19AAP-GS03: Use of Digital Design in Treatment Planning and Tissue Reconstruction

Monday, 2 – 4 p.m. Arie Crown Theater 

Tissue Engineering and Hard Tissue Reconstruction 

Moderator: Hom-Lay Wang 

Speakers: William V. Giannobile, Robert A. Horowitz, and Mark E. Wong 

Educational Objectives: 

• Show clinical and histologic results with bone replacement grafts, barriers, and growth-enhancing materials, bioactive whenever possible, for intraoral hard and/or soft tissue regeneration. 
• Propose methods where tissue engineering may be used to develop novel strategies for periodontology. Explain the principles of regenerative medicine including biologic scaffolds, cell therapies, growth factors, and the future of 3-D printing. 
• Discuss the advantages and limitations of tissue engineering using digital dentistry in today’s clinical practice, and what may be available in the near future for both implant dentistry and periodontics.