Masterclass Prof. dr. Andy Temmerman
Soft tissue management around oral implants
Tooth and implant: very similar on the one hand and yet so different on the other. The soft tissue differences are intriguing to say the least, but they also have a direct effect on the surgical management of peri-implant soft tissues. This masterclass will attempt to provide insights into how the peri-implant tissues can be of importance in the 'long-term survival' of oral implants and why peri-implant tissue surgery should be a regular part of oral implant treatment. A number of possible surgical techniques will be discussed theoretically and clinically.
Prof. Dr. Andy Temmerman graduated, cum laude, as a dentist (DDS) in 2007 at the University of Ghent in Belgium. In the same year he started the post-graduate education in Periodontology at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. In 2010 he graduated as an 'EFP certified' periodontologist (MSc). Since then, he earned the Belgian title of 'tandarst-specialist in de parodontologie'
Since 2009 he works in a private clinic (ParoPlus, Aalst). This clinic focusses totally on periodontology and implant dentistry, together with his collegues Stefan Matthijs, Dr. Maarten Glibert and Sofie Naessens. He beheld his connection to the KU Leuven as a clinical and research consultant.
In 2011 he decided to start research projects in a PhD project with promotor Prof. Dr. Marc Quirynen (KU Leuven) and co-promotors Prof. Dr. Joke Duyck (KU Leuven) & Prof. Dr. Reinhilde Jacobs (KU Leuven).
This research focusses on the placement of oral implants in patients with impaired bone quality and bone quantity. In May 2017 he defended his PhD thesis in front of jury members Prof. Dr. France Lambert (Université de Liège, Belgium), Prof. Dr. Frank Schwarz (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany), Prof. Dr. Stefan Renvert (Kristianstad University, Sweden), Prof. Dr. Stan Politis (KU Leuven, Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery) and Prof. Dr. Robert Hermans (KU Leuven, Department of Imaging and Pathology).
In 2018, he was appointed associate professor at the Department of Periodontology and Oral Microbiology of the KU Leuven. He teaches head & neck anatomy in the undergraduate dentistry curriculum and various topics in the postgraduate Periodontology curriculum.
He is co-director of the EFP program of the KU Leuven
