Grafting for Implants: Hard & Soft Tissue – Hands-On

This comprehensive course will be a 2-day deep dive into bone and soft tissue grafting that are necessities for successful dental implantology in your practice.

Course Description:

This course will cover Socket Preservation, Ridge Augmentation, Instrumentation and Materials, Tenting and Tacs, Block grafts, Resorbable and Non-resorbable membranes, Titanium Mesh, Soft Tissue Grafting,  PRF and  Ridge Splitting  and more!

YOU WILL LEARN:

• Rationale and principles of hard tissue (bone) grafting
• Recognizing bony defects – diagnosis and treatment planning
• Biological factors essential to the regeneration process
• Review graft materials and What graft to use When
• Socket grafting and grafting small horizontal and vertical defects
• Tenting for horizontal and vertical defects
• Using titanium mesh
• Block grafts allogenic
• Review membranes and know when to use which membrane
• Principles of soft tissue grafting
• Free gingival grafts – harvesting sites and recipient site preparation
• Pedicle grafts. Techniques and applications.
• Ridge Splitting and Expansion
• Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF)
• Complications and failures

HANDS ON EXERCISES:   Will be performed on both days, using instruments, handpiece motors, surgical kits, centrifuge and pig jaws!