23AAP-AAPF1: AAP Foundation Future Horizons in Periodontology

Speakers: Shayan Barootchi and David T. Wu

This session will consist of two speakers that will share and discuss emerging science to promote new functional bone regeneration. The speakers are faculty and practitioners who have benefited from American Academy of Periodontology Foundation initiatives. Each speaker will give a 20-minute presentation, followed by five-minutes for discussion.

Educational Objectives:
• Review the role of biomaterial mechanical properties on tuning stem cell behavior.
• Understand the effect of hydrogel viscoelasticity on modulating MSC spheroid migration, fusion and differentiation for bone formation.
• Recognize the in vivo application of viscoelastic biomaterials for dental, oral, and craniofacial tissue regeneration.
• Conceptualize and discuss traditional immediate implant placement into fresh extraction sockets, and management of local tissues at the time of procedure.
• Recognize what we have recently learned throughout longitudinal research of implants with novel technologies.
• Learn how the peri-implant phenotype and tissue perfusion relate to long-term outcomes and stability of adjacent tissues.
• Dive into the relationship between patient-perceived esthetics & implant health.