Modules

Module 1:  Friday – Sunday, September 13 – 15, 2024

• The expanding scope of implant dentistry.
• Medical assessment – review of tests, values and evaluations of the medically compromised patient.
• Pharmacology – Basic pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
• Office emergencies.
• Surgical head/neck anatomy for implant surgeons.

Module 2:  Friday – Sunday, October 18 – 20, 2024

• Physiology of pain: theory and management. Neurosensory considerations in implant surgery.
• Histology, bone biology and principles of osseointegration.

Module 3:  Friday – Sunday, November 1 – 3, 2024

• Pre-surgical prosthetic planning and work-up sequence of implant candidates.
• Treatment planning.
• Review of current implant modalities – systems, configurations, surface treatments and enhancements.
• Why are there several implant systems?
• Biomaterials and biomechanics.

Module 4:  Friday – Sunday, December 6 – 8, 2024

• Oral and maxillofacial radiology for the implant patient.
• Diagnostic radiographs – periapical, panoramic radiographs CBCT scans, tomograms.
• Computerized interpretation of radiographic imaging.

Module 5:  Friday – Sunday, January 10 – 12, 2025

• Basics of implant surgery.
• Flap design and wound healing.
• Demonstration of placement of endosseous implants.

Module 6:  Friday – Sunday, February 7 – 9, 2025

• Live surgery: Placement of implants by participants under close faculty supervision in the dental school clinic.

Module 7:  Friday – Sunday, March 21 – 23, 2025

• Definitive restorative phase.
• Fabrication of provisional prosthesis and providing template for the final restoration.
• Prosthodontic protocols – pre-surgical, provisional and definitive.

Module 8:  Friday – Sunday, April 25 – 27, 2025

• Advanced implant surgeries including bone grafting.
• Fundamentals of sinus graft, symphyseal grafts, ramus grafts
• Extra oral grafting.
• Implant periodontics and esthetics.
• Advanced implantology – immediate loading principles and techniques.

Module 9:  Friday – Sunday, May 2 – 4, 2025

• Long-term validation of principles and techniques – predictable implant sequencing.
• Advanced restorative and esthetic strategies in implant dentistry.
• Computerized approaches to total rehabilitation utilizing CAD/CAM technology and surgical navigation.
• Identifying failures and managing complications.

Module 10:  Friday – Sunday, May 30 – June 1, 2025

• Pathophysiology of implant failures – mechanical, biological, chemical and surgical.
• Presenting cases and patient management in implant dentistry: marketing the implant practice.
• Medico-legal considerations.
• Preparation for the Associate Fellow/Fellow exams of the AAID.