Dr Kjell Størksen

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Graduated at the University of Bergen, Norway, in 1979. He started working with paediatric dentistry in Denmark. His interest in prosthetic dentistry brought him back to Norway and a position within dental health care for the elderly and handicapped. Since 1988 he has been responsible for oral and maxillofacial prosthetics at the outpatient clinic for maxillofacial surgery, Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway. He lectures in topics related to dental prosthetics with a special focus on implant dentistry.

Contact information
Dr. Kjell Størksen
Kjevekirurgisk poliklinikk
Haukeland Universitetssykehus
5021 Bergen
Norway

Tel +47 55 97 27 19
Mail: ksst@haukeland.no  


Abstract:
The use of oral implants in patients with congenital or acquired oral
defects"

Oral implants have become the treatment of choice in the rehabilitation of patients
with oral defects. They provide retention for both removable and fixed prostheses
and allow us to restore oral function and aesthetics in most cases. This lecture
will give an overview of the possibilities and limitations of implant treatment in
more advanced cases. Several medical disciplines are involved in the treatment, but
the main focus in this lecture will be prosthetic rehabilitation. Problems related
to cleft lip and palate, hemifacial microsomia, acromegalia and head- and
neck-cancer are among the topics that will be discussed.