Global Institute for Dental Education offers advanced, hands-on implant workshop

This advanced implant and grafting workshop is a four-day, hands-on clinical course developed by Dr Sascha A. Jovanovic, a periodontist from Los Angeles and pioneer in implant dentistry, bone regeneration and esthetic procedures. Jovanovic is also the course director at UCLA CE, past president of the EAO, author of more than 60 scientific publications and one textbook, and is the editor in chief of Implant Tribune.

The next workshop is planned for June 15–18.

Clinicians can benefit from taking one, two or all four days at gIDE’s Training Center. Day 1 is composed of an interactive lecture in the morning addressing flap design and management, suturing methods, soft-tissue autografts and allografts, abutment design modifications, perio-implant papilla support and more.

During the second half of the day, participants will practice on fresh porcine maxilla models with the latest implant designs, microsurgical hand instruments, filler materials, resorbable and non-resorbable sutures and dermal allograft.

The second part of the course consists of a two-day workshop covering the latest techniques for successful bone grafting in implant placement, esthetic implant procedures and socket grafting. Two live surgery cases will be demonstrated: a posterior case for ridge and sinus augmentation purposes, and an anterior esthetic case exhibiting optimal implant placement and site development. Participants will practice tooth extraction with simultaneous implant placement and bone grafting with membrane placement on mandibular pig jaw models. Each workstation is equipped with an implant drill unit, dental implants, fresh pig jaw model, hand instruments, bone-filler material, membrane, BMP-2 graft, titanium mesh and fixation pins.

Sinus elevation and grafting are the topics for the final part of this all-encompassing clinical course. A critical viewing of biological and clinical aspects of sinus elevation techniques, including the key elements for implant success, will be presented. Participants will practice lateral window approach, internal sinus elevation using Osteotome techniques and more on fresh goat maxilla models.

Dr Leopold Weinstein, a general practitioner from Camarillo, Calif., commented, “Dr Jovanovic offers the most complete and comprehensive program on bone, ridge and socket grafting.”

A periodontist from Cerritos, Calif., Dr Phil Melnick, said, “This one-of-a-kind sinus hands-on course raised my confidence level and success rate in sinus bone grafting and has expanded my overall expertise in these important procedures that I now perform regularly.”

gIDE’s online lecture library expands

As part of gIDE’s mission statement, the Global Institute for Dental Education is dedicated to providing continuous new professional development surrounding the ever-evolving field of dentistry. gIDE publishes new Online Lectures bi-monthly filmed in-house with professional green screens and production equipment.

For its latest lecture on demand, “Oral Plastic Surgery,” gIDE worked with an expert in restorative dentistry, Dr Nelson Carranza. In many cases, especially in implant dentistry, the challenge still present today relies on soft-tissue management. Periodontal surgery is evolving to meet these challenges into a new concept termed “oral plastic surgery.” Carranza filmed two versions of this lecture, in English and in Spanish.

Dr Sam Strong, who has previously recorded nine lectures for gIDE, most recently contributed “Treating the Edentulous Arch with Removable Implant Overdentures.” This presentation is the second of four modules related to treating the fully edentulous patient with removable overdentures. It focuses on the use of a jaw relation recording device (or tracing device), which gives the clinician new accuracy in procuring centric relation.

“The Emergency Implant Immediate Extraction Replacement” is the newest lecture from Dr. Jack Hahn, a well-recognized pioneer in the field of implant dentistry. Immediate extraction replacement is an option applied when patients present themselves with an un-restorable tooth, especially in the esthetic zone where they want something that will allow them to engage in social situations without a missing tooth.

gIDE has published more than 200 lectures online, while constantly adding new and innovative content. Access to these lectures is available through DVD purchase, but gIDE’s lecture library is most conveniently utilized via the online membership. Yearly subscription to this comprehensive library provides instant access to scientific knowledge in the fastest growing segments in dentistry. gIDE is ADA certified and offers a growing number of up to 200 continuing education credits.

Founded in 2003 by world-renowned implant dentist, Dr. Sascha A. Jovanovic, and colleagues, gIDE is a private dental institute blending online digital education with hands-on learning, dedicated to the advancement of clinicians and the healthcare of their patients worldwide.