Advanced soft tissue management

Barrier membranes and their manipulation

  and placement

Versah drill system in conjunction with ridge

  expansion and particulate grafting

Venepuncture laboratories manipulation of

  Advanced Platelet

Rich Plasma in membranous and injectible forms

Bone growth factors (PRF)

Osteoplasty prior to implant placement

Basic keys for bone grafting

Treatment planning

Narrow diameter implants

Understand the 3 surgical options for sufficient bone volume (Division B)

 

Perform venepuncture blood draw and prepare blood spins of platelets

to incorporate into the graft

 

Undertake various flap design procedures

 

Recognise the different flap design and incision techniques necessary

to expand soft tissue to achieve tension free closure of the graft site

 

Master tissue release procedures to expand flaps to allow tension

free closure

 

Understand different surgical techniques to enhance and obtain ideal

soft tissue around esthetic zone implants

 

Employ layered suturing techniques to ensure flap stability

 

Comprehend the morphology of bone and plan the necessary keys to

add to obtain predictable regenerative results

 

Learn to safely harvest autologous bone to add to the particulate graft mix

 

Trephine harvesting of bone from the mandibular ramus and chin

 

Understand the indications for and perform alveolectomy prior to

implant placement

 

Recognise the resorption rate of the various osteoconductive particulate materials available and their effect on graft maturations

 

Recognise the need of material layering to obtain predictable width enhancement of particulate bone grafts

 

Recognise and perform the necessary hard tissue site preparation and securing of the membrane prior to l graft placement

 

Perform the procedures of site preparation to membrane fixation, autologous bone harvesting, layered graft placement and suture closure

in pig’s head laboratory

 

Appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of implant placement

in conjunction with tooth extraction

 

Recognise and treat short and long term postoperative complications

of appositional graft procedures

 

Understand the biological basis (materials, mechanics and implant-tissue interface) and interactions between dental implants and host tissues

 

Understand and implement the correct pharmacological protocol for particulate graft surgery