Format: Videos+Pdf
This comprehensive course covers everything you, your assistants, and your laboratory needs to know about implant overdentures! We cover the basics all the way up to the advanced level methods diagnosis and treatment planning skills, clinical techniques, and follow-up recall strategies including hygiene and maintenance.
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🟢 Section I: Introduction & Essential Patient Factors for Overdentures
Covering the basics of implant overdenture therapy, proper patient assessment skills, and preparing patients for full-arch dentistry.
Topics include:
Background, History, and Impact of Complete Tooth Loss
Patient Examination Skills
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning Concepts
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🟡 Section II: Attachment Systems, Implant Options, Treatment Planning Skills
This section covers the variety of contemporary attachment systems available and the pros/cons of each of them, assessing restorative space within dentures, treatment planning the number of implants and immediate loading concepts!
Topics include:
Principles of Attachment Systems for Overdentures
The Role of Restorative Space Within Dentures
Implant Overdenture Biomechanics
Choosing the Number and Location of Implants for Maxillary and Mandibular Cases
Dental Implant Design, Osseointegration
Evaluating Options Regarding Implant Diameter & Length Options
Immediate Loading of Overdentures: Does it Work?
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🔵 Section III: Radiographic Planning: Traditional & Contemporary Concepts
An in-depth discussion regarding various radiographic options available for clinicians to best determine bone volume for overdenture therapy including contemporary cone-beam CT scanning techniques!
Topics include:
Traditional Radiographic Options: PA, Panoramic, CBCT
Making Radiographic Guides
CBCT Scanning Workflows
Patient Preparation for CBCT Scans
Making CBCT Scans & Options on Machines to Ensure Success
"Denture-Down" Treatment Planning Concepts
Relining Dentures with Radiopaque PVS Material & CBCT Scanning Techniques
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🟠Section IV: Patient Preparation for Overdentures and Surgical Procedures
This section includes reviewing anatomical features of patients and how to best plan for implant overdenture surgery including instrument tray setups, equipment, and surgical techniques!
Topics include:
Anatomy Review
Instrument Choice for Surgical Procedures
Equipment Options
Preparing Patients for Overdenture Surgery
Surgical Techniques for Implants
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🟣 Section V: Restorative Procedures, Recall & Maintenance Strategies
From start-to-finish, we cover the nuts & bolts associated with how to work with implant overdentures and the steps associated with various techniques to make restoring implant overdentures simple!
Topics include:
Philosophies of Restorative Techniques
Bar Overdentures
Locator Attachments
Locator R-Tx Attachments
Recall Strategies for Successful Cases
Implant Hygiene Protocols