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Course Brochure
Course Overview
“Dental Implants 101: Essential Skills for Implant Surgery and Restoration” is an intensive course designed for dentists with limited experience in implant surgery. This comprehensive program covers fundamental skills needed for implant surgery and restoration, ensuring you gain the confidence and expertise required to excel in your practice.
Course director: Homa H Zadeh, DDS, PhD
Course Topics
- Rationale for Implant Therapy
- Introduction to dental implants
- Implant macro design
- Implant surfaces
- Biology of Osseointegrated dental implant
- Bone-implant osseointegration
- Soft tissue integration
- Case Selection and Risk Assessment
- Health History
- Dental History
- Local Factors
- Patient Age
- Diagnostic Imaging
- CBCT Interpretation
- Radiographic anatomy: maxillary sinus, mandibular canal, mental foramen, etc
- Radiographic Pathology
- CBCT Interpretation
- Surgical Guide Techniques
- Conventional
- 3D Printed
- Dynamic Navigation
- Surgical anatomy
- Implant Surgery
- Flap Design
- Tunneling
- Suturing Techniques
- Flapless Surgery
- Extraction Management
- Armamentarium for minimally invasive extraction
- Extraction techniques to preserve alveolar bone
- Immediate Implant Placement
- Immediate Provisionalization
- Alveolar Ridge Preservation Socket Grafting
- Ridge Augmentation
- Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR)
- Sinus Augmentation
- Removable and Fixed Restoration
- Dental Abutment Selection
- Occlusion
- Digital workflow in implant dentistry
Additional Topics
- Patient Communication and Education
- Sterilization and Infection Control
- Post-Operative Care and Complications Management
- Legal and Ethical Considerations in Implant Dentistry
- Informed consent
Course Structure and Format
Module 1: Online On-Demand Content
- Duration: 40 Hours
- Format: Online lectures and clinical videos
- CE Units: 40 CE Units
- Tuition: $3995
- Description: Study at your own pace with comprehensive online materials, including detailed lectures and real-life clinical videos.
Module 2: In-Person Session
- Dates: January 31 – February 2, 2025
- Venue: VISTA Institute for Therapeutic Innovations
- Format: Lectures, hands-on workshop on simulation models and pig jaws, live surgery demonstration.
- CE Units: 24 CE Units
- Module 2 Tuition:
- $2995 (by Nov 15, 2024)
- $3295 (by Dec 31, 2024)
- $3495 (after Jan 1, 2025)
- Description: Most of the didactic lectures are provided online so that the 3-day intensive in-person session is spent with practice skill-building exercises and live surgery demonstrations to solidify one’s skills.
Module 3: Live Patient Surgery
- Format: Individual sessions arranged with participants
- Description: Apply your knowledge in a real clinical setting by performing implant surgeries on patients under expert supervision.
- Tuition: To be arranged on an individual basis
Schedule
Module 1: Online On-Demand Content
- Available: Immediately after enrollment
- Self-paced study
Module 2: In-Person Session
| Friday, January 31, 2025 | Pacific Time | Speaker | Topic, event description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-10:00 AM | Surgical protocol in implant therapy in healed sites | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break and exhibits | ||
| 10:30-12:30 | Surgical protocol in implant therapy in healed sites | ||
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch | ||
| 2:00-5:00 | Hands-on workshop: Surgical guide, flap design, implant site preparation and placement, suturing | ||
| Live Surgery Demonstration: implant therapy in healed site |
| Saturday February 1, 2025 | Pacific Time | Speaker | Topic, event description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-10:00 AM | Surgical protocol for extraction socket management: immediate and delayed implant placement and provisionalization | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break and exhibits | ||
| 10:30-12:30 | Surgical protocol for extraction socket management: immediate and delayed implant placement and provisionalization | ||
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch | ||
| 2:00-5:00 | Hands-on workshop: Minimally invasive tooth extraction, alveolar ridge preservation socket grafting, immediate implant placement, immediate provisionalization | ||
| Live Surgery Demonstration: alveolar ridge preservation socket grafting, immediate implant placement, immediate provisionalization |
| Sunday February 2, 2025 | Pacific Time | Speaker | Topic, event description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-10:00 AM | Bone augmentation for atrophic sites | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break and exhibits | ||
| 10:30-12:30 | Restorative protocols in implant dentistry: analogue and digital impression techniques; abutment selection, restorative material and concepts | ||
| Hands-on workshop: analogue and digital impression | |||
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch | ||
| 2:00-5:00 | Hands-on workshop: alveolar ridge augmentation | ||
| Live Surgery Demonstration: alveolar ridge augmentation |
Module 3: Live Patient Surgery
- Scheduled individually after completion of Modules 1 and 2
Registration and Tuition
- Module 1: $3995
- Module 2:
- $2995 (by Nov 15, 2024)
- $3295 (by Dec 31, 2024)
- $3495 (after Jan 1, 2025)
- Module 3: Tuition based on individual arrangements
Contact Information
For more information and to register, please visit our website or contact us at:
- Website: https://www.learnvista.com
- Email: info@learnvista.com
- Phone: 833-30vista
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