Drs. Pohl and Buljan explain the value of dentin autografts. Using autogenous dentin demineralized graft provides a single-stage treatment plan, i.e., extraction of tooth followed by autogenous demineralized dentin graft in the same extraction socket in adult patients – is an alternative for the immediate reconstruction of alveolar bone defects to facilitate the future prosthesis. It also saves the cost of other graft materials which are commercially available in the market for the patient and also reduces the infective dental waste globally.
Dr. Pohl graduated in Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia, and obtained her medical doctorate in 1987. In 1997 she graduated from dentistry at Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany, and obtained her specialty in Oral Surgery in 2003 at the same university. She acquired her doctorate in dentistry at the University of Cologne, Germany in 2002, and in the same year, Dr. Pohl obtained her specialization in Periodontology and Implantology from the European Dental Association (EDA).
Dr. Pohl is an assistant professor at the Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology at the School of Dental Medicine of the University of Rijeka and head of the Department for Oral Surgery. She is an accomplished researcher and published numerous articles in scientific magazines.
In 2020, she published her app to share knowledge and to help practitioners around the world in this specialized field. She brings to the attention that there are no sponsors or companies behind the app, only her own time, dedication, and passion. The procedures in “Decision Matters” are based on what she has found to deliver the best most predictable results.
An early adopter of Partial Extraction Therapy, she is an advocate for the value in dentin autograft, tuberosity tissue, and osseodensification. In 2003 she started to combine hard and soft tissue augmentation techniques to treat the Socket Type 2 and 3 and the mIVAN technique was born. In 2020, long-term results of up to 11 years with mIVAN technique were published.
Dr. Mia Buljan graduated in 2008 from the Faculty of Dentistry in Zagreb, Croatia subsequent to which she began practising with a focus on the fields of oral surgery, implantology, and periodontology. Her clinical experience motivated her to enroll in an Oral surgery residency. Currently, she is doing her Doctorate in Oral surgery at the University of Zagreb while working in the general hospital of Slavonski Brod. In Dr. Snjezana Pohl, she found a kindred spirit and has worked with Snjezana to train in the latest techniques in oral surgery and implantology such as immediate implant placement, Partial Extraction Therapy, and osseodensification.