5 Days Residency

On Comprehensive Implantology

Introduction

  • Completing a specialty in Periodontics & Implant Surgery in USA, I thought that my role in implantology was the one of a surgeon that needs to know how to place implants and augment hard and soft tissue. Unfortunately, it was my understanding that the restorative and laboratory part of implant therapy is not within my field and that I should not be involved with it in any way. After practicing for almost 20 years implantology and dealing with numerous complications, I have understood that in order for implant therapy to be successful on long term, an implantologist needs to know and understand the biologic, the technical and the engineering principles involved in every step of treatment. Moreover, through my daily interaction with patients it is evident to me that the patients require on our behalf high standards of treatment in the most simple, effective and painless manner. Thus, it is not about performing complex surgeries, but instead utilise minimally invasive, predictable surgical approaches that lead to aesthetic, functional and long lasting results. Thus, 20 years later, after more than 11,000 implants placed on thousands of patients, countless CE courses, tons of hours in dental labs, many years of teaching and interaction with the best doctors in the field, I decided to put together this course.

  • The goal of this course is to educate the participants on all the basic biologic and engineering principles, which concern the surgical, restorative and laboratory part of treatment, that are key for success. Complications will be presented and all the key elements on how to avoid them, or deal with them effectively, is thoroughly analysed. Moreover, all the participants will be taught, through lecturing and hands-on practicing, the most simple techniques that can give them predictable results; techniques concerning soft and hard tissue augmentation, impression, prosthesis design and more. As I have practiced almost every technique available, I came to realise that mastering some selected techniques was all I needed in order to cover the needs of all of my cases.
    Finally, we have also included in this course a session concerning treatment planing and proper presentation of the plan to the patient. This is a greatly unappreciated topic that dentists are not taught in their basic dental training.

  • The course is limited to only 8 participants as this is the only way that I can have the time to thoroughly teach, each and every one of you, all the different steps involved in implant therapy.

    My goal is for every one of you to feel comfortable applying the knowledge I will pass to you on your every day practice immediately. This can only be achieved through our chosen route of teaching which basically is: I show you how to do it and now you do it under my supervision.

    I hope to see you and meet you in person soon,

    Ioannis.

Overview

Day 1
Single implants

Understand the biologic principles of implantology and how they apply in daily routine.

Day 2
Extraction socket procedures

Understand the biologic principles of extraction socket healing and how to use biology in your favour.

Day 3
Full arch cases

Understand the biologic and engineering principles of edentulous cases.

Day 4 | Part 1
Plastic implant surgery

Understand the soft tissue phenotype. How much tissue do we need and how can we augment it easily and predictably?

Day 4 | Part 2
Bone augmentation procedures

Understand the hard tissue volume, quality and function; How much do we need and how can we augment easily and predictably?

Day 5
Sinus graft

Understand the physiology, the function and the pathology of the maxillary Sinus in order to predictably perform a sinus lift without complications

In detail.

Day 1

Single implants
Understand the biologic principles of implantology and how they apply in daily routine

Biologic principles of Implantology: The first step to success strongly relates with our understanding of the biological and mechanical principles of the implant-prosthesis complex. Once we teach you what you need to aim for then it is only a matter of practice before you are able to achieve it predictably.

Case Selection & Treatment planing: Not every patient is a good candidate for implants, we will teach you how to identify patients in high risk for complications during surgery and long term. Moreover, we will show you how to properly assess the cost of treatment and present your treatment plan to the patient in a manner that will increase your percentages for case acceptance and payment collection.

Implant Selection: We will teach you how to properly evaluate the macro and micro design of implants, the prosthetic features, surface type they carry and how to select the best implant for your needs.

Flap Management: We will teach you proper flap design, reflection and management for every different clinical scenario.

Osteotomy preparation: The ideal osteotomy preparation is: implant type, bone type and loading protocol depended. We will teach you the basic protocols of osteotomy preparation for avoiding complications and increasing the predictability of your results.

Implant 4D position: The foundation for implant long term stability and aesthetic score is the ideal 4D implant position. Once we teach you how to identify this ideal position in different sites of the mouth then this will become a routine process for you.

Surgical guide design: At the end of the day implant placement is is a brain guided procedure. However, partial edentulism often requires the assistance of a guide. We will teach you how to properly design a guide that respects both prosthetic and surgical principles.

Suturing techniques: There are many different suturing techniques, but you only need to master a couple of them in order to provide good flap adaptation and avoid early wound dehiscence. We will teach you what you really need.

Complications: We will show you how to avoid major complications during surgery and if they develop then how to manage them effectively.

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