CURRICULUM

Lecture:
During the first 5 days of the one-year comprehensive Master Clinician Implant program will feature digital planning, the surgical aspects of bone, soft tissue, and implant management including the critical steps in osseointegration and implant site development for long-term success, function and esthetics. Extraction sites, Implant system choice and implant site preparation for different bone sites and regenerative steps for GBR procedures will be discussed.
The restorative steps involved in osseointegration and implant prosthodontics will cover multiple teeth and single tooth restorations. Accurate impression taking, fit of framework, screw-retained vs cemented, abutment choice and occlusal design are highlighted in detail.

Live Surgery:
Patient demonstration will show a surgical treatment of a moderate bone defect with implant placement and GBR graft.

Workshops:
Hands-on workshops will be performed in plastic and fresh porcine jaw models and soft and hard bone models. The class will use microsurgical Hu-Friedy hand instruments, resorbable nylon and PTFE suture materials, W&H drill units, Straumann implant system, and bone regenerative materials. The focus will be to train suturing techniques, implant extraction site placement, and moderate GBR procedures.

During Session II, all aspects of soft tissue management and grafting before, during and after implant placement will be discussed as well as the complications seen with these procedures.

7 hands-on workshops with wet and dry models will highlight these procedures using microsurgical instruments and sutures. Advanced implant prosthodontics will be covered with lectures on full-mouth implant restorations, and mixed teeth/implant cases.

The students will practice the following procedures:

1) Immediate Implant placement with Socket & Soft Tissue Grafts

2) Soft tissue flaps – Split vs Full Thickness; Tunneling vs Full Flap

3) Palatal Soft Tissue Harvest – Strip vs Envelop; Keratinization vs Thickening

4) Autogenous Tissue Grafts vs Collagen Biomaterials

5) Dermal Grafts and Growth factors

Lectures:
The surgical aspect will focus on advanced implant procedures, ridge grafting, sinus augmentation, periimplantitis and complications in implant dentistry. The choice of implant design and its benefits in deficient and poor-quality bone will be presented.
The restorative aspect will focus on full-arch solutions using the analog and full digital workflow, the optimal implant position, abutment choice and the evidence and experience to deliver long-term results.

Live Surgery:
The patient treatment by faculty will focus on the surgical implant treatment of patients with advanced jaw resorption.

Workshops:
The class students will practice procedures using 1) Straumann engaging BLX implants in special plastic models, 2) GBR horizontal and vertical bone augmentation with Resorbable collagen and non-Resorbable PTFE membranes, bone grafts and Growth Factors in fresh pig jaw models, 3) Full-arch implant placement and restoration in special plastic models.

During the final 5 days of the Master Clinician Program new Research and Clinical Advances in Implant Dentistry, Radiology, Periodontics, Pharmacology, Oral Surgery and Oral Biology will be presented by the Program Chairman. Throughout the week implant patients will be presented with advanced and new technology treatment plans in lecture and live surgery format.