Prosthetic Implant Program

The Prosthetic Implant Program was developed for those practitioners whose primary interest is in the restorative phase of Implant Dentistry. The "team approach" is emphasised. Surgeons and Periodontists will find this Implant Program enhances their relationship with referring doctors. The knowledge of established restorative guidelines taught in the Program simplifies implant prosthetics and enhances esthetic results and prosthesis survival.

The Prosthetic Implant Training Program is comprised of 4 courses, which include hands on laboratory training for both fixed and removable implant prosthetics. Practitioners attend lectures on implant diagnosis, treatment planning and patient evaluation, as well as all phases of implant prosthetic treatment.

Prosthetic 4

This implant course covers cement vs. screw in prostheses - their indications and complications, immediate loading and full arch prosthetics. Implant overdenture bar design and attachment selection for the maxilla and mandible and the step-by-step removable prosthesis fabrication are presented. An Intraoral photography section is included to assist with medico-legal documentation. Methods of determination of vertical dimension and maxillo-mandibular relationships are presented. Occlusal considerations, overdenture design according to implant and/or soft tissue support are presented to simplify denture manufacture and enhance prosthesis and implant longevity.

Topics

• Risks of immediate load
• Removable prosthetic options
• Generic terminology of implant components and overdentures
• Cement vs. screw in prostheses: indications and complications
• Implant overdentures for the maxilla
• Maxillary denture against lower implant retained implant prostheses
• Implant overdentures for the mandible
• Factors of stress
• Dental photography technical background
• Intraoral, perioral & extraoral photography
• Implants and maxillofacial prosthodontics

Objectives

• Learn and use a generic terminology of implant prosthetic components for implant overdentures.
• Treatment plan the completely edentulous maxilla for fixed implant prostheses.
• Treatment plan maxillary implant overdentures.
• Describe the treatment sequence for immediate loading in a completely edentulous patient for an implant overdenture.
• Compare two prosthetic options for implant overdentures in completely edentulous patients.
• Appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of cement-retained restorations and compare with the advantages and disadvantages of screw-retained restorations.
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of implant overdentures compared to fixed prostheses.
• Understand and select implant overdenture attachments and bar designs used in implant dentistry.
• Appreciate the difference between attachment movement and prosthesis movement for implant overdentures.
• Review the classic principles for maxillary denture support, retention and stability.
• Understand the differences between maxillary denture fabrication apposing a denture vs. an implant prosthesis.
• Observe and perform photographic techniques required for implant prosthetics.
• Diagnose and treatment plan patients for implant overdentures or fixed prostheses using radiographic imaging, CT scans and diagnostic casts.
• Compare the three prosthetic options for fixed prostheses in implant dentistry.
• Understand and apply occlusal concepts to implant fixed restorations.
• Treatment plan partial and complete edentulous patients for implant restorations.
• Perform radiographic interpretation techniques for partial edentulous patients.
• Treatment Planning Workshops.