Failure—what next?

PRESENTER | Dr Andrew Dillon, Prosthodontist

Dr Andrew Dillon graduated BDSc from Melbourne University in 1981. He spent 6 years in private practice before undertaking further study, completing the one-year Long Course in Prosthodontics at Melbourne University in 1988 and the degree of  Master of Dental Science in Prosthodontics in 1991. Andrew is in private specialist prosthodontics practice in Toorak and Albury/Wodonga.

FAILURE—WHAT NEXT?

Complex dental rehabilitation demands sophisticated clinical judgment and multidisciplinary collaboration, yet failure remains an inherent risk. Failures manifest in five dimensions: mechanical, biological, functional, compromised aesthetic and patient dissatisfaction. Multiple factors contribute to these failures, including case selection, biological assessment, loading protocols, material incompatibilities, and poor patient compliance. Predictive risk stratification systems will reduce failure, but when failure happens what do we do now?