Full arch immediate loading course

Full Arch Immediate Loading represents the highest level of complexity and innovation in contemporary implant dentistry. When severe atrophy, anatomical limitations, and demanding patient expectations meet, advanced implant strategies become essential. On 29–30 May 2026, Sofia will host an elite educational experience led by Dr. Bernardo Nunes de Sousa, internationally recognized for his mastery in Full Arch Immediate Loading.

This intensive two-day course is dedicated to the full spectrum of immediate fixed full-arch solutions, including All-on-4, All-on-X, trans-sinus, trans-nasal, pterygoid, and subperiosteal implants. The program is designed to guide clinicians from fundamental principles to highly advanced clinical decision-making, enabling predictable treatment even in the most challenging cases.

Who Should Attend?
 

— Implantologists
— Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
— Prosthodontists
— Experienced General Dentists.

Program

Day 1

Morning

Lectures:

— General principles and technical aspects of Full Arch Immediate Loading surgery:

- Literature, biomechanics, common features, miths and facts
- Diagnosis, exams, patient preparation and case preparation
 

— Surgery features:
 

- Anatomy, incisions and flaps
- Bone reduction, implant placement and abutments
- Upper jaw surgery-specifics
- Lower jaw surgery-specifics
- Primary stability hacking: how to get good primary stability in low class boné.
 

— Case presentation and discussion
— Drugs and post-op recovery and maitenance
— The complete AO4 protocol
— Soft tissue grafting in full arch surgery.

Afternoon
 

Lectures:

— Advanced techniques: pushing the limits:
 

- Palatal Approach Technique
- Trans-nasal implants
- Trans-sinus implants.
 

— Hands-On Session 1:
 

- Standart AO4
- Palatal Approach Technique
- Trans-Sinus Implants
- Trans-Nasal Implants.
 

Night
 

Dinner:
 

— Dinner Party.

Day 2

Morning
 

Lecture:
 

— Pterygoid Implants:
 

- Literature review
- Anatomy, CT scan reading and planning
- Technical aspects: flap, drilling, implant placement and abutments.

— Hands-On Session 2:
 

- Identify the pterygoid bone in human people.
 

— Hands-On Session 3:

- Pterygoid Implants training in models.

Afternoon

Lecture:
 

— The new age of Subperiosteal Implants:

- Literature review
- Old-school VS New-school of subperiosteal implants
- Technical features
- Placement technique
- Complication.
 

— Hands-On Session 4:
 

- Subperiosteal Implants training in models.