Kara lectures at the Association of Dental Implantology

Kara, one of our lead nurses at The Implant Centre had glowing acclaim at the national meeting of the Association of Dental Implant Implantology...

We are very proud to announce that Kara, one of our lead nurses at The Implant Centre had glowing acclaim at the national meeting of the Association of Dental Implant Implantology.  This is a huge forum to present to for a first lecture and Kara showed amazing confidence throughout.

Kara chose to present on a personally fascinating topic - ‘Sinus lifts’. Kara’s presentation was outstanding. She had captured her audience immediately with her excellent knowledge of what the sinuses are and why sinus augmentation would be required. We were shown excellent slides of the anatomy of the sinus area. Kara discussed in detail two different types of sinus augmentation that are carried out, lateral sinus augmentation and internal sinus augmentation. The advantages and disadvantages were described in great detail, with Kara leading on to an overview of both procedures.

At this point we were shown periapical radiographs of an upper premolar region, which had 4mm of bone present, she then explained how the implant was placed simultaneously with the sinus augmentation.

She also showed photographs of a typical tray set up for a sinus procedure, and then described what each instrument was for – which I am sure nurses who are not familiar with this type of procedure would have found hugely beneficial.