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