Modern Implantology: A Comprehensive Dental Implant Continuum

Modern Implantology: A Comprehensive Dental Implant Continuum is organized by  Toronto Implant Institute, Academy of Osseointegration (AO) and will be held from Sep 20, 2024 - Aug 09, 2025 at University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.

Course Location (Sessions 1-4):
CEP Dental Education Centre

Course Location (Session 5):
University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Course Synopsis:
The Tissue is the Issue – A Multi-Disciplinary Approach in Implant Dentistry.

The training program aims to equip participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively perform periodontal surgery and provide comprehensive patient care. Integrate crown lengthening and soft tissue grafting procedures effectively, enhancing both esthetics and function in daily practice. Develop the necessary skills and knowledge to incorporate implant therapy in the practice. Various aspects of implant treatment will be covered – evaluation and planning, surgical techniques, restorations, management of complications, and long-term maintenance.

The course will involve lectures and hands-on training that include:

• Periodontal Surgery – Featuring Flap Designs and Suturing Techniques
• Oral Plastic Surgery – Featuring Predictable Soft Tissue Grafting Techniques
• Implant Surgery
• Implant Prosthodontics and Planning

Session 1: September 20 – 22, 2024
Implant Surgery
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Understand the goals of implant therapy and evaluate the hard and soft tissue conditions to facilitate ideal implant placement, considering the ideal implant 6D position.
• Learn the step-by-step surgical sequence and gain clinical tips associated with implantsurgery.
• Integrate digital dentistry into their daily implant treatment, leveraging its benefits.
• Recognize the advantages and limitations of immediate implant placement, flapless implant surgery, and immediate implant provisionalization.
• Perform various socket augmentations to enhance implant success.
• Understand the techniques for horizontal and vertical bone augmentation, and more.
• Gain familiarity with soft tissue manipulations around dental implants to optimize esthetic outcomes.
• Learn the essentials of implant maintenance for long-term success.

Session 2: January 9 – 12, 2025
Implant Prosthodontics
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic principles of implant prosthodontics.
• Recognize the advantages and limitations of using CBCT and digital technology for implant treatment and planning.
• Learn how to apply CAD/CAM technology for implant therapy.
• Understand the goals of surgical guides (both conventional and digital) and gain knowledge on how to fabricate/construct them.
• Gain a step-by-step understanding of the prosthetic sequence, abutment selection, impression techniques, and prosthesis designs.
• Familiarize themselves with the different types of implant occlusion and learn when to use each.
• Learn how to perform the all-on-4 or all-on-4 plus techniques.
• Identify and recognize common implant prosthetic complications.
• Develop the skills to effectively manage implant prosthetic complications.

Session 3: February 7-9, 2025
Periodontal Surgery – The Tissue is the Issue
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Understand the 2018 new periodontal disease classification.
• Recognize the causes, symptoms, and biology of periodontal disease.
• Gain familiarity of the current available adjunctive procedures, such as laser -assisted periodontal therapy and the effects of systemic and locally delivered antibiotic therapy.
• Understand when and why periodontal surgery is necessary.
• Identify the different flap designs and suturing techniques, including advanced flap designs.
• Learn the proper management of infrabony & furcation defects.
• Understand when and how to perform guided tissue regeneration.
• Differentiate between available bone grafts (autografts,allografts, xenografts, and alloplasts) and various types of barrier membranes.

Session 4: May 30 – June 1, 2025
Oral Plastic Surgery – The Tissue is the Issue II
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles of an esthetic smile.
• Comprehend the goals and surgical aspects of esthetic and functional (restorative-oriented) crown lengthening.
• Adopt digital planning techniques to achieve predictable crown lengthening outcomes.
• Utilize a decision tree approach to select appropriate soft tissue grafting techniques (open vs. tunnel vs. combination) based on biological principles.
• Apply implant-related soft tissue decision tree principles to select suitable soft tissue grafting techniques for managing different types of soft tissue lesions around dental implants.
• Understand the various flap designs and techniques, when to use them, and more.
• Develop skills in managing soft tissue-related complications.

Session 5:Aug 5-9, 2025
Advanced Periodontal Surgery
This session is designed to help dentists incorporate hard and soft tissue grafts and advanced implant surgeries into their daily practices. It combines didactic lectures and hands-on workshops with fresh cadaver specimens to cover a broad range of advanced periodontal/implant surgical techniques.