Comprehensive Implantology Continuum, Part I
Six weekends - starts Jan. 6 through June, 2024. Registration opening soon.
Course Description
Course directors Dr. Dennis Tarnow and Dr. James B. Fine with guest presenters. In-person lectures, model-based training sessions, and literature review. Designed for the experienced generalist and specalist seeking to enhance your knowledge and the skills required for successful placement and restoration of implants.
Training in patient evaluation, surgical placement, and implant prosthetics will be provided along with model-based demonstartions with major implant systems. You will learn step-by-step techniques to allow for a safe and predictable implant placement.
Taught by Board-certified specialists is specifically designed for dental practitioners and specialists. If you are currently conducting implant procedures, the course will supplement your knowledge, hone your skills and increase your confidence level. Small class size is designed for those who wish to up their surgical and prosthetic skills, as well as those who need to increase their background understanding to what you may already be doing.
Learning Objectives
This course will enable you to:
- Understand the surgical and restorative principles of esthetic implant placement
- Understand the use of CBCT and treatment planning software in treatment plans for the partially or fully edentulous patient
- Enhance your surgical skills for implant placement
- Learn advanced prosthetic treatment planning
- Understand alternative methods of impression taking, abutment selection, temporization and final restoration of implants
- Understand proper bone grafting and site development procedures
- Understand wound healing and the effect of systemic diseases and medications on patients, and incorporate into risk assessment.
- Learn updated pricinples of socket preservation techniques
Course Topics
(Subject to minor revision)
Evolving Role of Implants in Patient Care; Radiologic & Surgical Templates; Stage I Surgery for Implant Placement; Optimal Implant Esthetics; Occlusal Considerations; Surgical Anatomy; Advanced Radiology; Single-tooth Restoration; Multi-Unit Implant Prosthetics; Treatment Planning for Esthetic Outcome; Implant Complications and Management; Risk Management; Infection Control; Pharmacology/Pain Control; Stage II Surgery; Bone Grafting; Guided Bone Regeneration; Extraction/Socket Preservation; Immediate Placement/Immediate Loading of Implant; Treatment Planning.
An overview and model-based demonstrations on various implant systems using prosthetics will also be provided.
Schedule
Part I is held over six weekends/12 days
- 6 weekends - 2024 dates below - all sessions are live virtual learning:
- Jan. 6-7, 2024
- February 3-4
- March 2-3*
- April 6-7*
- May 18-19*
- June 8-9*
- 60 CE credits
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC)
701 West 168th Street (@ Fort Washington Avenue)
New York, NY 10032
Tuition
- Part 1 - Registration fee: $8,450 (Early registration fee: $7,950)
- $2,000 deposit required to secure seat
- Customized payment plans available upon request to dentalce@cumc.columbia.edu
Registration to open soon
- CE credits provided for all sessions taken
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation of courses incur an administration fee. Refunds of the deposit are granted only if notification is received in writing at least three weeks prior to the course start date and will result in a $500 administration fee. Once the course begins, no refunds will be issued. Columbia University cannot assume responsibility for losses due to participants' travel arrangements. Tuitions for no-shows will be forfeited.
Lecturers
Lecturers include Course Directors Dr. Dennis Tarnow and Dr. James Fine plus 2019-2020 speakers:
- Dr. Francesco Amato
- Dr. Christos Angelopoulos
- Dr. Joseph Carpentieri
- Dr. John Grbic
- Dr. Philip Kang
- Dr. Frank Valdinoto, and more...
Contact
For questions about this course, please contact:
dentalce@columbia.edu
212-305-7124