Description
2025-03-06th – Foundations in Dental Implant Surgery and Prosthetics
Workshop 1:
Thursday 6th March 2025 – Saturday 8th March 2025
Workshop 2:
Thursday 26th June 2025 – Saturday 28th June 2025
Time: 0900 – 1700 with registration from 0830
Location: Dental Artistry Academy, 1/38 Broadway Newmarket, Auckland
Lecturer: Dr Sheng Zhang
Course Fee: $4800 inc GST – Earlybird $4200 inc GST (registered and paid prior to 31/01/2025)
Overview:
This 6-day course split over two sessions has been specifically designed for dentists wishing to start their journey in dental implantology or those who have started placing and restoring dental implants but wishing to develop a deeper understanding to improve their case outcomes.
Session One will empower you to restore single unit and short span bridge implant supported prosthesis. Understanding the prosthetic aspect of dental implantology prepares the clinician to become a prosthetically driven implant surgeon. The course will cover digital implant planning including in-house surgical guide fabrication with 3D printing. Basic socket preservation will be taught to allow dentists to prepare their cases ready to proceed with implant surgery following Session Two. During this session, each dentist will plan their surgical guides, which will be printed ready to go for Session Two surgical training.
Session Two focuses on the surgical aspects of single unit implant placements with a focus on ‘Brain Guided’ implant surgery, however the use of surgical guides will be extensively covered. A whole day is dedicated to hands-on training, placing dental implants into surgical models and developing soft tissue management skills to provide the best long-term outcomes for their patient.
The attendees will be supported post course to build confidence in tackling their first cases in a safe manner. Attendees may treat their own patients at the academy under clinical supervision or be provided patients by the academy to treat in live patient externships*.
Each dentist is welcome to bring their assistant along for additional complimentary training during the procedure from our expert surgical assistants. Graduates of the program are eligible to apply to attend LIVE surgical training in Southeast Asia for an INTENSIVE WEEK of clinical training^.
*Dentists must attend dedicated Live Patient Externships weeks for clinical training. Dentists may elect to complete Live Patient Externships for both surgical and prosthetis phases of implant treatment. The cost per day of clinical training for a single operator is $8,000 and includes 4 surgical implant placements. Dentists can elect to form pairs and provide 2 surgeries and assist 2 surgeries for a cost of $4,000. Extensive case workups will be provided prior to the live surgery and dentists have the option to prepare a surgical guide for use if required. The cases will be documented throughout the treatment phases for detailed case analysis.
^Live patient Intensive Week will be completed in Vietnam. Attendance is conditional on dentists passing a written examination post course and demonstrating an understanding of base surgical principals during the hands-on course. Dentists will also need to meet the minimum required from the Vietnam Ministry of Health to obtain a Provisional Dental Licensure to treat patients in a University Hospital under supervision. Cost of the Live Patient Intensive Week is to be advised in due course.
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Course Outline:
Session One will empower you to restore single unit and short span bridge implant supported prosthesis. Understanding the prosthetic aspect of dental implantology prepares the clinician to become a prosthetically driven implant surgeon. The course will cover digital implant planning including in-house surgical guide fabrication with 3D printing. Basic socket preservation will be taught to allow dentists to prepare their cases ready to proceed with implant surgery following Session Two. During this session, each dentist will plan their surgical guides, which will be printed ready to go for Session Two surgical training.
Session Two focuses on the surgical aspects of single unit implant placements with a focus on ‘Brain Guided’ implant surgery, however the use of surgical guides will be extensively covered. A whole day is dedicated to hands-on training, placing dental implants into surgical models and developing soft tissue management skills to provide the best long-term outcomes for their patient.
Session One:
Session One Overview – Introduction to Dental Implants and Implant Restorations
Day 1 – Thursday 06/3/2025
- Introduction to dental implants and the role of the general dentist
- Rationale for dental implants
- Understanding dental implant terminology
- Implant macro designs, connections and their surface treatments
- The differences between dental implants and natural teeth
- The importance of osseointegration and mucointegration
- Impression taking techniques using open tray, closed tray and digital scan bodies
- Hands-on Impression Taking Workshop
- Live patient impression taking technique
- The different restorative abutments and their strengths and weaknesses
Day 2 – Friday 07/03/2025
- Patient assessment and evaluation for dental implants
- Prosthetically driven treatment planning
- Screw versus cement retained restorations
- Prosthetic designs, emergence profile and material choice
- Restoration of short span implant bridges
- Proper process for insertion of implant prosthesis and trouble shooting
- Live patient prosthetic insertion
- Applying prosthetic knowledge to a series of cases
Day 3 – Saturday 8/03/2025
- Patient consultation and communication strategies to achieve success in daily practice
- Atraumatic tooth extraction techniques
- Basic socket preservation – why, when and how
- Hands-on workshop for socket preservation
- Live patient socket preservation
- 3D implant positions and the cardinal rules
- Digital planning and hands-on workshop with coDiagnostiX®
- Preparing cases for Session 2
Session Two Overview – Introduction to Dental Implant Surgery
Day 1 – Thursday 26/06/2025
- Introduction to dental implant surgery
- The essential surgical armamentarium for implant surgery
- Basic flap designs and surgical techniques
- Second stage uncovering of dental implant techniques
- Osteotomy preparation and implant placement protocols
- The different dental implants and their clinical indications
- Zirconia Implants and their place in implant dentistry
- The use of surgical guides in implant dentistry
- Sterile surgical setup
- Live patient implant surgery
Day 2 – Friday 27/06/2025
- Hands-on Suture Workshop
- Hands-on Implant Workshop: Placement of 6 dental implants using guided and freehand approach and soft tissue management techniques
- Mastering “Brain Guided” implant surgery
- Complications management during surgery
Day 3 – Saturday 28/06/2025
- Zero Bone Loss Concept
- Peri-surgical pharmacology
- Multidisciplinary implant management
- Prevention and management of Peri-Implantitis
- Business and financial considerations
- Bringing it all together, the good, the bad and the ugly
- Departing words of wisdom
Students of this Workshop:
Attendees will be supported post course to build confidence in tackling their first cases in a safe manner. Attendees may treat their own patients at the academy under clinical supervision or be provided patients by the academy to treat in live patient externships*.
Each dentist is welcome to bring their assistant along for additional complimentary training during the procedure from our expert surgical assistants. Graduates of the program are eligible to apply to attend LIVE surgical training in Southeast Asia for an INTENSIVE WEEK of clinical training^.
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