Irena Sailer
Management of Withe and Pink Esthetics - an interdisciplinary approach
- Prof. Dr. med. dent., Chair. Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, University of Geneva
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences, Robert Schattner Center, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (Head: Prof. Dr. M.B. Blatz)
- Dental education and Dr. med. dent. degree, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany, 1997/ 1998
- Assistant Professorship at the Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Sciences in Zurich, 2003. Associate Professor at the same clinic, 2010- present
- Visiting Scholar at the Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics, Dental College, New York University, USA, 2007
- Adjunct Associate Professorship at the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences, Robert Schattner Center, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, USA, 2009- present
- Head of the Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials at the University of Geneva, 2013- present
- Specialist for Prosthodontics (Swiss Society for Reconstructive Dentistry); Certificate of focussed activities in Dental Implantology (WBA) , Swiss Society for Dentistry
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Society of Reconstructive Dentistry; Member of the Swiss Leadership Team of the ITI (International Team for Implantology); Scientific Boards of the European Association of Osseointegration and the Swiss Society of Implantology
- Member of the Board of Directors of the EAO; Active Member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry; Active Fellow of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics
- Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Prosthodontics, 2019- present
- Author or co-author of more than 100 peer reviewed scientific manuscripts, 6 book chapters and the monograph “Color in dentistry – a clinical guide to predictable esthetics” together with Dr. Stephen Chu, Dr. Rade Paravina and Mr. Adam Mieleszko (Quintessence publishing)
- Several patents on esthetic coatings of dental/ medical devices and on a digital dental splint
Nationality: Switzerland
Scientific areas: Fixed prosthesis and biomaterials
19 of november, from 09h00 until 12h30
Auditorium A
Conference summary
The recent digital technology offers numerous new and efficient options for planning and conducting implant and restorative treatments.
Within digital dentistry cone beam CT scanning and optical impressionning are the first steps towards a digitalization of the patient’s intraoral situation.
The resulting digital files are then used for the virtual planning and guiding implant placement.
The main goal is to initially define and later on follow a systematic and evidence based treatment plan, in simple as well as more complex dental rehabilitations.
In the restorative phase digital dentistry is used to virtually design reconstructions, which thereafter can be milled out of prefabricated blanks of different materials with aid of CAD/CAM systems.
Evenmore, these CAD/CAM reconstructions can either be made in a centralized production facility or chair-side in the dental office.
A high number of studies has demonstrated good accuracy of the current subtractive manufacturing, i.e. the computer-aided milling or the grinding of ingots. More recently, additive procedures have been introduced.
Stereolithography, laser sintering or printing of materials like wax, resins or metals has shown to be even more efficient than the subtractive manufacturing.
Finally, the “digital workflow“ and the associated additive procedures, is not only interesting for the planning and fabrication of implant reconstructions but also for a better patient/dentist communication.
As an example, 3D prosthetic diagnostic files of digital wax-ups or set-ups may be printed out of resin and used for try-in in the clinical situation.
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