This presentation will assist oral healthcare providers to:
1) Diagnose peri-implant diseases.
2) Utilize a treatment algorithm to select the most appropriate therapeutic intervention.
3) Review long term outcomes of peri-implantitis surgical therapies.
4) Customize supportive peri-implant care.
FRIDAY 13:30 – 15:00
BIO: Dr. Anastasia Kelekis-Cholakis obtained her BA in 1988 and her DMD and Diploma in Periodontics from the University of Manitoba in 1992 and 1998. She was the founder of Southwest Specialty Group and the Canadian Dental Institute (CDI) and has practiced periodontics for the last 26 years. Dr. Kelekis-Cholakis was the Division Head of Periodontics and the Director of the Graduate Periodontal Program at the University of Manitoba from 2011-2019. She is currently serving as the Dean of the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry.
She has chaired and been a member of numerous committees within the University of Manitoba, provincially and nationally.
Dr. Kelekis-Cholakis is a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and a member of the Canadian and American Academy of Periodontists and the Canadian Dental Association; she was elected to the Pierre Fauchard Academy in 2017 and the International College of Dentists in 2019. She is also the founder of the Women’s Dental Network and a member of WISDOM (Women In Science, Development, Outreach and Mentorship) a University of Manitoba initiative to support women in science.
She lectures nationally and internationally, has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited and co-authored a book on peri-implant complications.
Dr. Jose Viquez
Designing Dental Implant Restorations
In this presentation the prosthetic design for different dental implant restorations will be reviewed.
The presentation will focus on digital restorative workflows and material selection for single and multiple unit restorations. The importance of proper restorative design will be reviewed considering the impact on long term success from a mechanical and biological perspective.
FRIDAY 15:30 – 17:00
BIO: Winnipeg Prosthodontist Dr. Jose Viquez earned his DDS degree from Universidad Latina de Costa Rica in 2010. After joining his father in private practice for a brief period, Dr. Viquez decided to pursue his advanced training in Prosthodontics. In 2014 he received a Certificate in Advanced Prosthodontics after completing a three year residency program at Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, where he had the opportunity to work with multiple implant systems. In 2015 he completed the Surgical Dental Implant and Esthetic Dentistry Fellowship Program in the Department of Prosthodontics at Louisiana State University School of Dentistry. Dr. Viquez is a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentist of Canada.
Your ultimate winter destination.
When you come to visit for the Implant Summit, why not build in some extra time to take in many of our winter activities? Visit the world famous Festival du Voyageur (February 16-25), the Human Rights Museum, The Forks with skating, sledding and more, or visit The Leaf at Assiniboine Park – Winnipeg’s newest attraction. For more information on Winnipeg and it’s events and attractions, visit Tourism Winnipeg.
