Master the Basics: Hands-On Dental Implant Course for Confident Beginnings

Course Objective:

To equip dental professionals with essential knowledge and practical skills to confidently plan, place, and restore dental implants. This course integrates comprehensive lectures with hands-on exercises, ensuring a complete understanding of implant dentistry from diagnosis to final restoration.

Event Speakers:

• Dr. Ahad Soley
• Mark Choi

Learning Outcomes:

1. By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
2. Understand core principles of implant dentistry including implant design and osseointegration.
3. Perform guided drilling protocols and implant placement on models.
4. Manage soft and hard tissues for optimal implant success.
5. Utilize analog and digital workflows for implant restorations.
6. Conduct diagnosis, treatment planning, and prosthetic restoration of implants.
7. Apply 3D imaging for surgical planning.
   

Detailed Course Schedule:

Day 1 - 05 September, 2025

• 07:30 - 08:00 - Registration and breakfast
• 08:00 - 10:00 - Introduction to Implant Dentistry
• 10:00 - 12:00 - Dental Implant Design & Components
• 12:00 - 01:00 - Lunch
• 01:00 - 02:30 - Understanding Bone Biology and Osseointegration
• 02:30 - 02:45 - Break
• 02:45 - 04:00 - Surgical Factors & Anatomical Considerations for Implant Surgery
• 04:00 - 04:30 - Q and A

Day 2 - 06 September, 2025

• 07:30 - 08:00 - Registration and breakfast
• 08:00 - 09:00 - Sequence of Drilling in Implant Surgery
• 09:00 - 10:00 - Introduction to Guided Implant Surgery (Nobel Guide)
• 10:00 - 12:00 - Hands-on: Drilling on Dental Models
• 12:00 - 01:00 - Lunch
• 01:00 - 02:00 - Hands-on: Drilling on Dental Models (continuation)
• 02:00 - 03:00 - Biomechanics of Dental Implant
• 03:00 - 03:15 - Break
• 03:15 - 04:00 - Diagnosis & Treatment Planning for Implant Cases
• 04:00 - 04:30 - Q and A

Day 3 - 10 October, 2025

• 07:30 - 08:00 - Breakfast
• 08:00 - 10:00 - Soft Tissue, Hard Tissue, Bone Density Analysis Prior to Surgery
• 10:00 - 12:00 - Prosthetic Space Analysis Prior to Implant Surgery
• 12:00 - 01:00 - Lunch
• 01:00 - 02:45 - Hands-on: Drilling on Dental Models
• 02:45 - 03:00 - Break
• 03:00 - 04:00 - Hands-on: Drilling on Dental Models (continuation)
• 04:00 - 04:30 - Q and A

Day 4 - 11 October, 2025

• 07:30 - 08:00 - Breakfast
• 08:00 - 09:00 - Incision Design, Flap Management & Suturing Technique
• 09:00 - 12:00 Hands-on: Incision, Flap Reflection, Implant Placement and Suturing on Dental Model
• 12:00 - 01:00 - Lunch
• 01:00 - 02:30 - Understanding of Healing Abutments & Selection
• 02:30 - 02:45 - Break
• 02:45 - 04:00 - Discussions on stage II surgery
• 04:00 - 04:30 - Q and A

Day 5 - 07 November, 2025

• 07:30 - 08:00 - Breakfast
• 08:00 - 09:00 - Prosthetic Principles and Components in Restoring Implants
• 09:00 - 10:00 - Impression Technique for Dental Implant Restorations (analog and digital)
• 10:00 - 11:00 - Implant Crown Design
• 11:00 - 12:00 - Lunch
• 12:00 - 01:00 - Final Insertion of Abutment & Crown
• 01:00 - 02:30 - Hands-on: Impression Technique with an Intraoral Scanner
• 02:30 - 02:45 - Break
• 02:45 - 04:00 - Hands-on: Impression Technique with an Intraoral Scanner (continuation)
• 04:00 - 04:30 - Q and A

Day 6 - 08 November, 2025

• 07:30 - 08:00 - Breakfast
• 08:00 - 10:00 - 3D Imaging in Dental Implant Surgery
• 10:00 - 11:00 - Lunch
• 11:00 - 02:30 - Hands-on: Treatment Planning of a Single Implant in an Edentulous Site Implant
• 02:30 - 02:45 - Break
• 02:45 - 04:00 - Maintenance & Recall
• 04:00 - 04:30 - Q and A