Go to content
  2. Learning
  3. Courses and events
  4. Webinar: Dental Implants-maintenance and monitoring

ONLINE WEBINAR

What to expect

This webinar, delivered by Professor Ewen McColl explore the maintenance and monitoring of dental implants. Ewen will discuss osseointegration of dental implants and the risks of peri-implantitis.

Learning objectives

  • Discuss osseointegration of dental implants
  • Discuss healthy peri-implant anatomy
  • Establish risk factors for peri-implantitis
  • Prevention of peri-implantitis
  • Update on treatment modalities for peri-implantitis.

Development outcome

C

Meet the speaker

Ewen McColl Professor of Clinical Dentistry, Head of Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth

Ewen qualified Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Edinburgh in 1993 and on graduation was awarded the Dr Baron Ver Heyden de Lancey Memorial Award for most consistent all round graduate. Following House Officer and Senior House Officer positions in Maxillofacial Surgery he joined the British Army as a Dental Officer in 1995. During his military career, Ewen served as Senior Dental Officer in Afghanistan and for two years on Loan Service to The Sultan of Brunei’s Armed Forces.

After six years of General Dental Practice experience in the military, Ewen undertook three years of Specialist Training in Periodontology at The Eastman Dental Hospital in London, passing MClinDent with distinction. Following this, he completed three years of training at Guy’s Dental Hospital in order to become an accredited Restorative Consultant. During this period, Ewen also attended an internship in endodontics at Loma Linda University in California.

Following accreditation as a Restorative Consultant in 2009, Ewen was then employed as a Consultant by the military, taking restorative referrals from military General Dental Practitioners. Ewen is a GDC registered specialist in Restorative Dentistry, Periodontics, and Endodontics.  He took up his current position at Peninsula Dental School in September 2012, where he is the Director of Clinical Dentistry and Head of School.

Ewen's major interests are in implant dentistry, and all aspects of surgical and non-surgical periodontal therapy. Ewen is an Editor of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners Standards in Dentistry and a Director of Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise. Ewen is also the Editorial Director of Dental Update.

More information

GoToWebinar lets you join sessions from anywhere, no matter what kind of device you're using. You can join using the desktop app, the browser-based Web App, or your phone or tablet.

Learn more by downloading our user guide: Hints and tips for using GoToWebinar

Kindly sponsored by 

Other webinars you might be interested in

Event

Webinar: NHS Contract changes (England) - Associates

This live webinar on Tuesday 3 March will help associates understand how to work with the new NHS contract, including changes to associate agreements and how to make sure pay is fair. This is a BDA member-only session.

Event

Webinar: Cyber protection: The basics

On Wednesday 4 March, Emma Davies, a qualified trainer and Cyber Protect Officer for West Yorkshire Police, will talk you through the basics of cyber protection. This live webinar will help you protect both your personal and business data.

Event

Webinar: Domestic Abuse Awareness for the dental team

Join us on Wednesday 11 March for this live webinar with Preetee Hylton where she will highlight the importance of oral healthcare professionals learning how to create a safe space for patients and colleagues to ask for support if they are experiencing domestic abuse.

Event

Webinar: NHS Contract changes (England) - Practice Owners

This live webinar on Tuesday 17 March will help practice owners with NHS contracts understand how to work with the new contract that is coming into effect on 1 April 2026. This is a BDA member-only session.

Event

Webinar: The unacceptable burden of oral disease

This live webinar, delivered by David Williams on Thursday 19 March, will discuss the challenge of reducing the global burden of oral disease and the importance of effective population-level prevention.

Event

Webinar: Dento legal management of the periodontal patient

Join Amit Patel on Wednesday 25 March for this live webinar and learn how to manage your periodontal patient to reach a successful and long-term outcome.