Alveolar Ridge Strategies: Single Tooth to Full Arch Reconstruction (Apr 17 - 20, 2019)

Alveolar Ridge Strategies: Single Tooth to Full Arch Reconstruction is organized by Pikos Institute and will be held from Apr 17 - 20, 2019 at Pikos Institute Inc, New Port Richey, Florida, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 31 Credit hours.

Top 5 Reasons:
To Attend Alveolar Ridge Strategies: Single Tooth to Full Arch Reconstruction
In this unique bone grafting course, you’ll come to:
• Understand the 6 key principles for predictable alveolar ridge bone grafting.
• Discover the science and art of alveolar ridge bone grafting via unique interactive lecture discussion, live surgery demonstration, and hands-on workshops.
• Learn from Dr. Pikos’ 30 years of bone graft experience.
• Experience a unique learning environment for increasing your surgical skill sets.
• Learn not just “the how-to”, but also “the why” and “the why not.”.

Course Topics:
• Pikos Institute Philosophy of oral implant rehabilitation for hard tissue augmentation.
• Sequential 3D digital diagnostic protocol to evaluate hard tissue donor sites and post graft recipient sites.
• Key principles and algorithms for science based, predictable advanced bone grafting.
• Site specific hard tissue architecture and wound healing as it relates to advanced bone grafting and case success.
• Clinically significant anatomic variables for autogenous, allogeneic and xenograft bone grafting.
• Evidence based data from 20 year retrospective and prospective mandibular block graft studies.
• Biomechanical principles consistent with reverse tissue engineering of bone grafts.
• Indications and surgical protocols for extraction site management, ridge expansion, GBR, allograft particulate grafting with resorbable barriers and autogenous block grafting.
• Growth factor technology (PRGF, PDGF, BMP-2) in conjunction with bone grafting protocols.
• Risk Management issues / informed consent for advanced bone grafting.
• Recognition, management and prevention of complications associated with bone grafting.

Course Objectives:
At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to:
• Describe the practical application of the Pikos Institute Philosophy for advanced hard tissue augmentation, incision design and suturing techniques for predictable implant rehabilitation.
• Understand the indications, guidelines, and surgical protocols for advanced bone grafting procedures.
• Perform implant related advanced hard tissue augmentation procedures.
• Describe the anatomy, biology and wound healing of advanced bone grafting procedures.
• Recognize, manage and prevent complications associated with advanced bone grafting.