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Course I: Basic Dental Implant Mini Residency

Participants will learn implant dentistry on a consistent weekly basis with academic and clinical course experience. Many implant courses "cram" too much information into a short weekend course. In this mini-residency, participants will view or perform live prosthetics and/or live implant surgery on patients. This gives dentists clinical time to review instruction and bring practical experience to and from their own offices each week. Plus attendance is limited to ensure individual attention. The course is hands-on and will include working on your own patient case! You will follow the development of over 20 patient cases.

Basic Course Learning Objectives

• View live implant surgery each week.
• Receive guidance in evaluating and selecting your patient cases.
• Perform hands on surgery, prosthetic and treatment plans for your patients.
• Receive preparation for AAID & ICOI fellowship credentials.
• To learn Patient Evaluation, Diagnostic Protocols, CT Diagnosis and Treatment Planning.
• To learn the basic Root Form Surgical Protocol, Immediate Implants.
• To learn basic Implant Prosthetics, Computer Milled Abutments, and Removable Implant Overdentures.
• Marketing Dental Implants and Implant Practice Management.

Guest Lecturers’ Topics:
Adjunctive Faculties have been selected to cover a number of topics: Anatomy, 3-D Radiology, Oral Diagnosis, Selecting an Implant System, Pre-op Evaluation, Contraindications, Bone Biology, Prosthetic Superstructures, Treatment Planning, Bone Grafting and Membranes, Surgical Principles, Root Form Implants, Mini-Implants, complications

Receive 100 Continuing Education Credits.

Course II: Advanced Dental Implant Mini Residency

This advanced course is designed for clinicians with some implant dentistry experience, wishing to tone their diagnostic treatment planning and expand their surgical and prosthetic knowledge and skills. Topics covered include: bone spreading, bone grafting, sinus grafting, intra oral onlay block grafting, soft tissue surgery including subepithelial grafting, free gingival grafting and flap manipulation, immediate load implant surgery and immediate extraction and implant placement

Requirements involve the completion of one of the following:

The Dental Implant Learning Center's Basic Implant Surgery Course for the General Dentist, AAID Maxi-course completion, credentialing with the ICOI, AAID, AO, or other evidence of implant surgical experience.

Advanced Course Learning Objectives

• View advanced live surgery each week
• To learn sinus grafting, sinus lifts, bone spreading, membrane grafting, and block grafting
• To learn suturing and soft tissue surgery
• To learn immediate implant placement, immediate restoration, immediate load and esthetic implant considerations
• Learn how to deal with implant complication
• Learn case presentation and preparation for AAID and lCOl credentialing

Guest Lecturers’ Topics:
Adjunctive Faculties have been selected to cover a number of topics: Anatomy, 3-D Radiology, Oral Diagnosis, Selecting an Implant System, Pre-op Evaluation, Contraindications, Bone Biology, Prosthetic Superstructures, Treatment Planning, Bone Grafting and Membranes, Surgical Principles, Root Form Implants, Mini-Implants, complications

Course III: 3 Day Surgical “Hands on Training Course"

As Real as it Gets

Course Learning Objective
By the end of the course the participant should be able to: Perform Patient evaluations, Prescribe and Interpret Radiographs and CT Diagnostics, and Treatment Plan patients for Dental Implants Know the Zimmer Surgical protocol and Restorative Procedures and options Place Zimmer Dental Implants on Simulated Patients Mannequins, Place Immediate Implants, perform Socket Extraction and Bone Grafting Restore Dental Implants with Zimmer Prosthetics, Computer Milled Abutments, Restore Lower Overdentures, and Construct Esthetic Restorations.

Faculty
Dr. Minichetti is a general dentist who has been practicing implant dentistry in private practice for over 20 years. He now places and restores over 500 root form implants annually. Dr. Minichetti graduated first in his class from UMDNJ and completed a residency program at Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY. He is a fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, The International Academy of Dental Facial Esthetics, The American Academy of Implant Dentistry and a Diplomate of The American Board of Oral Implantology. Dr. Minichetti has published numerous articles and is a former faculty member of Fairleigh Dickerson University and Mt. Sinai Medical Center. He is presently on staff at Englewood Hospital, Past President of the Northeast District of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, Chairman of their Study Club committee and President of The Bergen County Dental Implant Study Group. He lectures on Implantology both nationally and internationally.

Course Agenda

Day 1
Lecture / Hands-On Exercises
Treatment Planning, Pharmacology, Root Form Surgical Protocol, Incisions, Surgical flap designs and Suturing, Suture Board Practice, Stage II Surgery Uncovery– punch & flap techniques, Implant placement surgical techniques, Consent forms necessary, Open & closed tray impressions & Provisional Choices, Fixture level Impressions posterior implants, Soft tissue cast and Abutment selection, Prep prefabricated abutments with abutment holder, Hex-Lock Contour Abutment selection, Techniques for Screw and Cementable PFM crowns.

Day 2
Lecture / Hands On-Exercises
Bone Grafting extraction sockets, Facial Membrane Utilization, Immediate implant placement, Membrane grafting, Utilizing Bone Tacks, Ridge splitting, Atraumati Extraction upper teeth, Bone graft front tooth, Wound dressing placement, Immediate implant placement front tooth, Membrane grafting tooth bicuspid, Mandibular posterior implant surgery

Tour Zimmer Manufacturing Facility
Upper impression with transfers, Indirect impression techniques, Fixture level indexing, angle abutment placement, Prep Implant Driver Mount as provisional abutment, Practice immediate placement and Immediate provisionalization of tooth #9

Day 3 Saturday
Lecture / Hands On Exercises
Fully edentulous mandible vertical incisions and flap design, Identifying the mental nerve/foramen, Overdenture Concepts, AP spread for overdentures and fixed restorations, Sinus lift with Osteotomes, (Sinus lift window techniques and. Bone block grafting optional) Learn implant attachments for overdentures, 4 implants for bar overdenture placement, Review Mandibular landmarks, Laboratory “Bleeding” models control with bone wax and crushing– Restorative procedures for lower open tray, Ball attachments Locator attachments, Cold curing denture attachments directly in mouth, 4 on the floor bar overdenture practice Misfit on the bar, Treatment Planning: – Cases brought by participants & residents – class room or conference room

Written Exam / Clinical Exam / Review
Implant Failures & Treatment, Patient profile with fixed crown, Learn Atlantis abutments and provisionals, seat Atlantis abutment, Restore nonparallel implants with Atlantis abutments and trying frameworks , direct open tray impression techniques, Review final restorations

Farewell Dinner

Course IV: Weekend Course in Implant Surgery

The Dental Implant Learning Center is a state-of-the-art facility fully equipped to offer continuing education in clinical implant dentistry. The two-day course offered at the Center will consist of didactic lectures, live over-the-shoulder implant surgery observation and hands-on implant and prosthetic training. The course teaches implant surgery and restoration in a number of clinical situations. The restorative component of this training includes lectures and hands-on clinical demonstrations emphasizing treatment planning and techniques. The rationale for implant therapy and marketing will be addressed.

This course is designed for students who wish to travel into the area for an intensive 2 day session with Dr. Minichetti to learn both implant surgery and implant restoration. Dr. Minichetti gives practical and useful information that you can take right back to the office with you on Monday. You will learn precision techniques for patient selection and find out why surgical case planning is the foundation of optimal oral rehabilitation. Surgical approaches to simple and complex cases will be presented through lecture, hands-on workshops and live clinical demonstrations. Don’t miss this comprehensive training programs taught by master specialists from basic through advanced surgical techniques.

Course Agenda

Day 1 Friday
8:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Welcome, history and rationale for dental implants
• Diagnosis of the edentulous patient
  • Divisions and density of bone
  • Treatment planning cases
• Two-stage surgery, immediate surgery and immediate load implants
• Presentation surgical case with radiographs
• Live surgery, bone level impression and insertion of abutments
• Live implant uncovery
• Hands-on technique demonstration for surgery

Day 2 Saturday
8:00 am – 3:00 pm

• Prosthetic treatment
• Single tooth restorations
• Cement retained fixed prosthesis
• Overdentures
• Live implant surgery and prosthetics
• Hands-on technique demonstration for restoration

Course V: Three-Day Hands on Bone Grafting Course

A New Live Patient Implant Tissue Regenerative Course

This grafting course will focus on bone grafting extraction sockets, ridge augmentation with membrane, block grafting, sinus grafting techniques, osteotoming and immediate implant placement. Participants will have the opportunity to view live implant surgery in each course and participate in hands-on demonstrations on lifelike mannequins.

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Learn about the different types of Bone Grafting Materials

2. Learn and Practice socket grafting on life like mannequins

3. Learn and Practice osteotoming elevation on life like mannequins

4. Learn and Practice sinus graft techniques

5. Learn and Practice membrane grafting

6. Learn and Practice block grafting techniques

Three-Day Hands On Bone Grafting Courses

Dates:
October 6, 7, & 8 2010

Course VI: Las Vegas AAID Maxicourse

The Las Vegas Maxicourse is a 300 hour AAID course. The program is designed to give a thorough understanding of diagnostic and treatment modalities necessary to properly treat patients with dental implants. The Maxicourse utilizes case-based learning methods that will include lectures, demonstrations, interactive seminars, cadaver dissection laboratories, and hands on sessions, patient treatment, and relevant reviews of literature emphasizing evidence-based learning.

Dates: Eight Friday to Sunday Modules. Beginning September 17, 2010 and ending June 19, 2011

Fridays: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturdays: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sundays: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Location: University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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