3-Day Implant Surgical Program with Cadaver, 3D Printing

Day 1: Morning

• Get started with an informative introduction.
• Master the basics of wound healing and surgical techniques.
• Explore osseointegration, bone physiology, and anatomy.
• Learn the art of patient selection and clinical evaluation.
• Mitigate risks effectively.
• Dive into flap design, incisions, hand instruments, and suturing.
• Participate in a hands-on workshop, perfecting your suturing techniques with practical exercises on pads.

Day 1: Afternoon

• Delve into extraction site management, including bone substitute options and membrane selection.
• Conquer complications with immediate, early, and late implant placements.
• Revisit patient selection and clinical evaluation.
• Engage in another hands-on workshop focused on extraction site management and ridge preservation, treating various socket defects and practicing membrane placement.

Day 2: Morning

• Embark on an introduction to Implant Dentistry.
• Learn about medical assessment for implant patients and crucial success factors.
• Explore anatomical considerations in implant dentistry.
• Compare esthetic anterior implant placement with non-esthetic posterior implant placement.
• Familiarize yourself with surgical protocols, implant instruments, and the surgical kit.
• Participate in a hands-on workshop involving implant placement in models, both anterior and posterior.
• Understand restorative considerations in Implant Dentistry, including abutment selection, implant prosthetics, analog implant impressions, and IO scanning for implant restorations.
• Practice analog implant impressions and IO scanning in another hands-on workshop.

Day 2: Afternoon

• Harness the power of CBCT diagnosis related to Implant Dentistry.
• Review and analyze CBCT images effectively.
• Master diagnostic and radiographic evaluation techniques using CBCT.
• Explore virtual implant planning and surgical guides.
• 3D Print model of next day’s live surgical case.
• Treatment plan next day’s live surgical case.
• Place dummy implant in 3D printed model for next day’s live surgical case.
• 3D print surgical guide for next day’s live surgical case.

Day 2: Morning

• Review day 1
• Cadaver Training
  • Identify key anatomical structures.
  • Practice flag design, bone augmentation, and suture techniques.
  • Place dental implants in single and multiple sights.
  • Practice bone grafting techniques and how to use various membranes.
  • Learn the sinus-bump technique.

Day 2: Afternoon

• Review treatment plan for dental implant surgery
• Dental implant surgery
  • Each dentist will place one implant in live patient.
    • Dentist’s will utilize guide from previous days 3D printed model
  • Case presentation
    • Each dentist will discuss their case

Day 3: Morning / Afternoon

• Dental implant surgery
  • Each dentist will place three dental implants in live patients.
• Recap and discussion

- Bring your questions to the Q&A session.
- Conclude the course with valuable final thoughts and comments.