Modern Advanced Atraumatic and Surgical Extraction Techniques, Complications Management, Socket Grafting, GBR and Other In-Office Oral Surgery Procedures for General Dentists (Sep 07, 2024)

Modern Advanced Atraumatic and Surgical Extraction Techniques, Complications Management, Socket Grafting, GBR and Other In-Office Oral Surgery Procedures for General Dentists is organized by The Western Society of Periodontology (WSP) and will be held on Sep 07, 2024 at Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore, Tampa, Florida, United States of America.

Course Description:
The course consists of lectures and hands-on training on porcine mandibles
This course is under the direction of Thomas G. Wiedemann, MD, Ph.D., DDS, Clinical Associate Professor and full-time faculty at New York University, College of Dentistry, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Prof. Wiedemann´s career consists of more than 25 years of surgical and educational experience in an academic setting and successfully operating a private practice providing the full spectrum of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Implant Dentistry. He has special interests in dental emergency care, pain management, minimally invasive surgical strategies, and techniques of the full scope of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. He has acquired extensive expertise in implant surgery with multiple implant systems since 1995. He is well versed in innovative concepts of alveolar ridge augmentation and reconstruction and soft tissue regeneration, CBCT guided, and piezo surgery. He is the author of many publications, a speaker at national and international conferences on oral surgery and implantology-related topics, and serves on the editorial board of several renowned and peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand and apply practical working knowledge in non-surgical and surgical techniques used in modern exodontia
• Apply and select specific instruments for minimally invasive and alveolar ridge-protecting extraction procedures to facilitate immediate dental implant placement
• Manage common real-life complications associated with tooth extractions
• Analyze and anticipate surgical challenges in tooth extractions
• Feel comfortable in risk assessment in medically compromised patients requiring tooth extractions
• Perform current simple protocols of GBR, including socket preservation, as related to pre-implantological extractions
• Perform other frequent and common oral surgery procedures in the general dental practice
• Allow participants to refine and update all surgical skills