Dental implant placement surgery

Practical surgical anatomy

Spread of Infection in the head and neck

Suturing techniques

Employ layered suturing techniques to ensure

  flap stability

Local anesthesia

Stage 11 Surgery: implant uncovery and treatment

  of healing complications

Methods to treat Division A Bone

Mental foramen location

Surgery in the posterior mandible

Anterior mandible anatomy

Dental implant design considerations

Bone density related surgery - game changing Versah system

Short and long term implant complications

Injuries to the trigeminal nerve, diagnosis,

  assessment and management

Radiographic interpretation of the maxillary sinus

Treatment planning

Computer guided implant surgery

Use CBCT/CT to correctly diagnose the bony morphology in the partially edentulous patient and relate this to implant surgical placement

 

Understand the different surgical protocols needed for different bone densities

 

Design tissue incisions in the esthetic zone and understand the reflection and manipulation of different tissue types

 

Describe and perform the step-by-step protocol of the Brånemark surgical approach for root form implant with “osseointegration” as the treatment goal

 

Review and perform the pharmacological and surgical protocols for dental implant placement

 

Review the different componentry needed for completely guided implant placement

 

Understand implant placement in abundant and compromised bone and the surgical implications of the opposing anatomical landmarks

 

Understand the implications of crestal module design on soft tissue emergence

 

Understand the selection of abutments and the abutment material

 

Describe the unique implant design requirements for narrow implant designs

 

Understand bone biology in relation to osteotomy preparation and techniques to prevent necrosis in dense bone and obtain adequate primary stability in

soft bone

 

Recognise and diagnose complications of altered nerve sensation as a post-operative complication in the placement of implants in the posterior mandible

 

Use CBCT/CT to correctly diagnose the path of the inferior dental nerve and design computerised depth limiting guides to prevent damage to this

important structure

 

Recognise the principles of osteoinduction, osteoconduction and osteogeneses  in relation to implant placement

 

Know the long and short term complications of implant surgery and the treatment of these significant complications

 

Understand and safely administer oral sedation for implant surgical procedures

 

Learn the surgical technique of bone condensation rather than osteotomy for implant placement in D4 bone