{"id":14694,"date":"2026-08-17T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platondental.com\/dr-platon-second-sepa-young-professionals-award-implantology\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:45:00","slug":"dr-platon-second-sepa-young-professionals-award-implantology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platondental.com\/en\/dr-platon-second-sepa-young-professionals-award-implantology\/","title":{"rendered":"SEPA Young Professionals Award to Dr. Plat\u00f3n for Immediate Implant Placement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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She had diabetes, was on anticoagulant therapy, and needed an implant on the very same day as the extraction. A profile that many clinicians would consider high-risk \u2014 or would outright rule out for an immediate technique \u2014 and one that Dr. Plat\u00f3n turned into the clinical case that earned him the second prize in the SEPA Young Professionals programme<\/strong>. This is not merely an award: it is scientific validation that, with the right protocol, systemically compromised patients can benefit from precision implantology with predictable outcomes.<\/p>

This recognition is granted by the Spanish Society of Periodontology and Osseointegration (SEPA)<\/a>, the leading Spanish scientific society in periodontology<\/a> and implantology. As the second-place winner of the SEPA Young Professionals award, Dr. Plat\u00f3n will be named ambassador of the Young Professionals Program<\/strong> at the institution’s next congress, held in Valencia in 2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is the SEPA Young Professionals programme?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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SEPA carries out its activities on a non-profit basis, with particular emphasis on its commitment to members, universities, and professional health entities. The SEPA Young Professionals programme, promoted together with Straumann, seeks to involve young professionals in the development of periodontology as a scientific discipline and in improving the quality of dental care. Within that structure, the clinical cases<\/a> competition associated with the SEPA Young Professionals award is the reference platform in Spanish for dentists under 35<\/strong> who want to develop and gain visibility in the field of periodontology and osseointegration.<\/p>

Once the panel of experts announces the finalists for the SEPA Young Professionals award, each case is presented at a SEPA Master Clinic session, before a jury of specialists who evaluate both methodological rigour and clinical applicability. It is the quintessential Spanish-language training event in Periodontology for young dentists, and each edition brings together hundreds of professionals from across Spain. Those awarded the SEPA Young Professionals prize become ambassadors of the Young Professional Program, enjoying a stay at a leading clinic. Receiving the SEPA Young Professionals award is not merely an academic recognition: it is a signal that the work presented brings real value to the scientific community and, ultimately, to patients.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why diabetes and anticoagulation complicate implantology<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Before understanding the merit of the clinical case distinguished with the SEPA Young Professionals award, it is worth knowing why this patient profile poses a real challenge for any implantologist. This is not a theoretical risk: these are two conditions that directly affect the mechanisms that make an implant work.<\/p>

Diabetes acts on several fronts simultaneously. It has an adverse effect on periodontal tissues and, above all, on the healing process, affecting collagen formation and growth factors. In practice, this means that the alveolus \u2014 the socket left by the extracted tooth \u2014 takes longer to regenerate and is more vulnerable to infection. Patients with diabetes present a higher risk of chronic peri-implant inflammation, which can compromise osseointegration in the long term. With adequate glycaemic control (HbA1c below 8%), implant survival rates approach those of non-diabetic patients; the risk escalates as control worsens.<\/p>

Anticoagulation adds another layer of complexity: the haemorrhagic risk during and after surgery<\/strong> requires coordinating treatment with the patient’s responsible physician before any intervention. Modifying or suspending anticoagulant medication without supervision can be more dangerous than the surgical bleeding itself, so the protocol must be designed with millimetric precision. Before indicating implants in these patients, the specialist must carry out a comprehensive assessment that includes the current status of the systemic condition and, in many cases, review a recent blood test. The management of these types of situations is precisely one of the aspects that the SEPA Young Professionals award jury evaluates most rigorously.<\/p>

Placing the implant on the same day as the extraction \u2014 what is known as an immediate implant \u2014 in this context raises the demands even further. By performing immediate implants, the double risk of infection or tissue manipulation is avoided, since the patient undergoes surgery only once, which can be particularly beneficial in patients whose recovery capacity is compromised. But it requires impeccable planning, the kind that deserves to be recognised with a SEPA Young Professionals award.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The clinical case: immediate implant in a compromised patient<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The article awarded the SEPA Young Professionals prize is entitled Immediate Implant in a Clinically Compromised Patient<\/em> and addresses one of the most demanding challenges in modern implantology. The key to the approach presented by Dr. Plat\u00f3n lies in meticulous planning and a minimally invasive protocol<\/strong>: minimising surgical trauma to reduce the inflammatory response and promote osseointegration even in tissues whose healing capacity may be compromised.<\/p>

The clinical case demonstrates that the minimally invasive rehabilitative approach is associated with better long-term recovery<\/strong>, even in patient profiles that in other contexts might be considered high-risk candidates. This is precisely the finding that SEPA has chosen to highlight with the SEPA Young Professionals award: not only the technique, but the evidence that it can be applied safely and with predictable results.<\/p>

Current studies show that immediate placement of a dental implant following extraction yields better long-term outcomes and preserves the natural alveolar space, provided the extraction is atraumatic and uncomplicated. Dr. Plat\u00f3n’s work adds to that evidence a patient profile that is typically underrepresented in the clinical literature, and does so with the methodological rigour that characterises his career as a clinician and researcher. The fact that this work has been recognised with the SEPA Young Professionals award reinforces its relevance to the scientific community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Minimally invasive protocol: phases of the case<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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So that the reader \u2014 whether a professional or a patient \u2014 understands what this type of intervention awarded the SEPA Young Professionals prize entails, here are the key milestones of the protocol applied:<\/p>