Ultimate 7-Day Prosthetic Implant Certification

Dr. Leung will be providing 35 hours of instruction on the prosthetic phase, and Dr. Lai will be providing 14 hours of instruction for the surgical phase, meeting the requirements for dentists who will be limiting their practice to the prosthetic phase only.

Learning Objectives:

Day 1, 2, 3: Implant Fixed Prosthodontics
– Understand various implant treatment solutions for partially edentulous patients
– Evaluate the restorative space for implant related treatment plan
– Understand the indications and contraindications for splinting implant restorations
– Analyse soft and hard tissue of the edentulous span to appreciate the possible surgical options
– Recognize the types of pre-prosthetic records required to work up a case towards implant treatment
– Formulate a treatment plan to support both the surgical and prosthetic implant treatment
– Understand the indications and contraindications for fixed implant solutions versus removable implant solutions
– Determine the number and distribution of implants appropriate for the implant prosthetic treatment
– Consider other functional and aesthetic factors relevant to the treatment planning process for implant treatment
– Perform a pre-prosthetic evaluation
– Perform impression planning
– Understand the advantages and disadvantages of open tray vs closed tray technique, custom tray vs. stock tray technique, analog workflow vs. digital workflow
– Identify the appropriate components to order for prosthetic treatment
– Identify the types of records required for prosthetic treatment
– Take implant level impression (open tray and closed tray)
– Understand the indication of verification jig
– Understand the common clinical challenges in insertion implant restoration
– Learn the sequence of steps in evaluating and insertion implant restorations
– Learn the indication and steps fabricating provisional chairside implant restorations

Day 4, 5: Surgical Implant Therapy
– Explain patient and anatomical considerations with respect to implant surgery.
– Perform pre-surgical assessment.
– Identify indications and contraindications of implant surgery.
– Explain implant placement and site development surgeries.
– Describe and differentiate different types of Peri-Implant Diseases and Conditions.

Day 6, 7: Implant Removable Prosthodontics / Advanced Implant Prosthodontics
– Understand various implant treatment solutions for completely edentulous patients
– Understand the considerations for the various implant related solutions for completely edentulous patients
– Understand the various prosthetic pathways for implant overdenture solutions
– Take implant level, abutment level impression for implant overdenture
– Convert conventional denture to implant overdenture
– Understand concepts of AP spread and cantilevering in complex prosthodontic implant treatment planning
– Perform proper record keeping for implant treatment
– Recognize common prosthetic complications and learn ways to prevent them
– Observe various completed simple and complex cases requiring implant dentistry
– Understand the types of materials and components available for prosthetic implant restorations and their advantages and their disadvantages