Post-graduated Course in Advanced Oral Implantology, Tissue Regeneration and Oral Rehabilitation


This is the most complete formation available at the SPI Research Centre and is probably one of the most complete formations existent in the area. The intensive method used allied to the latest technologies provides the student not only with clinical skills but also prepares him to use the “state-of-the-art” technologies available in the field.

The Post-graduated course also includes  Legal aspects related with the area, Basic Sciences and Biology, Basic Life Support, Medical Emergencies, Digital Planning using the Nemotec DSD (Digital Smile Design), Consensus and Procedures and covers ALL different kinds of implants and prosthetic solutions, either conventional and non-conventional used nowadays.
This formation covers Advanced Techniques in Tissue Regeneration (PRF, Piezzo Surgery, among others), rehabilitation of atrophic maxillae using non-conventional implants (zygomatic, tilted single body, blade and sub-periosteal implants) and Prosthetic Rehabilitation.

This last step, the Prosthetic Rehabilitation, is complemented with specific content about Aesthetics in General Dentistry and in Implantology in a way that it will allow the conclusion and finalization of the Oral Rehabilitation achieving the best results possible.

At the SPI Research Centre we believe that a complete professional should contribute to the academic community, this way, the students will be asked to write 1 to 2 scientific articles to be published in the JSPIR (Journal of Surgery, Periodontology and Implant Research), with the support of our experimented  Scientific Team. The submitted articles will be assessed by the team of Revisers and International Editors of the Journal.

This formation includes all the programmatic content of all the courses existent at the SPI Research Centre, with the exception of the course:
Duration: 405h
  • 360h - Theoretical, Pre-clinical and Clinical components (mandatory attendance)
  • 45h - Research and Scientific Investigation (non-mandatory attendance)
Costs: 
  • Free Members / Standard Members: 9200€
  • Premium / Professional Members: 8700€
Methodology:
  • This course is distributed in a period of 6 weeks (5-8 days per week) over 6 consecutive months.
  • The 45h of non-mandatory presence of the Research and Scientific Investigation modules are on Tuesdays in dates to be defined.
Vacancies
  • Minimum students required: 3
  • Maximum students, depending on  the vacancies filled in other courses: 4 to 6

Programmatic Content

1st Week                                               
  • Basic Life Support
  • Informed Consent
  • Medical Emergencies
  • Dental Anatomy
  • Periodontal Aesthetics
  • Dental Photography
  • Nemo DSD – theoretical introduction
  • Nemo DSD 2D – Clinical Cases Planning
  • Nemo DSD 3D
    • Software Presentation
    • Models Scanning
    • Nemo DSD 3D – Clinical Cases Planning
 
2nd Week 
  • Anatomy
  • Histology and Osseointegration. Implant surfaces
  • Periodontology
  • Microbiology
  • Ergonomics
  • Anaesthesia and Pharmacology
  • Occlusion in Implantology
  • Laser applications in oral surgery, periodontology and Implantology
  • Introduction to biomaterials
  • Introduction to soft and hard tissues in Regeneration
  •    Prosthetic components
  • Impressions - Techniques and materials
  • Consensus and clinical proceedings
    • Incisions, grafts and sutures. Surgical techniques
    • Introduction to advanced techniques in oral implantology
    • Introduction to the concepts of early loading and immediate loading
  • Hands-on – implant placement in synthetic models
  • Torque
  • Trauma in Implantology
    • Surgical risk factors
    • Prosthetic risk factors
    • General factors and discussion
  • Cases planning using Nemotec software
  • Surgeries (treatment of patients)
 
3rd Week 
  • Biomaterials
  • PRF – Platelet Rich Fibrin- theoretical concepts
  • Blood collection technique and manipulation: using PRF
  • GBR – demonstrative surgery
  • Soft tissue manipulation: histology, concepts and clinical cases presentation
  • Soft tissues manipulation: clinical cases presentation
    • Hands-on: soft tissues manipulation using animal models
  • Hard tissues manipulation: histology, concepts and clinical cases presentation
  • Hard tissues manipulation: clinical cases presentation
    • Hands-on: hard tissues manipulation in animal model
  • Sinus Lift:
    • Theoretical concepts and Hands-on: sinus lift
  • Surgeries (treatment of patients)
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4th Week 
  • Zirconia implants: theoretical concepts and Hands-on
  • Immediate load: techniques
    • Hands-on: immediate load in synthetic model, overdenture and single implant
    • Immediate load: demonstrative surgery
    • Immediate load: rehabilitation
  • Guided surgery
    • Theoretical concepts and demonstrative surgery:
  • Short, narrow, extra-wide, tilted, and non conventional dental implants
    • Theoretical concepts and Hands-on synthetic model
  • Zygomatic implants
    • Theoretical concepts and Hands-on synthetic model

5th Week 
  • Laser legal framework in Portuguese Law
  • The history of laser through the last century
  • Laser - how it's made
  • Principles of light and optics related to laser technology
  • Interaction of laser light and oral tissues
  • Laser and biosafety
  • CO2 Laser - concepts and clinical uses
  • Er:YAG Laser - concepts and clinical uses
  • Nd:YAG Laser - concepts and clinical uses  
  • Díode Laser - concepts and clinical uses  
  • Laser in dental prosthetic laboratory
  • Laser in oral pathology
  • Laser in dentin hipersensitivity
  • Dental bleach assisted by laser
  • Laser in periodontology
  • Laser in oral surgery
  • Laser in Temporomandibular disorders
  • Low level laser therapy – celular and biochemical concepts
  • Hands on patients in Periodontology, Oral Surgery and TMD

6th Week 
  • Prosthetic Abutments – Revision of Basic Concepts
  • Revision of Basic Concepts - Impressions Taking
  • Aesthetic Planning: Aesthetic Analysis of the Face and Smile
  • Dental Morphology: Colour, Light and Shape
  • Impression Taking/Laboratorial Considerations
  • Aesthetic Planning: Periodontal Aesthetics
  • Dental Materials applied to Aesthetic Oral Rehabilitation in Implantology I
    • Provisional phase / Provisionalization
    •  Final Phase
  • Wax-up and Mock-up of Unitary Provisionals
  • Wax-up and Mock-up of Full Rehabilitation Provisionals
  • Pre-Clinical Activity: Provisional and Mock-up
  • Importance of Guided Surgery in the Final Aesthetic Result
  • Fixed Prosthesis and Implantology
  • Dental Materials applied to Aesthetic Oral Rehabilitation in Implantology II (ceramics)
  • Try-ins/Finalization of Work/Laboratorial Considerations
  • Adhesion Protocols for the Different Materials
  • Multidisciplinary Approach in the Aesthetic Oral Rehabilitation
  • Try-ins/Finalization of Work/Laboratorial Considerations
  • Rehabilitation of patients during de course  
  • Briefing of Clinical Cases