2007 Clinical Implant Continuum

Course Objectives

By treating their own patients under the guidance of a periodontist and prosthodontist, participants will learn to:

1. Establish a protocol and treatment planning sequence to consistently achieve predictable implant placement, prosthodontic restoration and life-like esthetic results.
2. Be comfortable with the full gamut of implant dentistry from single tooth restorations to partially edentulous situations to completely edentulous patients.
3. Incorporate implant dentistry into their practice routine with training and integration of dental assistants, dental hygienist and front office staff.
4. Have a research-documented, evidence-based, systematic, practical approach to all phases of implant dentistry.
5. Be proficient with techniques and technology for case photo documentation, before and after photos, patient presentation of treatment plans and internal marketing.

A unique course structure:

• Doctors bring their own private practice patients to the continuum for treatment planning, surgical implant placement and guidance through the restorative procedures.
• Doctors can pay for the course with patients’ treatment fees for implant surgery and restorations. Doctors are charged a significantly reduced fee for surgical, prosthodontic and laboratory procedures.
• A board-certified periodontist and board-certified prosthodontist who both have significant implant dentistry practices will guide the clinician through all phases of implant dentistry treatment.
• Dr. Derhalli performs all surgical procedures including hard and soft-tissue grafting, atraumatic tooth extraction, implant placement and gingival plastic surgery.

Course Content

By the end of the continuum participants should be able to:

Regarding Patient Selection –

• Understand the osseous and soft-tissues healing process post extraction, and grafting procedures.
• Understand the dimensions and anatomic landmarks for implant placement.
• Perform radiographic analysis for implants.
• Understand and work with radiographic implant analysis software programs.

Regarding Treatment Planning –

• Recognize the contraindications to implant placement and high risk failure situations
• Assess biologic, biomechanical, prosthodontic and esthetic risk factors
• Comprehend the indications, contraindications, risks and benefits of both soft and hard tissue grafting procedures
• Understand and implement selection of single-stage versus two-stage versus immediate loading of fixtures.
• Utilize clinical selection criteria for choosing implant design, shape, length, surface treatment and number of stages need for a given clinical situation.

Regarding Communication with Surgeon –

• Interface with the implant surgeon with ease.
• Be familiar with the implant surgical procedures.
• Make radiographic stents and surgical stents to achieve predictable implant placement.

Regarding Restorative Options and Protocols –

• Design and make transitional prostheses for post-extraction and post-implant placement.
• Develop soft-tissue site with provisional restorations.
• Use selection criteria for decision as to fixed or removable prosthesis for edentulous maxilla rehabilitation.
• Understand selection criteria for various implant components.
• Treatment plan and design implant prostheses for long-term predictability to minimize repair and maintenance visits.

Regarding Hands-on Experience –

• Make accurate impressions and casts of single to multiple fixtures.
• Design single tooth, partially edentulous and completely edentulous implant prostheses.
• Make accurately fitting frameworks and substructures and correct non-fitting frameworks with soldering techniques.
• Perform a rapid and efficient process for delivery of implant prostheses.
• Troubleshoot and adapt to problems such as fixture fracture, abutment and prosthetic screw fracture, and prostheses failures and complications.

Regarding Patient Consultations –

• Train and integrate with front desk personnel.
• Learn internal marketing techniques.
• Calculate fees to remunerate you for your chairtime, skills, components and laboratory costs.
• Make digital patient presentations on implant prosthodontics.

Course Content: Patient Selection, Treatment Planning, Communication with Surgeon, Restorative Options and Protocols, Hand-on Experience and Patient Consultation.

Tuition: $3,950, before January 12, 2007, or $4,400 after January 12, 2007

CE Credit: 8 hours per session

For more information:
http://www.pacdent.com/CIC-2007-brochure.pdf

To register:
http://www.pacdent.com/2007PDI-RegistrationForm.pdf

Brought to you by Pacific Dental Institute and co-sponsored by O'Brien Dental Lab