Adam Hamilton
Dr. Adam Hamilton is the Discipline Lead in Prosthodontics at the University of Western Australia and lecturer for the advanced graduate implant dentistry program at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He completed his general dental education at the University of Western Australia and has a Doctorate in Clinical Dentistry in the specialty of prosthodontics from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and the International Team for Implantology (ITI). He was the recipient of an ITI Scholarship through which he completed a Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Florida’s Center for Implant Dentistry. His research focuses are on implant placement and loading protocols, the impact of digital technology in prosthodontics and implant dentistry as well as digital workflows for implant rehabilitation of the edentulous patient. He maintains a clinical practice focusing on prosthodontic and surgical implant treatment.
Articles
Presentation Tips
2020, what an eventful year for everyone! The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on a wide range of aspects in our daily lives, many of which will resonate and continue well into the future. One area where change has impacted our daily lives is in the field of education.
Presentation Tips
Pre-recording “live” events can offer several advantages for the production team while preserving the intended programming feel. This production approach has transcended to virtual meeting platforms for the same reason.
Presentation Tips
Over the past year, virtual presentations have quickly been established as an essential tool in education, which will continue to grow well beyond 2020.
Feature Article
At the 6th ITI Consensus Conference in 2018, a new classification system that combines the implant placement time and the anticipated loading protocol was introduced by Gallucci and co-workers (Gallucci et al. 2018). For immediate (type 1) implant placement, three implant placement/loading protocols were defined.
Feature Article
This article summarizes most of the variables contributing to an esthetic and biological success in implant prosthodontics of the anterior zone and to provide key treatment considerations on the decision-making process of replacing missing anterior teeth with dental implants.