Site Augmentation for Advanced and Complex Cases | Speaker: Dr. James Ruskin

A Straumann National Course

Course Description:
This course is designed to provide the clinician with a comprehensive overview of bone and soft tissue augmentation procedures and surgical techniques as they relate to implant dentistry. A thorough overview of recent clinical and scientific innovations, diagnosis and treatment planning considerations, and anatomical factors and anomalies will be presented. Clinicians will review appropriate instrumentation and surgical guides to facilitate all phases of augmentation procedures. Step-by-step surgical techniques, as well as complication avoidance and management, will help to provide clinicians added confidence to incorporate these procedures into their practice. Specific procedures discussed will include maxillary & mandibular onlay grafting, sinus augmentation, and palatal soft tissue harvest. Surgical videography will be employed; hands-on laboratory sessions utilizing fresh human tissue will serve as an integral learning component in this course.

Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Diagnose and treatment plan advanced surgical cases involving deficient maxillary and mandibular implant sites
• Demonstrate working knowledge of sinus anatomy, flap design, surgical instrumentation, procedures and grafting for the sinus region.
• Recognize indications and contraindications for simultaneous versus delayed implant placement
• Perform the following hands-on exercises on human tissue specimens;
• Sinus augmentation via Caldwell-Luc & Summers approach
• Maxillary and mandibular onlay graft
• Autogenous ramus and chin harvest techniques
• Demonstrate working knowledge of surgical instrumentation and grafting materials