We provide and participate in a year long study club program with the top general dentists in the DFW area.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- The basic principles of osseointegration
- Case selection: implants vs conventional fixed prosthodontics
- Pre-surgical assessment
- The use of imaging including CT scans and tomograms
- Radiographic and surgical templates
- Patient and equipment preparation for surgery
- Treatment planning
- Surgical protocol
- Aesthetics and implant placement
- Prosthodontic protocol for single tooth and partially edentulous cases
- Occlusal considerations and prosthodontic overview
- Risk management in implant therapy
- Surgical and prosthodontic complications
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the conclusion of the study club course, participants will be familiar with:
- prosthodontics and surgical treatment planning of implant cases
- lab-based implant placement
- implant impression techniques, especially open tray direct to fixture
- restorative techniques
- the role of implants in general practice
- implant failures