Dental implant courses, digital dentistry training, and more

This 3-day program (30 CE) delivers a comprehensive understanding of the principles of atraumatic extraction, bone grafting, and immediate dental implant placement. We discuss the different bone grafting and membrane materials and techniques. You will leave this program with the ability to comfortably select cases for immediate extraction, grafting, and implant placement. Our program is evidence based, with a focus on shedding practical tips and tricks, and hands-on training, to allow you to provide effective and efficient implant therapy to your patients.

Learning Objectives

• Atraumatic extraction principles
• Proper instruments for treatment
• Bone biology & socket healing principles
• Mechanical extraction systems 
• Bone grafting materials & principles
• Membrane materials & principles 
• Understanding which techniques to use when
• Implant Placement (Hands-on)
• Immediate implant placement (Hands-on)
• Basic suturing techniques & flap design (Hands-on)
• Socket Grafting & Ridge augmentation (Hands-on)

Core Mini-Residency in Oral Implantology

Core 4: PRF Workshop & Live-Patient Implant Surgery Program

The first day of this 3-day (30 CE) program focuses on the science and protocols of utilizing PRF and PRP in different clinical applications. Venipuncture is taught by a highly-experience phlebotomy instructor. The remaining two days will be spent treating patients under the supervision of an experience DDI faculty member. Participants will apply their previous didactic and hands-on training, such as atraumatic extractions, implant placement, bone grafting, suturing, and much more. Our participants all agree that there is so no better way to start placing implants routinely, than to complete the first few cases done the supervision of an expert.

• Pre-surgical planning
• Implant surgical principles
• Post-operative principles
• Surgical placement of implants and adjunctive procedures needed to complete the case such as atraumatic extractions, ridge augmentation, PRF utilization and indirect sinus grafting (Hands-on)
• Case review and discussion on important clinical issues
• Complication avoidance & management
• The science and difference between the three leading PRF protocols: L-PRF, A-PRF, and PRGF
• Clinical application for both hard tissue and soft tissue procedures
• Venipuncture, taught by a highly-experience phlebotomy instructor (Hands-on)

Advanced Soft Tissue Management around Teeth and Implants.

This course is designed for general practitioners and interested clinicians to provide them with the essential knowledge and hands-on experience needed to improve patient outcomes in soft tissue management around teeth and implants.

Learning objectives:

• Accurately diagnose mucogingival defects, understand their etiologies, and explore the science behind soft tissue management.
• Development of a decision-making framework for soft tissue management around teeth and implants.
• Learning flap design and management of recipient sites for single or multiple tooth recessions.
• Learning harvesting  techniques of donor sites including free gingival grafts and various techniques for connective tissue grafts.
• Compare autogenous tissues with biomaterials used as alternatives in soft tissue management.
• Refine advanced suturing techniques to improve clinical outcomes in soft tissue surgeries.
• Understand strategies for preventing and managing complications following soft tissue procedures.
• Hands-On Training: A two-day hands-on workshop utilizing pig jaws to practice:
  • Free gingival graft and connective tissue graft techniques
  • Advanced suturing techniques

Core Mini-Residency in Oral Implantology

CORE 1: IMPLANT TREATMENT PLANNING & RESTORATIONS

• Treatment planning & Nobel Clinician

• Implant selection & positioning (Hands-on)

• Implant planning from simple to complex

• Abutment selection

• Proper cementation techniques

• Cement retained prostheses

• Screw retained prostheses

• Utilizing implant tools (Hands-on)

• Impression Techniques (Hands-on)

• Implant occlusion

• Provisional Restorations (Hands-on)

• Digital treatment planning & utilization of 3D imaging

Core Mini-Residency in Oral Implantology

Core 2: Implant Surgery & Restoratively Driven Treatment

• Treatment planning & Nobel Clinician
• Anatomical considerations & biology
• Proper implant placement in 4 dimensions
• Single tooth implant surgery (Hands-on)
• Multiple tooth implant surgery
• Edentulous implant surgery 
• Implant placement (Hands-on) 
• Basic suturing techniques & flap design (Hands-on)
• Bone physiology & healing • Implant pharmacology 
• Stage 2 implant surgery & soft tissue considerations (Hands-on)

This 3-day program (30 CE) delivers a comprehensive understanding of the principles of atraumatic extraction, bone grafting, and immediate dental implant placement. We discuss the different bone grafting and membrane materials and techniques. You will leave this program with the ability to comfortably select cases for immediate extraction, grafting, and implant placement. Our program is evidence based, with a focus on shedding practical tips and tricks, and hands-on training, to allow you to provide effective and efficient implant therapy to your patients.

Learning Objectives

• Atraumatic extraction principles
• Proper instruments for treatment
• Bone biology & socket healing principles
• Mechanical extraction systems 
• Bone grafting materials & principles
• Membrane materials & principles 
• Understanding which techniques to use when
• Implant Placement (Hands-on)
• Immediate implant placement (Hands-on)
• Basic suturing techniques & flap design (Hands-on)
• Socket Grafting & Ridge augmentation (Hands-on)

Advanced Soft Tissue Management around Teeth and Implants

This course is designed for general practitioners and interested clinicians to provide them with the essential knowledge and hands-on experience needed to improve patient outcomes in soft tissue management around teeth and implants.

Learning objectives:

• Accurately diagnose mucogingival defects, understand their etiologies, and explore the science behind soft tissue management.
• Development of a decision-making framework for soft tissue management around teeth and implants.
• Learning flap design and management of recipient sites for single or multiple tooth recessions.
• Learning harvesting techniques of donor sites including free gingival grafts and various techniques for connective tissue grafts.
• Compare autogenous tissues with biomaterials used as alternatives in soft tissue management.
• Refine advanced suturing techniques to improve clinical outcomes in soft tissue surgeries.
• Understand strategies for preventing and managing complications following soft tissue procedures.
• Hands-On Training: A two-day hands-on workshop utilizing pig jaws to practice:
  • Free gingival graft and connective tissue graft techniques
  • Advanced suturing techniques

The predictable management of the Maxillary Sinus requires an understanding of treatment options including direct and indirect site preparation for placement of dental implants.  Having confidence in treating the posterior maxilla is essential for being able to manage full mouth oral rehabilitation.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the role of posterior dentition in dentition stability
• Identify the pathology related related to Maxillary Sinus and appropriate treatment options
• Learn the surgical approaches to managing the Maxillary Sinus (direct and indirect techniques)
• Understand essential management of Soft and Hard Tissue
• Extrusions of the Posterior Maxilla
• Review case studies including 30 year follow-up
• Review Essential criteria for successful bone grafting
• Learn Soft Tissue Management for Bone Grafting (appropriate incisions, site exposure, closing and suturing for advanced bone grafts)
• Learn about Advanced Particulate Bone Grafts
• Know the use of Biologics in Bone Grafting (PRF, PRP)
• Review of case studies of Advanced Bone Grafts in both Simple and Advanced Prosthetic Cases
• Learn the basics of Ridge Expansion Grafts
• Learn the basics of Block Bone Grafts (donor sites, allograft blocks)
• Understand the mechanics of Lateral Positioning of the IAN
• Understand Complication Management Strategies