Instructor - Dr. Goth Siu



 

Dr. Siu maintains a private practice limited to prosthodontics and aesthetic dentistry in Toronto, Canada. He is a Fellow of The Royal College of Dentists of Canada and is a Board Certified Specialist in Prosthodontics. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and a Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists. He is one of very few dual boarded Prosthodontists in both Canada and the US.


Dr. Siu is from Toronto and received his Bachelor of Health Sciences degree from McMaster University. He then completed his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. During his time there, he received multiple awards including the Academy of Osseointegration Award for Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry and the E. Howell Smith Award in Prosthetic Dentistry. He was also inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU) National Honor Society and the Matthew Cryer Honor Society, the highest academic honor awarded to the top ten students in each class.  


Dr. Siu completed a 3-year specialty program in Advanced Prosthodontics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His area of research is in dental implants and restorations in the aesthetic zone. His research was funded by grants from the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, American Academy of Implant Dentistry and the Northeastern Gnathological Society.


Dr. Siu is interested in complex cases and decided to pursue a specialty that would allow him to treat patients requiring reconstructive, implant, and cosmetic procedures. He believes prosthodontics is rewarding because it encompasses all aspects of dentistry and it can have the greatest positive impact on a patient.

   





IMPLANT PROSTHETICS COMPLICATIONS


Dental implants have revolutionized dental treatment for failed or failing dentition. It is now possible to replace not only the dentition but also the supporting alveolar bone, which greatly affects the patient’s phonetics, aesthetics, and function. The emphasis should not only be on the surgical phase but also on the prosthetic aspect of treatment. Proper prosthetic planning is the key to success. This presentation will discuss the most common implant prosthetic complications during single, multiple, or full arch tooth replacement and strategies to prevent or correct such issues.