Dr. Howard Gluckman
South Africa

Course Title: Guided Bone Regeneration Surgical Modalities

Course Description (one-day hands-on course. Course fees: $1750):

The aesthetic zone provides the most challenging issues when dealing with and soft tissue development. Bone augmentation techniques and soft tissue grafting are more often needed in order to achieve excellent aesthetic outcomes. This lecture will cover numerous aspects involved in the creation of ideal bone and soft tissue to ensure outstanding long term aesthetic stability.

Prof. Ziv Mazor
Israel

Course Title: Atrophic Ridge Management: Lecture Only

Course Description (one-day lecture. Course fees: $899):

The maxillary and mandibular edentulous region presents a challenging condition for dental implant placement. Alveolar bone resorption and increased pneumatization of the sinus cavity reduce the amount of alveolar bone necessary to maintain a predictable implant-supported prosthesis. This problem can be overcome by  GBR procedures  maintaining the horizontal ridge dimensions or grafting the maxillary sinus floor which provides a sufficient quantity of bone for the placement of endosseal dental implants to support a prosthetic reconstruction.
This lecture will discuss the advantages and utilization of osseodensification for both ridge expansion and sinus augmentation enabling the clinician to do a minimally invasive approach.
“Outside the box” approach digital planning and use of autologous growth factors will be featured as well as follow up of 5 years for these cases.

Dr. Nelson Pinto
Chile

Course Title: Autologous Biomaterials & Growth Factors

Course Description (one-day hands-on course. Course fees: $1750):

This course is designed for doctors who are interested in enhancing their bone grafting and implant techniques with Leukocyte- and Platelet-Rich Fibrin (L-PRF), autologous biomaterials and growth factors.
Every implant and biomaterial we use to treat our patients challenge human biology. Every step we move forward to reach the perfect combination that will match human biology in a better way improves the results and long term predictability of our implants and grafts procedures. All research show us that the more we move to use autologous and nature based  biomaterials me are getting more successful results.
The synergy of using autologous products and biomimetic implant surfaces has proven to make osseointegration more reliable and predictable, bringing at the same time the possibility of doing minimally invasive approaches with greatest benefits to our patients by shorten the number of procedures, the healing time and reducing the cost significantly.
We are concluding after more than 15 years of research that using the right combination of bio-activators and bio-materials we increase the success rate of osseointegration and tissue regeneration even in the most extreme challenging cases. In this way we are transforming tissue repair into truly tissue regeneration.
Shaping of the biologic response, utilizing autologous growth factors, and new implant architectures gives us the capacity to achieve exquisite clinical outcomes in oral implantology.
This workshop with hands-on utilizing 3D models from a real case, focus on blood draw and  ridge preservation, provides the skill set to harvest autologous growth factors and to utilize them in new surgical procedures to achieve “Natural Guided Regeneration”. “What we thought impossible yesterday, could be routine tomorrow.“

Course Objectives:
1. Understand the science-based evidence for the different applications of L-PRF.
2. Understand the different protocols for the best clinical results.
3. Prepare and utilize L-PRF according to specific  guidelines to obtain predictable results.
4. Select the adequate combination when using different biomaterial with L-PRF.
5. Learn the protocol, biology and science based evidence related to the use of Osseodensification with autologous bio-materials and grafts for sinus lift and soft and hard tissue regeneration.

Dr. Charles Schwimer
USA

Course Title: SPoT/PET Protocols: The Synergy of Partial Extraction Therapy with Osseodensification

Course Description (one-day hands-on course. Course fees: $1750):

Tooth extraction leads to loss of bundle bone and soft tissue. This is a possible limitation for immediate or delayed implant placement. As a result, it is often necessary to perform extensive augmentation procedures to facilitate implant placement. Partial Extraction Therapy preserves bundle bone and soft tissue while Osseodensification may improve primary implant stability through preservation of and autografting of trabecular bone.
This presentation outlines the biological rational and benefits of tissue preservation to optimize oral reconstruction with dental implants. S.P.O.T is a comprehensive treatment methodologies based upon preservation of nature. The objective is to emphasize how the use of innovative diagnostics, surgical techniques, and instrumentation can preserve or enhance treatment outcomes.

The SPOT treatment modalities:

• OSSEODENSIFICATION
• PARTIAL EXTRACTION THERAPIES (Socket Shield/ Root Membrane techniques, Pontic shield and Root submergence)
• ORTHODONTIC EXTRUSION
• IMMEDIATE DENTOALVEOLAR RESTORATION will be discussed and the synergy between Partial Extraction Therapies and Osseodensification will be the main focus of this hands on course

Clinical cases demonstrating SPOT treatment modalities in various ways and combinations to achieve both minimally invasive and time effective solutions will be presented. Past, present and future “out of the box” protocols will also be shared.
The purpose of this program will be to enhance clinical understanding  of SPOT diagnostics and treatment  planning necessary to implement Partial Extraction Therapy and Osseodensification into everyday practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the components of SPOT treatment methodologies.
• Perform structural and biomechanical based diagnostics for bone instrumentation
• Understand the principles of Osseodensification ,expansion grafting and  crestal sinus augmentation using the Densah bur.
• Perform consequence based tooth extraction diagnostics
• Identify clinical indications and contra indications for Socket Shield techniques
• Understand various Partial Extraction Therapy techniques and instrumentation through hands on interaction

Dr. Isaac Tawil
USA

Dr. Richard Martin
USA

Course Title: Digital Guided Surgery with Osseodensification

Course Description (one-day hands-on course. Course fees: $1750):

As the popularity of osseodensification grows digital planning in osseodensification utilizes the revolutionary C-guide concept. The change of the Versah digital academy is to educate participants in the utilization of osseodensification in guided surgery.

Course Objectives:

• Interpretation and diagnosis of CBCT technology for osseodensification
• Interpretation and manipulation of intra oral scanning fundamentals of guided surgery
• Restorative driven surgical guide planning
• Planning of single and full mouth implant rehab

The course will be set up in a fashion in a one-day format with lecture and didactic followed by hands on training

Dr. José Carlos Martins da Rosa
Brazil

Course Title: Immediate Dentoalveolar Restoration

Course Description IDR I (one-day hands-on course. Course fees: $1750) prerequisite to IDR II (one-day hands-on course. Course fees: $1750):

The Immediate Dentoalveolar Restoration (IDR) is a surgical and prosthetic technique established to broaden indications for immediate loading on individual or several compromised teeth. In this way, tissue losses with varied extensions are reconstructed in the same surgical session of implant placement and provisional crown installation, reducing the number of interventions and making esthetic aspects predictable. The IDR protocol was developed from the need to minimize the treatment time and morbidity of reconstructive procedures used in these instances. It advocates minimally invasive surgery and flapless procedures. In the course, we will discuss the scientific basis, the step-by-step technique, indications and bone biology.

1. Immediate loading in intact sockets
2. Immediate loading in non-intact sockets (IDR II)
3. Considerations about the relationship between the thickness of buccal bone wall and ideal positioning of the implant
4. Gaps in sockets: a new approach for selecting of implant diameter in post-extraction sockets
5. Methods of measuring the degree of tissue loss in the regions involved
6. Classification of socket bone defects
7. Use of the maxillary tuberosity as a donor site – tissue biology and surgical technique
8. Immediate Dentoalveolar Restoration protocol
9. Emergence profile design on implant‐supported prosthesis
10. Indications for the use of cortico-cancellous in several situations of alveolar bone defects
11. IDR and Osseodensification
12. IDR Hands-on
13. Case series report
14. Complications and how to avoid them

Learning Objectives:

• Demonstrate improvement of the practitioner’s management of compromised fresh extraction sockets in the esthetic zone.
• Explain the step-by-step, indications, and bone biology of the Immediate Dentoalveolar Restoration (IDR) concept.
• Describe how to harvest an autogenous bone graft from maxillary tuberosity
• Review management of the graft and complete reconstruction of the alveolar defects.

Dr. Howard Gluckman
South Africa

Course Title: Partial Extraction Therapy (PET)

Course Description (one-day hands-on course. Course fees: $1750):

The loss of teeth will lead to resorbtion of the buccal plate with its resultant need for extensive augmentative procedures (both bone and soft tissue) as well as the risk of poor long term aesthetic stability. Partial Extraction Therapies (PET) are techniques that allow us to maintain the buccal bone plate and hence prevent the collapse of the alveolar bone creating a platform for ideal soft tissue and bone which is stable in the long term. This is a greater problem in the aesthetic areas. This lecture will take you through the different options with regards to immediate implant placement as well as the most cutting edge PET in a step by step fashion.

Dr. Costa Nicolopoulos
Greece

Dr. Petros Yuvanoglu
Greece

Course Title: Full Arch Rehabilitation with Same Day Restoration

Course Description (two-day hands-on course. Course fees: $3500):

Less Invasive Immediate Full-Arch Rehabilitation with the use of Osseodensification and site-specific implants. Optimized Protocols for Less Invasive, Accelerated Implant Therapy.
This course will provide practical guidelines for a state-of-the-art approach to rehabilitating the full arch. The ability to offer accelerated therapy with less-invasive implant techniques like Osseodensification, facilitates patient recruitment and long-term outcome sustainability. Innovations in dental implant therapy are providing optimal outcomes for full arch rehabilitation with Site Specific Implants. This program will address how innovative implant designs are used in post extraction sockets and with Immediate Loading to maximize bone and maintain soft tissue. It will also address how to maximize the existing bone available including locations such as the nasal, pterygoid and zygoma bone to avoid more invasive grafting techniques in conjunction with Osseodensification.
This workshop will teach an advanced treatment solution that incorporates implant designs that allow for complex anatomical conditions to be properly managed. Unique implant designs like Revers Tapered Angled, Wide, Short and Thin implants, will help maximize available bone, overcome anatomical structures, and extend the A-P spread. Additional innovations for prosthetic management will be introduced that improve simplicity and greater patient acceptance. Both a surgical and prosthetic hands-on exercise will be conducted to allow the participant to rapidly embrace these attractive innovations.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course delegates should be able to identify:

• The Appropriate Case Selection where immediate loading with the permanent restoration can be done within in 7 days in cases meeting the following criteria:
  • Adequate available native bone & attached soft tissues
  • High implant primary stability
  • Appropriate implant number, length, and diameter
  • Appropriate implant distribution (A-P spread)
  • Prothodontically driven implant placement for screw retention
• The Advantages:
  • Reduction in treatment time
  • Cost saving
  • Immediate function
  • Increased patient satisfaction
  • High treatment acceptance
• The Surgical Technique or placement of Co-Axis & MAX implants with Use Versah Osseodensification in order to optimize the case with primary stability for immediate loading.
• The Innovative Prosthodontic Protocol which is characterized from simplicity for increased patient acceptance.

Dr. Costa Nicolopoulos
Greece

Dr. Carlos Aparicio
Spain

Dr. Greg Boyes-Varley
South Africa

Course Title: Osseodensification with Zygomatic Implantology Utilizing the ZAGA Surgical Concept

Course Description (two-day hands-on course. Course fees: $3900):

Participants will learn the theory and practice of Zygomatic Implant Placement including:

1. ZAGA Surgical Modalities and Treatment Planning utilizing an actual case example with CBCT Imaging.
2. Zygomatic Implant Site Development and Instrumentation utilizing Osseodensification.
3. Surgical Hands-On utilizing Versah® specially-manufactured simulation models. Model 1 will simulate Zygomatic implants in combination with normal implants. Model 2 will simulate QUAD Zygomatic Implants (2 on each side).

Augusta University Dental School

Augusta, Georgia USA

Course Director & Faculty:

Dr. Michael Pruett

Faculty:

Dr. Salah Huwais

Visiting Faculty:

Dr. Ann Marie Hofbauer

Dr. Charles Schwimer

Course Title: Osseodensification Live Surgery Course by Participants

Prerequisite Versah-Certified Osseodensification Hands-On Course if needed. Course fees: $899
Two days Live Surgeries by Participants under direct guidance. Course fees: $3800

Learning Objectives:

• Learn and practice the Clinical Versatility of Osseodensification:
  • Sub-Crestal Sinus Lift
  • Lateral Ridge Expansion
  • Immediate Implant Placement with OS
  • Guided Expansion Graft (2-Stage Approach)
  • Universal Guided Surgery Protocol
• How can we preserve bone, plastically expand it, and enhance its strength in a controlled method
• The effect of Osseodensification on implant total stability development for early and immediate loading.
• Risk assessment and avoiding complications
• How to bill adequately for Osseodensification procedures

* Doctors may bring 1 assistant at a cost of $250.
*Each participant will have the opportunity to perform and assist in at least two surgeries with up to 2 implants placements utilizing Osseodensification clinical procedures under direct guidance and supervision.

*7 CE credits from Versah® for Hands-On Simulation Course. 14 CE credits from Augusta University Dental School for Live Surgery Course.

Egas Moniz University Dental School

Lisbon, Portugal

Course Director & Faculty:

Dr. João Gaspar

Faculty:

Dr. Salah Huwais

Visiting Faculty:

Dr. Snježana Pohl

Prof. Ziv Mazor

Course Title: Osseodensification Live Surgery Course by Participants

Prerequisite Versah-Certified Osseodensification Hands-On Course. Course fees: $899
Two days Live Surgeries by Participants under direct guidance. Course fees: $3800

Learning Objectives:

• Learn and practice the Clinical Versatility of Osseodensification:
  • Sub-Crestal Sinus Lift
  • Lateral Ridge Expansion
  • Immediate Implant Placement with OS
  • Guided Expansion Graft (2-Stage Approach)
  • Universal Guided Surgery Protocol
• How can we preserve bone, plastically expand it, and enhance its strength in a controlled method
• The effect of Osseodensification on implant total stability development for early and immediate loading.
• Risk assessment and avoiding complications
• How to bill adequately for Osseodensification procedures

* Doctors may bring 1 assistant at a cost of $250.
*Each participant will have the opportunity to perform and assist in at least two surgeries with up to 2 implants placements utilizing Osseodensification clinical procedures under direct guidance and supervision.

1 ECTS credit!