IMPLANT SURGERY FUNDAMENTALS:
IMPLANT PLACEMENT FOR THE GENERAL DENTIST
This course, which includes a live implant surgery, is designed to teach GP’s who have never placed an implant, the skills necessary to perform a single site implant surgery. Attendees will learn ideal case selection and crown down case planning, atraumatic extractions and suturing techniques, drilling protocol for any implant system and hands-on implant placement on models, along with additional topics to start placing implants:
COURSE TOPICS:
- IMPLANTOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS
- MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND CASE SELECTION
- PRESENTING IMPLANTS TO YOUR PATIENTS
- EXTRACTING, GRAFTING AND SUTURING TECHNIQUES
- CASE PLANNING
- FLAP VS. FLAPLESS PROCEDURES
- SURGICAL/DRILLING PROTOCOL AND IMPLANT PLACEMENT
- POST-OP MANAGEMENT AND MANAGING COMPLICATIONS
- RESTORATION PROTOCOL AND TREATMENT OPTIONS
- HANDS-ON IMPLANT PLACEMENT ON MODELS
8 CE’S
COST: $899
ANTERIOR PLACEMENT & PERI-IMPLANT COMPLICATIONS
This is a course for doctors who are currently placing implants, however prior implant surgical experience is not a prerequisite. The ultimate objective of this course is for doctors to increase their overall knowledge of anterior implant placement and the restorative nuances that come along with it, understanding how anatomy influences anterior cosmetics, and how to manage peri-implant complications.
COURSE TOPICS:
- ESTHETIC PRINCIPALS OF ANTERIOR IMPLANT DENTISTRY
- INFLUENCE OF ANATOMY ON ANTERIOR COSMETICS
- FLAP DESIGN AND DEALING WITH PAPILLA
- PROPER SPACING & INFLUENCE OF TOOTH SHAPE ON ESTHETICS
- THREE DIMENSIONS FOR ESTHETICS & GINGIVAL BIOTYPE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SUCCESS
- CAUSES OF PERI-IMPLANT COMPLICATIONS
- CLASSIFICATIONS AND RISK FACTORS
- THE ROLE OF ANTIBIOTICS AND PROTOCOLS FOR TREATMENT
- INSURANCE COMPANY INFLUENCES AND TREATMENT VS. REMOVAL
3 CE’S
COST: $199
INCREASING PROFITS THROUGH IMPLANT PLACEMENT – A GP’S PERSPECTIVE
The goal of this complimentary course is to guide doctors through the process of incorporating implant surgery into a practice and help decide if placing implants is right for them. Dr. Jeffrey Gross will discuss the evolving field of implant dentistry, why he decided to start placing implants, and how it has benefited his patients and his practice. This will be more of an interactive study club environment.
COURSE TOPICS:
- THE BENEFITS OF PLACING IMPLANTS BOTH FOR THE PATIENT AND THE DENTIST
- INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF SIMPLE SINGLE IMPLANTS
- WHY IMPLANTS SHOULD BE CHOSEN OVER OTHER OPTIONS OF RESTORATION
- HOW TO EVALUATE THE DIFFERENT IMPLANT SYSTEMS
- ROI ON IMPLANT INCLUSION INTO A PRACTICE
- PRESENTING IMPLANTS TO PATIENTS
- POTENTIAL SETBACKS THAT COULD OCCUR DURING THE TRANSITION AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
- PREPARING YOUR STAFF TO BECOME AN IMPLANT PRACTICE
2 CE’S
COST: FREE
ADVANCED IMPLANTOLOGY:
IMMEDIATE IMPLANT PLACEMENT & GUIDED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
This is a course for doctors who are currently placing implants, however prior implant surgical experience is not a prerequisite. The ultimate objective of this course is for doctors to learn immediate vs. delayed placement techniques and when each is indicated, which temporary restorative options to choose, and understanding the restorative nuances of multiple implant procedures along with case planning and protocol for guided surgery.
COURSE TOPICS:
- EXTRACTION / IMMEDIATE PLACEMENT TECHNIQUES VS DELAYED PLACEMENT
- MULTIPLE IMPLANT PLANNING AND THE RESTORATIVE NUANCES
- CASE PLANNING FOR GUIDED SURGERY AND WHAT IS NEEDED FOR GUIDED FABRICATION
- OVERVIEW OF DIGITAL CASE PLANNING SOFTWARE
- BUCCAL WALL GRAFTING TECHNIQUES
- TEMPORARY RESTORATIVE OPTIONS
- IMMEDIATE LOAD PORVISIONALIZATION ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS
- MANAGING COMPLICATIONS
- REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF GUIDED SURGERY VIDEOS
- HANDS ON GUIDED IMPLANT PLACEMENT ON MODELS
3 CE’S
COST: $199
EXTRACTING, GRAFTING & SUTURING
Participants will learn techniques necessary to incorporate simple extraction and bone grafting procedures into your daily practice, increasing your billable time $300-$500 each time an extraction and grafting procedure is performed. Becoming proficient in socket grafting and ridge preservation can lead to incorporating simple implant placement procedures into your practice.
COURSE TOPICS:
- SURGICAL ANATOMY
- TOOTH EXTRACTION ESSENTIALS AND TECHNIQUES
- INCISION AND FLAPPING TECHNIQUES
- WHAT SUTURES TO USE AND SUTURING TECHNIQUES
- WOUND HEALING AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
- WHICH BONE GRAFT MATERIAL TO USE
- MEMBRANE PLACEMENT
- MANAGING COMPLICATIONS
- HANDS-ON EXTRACTION AND GRAFTING TECHNIQUES ON TYPODONT
3 CE’S
COST: $199