This course will review the basic tenants of oral surgery appropriate for the general practitioner. We will explore the use of minimally invasive and alveolar ridge preservation techniques and the management of common complications associated with tooth extractions. This course will cover the armamentarium necessary to perform extractions both surgically and atraumatic. There will be a deep dive into surgical and suturing techniques as well as opportunities for hands-on workshops; including live surgeries (limited spots available). Perioperative management and postoperative expectations will finalize the course.

• Understand the surgical tenants and techniques of basic oral surgical procedures
• Review grafting options, techniques, and adjuncts for the maxillofacial region
• Practice the technique of ridge preservation grafting
• What to expect in the perioperative period of patient healing, complications, and the management thereof
• Identify instruments that should be used to perform simple, surgical, and atraumatic extractions
• Analyze and evaluate surgical difficulty and manage risk assessment in medically compromised patients who require tooth extractions
• How to apply simple concepts and principles of guided bone regeneration (GBR), including socket preservation for future implant placements
• Perform other common oral surgery procedures in the general dental practice
• Understand and avoid medico-legal issues associated with oral surgery through case selection and informed patient consent
• *Learn more about mentorship opportunities at the course

Developing the ideal implant site often requires bone grafting procedures. Implant surgeons today must be proficient in socket grafting as well as ridge augmentation techniques. Gain the knowledge and confidence you need to incorporate these procedures into your daily practice with predictable results. This two-day course combines lecture and a hands on lab allowing you to quickly master these procedures and integrate them into your practice.

Learning Objectives

* Surgical anatomy
* Incision and flap design
* The essentials of tooth extraction
* Sutures and suturing techniques
* The biology of wound healing
* Growth factors and amniotic stem cells to enhance healing
* Bone graft materials and membranes

From digital smile design to facially generated treatment plans, photography can open the door to visual communication and case acceptance. This course will take a deep dive into how digital photography may be best utilized in your practice. Note: Participants will get more out of the course if they bring: DSLR or mirrorless camera; Laptop with Keynote, Powerpoint and/or Adobe Creative Cloud (Lightroom).

Learning Objectives:

* How photography is used to improve case presentation/case acceptance
* Using templates to treatment plan and communicate
* Flash and glass; your light and lens matter
* Different lighting setups and configurations
* Dental retractors, mirrors, contrasters
* Taking great head and fashion shots
* Processing your images in Photos, Keynote and Lightroom

This course has been designed to review in detail the surgical knowledge and techniques for the immediate placement of dental implants after full-mouth extractions. The goal is to deliver a step-by-step workflow that will empower dentists with the necessary tools to approach full arch rehabilitation with confidence. Focusing on advanced surgical and restorative principles and protocols, the course is aimed to the clinician who wants to take the leap into full arch rehabilitation.

Learning Objectives

* Diagnosis and Treatment planning for a Full Arch Case
* Fixed vs Removable Provisionals
* Step by step protocol for the denture conversion into an immediately loaded fixed prosthesis
* Understand the workflow for the fabrication of the definitive prosthesis

Immediate implant placement with provisionalization is a long established and scientifically proven approach to implant therapy. This course is designed to cover treatment planning and specific protocols to maximize long-term success. The program will place emphasis on initial diagnosis, surgery, and prosthetics that will streamline procedures valuable to the patient.

- Explore the scientific evidence that supports immediate placement/provisionalization
- Identify the specific surgical and prosthetic protocols to obtain long-term success
- Understand the advantages and limitations of immediate load and provisionalization
- Manage and avoid complications based on surgical/prosthetic protocols
- Learn techniques to evaluate and diagnose cases to determine the ideal surgical protocol
- Maximize esthetic outcomes in the smile zone using less invasive techniques
- Use “decision trees” to develop treatment plans based on specific case scenarios

This course is designed for the General Dentist who is interested in learning more about basic surgical principles and protocols to initiate the process of placing implants. The goal is to empower dentists with the knowledge and confidence necessary to start a simple dental implant practice. This immersive course includes both lecture and hands-on typodont training.

Learning Objectives

1. Gain knowledge and understanding in the area of surgical implant placement, using a detailed and methodical approach that will allow dentists to start surgical procedures in their own practice
2. After this course, dentists should feel competent and ready to start a simple, posterior implant practice immediately
3. Be able to create treatment plans for case selection, surgical site assessment, implant selection, biomaterials selection, and patient management

Learn the Hybridge protocol for treating patients with complex dental issues who desire a fixed full arch prosthesis and take your productivity to a whole new level.

1. Navigate full arch cases, from surgical to restorative

2. Significantly reduce doctor chair time, maximizing productivity

3. Minimize the time to final delivery for patient satisfaction

4. Utilize the Hybridge full arch specialty laboratory for durable, long-lasting, full arch prostheses

5. Use the Hybridge XD digital protocol to deliver a definitive full arch within two weeks of surgery

This intermediate, two-day course will explore treatment modalities for many challenging clinical scenarios and will walk participants through the treatment planning process to the delivery of the final restoration. It will establish guidelines that can easily be implemented into practice to increase communication between doctor, patient, interdisciplinary team and lab.

• Fabrication of a screw retained implant supported bridge with prosthetic soft tissue

• Timing of implant placement in complex cases with congruent specialty treatment

• Orthodontic ridge development for enhanced esthetics

• Management of the failing implant

• Restoring the edentulous patient; removable and fixed options

Where restorations are involved, good communication between dentists and technicians is the key to successful outcomes and happy patients. The consequences of poor communication can be reflected in several ways depending on where the breakdown occurs. The cost associated with these breakdowns can have financial and professional ramifications. Everyone involved can share in the joy of the process and be energized by the possibilities or live through the frustration and question their purpose. This course will explore the steps in bridging the gap between the patient, dentist, and technician. To critically breakdown the treatment planning process and clinical steps and to hone in and focus as a united front to deliver beautiful results. This course will have a heavy focus on implant dentistry, starting with single posterior and anterior restorations and building in complexity to implant-supported bridges and full arch implant-supported removable and fixed restorations.

Learn the Hybridge protocol for treating patients with complex dental issues who desire a fixed full arch prosthesis and take your productivity to a whole new level.

Developing the ideal implant site often requires bone grafting procedures. Implant surgeons today must be proficient in socket grafting as well as ridge augmentation techniques. Gain the knowledge and confidence you need to incorporate these procedures into your daily practice with predictable results. This two-day course combines lecture and hands-on lab allowing you to quickly master these procedures and integrate them into your practice.

This course is designed for the General Dentist who is interested in learning more about basic surgical principles and protocols to initiate the process of placing implants. The goal is to empower dentists with the knowledge and confidence necessary to start a simple dental implant practice. After this course, participants should be able to develop their own protocol for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, surgical placement, and prosthetic restoration of single-tooth posterior implants. This immersive course includes both lecture and hands-on typodont training.

From bone grafting to prepare the socket for the perfect implant to CBCT scanning and computer planning for completely guided implant placement, this course will describe the very solutions that make implant placement challenging and gratifying. A full hands-on component for socket grafting, as well as completely guided implant placement, will build confidence for those who would like to do larger or complex cases, as well as for those who have never placed but want to get started with implants. 

Navigating your career in today’s dental climate is challenging. Many dentists quickly realize our profession and their life is very different from what they expected. Instead of a rewarding career helping others and honing our clinical skills, we find ourselves just trying to survive. Drowning in debt, afraid of making poor practice ownership decisions, we have few options and little control. We ask around and start to understand that the mature dentists in our community have few answers, many have become discouraged, their future uncertain and time limited. This course is a blueprint for the courageous. Those who want to take themselves and their team and create the practice of their dreams. This course is for practice owners, future practice owners, spouses, and all dental team members.

In this fun, high-tech, two-day course, doctors and team members will learn how to make Implantology efficient and predictable. Day one will focus on single and multiple guided implants including designing and printing your own guides. Day two will focus on all aspects of 3D printing in dentistry, including digital dentures, printed implant analog models and printed hybrids. Doctors will need to bring a PC laptop in order to download free software and cases provided before the course.

The clinical success of an implant restoration is dependent on the soft tissue that frames it and on the bone volume surrounding it. As such soft tissue grafting and sinus grafting are essential skills for the advanced implant surgeon to master. This two day course will focus on soft tissue grafting and sinus grafting procedures. Attendee will learn these procedures in a step by step fashion through didactic lectures and hands-on with a pig specimen.

Learn the Hybridge protocol for treating patients with complex dental issues who desire a fixed full arch prosthesis and take your productivity to a whole new level.

This course has been designed to review in detail the surgical knowledge and techniques for the placement of dental implants after full-mouth extractions. The goal is to deliver a step-by-step workflow that will empower dentists with the necessary tools to approach full arch rehabilitation with confidence. Focusing on advanced surgical and restorative principles and protocols, the course is aimed to the clinician who wants to take the leap into full arch rehabilitation.

Day 1 is Live Surgical Placement Observation, covering treatment planning and basic implant surgery. This series covers the basics of implant placement, case selection, and demonstration of the Implant Direct system. Day 2 is didactic, covering implant patient selection, site preparation with socket grafting, suturing techniques and hands.

All dentists, from experienced to first time implantologists, can benefit from this course. The continuum can be taken as a whole or in part, depending on your preference and skill level. The object of this three part series is to help the practitioner to incorporate the use of dental implants into their practice and have the confidence to place implants in all situations. For the novice, we start with bone grafting in preparation of the socket area for implant placement. Then basic implant placement and restoration advancing through to sedation for overall treatment. For the more experienced practitioners, modules relating to surgical guides, implant placement after CBCT scanning, and planning will be beneficial.