HARD TISSUE

Advanced Hard Tissue:

This limited attendance course is appropriate for clinicians with intermediate or advanced experience in implant dentistry who are looking to gain clinical knowledge and surgical skills required to perform block bone grafting and 3-D biologic procedures for horizontal and vertical augmentation at implant sites with deficient anatomy.

Emphasis will be placed on:

• Patient evaluation

• Treatment planning

• Anatomic and biologic material science

• Tissue engineering concepts and related soft tissue management 

• Surgical principles related to successfully performing pre-implant site development using autogenous coticiocancellous and allogeneic block grafts with guided bone regeneration and 3-D biologic techniques

Clinicians will gain experience with:

• Interdisciplinary case planning

• Bone grafting instrumentation

• Sterile operatory set up

• Donor and recipient site procedures that minimize patient morbidity and maximize volume outcomes 

At the completion of this course, doctors should be able to:

• Discuss the anatomic and biologic basis for performing the intra-oral bone regeneration and hard tissue implant site development procedures learned in this course.

• Discuss the surgical principles, material science, and tissue engineering concepts related to performing hard tissue augmentation procedures learned in this course to allow for restoration driven implant placement at complex sites with deficient alveolar ridges.

• Use cone beam CT technology and planning software to minimize morbidity and maximize success with hard tissue implant site development.

• Strategically select and sequence the hard tissue implant site development procedures learned in this course with soft tissue implant site development procedures, as part of multidisciplinary management of complex dental implant reconstructions.

• Understand the indications and limitations of various soft tissue flaps used for the hard tissue implant site development procedures learned in this course.

At the completion of this course, doctors should understand the indications, limitations, peri-operative patient management protocols, and procedural details for performing the following hard tissue implant site development and intra-oral bone regeneration procedures at standard sites:

• Harvesting, handling and immobilization of autogenous  corticocancellous block and particulate cortical and cancellous bone grafts in the oral cavity

• Pre-implant hard tissue implant site development

• Autogenous and allogeneic block and particulate grafts with GBR for horizontal and vertical augmentation

• 3-D biologic bone grafting techniques for horizontal augmentation

• Surgical soft tissue management associated with performing the hard tissue implant site development procedures learned in this course

Surgical assistants will receive training in the following areas:

• Identifying patients who would benefit from the hard tissue augmentation procedures learned in this course

• Patient consultation and case presentation

• Informed consent

• Operatory set up

• Aseptic technique

• Related use of tissue engineering materials

• Protocols for effective surgical assisting

• Care and maintenance of instrumentation and equipment

• Inventory control of supplies and materials

• Peri-operative patient management, including placement and removal of periodontal dressings and adjustment and reline of provisional prosthesis

This course will help surgical assistants with implementation of the Sclar Center Clinical Patient Management Protocols for successful management of patients who undergo the hard tissue implant site development procedures learned in this course.

Detail:
24 hours of CE credits are given for this 3-day certificate course. Although no prerequisite is required for this course, participants are expected to have intermediate experience in dental implant surgery and demonstrate proficiency in the soft and hard tissue augmentation procedures detailed in the Sclar Center Soft Tissue Intermediate and Advanced courses and the Hard Tissue Intermediate course, or equivalent. Additionally, students should become familiar with the precourse reading materials that will be supplied in advance. Students are encouraged to make hotel arrangements at the nearby Sonesta Bayfront Hotel in Coconut Grove. Transportation to and from the Sclar Center will be provided.

Tuition:
$3,695