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Dental Implant

Doctors

(714) 874-6069

Patient

(949) 687-8065

Address

616 West Edinger Ave Santa Ana, CA  92646

Courses

Dental Implant Institute
Of The West Cost

Gain hands-on experience through live-patient training and specialized courses designed to build your clinical confidence.

Courses

Explore Our Hands-On Training Programs

Choose from specialized implant courses designed to strengthen your clinical skills through expert instruction, live-patient experience, and practical training.

Dental Implant Centered Soft Tissue Courses & Different Suturing Techniques Five Days 40 CE

DII | Orange County, CA 

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Year Round Live-Patients-Hands-On Dental Implant Course

DII | Orange County, CA

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Dental Implants Institute Offers IV Conscious Sedation & ACLS Certification

DII | Located in Beautiful Southern California

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Located in Beautiful Southern California

Dental Implant Centered Soft Tissue Courses & Different Suturing Techniques Five Days 40 CE

Dr. Andrea Ravida,

January 21,2023 Saturday

Planning dental Implants with Soft Tissue As A Guide & A Possible Victim.
  • Medical Evaluation and Review of Systemic Health prior to implant placement
  • Assessment of periodontal condition prior to implant placement
  • Clinical Evaluation of Proposed Dental Implant Sites
  • Radiographic evaluation of proposed dental implant sites (Anatomy respect in implant dentistry)
  • Soft tissue consideration before implant placement
  • Placement of implants in a correct three-dimensional position (detailed explanation)
  • One or 2 stage approach?
  • Management of soft tissue during the second stage approach

March 17,2023  Friday

Soft Tissue Handling & Suture Techniques
  • Planning & Manipulation Before, During & After Dental Implant Surgery

April 14,2023 Friday

Free Gingival Graft Procedures FGG
  • Importance of mucogingival conditions with gingival recession.
  • Difference between implants and teeth in their response for tissue grafting.
  • Benefits and indications of free gingival grafts around implants and teeth.
  • History of all types of soft tissue grafts.
  • How and where to harvest an FGG from.
  • Learn a step-by-step approach for FGG harvesting from the palate.
  • Best techniques to manage the donor site.
  • Learn how to prepare the recipient site for optimum wound healing and no graft loss!
  • Best suturing techniques to stabilize the graft and minimize patient discomfort.

April 15,2023 Saturday

Connective Tissue Graft Procedures CTG
  • What are gingival recessions and what are their types?
  • Can ALL types of gingival recessions be covered?
  • Can ANY implant surface coverage with recession be achieved successfully?
  • What other reasons to do connective tissue grafts, even with no recession?
  • When should you use connective tissue grafts and when should you use a free gingival graft?
  • What are the harvesting techniques of connective tissue grafts (5 techniques)?
  • Which donor site is best for a connective tissue graft?
  • Of all this, which technique do we recommend you use?
  • How to manage the donor site? How to reduce pain, bleeding, and improve patient acceptance?
  • What are the most predictable alternatives to using patients own tissue?
  • What is the role of biologics in improving my treatment outcome? is it just hoax?

July 1,2023 Saturday

Peri-Implantitis for The GP
  • The most pressing issue facing the GP in today’s dental implant practice
  • How to identify salvageable implants from hopeless ones.
  • How to predictably treat peri-implantitis
  •  Evidence-based strategies for management of simple and complex implant-related biological complications in the aesthetic zone.
  • Special emphasis will be placed on the impact of the morphology and severity of peri-implant bone defects on the outcome of reconstructive treatment.

Mark Your Calendar 40 CE Units

Sign-up for all lectures and pay only $2995 Early bird $2495

Full Fee must be paid by January 10, 2023

Contact us to register

Address

616 WEst Edinger Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92707

Phone

(714) 874-6096

Email

Dsiimplantsusa@gmail.com

Email

Dsiimplantsusa@gmail.com

Disclaimer

Caution for participants : Participant must be cautioned about the potential risks using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into their practices
Disclosure of instructors : no financial interest in any commercial companies. Dental Implant Institute of The West Coast has no financial relationships nor is sponsored by any dental suppliers outside of personally owned named company
Located in Beautiful Southern California

Year Round Live-Patients-Hands-On Dental Implant Course

Lectures At Truabutment Headquarters 17666 Fitch Irvine, CA 92614 Live Surgeries At 616 W Edinger Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92707, USA

Learn Implants 3 days a month
(1 didactic -Friday- and 2 clinical days Saturday & Sunday)

for 10 months on live patients. Plus one free makeup session

Dr. Andrea Ravida,

Founder of DII

Dr. Andrea Ravida,

DDS, MS, Ph.D. | Assist. Director of Perio Program | U of Pittsburgh | Perio. Program U of M

Course Options

  • Learn, assimilate, incorporate and become comfortable with dental IMPLANTS planning, surgery & restoration.
  • It is a year-round program allowing your mind and body to make dental implant related skills a SECOND NATURE.
  • There are multiple levels so you can always continue to add to your skill sets and always have the confidence that you are being well guided, supervised & supported.
  • Over 280 hours of A to Z of practice and CE units.
  • One day of didactic and two days of surgery a month.
  • A true and new flavor of mentorship.
  • A program that is practically in your back yard.
  • Unique Executive Implant Residency Continuum Experience
  • Patients Are Provided
  • Mentorship Throughout The Continuum & After.
  • Dental Team Training
  • Where, how and why to drill your osteotomy.
  • Master Flap & Suturing Techniques.
  • Ridge Split, Tenting Screws & Ti Mesh Made Predictable.
  • Sinus Lifts Made Easy.
  • Full Arch Cases
  • Streamline your Restorative Appointment

January 27-29

  • Creating an Implant Practice And how to start using your computer and CT reading and planning
  • How to plan for Implant Placement with Soft Tissue In Mind
  • Short Lecture on Local Anesthetics, dosages, indication & complications
  • Hands on Clinical setup and pt draping and sterile techniques

February 17-19

Treatment Planning in Implant Dentistry 1 & 2

March 17-19 (Clinical on Friday-Saturday and Lecture on SUNDAY)

Soft Tissue Management Free Gingival Graft

April 14-16

Soft Tissue Management Connective Tissue Graft & Hands on

May 12-14

Pre-Implant Grafting Lecture

June 16-18

Peri-implantitis; how to identify, classify & treat.

July Mid-term Break 

August 18-20

Understanding Osteotomy Techniques

September 15-17

Implant Restorative Options Occlusion, Delivery, Maintenance of Implant Restorations

October 20-22

Implant Surgical and Restorative Complications

November 10-12

Endo ot Implant

December 2 (Makeup Sessions) 

Mark Your 2023 Calendar
Stay Tuned 2023 

Contact us to register

Address

616 WEst Edinger Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92707

Phone

(714) 874-6096

Email

Dsiimplantsusa@gmail.com

Email

Dsiimplantsusa@gmail.com

Disclaimer

Caution for participants : Participant must be cautioned about the potential risks using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into their practices
Disclosure of instructors: no financial interest in any commercial companies. Dental Implant Institute of The West Coast has no financial relationships nor is sponsored by any dental suppliers outside of personally owned named company