Implant-Restorative Connections. Course VI

Biological Assembly

During this 18-hour course, participants will learn how to create the optimal implant restoration on single implants, multiple implants, and All-on-X cases.  Digital and analogue workflows will be covered, abutment design, cemented vs screw retained crown indications, impressioning with scan bodies and open and closed tray techniques, immediate provisionalization using both chairside and digital pre-designed methods will be practiced.

[It is recommended that participants take Courses I and II prior to this course]

Topics Covered:

– Planning the case with the result in mind – an esthetic-restorative protocol
– What material should be used in the anterior and posterior
– Screw vs Cement-retained – when, where, and how?
– Using provisional restorations to predict results
– Impression techniques to minimize problems
– Open tray vs. closed tray impression technique
– Scan bodies and digital workflow
– Fixture vs abutment level impressions
– Bite registrations for distal extension cases
– Troubleshooting minimal inter-occlusal space issues
– Delivering abutments
– Using torque wrenches
– Delivering screw and cement-retained restorations
– Identifying unknown implants and ordering the correct parts
– Rescuing implants
– Implant-retained fixed dental prostheses
– Filling the access hole with an invisible restoration
– Implant occlusion – what MUST you know
– Adjustment and polishing
– Making an esthetic prototype in your office
– Esthetic (gingival contour preserving) impression techniques
– Managing the loose implant crown
– The hemi-engaging abutment bridge.

Learning Objectives:

– How to select the ideal abutment for each situation
– Understand the importance of connection design and restoration stability
– Be able to fabricate a temporary crown for an immediate implant
– Know the steps for capturing both simple and multiple implant impressions with both closed and open tray impression copings
– Know which crown materials to use in different situations
– Learn the critical steps required for screw and cement-retained crown delivery
– Be able to demonstrate the techniques for locator conversion.