FROM THE FUGAZZOTTO INSTITUTE:

Day 1 & 2: Three live surgeries each day

Lecture topics include:

• Guided bone regeneration (GBR) with membranes
• Flap designs to maintain primary closure in all situations
• Ideal socket regeneration
• Implant placement in atrophic ridges
• Immediate implant placement in all areas of the mouth and all types of defect morphologies
• Indications for Piezoelectric handpiece
• Palatal harvesting of connective tissue grafts
• Rationale and use of biologics
• Allograft selection and use
• Root treatment to maximize long term success
• Root coverage techniques with autogenous grafts and allograft
• Soft tissue grafting with GBR therapy
• Soft tissue grafting at implant placement
• Decision trees for material and technique selection

Day 3: Cadaver Lab

• Bone Grafting Techniques:
  • Titanium reinforced and resorbable membranes
  • Tacking for membrane fixation
  • Effective release for primary closure
• Implant Placement in the Following Situations:
  • In compromised extractions sockets
  • In atrophic ridges
  • At the time of sinus augmentation
  • In conjunction with osteotome technique
• Soft Tissue Graft Harvesting
  • Flapless, double blade, and trapdoor
  • Buccal & palatal pedicle grafts
  • Allograft placement
• Soft Tissue Grafting During Implant Placement
• Flap Designs to Ensure Primary Closure