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Dental Implant

Courses Schedule

Upcoming Course Schedule

Explore our upcoming implant training programs and secure your spot in advance.
Sat, 21 Jan

Planning dental Implants with Soft Tissue As A Guide & A Possible Victim.

8:00 AM – 7:00 PM (11 Hours)

* 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

Fri, 17 Mar

Soft Tissue Handling & Suture Techniques

8:00 AM – 7:00 PM (11 Hours)

*Planning & Manipulation Before, During & After Dental Implant Surgery

Fri, 14 Apr

Free Gingival Graft Procedures FGG

8:00 AM – 7:00 PM (11 Hours)

*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.

Sat, 15 Apr

Connective Tissue Graft Procedures CTG

8:00 AM – 7:00 PM (11 Hours)

*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?

Sat, 1 Jul

Peri-Implantitis for The GP

8:00 AM – 7:00 PM (11 Hours)

*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.

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

January 27-29

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) 

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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