What's covered in the courses (Level 1 &2):
Introduction to Implant Dentistry
• The myths and realities of implant dentistry today
• Staff and Office Management (assistant and front desk portion)
• Consent form/legal/what to do and say as well as what not to
• Patient eval (Is the patient a candidate clinically, biologically, mentally?)
• Treatment planning
• Utilizing diagnostics and your laboratory
• Surgical technique
• Flap design and technique as well as suturing
• Implant surgery tips and techniques
• Prosthetic procedures
• Predictable restoration
• Implant maintenance
• Maintenance for longevity of the implant and of your practice
• Anomalies, complications and remedies
Contents for Sinus & Bone Graft
• Diagnosis and Treatment plan
• Consent forms/Legal Issues
• Patient evaluation
• Radiographic evaluation: Periapical/panoramic/CT Scan
• Bone biology: Why some procedures work and others do not.
• Socket preservation technique: Reality or illusion
• Ridge augmentation techniques: Particulate bone, Block bone
• Soft tissue management: Flap design, Flap manipulation
• Evaluation for sinus surgery, complications and treatment
• Sinus augmentation techniques: Various techniques from lateral
window to internal techniques
• Internal techniques: Technique to access sinus floor, Internal sinus
manipulation (ISM)
“Hands-On” Clinic Portion
• Comparing periapical, panoramic and CT Scan information
• Simple flap, tissue manipulation and suturing
• Surgical bone grafting and site preparation
• Sinus augmentation and bone grafting (both internal and external)
• Surgical implant placement
• Implant impression taking and restoration procedures