Nitzan Bichacho

Nitzan Bichacho, D.M.D. Is professor of prosthodontics at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University and Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel, where he graduated in 1984.

He is Past President and a Life Member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED) and serves on the editorial boards of leading international dental journals. Over the course of four decades, he developed restorative and prosthetic clinical techniques and implant systems that have become widely used around the world.

Prof. Bichacho publishes and lectures worldwide on dental implant therapy, fixed prosthodontics, interdisciplinary treatments, and esthetic dentistry. The Bichacho Clinic in Tel Aviv focuses on high-end esthetic-oriented interdisciplinary treatments, collaborating with world-renowned colleagues and dental technicians.

Esthetic Implant Supported Restorations – Dealing with challenges

In order to achieve a natural-looking result of artificial implant restorations, one must analyze the operative site and plan for a long-term healthy integration of the restorative complex and the implant fixture within the surrounding living tissues.

At the smile zone our primary goal is also to obtain a natural-looking peri-implant soft tissue embracing a natural-looking functioning crown. The accumulated insights over the last 40 years on bone and tissue response (and alterations) around implants, enable biologic-based implementation of di􀆯erent surgical and restorative approaches, so that the abutment-crown complex has more chances to blend in with the surrounding tissue and the dentition in complete health and harmony.

In this presentation, surgical and restorative approaches will be explained through clinical cases, to enable a comprehensive understanding of the present limitations and the various options available today to maximize the successful results of implants-based restorations, especially at the smile zone.