Dr Sree Koka

Title: Aging and dental implant therapy

Aims: 
Our population is aging and presents with a multitude of difficult-to-manage medical conditions and diseases. This presentation will describe how our patients heal differently as they age and will cover conditions such as aging itself, osteoporosis/osteopenia, smoking, bisphosphonate therapy, diabetes, cancer, and head and neck radiation. This presentation will also showcase how treatment strategies should be modified to enhance success with implant therapy and prevent unnecessary complications when patients present with these conditions.    

Objectives: 

• Define the concept of osseosufficiency as it relates to long-term dental implant survival 
• Identify systemic diseases and conditions associated with an aging population that negatively impact dental implant therapy 
• Describe the key considerations necessary for treatment planning and treating an aging population with dental implants  

Biography:
Dr. Sreenivas Koka received DDS and MS (prosthodontics) degrees from The University of Michigan. Sree joined the University of Nebraska faculty in 1992, became a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics in 1995, and received his PhD in Oral Biology from the University of Nebraska in 1999. While at the University of Nebraska, Sree was appointed the inaugural Merritt C. Pedersen Professor of Dentistry. He joined the Staff of Mayo Clinic in 2004 and is former Consultant, former Professor of Dentistry and former Chairman of the Department of Dental Specialties in Rochester, Minnesota. Sree received an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management in 2013 and moved to Zurich, Switzerland to be Executive Director of the Foundation for Oral Rehabilitation. He moved back to the US to focus on patient care and student education and establish a private practice focused on implant and removable prosthodontics in San Diego. In April 2021, Sree was appointed as Dean of the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Koka is past interim Chair of Restorative Dentistry at UCLA School of Dentistry and is also Clinical Professor in Advanced Prosthodontics at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry. He is a Fellow and past-President of the Academy of Prosthodontics, a member of the ADA, past-President of the International College of Prosthodontists, and is Chair of MIT’s Sloan School of Management Alumni Board. Dr. Koka has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters and has given a TEDx talk on life without teeth. Dr. Koka has been a reviewer for NIH grants and been a principal investigator on grants funded by NIH and industry sources. In addition, Dr. Koka is the co-founder of the Future Leaders in Prosthodontics (FLIP) and Shaping the Future of Implant Dentistry (SHIFT) workshop series.