Name: Introduction to Dental Implants for the General Practice Webinar Series [1] History of dental implants and the state of play
Start: 2026-03-25T13:21:40+13:00
End: 2026-03-25T13:21:40+13:00
Location: Introduction to Dental Implants for the General Practice Webinar Series [1] History of dental implants and the state of play

Over 17 million dental implants are placed annually around the world with the cumulative number of dental implants increasing every year. It is equally likely to examine a new patient and find a dental implant crown as it is a tooth supported crown. It is essential for the modern-day oral health professional to be able to triage patients for dental implant therapy. In addition, an understanding of the different treatment concepts available to our patients to achieve the ideal cosmetics, function and health with dental implants allows for comprehensive treatment planning. Finally, clinicians need to be able to provide regular maintenance to their patients’ implant and prosthesis. They also need to identify the common complications with dental implants and how urgently these need to be managed while referring the ones that cannot be managed in the GP setting.

Learning outcomes

- A brief history of endosseous dental implants. - The ideal dental implant patients and the not-so-great ones. - Key biological events of osseointegration and mucointegration. - Understand dental implant parts and componentry. - Limitations of dental Implants.

Speaker

Dr Sheng Zhang BDS, BOH, MDScPerio & Implants, GradDipOrtho, FRACDS, FIADE, FIDIA

Dr Sheng Zhang has completed a Bachelor of Oral health form University of Sydney and Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Adelaide where he was awarded the University Medal. He has a Graduate Diploma in Orthodontics from James Cook University and specialist postgraduate training in periodontics with a subspecialisation in implants from Spain. His practice is limited to periodontal disease management and implant rehabilitation of complex multidisciplinary cases. His passion for dental knowledge has seen him travel the world learning from the best clinicians in these fields. He is on a mission to bring this knowledge back to New Zealand to disseminate it to the wider dental community to ensure improved oral health outcomes for New Zealanders.