OVERVIEW
In order to compete in today’s dental market, your practice needs to branch away from insurance based dentistry. This basic course will focus on implant placement/restoration, bone grafting, ridge preservation, treatment planning and prosthetic tooth replacement. It will also include diagnosing division of bone and bone density. The advantages of tapered screw implants will be discussed and immediate loading indications reviewed. In addition, implant placement and surgical protocol will be taught with a hands-on portion. Implant site preparation such as socket grafting and lateral ridge augmentation will be reviewed. Esthetic issues in
implant dentistry will also be addressed with an introduction to single stage implants.

OBJECTIVES
This introductory course will discuss:
• Rationale implants and marketplace for dental implants
• Diagnosis of the edentulous patient
• Divisions of bone and bone density
• Biomechanics and stress Factors
• Treatment planning
• Partially edentulous patients
• Fully edentulous patients
• Advantages of the tapered screw vent implant
• Surgical site preparation
• Bone grafting extraction sockets PUROS ®
• Sinus grafts and lateral augmentation
• Implant surgery
• Root form implant surgery
• Hands On model work surgery
• Prosthetic treatment
• Single tooth implants
• Fixed bridgework
• Fully edentulous patients
• Hands On model work prosthetics (if available)
• Questions and Discussion

PRESENTER
JOHN C. MINICHETTI, D.M.D., graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey where he finished first in his class. He then completed a post-doctoral specialized training program at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. He is a general dentist who has been practicing implant dentistry in private practice for over twenty years and serves as the Director of Implant and Reconstructive Dentistry of Englewood, New Jersey.

TIME
Check-in & Breakfast: D.S. Cafeteria, 8:00 AM
Program: Saturday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

LOCATION
The University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio, Dental School

TUITION
Dentist: $260.00
Allied Dental Personnel: $200.00

CREDIT (Course Code: 126408A)
AGD Code: 690 Hours: 7

The Dental School thanks Zimmer Dental for its educational grant in support of this continuing education program.