Soft & Hard Tissue Management for Implant Procedures

Dr. Ira Paul Sy completed his undergraduate degree in Biology/ Psychology at the University of California Davis and then received his D.D.S. from Case Western Reserve University. Thereafter, he obtained his initial specialty certification training in Implantology & Periodontology at the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill and later completed a Prosthetic Implant Fellowship at the University of Berne in Switzerland. He later completed maxillofacial training with the US ARMY Dental Corp. He has served as the Director of the Graduate Periodontology and Implantology residency program at the University of British Columbia, Canada. In addition, he has served on faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of British Columbia, and Case Western Reserve University as a Clinical Assistant Professor in Periodontics and is also Visiting Professor of Periodontics at the University of Witten in Germany. His main interests are in the field of minimal invasive aesthetic soft tissue therapy, advanced hard tissue biological regenerative therapy, and Prosthetic/ Surgical implant assisted reconstruction. In 2011, he was the only Canadian selected in the Straumann World Wide Soft Tissue Esthetic Case Competition. In 2015, he was selected to author “Oral Implant Assisted Rehabilitation in the Aesthetic Zone-Clinical Reality and Potential Pitfalls”. In 2023, he introduced the CRAFT and S2 technique for Oral Tissue Rejuvenation which was published in Oral Health-August 2023. Dr. Sy was awarded Diplomate status by the American Board of Periodontology, member of the Academy of Periodontology, Academy of Osseointegration, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Restorative and Prosthodontics, PEERS (Platform for Exchange of Education and Research) group for North America, and Honorary Fellow and Ambassador for the Clean Implant Foundation. Currently, he offers lectures, hands on, and live courses under the BC Implant Centre and a Comprehensive Implant Fellowship under the Vancouver Institute of Osseointegration (VIOSS) . He maintains a full time private practice focusing in comprehensive prosthetic/ surgical implant assisted therapy in Richmond and Vancouver, British Columbia.