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The Art of Anterior Implant Esthetics - A Hands-On Experience — Dr Esquivel
Up to 7 Credits Available
RISE aims to elevate learning, bringing everyone into aligned, elevated educational experiences.
This in-person, hands-on program is tailored for restorative dentists who want to elevate the esthetic quality of their anterior implant cases through thoughtful, biologically respectful restorative design. Rather than focusing on surgical techniques, this course emphasizes how restorative decisions directly impact soft tissue architecture, emergence profile, and overall esthetic success—especially in the anterior zone.
Participants will explore how to manage implant temporization, emergence shaping, and material selection in a way that supports long-term tissue health and natural-looking outcomes. Through interactive, case-based exercises, attendees will also gain practical strategies for enhancing communication with their surgical partners to ensure seamless esthetic collaboration.
Hands-On Portion:
Participants will engage in esthetically driven, restorative-focused exercises, including:
- Designing and fabricating immediate temporaries for anterior implants
- Shaping the emergence profile to create harmonious, natural-looking soft tissue contours
- Practicing interdisciplinary communication for anterior implant success
- Applying restorative workflows that respect tissue biology and optimize esthetics
Meet the speakers
Jonathan Esquivel, DDS
Dr Jonathan Esquivel is a private practice prosthodontist in Metairie, Louisiana, and a former Associate Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at LSUSD. He completed his specialty training in prosthodontics and an Esthetics and Surgical Implant Fellowship at LSUSD. Dr. Esquivel has won numerous teaching awards, including "The Golden Apple" for excellence in teaching, and has lectured both nationally and internationally. His work on dental implants and esthetics has been published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals.
Dr Jonathan Esquivel receives an honorarium from Zimmer Biomet and Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc and product support from Straumann.
The Agenda
- 7:30 am
- Registration
- 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Programming
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Lunch
- 1:00 pm - 4:00pm
- Programming
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