This advanced course is tailored for dentists with prior experience in implant surgery, aiming to further refine their expertise and clinical proficiency. The program is designed to deepen participants’ understanding and enhance their skills in both the surgical and restorative aspects of implant procedures. It emphasizes essential clinical topics to optimise outcomes and success rates, including practical insights into common challenges and solutions.

The course will address the following areas:

DAY ONE:
The Periodontist’s Perspective: Implant Surgery

With Prof. Axel Spahr, Specialist Periodontist

• Patient selection and comprehensive treatment planning.
• The effects of systemic diseases and medications on surgical outcomes, healing and implant success.
• Risk assessment (SAC), and the influence of implant type, material, surface characteristics and implant/abutment connections.
• The use of short and reduced-diameter implants.
• Guidelines for implant planning, key parameters and management of peri-implant tissues.
• Immediate, early and late implant placement strategies.
• One-stage versus two-stage implant surgery techniques.
• Surgical instruments, materials, and common complications.
• Freehand versus guided implant placement methods.
• Implant maintenance to avoid problems.

DAY TWO:
The Prosthodontist’s Perspective: Implant Restoration

With Dr Tom Giblin, Specialist Prosthodontist

• Evaluating the digital workflow in implant dentistry: practical benefits versus technological novelty.
• Digital shade analysis and lab communication.
• Prosthetic design single / bridge /full arch / removable.
• Restorative materials.
• Impressions vs scanning.
• Optical and biomechanical properties of natural teeth and restorative materials and why it matters.
• Restoration design and preparation geometry.
• Fitting and delivery of indirect adhesive restorations.
• Verification of treatment sequences and outcome validation.
• Breaking down complex cases with novel solutions to restorative dilemmas.
• Practical clinical applications and case studies.

Participants will gain actionable insights and techniques that can be immediately integrated into their clinical practice, enhancing both their confidence and competence in implant surgery.