Dental CE Course: Hands-On Cadaver Course

Our structure is a combination of in-depth lecture, over the shoulder demonstration and a hands-on workshop with models and fresh frozen cadaver heads on advanced bone grafting for implant placement. One of the unique features of our course is that we provide cone beam CT scans and Virtual Implant Placement software interpretation of every cadaver head to simulate a realistic learning experience. This is the closest thing to performing live surgery!

Each participant will receive a comprehensive manual which compiles PowerPoint slides from the lecture. This makes following the lecture more enjoyable than having to take detailed notes, and provides an excellent reference back in the office after the course. Each participant will also receive a personalized monogrammed scrub which can be worn in the lab, as well as a soft sided attaché.

Thursday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Lecture Format covering:
* Importance of attached tissue around teeth and implants
* Surgical anatomy of soft tissue
* Blood supply of soft tissue
* Incision and flap design for grafts and implants
* Full thickness and split thickness flaps
* Spreading of soft tissue flaps for coverage
* Free gingival and subepithelial connective tissue grafts
* Suturing of grafts and flaps
* Choosing suture material
* Use of growth factors with soft tissue grafts
* Diagnosis and treatment planning

Friday 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Lecture Format covering:
* Divisions of available bone
* Classification of bone density
* Twelve keys to bone grafting
* Socket/ridge preservation after extraction
* Monocortical block onlay grafting from symphysis and ramus
* Block allograft
* External and internal sinus grafting
* Classification of sinuses
* Introduction to Cone Beam CT technology
* Introduction to Piezotome surgery instrument
* Surgical anatomy
* Introduction to Consult-Pro
* Preview of Saturday laboratory session

Saturday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Model Lab Hands-On (1.5 Hours)
* Suturing practice on cloth models
* Ramus block on mandibular model
* Sinus lift on maxillary model
* Block graft on maxillary model

Cadaver Lab Hands-On (6 Hours)

* Free gingival graft
* Connective tissue graft
* Vascularized Interpositional Periosteal connective tissue graft
* Computer exercise utilizing Virtual Implant Placement (VIP) software and cone beam CT scan of your cadaver specimen. Each participant will have the opportunity to evaluate their cadaver specimen for: sinus height / width, sinus septa, sinus floor, best place for sinus window, trace inferior alveolar canal, and ramus height/width for block graft harvesting
* Sinus lift
* Ramus block graft
* Periosteal flap fenestration for closure over block graft
* Use of trephines
* Maxillary V2 anesthetic block
* Dissection of nerves, muscles, spaces, etc.

Credits: 21

Tuition: $3,850 for Doctors and $1,000 for Auxiliaries