General Objectives of Academic Specialist and
Master of Implant Dentistry Programs
1. Provide live surgical and prosthetic training on patients.
2. To impart the participants the understanding of the diagnostic and treatment modalities necessary to properly treat patients who are candidates for dental implant therapy. The interdisciplinary approach utilizing case based learning methodology will include lectures, demonstrations, interactive seminars, hands on sessions and relevant review of literature emphasizing evidence based clinical approach.
3. To provide an intensive overview of the state-of-the-art in implant dentistry.
4. To aid the participants in the preparation for the implant privileges in the middle east and for the AAID Associate Fellow/Fellow membership examinations.
5. To help the participants develop clear solutions that fit the problems and its inherent conditions encountered in the pratice of implant dentistry, based upon information provided and clearly explicated reasoning.
Academic Specialist in Implant Dentistry
Duration: 1 Year, 2 Semesters (300 Hours)
Semester I - Session 1
Module I (online) – 30 hours
1. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
- To help understand the diagnostic and treatment modalities necessary to properly treat patients requiring implant dentistry
- To review principles of vertical treatment planning by creating a decision tree for implant modality selection, preferred choices etc
2. Anatomy and Bone Biology
3. Radiology
Semester I - Session II (60 hours)
Module II
Surgical Session I
- Hands on suturing techniques
- Surgical placement of implants for mainstream cases
- Atraumatic extraction and socket grafting in patients
- Principles of Wisdom teeth extractions and minor oral surgical procedures
Semester I - Session III
Module III
Surgical session II (60 Hours)
- Immediate placement techniques
- Placement of implants in grafted bone
Semester II – Session I (60 hours)
Module IV
Prosthetic session I Impression techniques
Digital work flow Review of prosthetic sequence
Semester II – Session II (online – 30 hours)
To review prosthesis design guidelines for different clinical situations:
- Protocols for Single tooth
- Protocols for quadrant restorations
- Protocols for Removable prosthesis (Overdentures)
Semester II – Session III (onsite - 60 hours)
Insertion of prosthesis
Review of implant complications
Management of short term failures
Case presentations and Graduation
Master of Implant Dentistry
Duration: 2 Years, 4 Semesters (600 Hours)
Semester I – Session 1
Module I 30 Hours
Cadaver dissection – Advanced Surgical implant considerations:
- Immediate placement in infected sockets and GBR
Semester I – Session 2
Module II:
50 Hours
Live surgical session:
- Sinus lift – crestal and lateral
- Ridge split – bone expansion and bone manipulation
Lectures online - 20 hours
Live surgeries - 30 hours
Semester I – Session 3
Module III:
50 Hours
Live surgical session:
- Block grafts
- Khoury Plates
Lectures online – 20 hours
Live surgeries - 30 hours
Semester II – Session 1
Module IV:
60 hours
Graftless solutions
- All on x
- Lectures online – 30 hours demonstrations and lectures
- Live surgeries – 30 hours
Semester II – Session 2
Module V:
55 Hours
Zygomatic and Pterygoid Implants
- Lectures online – 25 hours lecture
- Live surgeries – 30 hours
Semester II – Session 3
Module VI:
55 Hours
Implant complications and full mouth rehabilitation
- Lectures online – 25 hours
- Exit exam and defense of thesis – 30 hours
