TODS FEATURED SPEAKER
PERI-IMPLANTITIS: ALL YOU WANT – OR NOT – TO KNOW!
Dr. Liran Levin
Session Date: Friday October 24, 2025
Session Time: 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Presenter Name: Dr. Liran Levin
Outline:
The use of dental implants has become common practice and peri-implant disease is being seen more frequently. As time goes by, as shown in the available literature, we will be seeing more and more cases of peri-implant disease. The reported prevalence in the literature reaches almost 30 to 50% of implant patients. This means that one out of two or three of our implant patients may present with peri-implant disease at some point. This is an important consideration in providing informed consent for our patients. A troubling issue in peri-implant disease is the lack of appropriate, well-documented gold-standard treatment, specifically for peri-implantitis. There are many suggested treatment options described in case reports and case series in the literature; none of them seem to provide a predictable long-term resolution of the disease.
In order to prevent and treat peri-implant disease, there is a need to understand the nature of the disease and the risk factors.
This lecture will focus on causes and risk factors for peri-implant disease, ways to prevent its occurrence and the currently available treatment options for peri-implantitis. Preventive measures and treatment planning dilemmas will be discussed.
Learning objectives:
- To understand the risk factors for peri-implant diseases
- To explore ways to prevent peri-implant diseases
- To recognize the occurrence as well as the currently available treatment options for peri-implantitis
- To understand the prognostic systems for teeth and implants
- To develop realistic expectations in terms of implant health and disease
About The Speaker
Professor Liran Levin is a Professor of Periodontology and the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at the College of Dentistry, the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He is also a visiting professor at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA.
Prof. Liran Levin was previously the Head of Periodontology at the University of Alberta, Canada, and the Head of Research at the School of Dentistry, Rambam Health Care Campus, and Faculty of Medicine – Technion IIT Haifa, Israel.
Prof. Liran Levin received his DMD degree with distinction at Tel Aviv University and completed his Post Graduate Periodontology Program at the Department of Periodontology, Rambam Health Care Campus. He also received his Periodontology Specialist Certificate from the European Federation of Periodontology as well as a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in Periodontology.
Prof. Liran Levin has published more than 400 articles and book chapters in the international professional literature and is involved in research mainly in periodontology, dental implants and dental trauma. His papers received more than 18,000 scientific citations. He has been lecturing extensively both nationally and internationally in the fields of dental implants and periodontal diseases.
Prof. Levin serves as the Editor-in Chief of Dental Traumatology, an Associate Editor for the International Dental Journal, Scientific Associate Editor for the Quintessence International and as an Editorial Board Member and a manuscript reviewer for some of the leading international professional Journals in the fields of periodontology, dental implants, dental trauma and general dentistry.
Prof. Levin is the President of the Periodontal Research Group of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). He is currently the President of the International Association for Dental Traumatology (IADT) and was chairing the 2020 IADT dental trauma guidelines committee as well as the 2024 joint IADT and ASD guidelines for prevention of traumatic dental injuries committee.
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