AAOMS 103rd Annual Meeting Nashville Sept. 30–Oct. 2, 2021
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AAOMS 103rd Annual Meeting · Nashville, Tenn. · Sept. 30–Oct. 2, 2021
Vol. 5, No. 1
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It’s showtime!
By today Staff
n
Welcome to the 103rd AAOMS
Annual Meeting, Scientific Sessions
and Exhibition, being held in conjunction with the Canadian Association
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
(CAOMS). For the next several days,
you have the opportunity to explore
the newest technology and learn from
some of the world’s top clinicians.
If you want to identify emerging
issues and trends in oral and maxillofacial surgery and to be on the
forefront of research and innovation,
you’re in the right place.
Fittingly, the theme of this year’s
meeting is “Ensuring Our Future
Through Wellness and Diversity.” And
here in Nashville, you can find support, guidance and leadership opportunities by rubbing elbows with peers
and mentors.
Attendees stroll through the exhibit hall of the 2019 AAOMS Annual Meeting, Scientific Sessions and Exhibition, held in
Boston. This year, the AAOMS is back with an in-person meeting and a virtual option. (Photos/today Staff file photos)
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see SHOWTIME, page 3
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Womens Leadership Initiative is formed
n A Womens Leadership Initiative
has been launched to empower future
female oral and maxillofacial surgeon
leaders and increase the pool of OMS
speakers.
The new endeavor is supported by
AAOMS and other organizations.
Through an online platform, the
initiative aims to connect academic
speakers and OMS event planners.
Those interested can add their infor-
mation to a searchable, protected
database to discover speaking and
mentoring opportunities.
Other benefits include developing
mentorships and improving skills
through a speaker training program.
The independent, complimentary
database aims to increase the num-
ber of female OMS speakers, but the
database and related programs are not
limited by gender.
Registration and more information
are available at OMSWLI.com.
(Sources: AAOMS and Womens
Leadership Initiative)
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AAOMS Annual Meeting, Sept. 30–Oct. 2, 2021
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Wittich is new executive
director of AAOMS
By AAOMS Staff
n The American Association of Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS)
named Karin Wittich, CAE, its new
executive director. The appointment
took effect June 1.
Wittich had served as AAOMS
associate executive director of practice management and governmental
affairs since 2004.
Wittich also will serve as executive director of the OMS Foundation.
“With her impressive experience
at AAOMS and past history working
in oral and maxillofacial surgery
(OMS) offices, Karin brings extensive
knowledge to the position of executive director,” said AAOMS President
B.D. Tiner, DDS, MD, FACS. “She maintains productive, collaborative relationships with allied organizations,
dental specialty organizations and
other key strategic partners and has
been heavily involved in our advocacy efforts, helping ensure issues
important to the specialty are discussed and signed into law. We look
forward to her accomplishments as
AAOMS executive director.”
Wittich, of Elgin, Ill., joined
AAOMS as manager of the practice
management department in 1999. Her
Karin Wittich, the new executive
director of the American Association
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
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team’s major projects have included
implementation of online learning
and webinars, development of the
OMS Quality Outcomes Registry
(OMSQOR) to collect data from OMS
practices and the Dental Anesthesia Assistant National Certification
Examination (DAANCE) program as
well as increasing the number of
practice management and coding
educational offerings. In addition,
she has managed all state and federal
government affairs activities, including Day on the Hill, and has served as
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Meeting Daily Vol. 5 appears during
the AAOMS 103rd Annual Meeting,
Scientific Sessions and Exhibition in
Nashville, Tennessee, from
Sept. 30–Oct. 2, 2021.
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The exhibit hall is filled with specialty-related products and services
from 100-plus exhibitors. The show
floor is open Thursday and Friday
from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and Saturday
from 9 to 11 a.m.
Eat, drink and be
industry-educated
Held right on the show floor, “Lunch
and Learn,” “Breakfast and Learn”
and “Snack and Learn” sessions provide opportunities for oral and maxillofacial surgeons and members of
their staff to discover the features,
value and benefits of exhibitor products. Food and beverage will be
served for those in attendance.
In addition, various industry symposiums offer a unique opportunity
to learn about the latest research and
developments significant to the OMS
specialty.
For those who are not able to attend
in person, the 2021 AAOMS Annual
Meeting is offering a virtual exhibit
Attendees engage in an educational
course during the 2019 annual meeting.
This year, attendees can join ‘Lunch and
Learn,’ ‘Breakfast and Learn’ and ‘Snack
and Learn’ sessions right on the exhibit
hall floor.
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hall, available at www.aaoms.org.
Educational tracks
This year’s annual meeting clinical
tracks cover the entire scope of OMS
practice, allowing a full emersion
in the latest research. With the new
format, attendees can participate in
two clinical tracks per day.
New this year, each track features
a one-hour session presenting a “hot-
secretary to OMSPAC. Involved with
the OMS specialty for more than 30
years, she received AAOMS honorary
fellowship in 2017.
Previous to AAOMS, Wittich was
a practice administrator at two OMS
offices in suburbs of Chicago, where
she was responsible for all operational and accounting activities. She
became a certified association executive in 2013.
“I am proud to begin the next chapter of my professional career serving
as the executive director of AAOMS
and, alongside my colleagues and the
members we serve, will continue to
advance the mission of the organization,” Wittich said. “I am grateful to
my mentors and friends who have
inspired and supported me over the
last 30-plus years.”
The AAOMS Executive Director
Search Committee unanimously
approved the appointment in March
after interviewing five high-profile
health care executive candidates.
Wittich replaces Scott Farrell,
MBA, CPA, who retired after five
years as executive director. Previously, he had been AAOMS chief
financial officer and associate executive director of business and operations for 18 years.
off-the-press” JOMS article published
in 2021. In addition, to bring more
high-level evidence to each track,
expert speakers and oral abstracts —
which were previously held in their
own sessions — are being added to
a two-hour plenary session before
a question-and-answer session with
the speakers.
The track topics are as follows:
anesthesia, cosmetic, dental implant,
dentoalveolar, head and neck, orthognathic, OSA, pathology, pediatrics
and cleft, reconstruction, TMJ and
trauma.
Most educational sessions and the
exhibition are taking place at Music
City Center. The Omni Nashville Hotel
is hosting the keynote lecture, opening ceremony, awards presentation
and meeting dedication, welcome
reception and select educational sessions and social functions.
Check your show guide, www.
eventscribe.net/2021/AAOMS-Annual
or the official meeting app for information on specific educational sessions.
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X-Nav achieves a milestone
with its navigation system
By X-Nav Technologies Staff
n More than 150,000 dental implants
have been surgically placed using
X-Guide® Dynamic 3D Navigation — a
system designed to assist dental surgeons in achieving more accurate and
less invasive dental implant results
than freehand surgery.
The announcement was made
recently by X-Nav Technologies, the
company behind the system. X-Nav is
a medical device company that develops surgical products for the dental
market that advance patient care
while improving doctor productivity.
According to the company, the
X-Guide surgical implant navigation
system has been eagerly accepted by
the dental community. Its success can
be attributed to remarkable ease-ofuse and seamless integration into the
fully digital surgical and prosthetic
workflow, the company said.
“We are proud of our customers
for believing this is the best technology for their practice and opting
to offer the capabilities of X-Guide
surgical navigation to their patients,”
said Edward Marandola, president
of X-Nav Technologies. “The significance of this growth shows that not
only does X-Guide surgical navigation
have a place in today’s dental implant
practice, but that the technology is
utilized regularly to improve patient
care.”
The X-Guide system is being used
in more than 40 countries to offer
patients a minimally invasive option
for dental implant surgeries. It is
designed to assist dental surgeons on
a broad range of clinical implant procedures, from a single tooth replacement to full-arch mouth reconstruction.
Dental implants can be navigated
more precisely with the X-Guide system, which plays a key role in the
functional outcome of the procedure,
as well as facilitating more immediate esthetic and restorative success,
according to the company. The benefits of more accurate placement to
both the surgeon and the patient are
profound, the company said.
The X-Guide Dynamic 3D Navigation system allows the surgeon to
digitally plan the ideal treatment and
then provides turn-by-turn guidance
of the handpiece to that target during
live surgery — like GPS for the dental
drill, the company said.
Dentists around the world embrace advanced surgical navigation technology to deliver more accurate and less invasive
dental implants to patients. (Photos/Provided by X-Nav Technologies)
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“It is exciting to see the global
dental community embrace X-Guide
Dynamic 3D Navigation so enthusiastically over the past few years,”
Marandola said. “We look forward to
continuing the momentum by driving
innovative and useful advancements
to the technology that will further
enhance patient care and doctor productivity.”
Here in Nashville
For more information on X-Nav
Technologies and clinical applications
of dynamic navigation, stop by booth
No. 456, visit www.X-NavTech.com or
call (855) 475-9628.
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The most versatile barrier membrane
for oral/maxillofacial applications
By Ashley Ali, director of education
and training, Snoasis Medical
n While placental tissues have been
used in medical procedures for more
than 100 years,1,2 Snoasis Medical
established their use in dentoalveolar
applications in 2007.
Snoasis Medical’s placental tissue
membrane, BioXclude®, is a versatile, deepithelialized amnion-chorion
membrane that provides full barrier function with inherent bioactive
growth factors and signaling molecules to promote healing.3
Placental-derived tissues are
immunoprivileged,4 alleviating concerns for rejection or adverse reaction. Additionally, amnion-chorion
allograft membranes have been
shown to have potent antimicrobial
properties,5,6 making them ideally
suited for surgical procedures in
oral and maxillofacial environments.
Together, these properties make
BioXclude the superior barrier membrane option.
Anthony Del Vecchio, DDS, a diplomate of the American Board of Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgeons, has fully
adopted BioXclude as the best and
most versatile patient option for his
private practices in New York.
Three of Del Vecchio’s BioXclude
cases are described.
In Case 1, BioXclude is left exposed
as a barrier in a typical atraumatic
extraction with site preservation.
BioXclude is only required to be
tucked under the gingival margin,
eliminating the need for flap elevation. It may safely touch tooth and
root surfaces, implant surfaces and
exposed nerves, making trimming
unnecessary. Accelerated post-operative healing is observed at only four
days, with decreased pain and swelling at the extraction site.7,8
In Case 2, BioXclude is used for
an all-on-four procedure with zygomatic implant placement via lateral
window approach in a former smoker
with a severely atrophic maxilla. The
membrane adapts ideally over large
lateral access window as an adhesion
barrier and replacement for buccal fat
advancement.
In this case, the ability of
BioXclude to adhere to surrounding
structures without requiring additional stabilization highlights the
superior handling properties.
In Case 3, BioXclude is used in the
reconstruction of an atrophic mandible in a former cancer patient. Mental
nerve lateralization using BioXclude
as a nerve wrap (a technique devel-
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Three cases from Anthony Del Vecchio, DDS, featuring the use of BioXclude. (Photos/Provided by Anthony Del Vecchio, DDS)
BioXclude is a
minimally
manipulated
dehydrated human
deepithelialized
amnion-chorion
membrane that serves
as a barrier, conduit,
connector or cushion
in a variety of dental,
endodontic, oral
maxillofacial and
periodontal
regenerative
procedures. (Photo/
Provided by Snoasis
Medical)
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oped in orthopedic and urologic procedures)9,10 resulted in a successful
reconstruction without additional
ridge augmentation with all-on-four
placement.
Upon post-operative evaluation,
the patient had minimal edema
and no paresthesia symptoms were
reported.
These cases represent only the tip
of the iceberg. Numerous studies have
demonstrated the benefits of using
amniotic tissue for neural regeneration,11 bisphosphonate-induced osteonecrosis of the jaw,12 and a plethora
of orthopedic and chronic wound
indications.13
References
1. Davis JW 1910, Skin transplantation
with a review of 550 cases at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital. Johns Hopkins Med
J15:307.
2. Stern W 1913 The grafting of preserved
amniotic membrane to burned and ulcerated skin surfaces substituting skin
grafts. JAMA 13:973–974.
3. Wallace S, Cobb C. 2011, JIACD 3(6); 6172.
4. Insauti CL, et al. Amniotic membranederived stem cells: immunomodulatory
properties and potential clinical application. Stem Cells and Cloning: Advances
and Applications. 2014:7;53-63.
5. Ashraf H, Font K, Powell C, Schurr M.
Antimicrobial Ac-tivity of an AmnionChorion Membrane to Oral Microbes. Int
J Dent. 2019 Jul 11;2019:1269534.
6. Palanker N, Lee C, Tribble G, et al.
Antimicrobial efficacy assessment of
human derived amnion-chorion. University of Texas at Houston Health Sciences
Center Graduate Periodontics (Houston,
TX). Poster presentation #27 at American Academy of Periodontology Meeting
Here in Nashville
To learn more about BioXclude, stop by
booth No. 544. You can also join Snoasis
Medical on Thursday, for an AAOMS
Eat, Drink and Be Industry-Educated
Lunch and Learn session with Dr. Michael Hartman. Snoasis Medical can be
found online at www.snoasismedical.
com and can be contacted directly at
(866) 521-8247.
2018, Vancouver, BC. Manuscript in
preparation.
7. Hassan, M, Prakasam, S, et al. Int J Oral
& Maxillofac Im-plants. 2017;32:13891398. University of Indiana, Department
of Periodontics.
8. Velez I et al. J Perio 2010; 81:1797-1804.
9. Tao H, Fan H. Implantation of amniotic
membrane to reduce postlaminectomy
epidural adhesions. Eur Spine J 2009; 18:
1202-1212.
10. Patel V, Samavedi S, Bates A, et al. Dehydrated human amniotic membrane allograft nerve wrap around the prostatic
neurovascular bundle accelerates early
return to continence and potency following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP): Propensity score-matched
analysis. Eur Urol 2015; 67(6): 977-980.
11. Karaman M, Tuncel A, et al. Amniotic
membrane covering for facial nerve
repair. Neural Regen Res. 2013 Apr
15;8(11):975-982.
12. Ragazzo M, Trojan D, Spagnol L, Paolin
A, Guarda Nardini L. Use of amniotic
membrane in the treatment of patients
with BRONJ: two case reports. J Surg
Case Rep. 2018 Apr 20;2018(4):rjy073.
13. Holtzclaw D, Tofe R. An updated primer
on the utilization of amnion-chorion allografts in dental procedures. J Imp Adv
Clin Dent 2017; 2(9):16-37.
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AAOMS Annual Meeting, Sept. 30–Oct. 2, 2021
Keep your chin up, neck straight
and eyes forward with Infinity VUE
By Designs for Vision Staff
n Designs for Vision has several new
and innovative products, including
Infinity VUE, Panoramic Field and
REVEAL.
Designed to provide a straightforward approach to ergonomics, Infinity VUE loupes are available in 3.0x
and 3.5x magnification. Infinity VUE
(Vision Up Ergonomics) keeps your
chin up, your neck straight and your
eyes forward while viewing the magnified oral cavity. Designs for Vision
invites you to try these loupes on to
see (and feel) the difference in your
posture.
The new patented Panoramic
Field Loupes (U.S. pat. 8928975B2)
represent the most significant
advancement in telescope design in
more than 100 years, according to
the company. The viewable areas are
twice as large as prismatic expanded
field designed loupes and up to five
times greater than Galilean loupes.
Panoramic Field loupes provide
unprecedented field of view, clarity,
Here in Nashville
You can see the Visible Difference®
yourself by visiting Designs for Vision
at booth No. 520. To arrange a visit in
your office, contact Designs for Vision
at (800) 345-4009 or info@dvimail.com.
Infinity VUE loupes, one of many innovations available from Designs for Vision,
are designed to help improve posture. (Photo/Provided by Designs for Vision)
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definition and color, the company
says.
Designs for Vision has also
launched
its
groundbreaking
REVEAL™ (U.S. pat. 10215977B1),
providing hands-free fluorescence
enhanced theragnosis™ (FET ™ ).
According to the company, REVEAL
supplies the visual information to
support decision making and facilitate proper treatment options in cariology, oral hygiene, periodontologyimplantology and restorative dentistry.
Designs for Vision is also introducing patented intuitive response
technology with the Micro IR HDi
headlight (U.S. pat. 8,851,709 and
RE46,463). The IR feature allows you
to operate the headlight hands-free.
Onboard biometrics sense the position of the headlight to turn the light
on when you are working and turn the
light off when you look up.
Designs for Vision’s WireLess™
headlights free you from being tethered to a battery pack. The simple
modular designs uncouple the headlights from a specific frame or single
pair of loupes. The compact design
of the LED DayLite® WireLess headlights are independent of any frame/
loupes.
Practicing in the digital dentistry era
By Dr. Howard Gluckman
n Digital dentistry and the digital
workflow have become a critical part
of our practice. One of the main reasons for this is the ability for us to
better serve our patients on many
fronts. From diagnosis to communicating treatment plans to fabrication of materials needed for surgery
and prosthetics, digital dentistry has
become essential and indispensable.
Digital dentistry begins with the
end in mind. DSD forms a key part
of our diagnostic abilities to ensure
the patient-centric outcome. Digital
photography is an essential function
alongside another big part, which is
the use of CBCT as well as intraoral
scans.
All of these provide us with the
essential information and documentation required for our procedures.
The information that we collect digitally then allows us to draw up treatment plans and then communicate
them with the patient or with other
practitioners or specialists. It also
Here in Nashville
To learn more about Navident by ClaroNav, stop by booth No. 356, visit www.
claronav.com or call (844) 628-4336.
Dr. Howard Gluckman uses the
Navident System. (Photo/Provided by
ClaroNav)
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allows asynchronous communication
with other practitioners so we can
share and treatment plan or seek
advice from other experts in order to
achieve the best results possible.
As critical as all this initial documentation and treatment planning
is, it is even more critical that we are
able to transfer all the planned treatment with precision and accuracy
into the oral cavity. Static guided
surgery is one way of transferring our
plans; however, this treatment option
does not allow us to modify this plan
should we find the need for minor
or even major changes once one we
begin the treatment.
Dynamic navigation or dynamic
guided surgery like the Navident System not only provides the accuracy
needed, it also allows for real-time
modification of a plan to best suit the
patient’s needs. This technology is
not only available for most modes of
surgery but also for endodontics and
endodontic surgery. This has been
an absolute game changer for our
practices and for our patients, and it
has further enhanced our abilities to
provide the most sophisticated treatment possible.
It has dispensed with the need for
laboratory-made guides and has put
all the planning and execution in my
own hands, thus allowing me to be in
control of all aspects from design to
execution.
Being able to modify treatment on
the fly is an incredibly powerful tool.
In most static guides, one is forced to
work with what is provided, and if it
does not work for any reason, you are
either forced to abandon the procedure and come back another day or
go back to conventional brain-guided
treatment. I prefer the ability to adapt
my plan and keep using the technology that’s available to continue with
my treatment, and all of my patients
are hugely appreciative of that fact.
Converting one’s practice to a digital practice is not an easy task. It
requires upskilling both you and
your staff. It requires substantial
investment in your practice. However, the benefits far outweigh the
negatives. What is most important is
the excitement and sense of adventure that it creates for everyone in the
practice. It has been a wonderful journey, and I look forward to the future.
It is incredible to be practicing in
the digital age.
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Unique W&H solution for the Zygoma application
By W&H Staff
n When it comes to high-risk patients,
difficult compliance and extreme
bone resorption, complex bone augmentations are often stretched to
their limits. For upper jaw interventions, one possible alternative is the
use of Zygoma implants.
The new 20:1 Zygoma handpiece
for implant site preparation and
implant insertion was developed by
W&H in cooperation with leading
Zygoma specialists. The contra-angle
handpiece chucking system makes
this product the only one of its kind
and offers users a high level of safety,
according to W&H.
Easy access to the treatment site
Zygoma implants are inserted into
the zygomatic bone at an angle. It is
crucial that the implant is positioned
exactly in line with the specified
angle here. The new W&H SZ-75
handpiece makes interventions easier in the area of the zygomatic bone,
according to the company.
The ergonomic angulation of the
AD
Here in Nashville
To learn more about handpiece technology for the Zygoma application,
visit W&H at booth No. 640 or visit
W&H online at www.wh.com/en_na.
handpiece enables optimal access
to the treatment site, thus allowing
users to work for extended periods
without fatigue, the company said.
Ultra-safe use
Conventional surgical handpieces
do not offer adequate fixation for
Zygoma burs. The new W&H SZ-75 is
the world’s first 20:1 handpiece with
contra-angle handpiece chucking system and was specially developed for
the Zygoma application, according to
W&H.
Not only is it a genuine innovation on the market, but above all, it
ensures ultra-safe use while providing high concentricity accuracy, the
company said.
In addition, the handpiece can
also be used with standard implant
The angle of the handpiece enables
optimal access for difficult interventions
in the area of the zygomatic bone.
(Photo/Provided by W&H)
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burs and can be applied universally
in surgery.
Efficient spray cooling
The new W&H Zygoma handpiece
removes the need for manual
cooling by the dental assistant as
the external spray channel ensures
the treatment site is cooled, accoring
to W&H. The spray is expelled close
to the instrument’s area of activity
and cools the operating site with
the utmost efficiency, the company
said.
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AAOMS Annual Meeting, Sept. 30–Oct. 2, 2021
The science behind Salvin’s new,
3-layer placental membrane
By Salvin Dental Specialties Staff
n
The new AmnioExcite placental membrane, available from Salvin
Dental Specialties, includes both
amnion and chorion layers plus a
trophoblast layer. According to the
company, the trophoblast layer contains more than 50 percent of the
biologically relevant proteins in the
placental membrane,1 and LifeNet
Health’s patented and proprietary
Matracell decellularization process
serves to minimize immunogenic and
inflammatory responses.7,8
The amnion membrane by itself is
thin and contains only a small portion
of the biological factors found in the
full-thickness placental membrane,
Salvin said. The chorionic membrane
contains many of the same growth
factors as the amnion membrane.
However, the trophoblast layer holds
a majority of the proteins and growth
factors in the full-thickness placental
membrane.1
AmnioExcite is approximately
four times thicker than an amnion
or chorion membrane for a more substantial protective barrier. 2 AmnioExcite’s unique thickness may help
prevent bacterial ingress and thus
inflammation associated with infection, the company said.
Here in Nashville
To learn more about AmnioExcite and
other products, visit Salvin Dental
Specialties at booth No. 130, go to www.
salvin.com or contact the company
directly at (800) 535-6566.
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(Photo/Provided by Salvin Dental Specialties)
AmnioExcite does not fold in upon
itself when rehydrated, making it
much easier to handle and less likely
to migrate away from the surgical site
during the healing process.3
Unlike other amnion/chorion
membrane allografts, the layers in
AmnioExcite are never separated
during the entire process because
separation can adversely impact
retention of the native growth factors.4
In most placental-based allografts,
the trophoblast layer is removed.
However, by removing this layer,
a rich source of beneficial endogenous biological factors and the thick
structural matrix is also removed.1
Therefore, AmnioExcite retains more
endogenous growth factors than similar placenta-derived allografts by
being processed as an intact, whole
placental membrane, according to
Salvin.
A few tissue processors do retain
the trophoblast layer without removing viable and non-viable cells, which
may provoke an immune response
because of the presence of antigens
on the cell surface.5 The ideal solution is to leave the thick, nutrient-rich
extracellular matrix of the trophoblast layer intact but remove the
donor cells to minimize an immune or
inflammatory response.
LifeNet Health has solved this
problem by processing AmnioExcite
with its Matracell decellularization
process.6,7 Matracell is a patented
and validated process that renders
allograft tissue acellular without
compromising the biomechanical or
desired biochemical properties of the
allograft bio-implant for its intended
surgical application.8
Both Salvin Dental and LifeNet
Health have an exemplary safety
record. Since 1995, LifeNet Health
has processed more than 7 million
bio-implants with its Allowash technology, without a single case of disease transmission. AmnioExcite has
a Sterility Assurance Level (SAL) of
10-6, which is the recommended SAL
for medical devices or allografts that
are implanted or come in contact with
breeched skin.
To learn more about AmnioExcite
or to place an order, call Salvin Dental
Specialties at (800) 535-6566.
(A full list of references is
available from the publisher.)
Dental school implements robot-assisted implant surgeries
By NYU College of Dentistry Staff
n
New York University College
of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) has
become one of the first U.S. dental
schools to acquire, install and use
surgical robotic devices for dental
implant surgeries.
According to NYU Dentistry, these
devices will provide an opportunity
for pre- and postdoctoral students
to learn how state-of-the-art robotic
technology, with its accuracy and
precision during dental surgery, can
augment and enhance clinical practice and patient care.
The robot-assisted surgical technology, known as Yomi, was developed by Miami-based Neocis. It is the
first — and, to date, only — such device
cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration for dental implant
surgery, according to NYU Dentistry.
Here in Nashville
To learn more about Yomi, the robotassisted surgical device, stop by Neocis
at booth No. 156, visit www.neocis.com
or call the company directly at (855)
963-6247.
The system uses software to preoperatively plan dental implantation
procedures and provides real-time
visual and physical intraoperative
guidance to achieve the plan. Yomi
is intended for use in adult patients
missing some or all teeth who qualify
for dental implants.
Using the Yomi system, the provider performing the surgical procedure first creates a virtual plan for the
placement of a dental implant using
detailed 3-D scans of the patient’s
mouth. The system then uses physical
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The Yomi. (Photo/Provided by Neocis)
cues to guide the provider along the
precise implementation of that plan
— but is also able to adjust dynamically to accommodate mid-procedure
changes. Yomi augments a provider’s
“feel,” giving real-time feedback via
haptic technology to guide a provider
along the treatment plan, but the provider controls the dental handpiece
at all times. By design, the system
complements, rather than overrides,
a provider’s clinical expertise.
“Robotic technology is truly a
game-changer for dental surgery,”
said Robert Glickman, associate dean
for clinical affairs and hospital relations and professor and chair of the
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at NYU Dentistry. “Successfully placing dental implants
requires careful preoperative planning and a high degree of accuracy
and precision to avoid critical anatomical structures and provide the
best outcome for the patient.”
With the acquisition of Yomi, NYU
Dentistry continues to introduce pioneering new dental technologies into
its predoctoral and postdoctoral education programs.
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AO to hold live, in-person annual meeting in 2022
Event to take place in San
Diego from Feb. 24 to 26
By Academy of Osseointegration Staff
n The Academy of Osseointegration
is proud to announce the return of its
live, in-person annual meeting, to be
held Feb. 24 to 26, 2022 (Thursday to
Saturday), in San Diego.
AO’s 37th Annual Meeting,
“Implant Dentistry for All,” will honor
the past, treasure the present and
shape the future of implant dentistry.
This dynamic, three-day event will
offer academicians and clinicians the
multidisciplinary experience attendees have come to expect, according to
organizers of the event.
The meeting will feature cuttingedge research presented through
hands-on workshops, didactic presentations, commercial exhibits and
social events to help facilitate networking and continuous education,
organizers said. In the exhibit hall,
AO’s customary Welcome Reception
will be held on Thursday, and the
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The 2022 AO Annual Meeting will return live and in-person from Feb. 24 to 26 and will take place at the San Diego Convention
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complimentary President’s Reception will be held on the flight deck of
the USS Midway on Friday evening.
Located along the shores of the San
Diego Bay, the San Diego Convention
Center, site of the meeting, is steps
away from the historic Gaslamp Quarter, which offers open-air restaurants,
art galleries, boutique and premier
shopping and endless entertainment
options. Attendees can take a quiet
walk along the water or meet up with
old friends for a night on the town.
AO asks you to save the date and
watch in the coming weeks for the
complete program, registration and
housing information in the mail and
at osseo.org.
For more information
To learn more about the Academy
of Osseointegration’s in-person 2022
annual meeting, visit osseo.org or call
(800) 656-7736.
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