Dental implant courses, digital dentistry training, and more

Join us for an unparalleled learning experience alongside industry-leading dental experts from around the world. Our comprehensive dental implant courses delve into a wide range of topics, including accurate diagnosis, advanced treatment planning, esthetic dentistry, dental bone grafting, as well as surgical and prosthetic workflows. We also explore some of the most complex and cutting-edge protocols for managing potential complications in implantology. This is your opportunity to elevate your skills and knowledge.

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February 2025

Genesis: Immediate Implant Protocols

Feb 13 - 14, 2025
North York, ON, CA
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Mr. Terry Xie
Dr. Alex Bongard
Dr. Steven Bongard
Dr. Brian Freund
Dr John Zarb
Ms. Flora Santos
Ms. Michelle Ryckman

This small group comprehensive 2-Day program focuses on the merits of embracing Immediacy as a patient centered implant prosthodontic treatment solution. Through a series of live and previously recorded surgeries, formal presentations, group discussions and hands-on training, dental teams will become familiar with the merits of Immediacy Protocols for both the single tooth and full arch solutions. Particular emphasis will be placed on how best to have the entire team embrace and advocate for Immediacy Protocols to be adopted in dental practices.

 

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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

DDI Core 1 - Implant Treatment Planning & Restorations

Feb 14 - 16, 2025
Vancouver, BC, CA
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Dr. Adam Langan

Core Mini-Residency in Oral Implantology

 

 

CORE 1: IMPLANT TREATMENT PLANNING & RESTORATIONS

• Treatment planning & Nobel Clinician

• Implant selection & positioning (Hands-on)

• Implant planning from simple to complex

• Abutment selection

• Proper cementation techniques

• Cement retained prostheses

• Screw retained prostheses

• Utilizing implant tools (Hands-on)

• Impression Techniques (Hands-on)

• Implant occlusion

• Provisional Restorations (Hands-on)

• Digital treatment planning & utilization of 3D imaging

 

 

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BC ProSpace

Genesis: Implant Retained Overdentures for the GP

Feb 28, 2025
North York, ON, CA
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Dr John Zarb

Implant Retained Overdentures for the GP: The removeable, implant prosthodontic standard of care for over 20 years

 

The 2002 McGill consensus statement, recommending mandibular two-implant overdentures as the first-choice standard of care for edentulous patients, ushered in a new era of care for patients who had struggled for many years with conventional prostheses. For the first time in its history, the world of removable prosthodontics gained a significant body of clinical outcome data to support recommending this treatment modality. This one-day program will provide general dentists with a profound understanding of what it means to be completely edentulous as well as how patients with a terminal dentition can benefit from the transition to an implant retained overdenture. A series of case histories will highlight the diagnostic criteria, treatment planning sequence of care and the associated maintenance involved in providing this treatment modality. A hands-on training exercise will help familiarize general dentists with the implant prosthodontic components involved.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the reality of the Completely Edentulous Predicament
  • Work through the steps involved in Overdenture Treatment Planning
  • Gain a better understanding of the required implant overdenture maintenance as well as the management of common complications
  • Become familiar with the implant prosthodontic components required for the prescription of implant retained overdentures

 

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March 2025

Genesis: 2 Day Oral Surgery Skills Course for General Practitioners

Mar 22 - 23, 2025
North York, ON, CA
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Dr. Brian Freund

This 2 day didactic and hands-on program is for the GP who wants to improve their fundamental surgical skill set. Participants will be able to experience a wide variety of
surgical procedures typically seen in a GP office, but the emphasis will be on developing effective clinical skills in flaps, suturing and extractions.

This course is limited attendance with a low instructor to student ratio and will take place in our simulation lab where you will learn on phantom heads, special dental models, and pig mandibles.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Effectively assess patient and procedural risks
  • Develop proficiency in the selection and use of surgical instruments
  • Learn and apply surgical approaches to minimize tissue traumaManage
  • Recognize and manage complications

 

Simulation lab experience will include:

  • Flap design
  • Suturing (interrupted, continuous locking, figure of 8)
  • Biopsy techniques
  • Simple extractions (forceps and elevators)
  •  Surgical extractions (bone and soft tissue sparing)
  • Impactions (lower mesio-angular and horizontal)
  • Root removal
  • Incision and Drainage (drain placement)
  • Oral-antral penetration repair (sliding flaps)
  • Tongue and lip tie revision
  • Socket preservation and basic GB
  • Sinus bump (Summers procedure)
  • Connective tissue grafting
  • Introduction to implant placement (guided and freehand)

 

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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

April 2025

TIDE - Module 3: Live Patient Surgery

Apr 04 - 06, 2025
North York, ON, CA
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Dr. Mark Lin

 

Basic implant mini residency in-person modules

 

Module 1: Comprehensive implant treatment planning

Date: Oct 25-26, 2024

 

Module 2: Implant surgical principles: models, pig jaws & cadavers

Date: Jan 17-19, 2025

 

Module 3: Live patient surgery
Date: April 4-6, 2025


Module 4: Live patient prosthetics
Date: Sept 12-14. 2025


Online webinar (8 pre-recorded sessions)

 

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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

DDI Core 2 - Implant Surgery

Apr 04 - 06, 2025
Vancouver, BC, CA
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Dr. Nariman Amiri

Core Mini-Residency in Oral Implantology

 

Core 2: Implant Surgery & Restoratively Driven Treatment

  • Treatment planning & Nobel Clinician
  • Anatomical considerations & biology
  • Proper implant placement in 4 dimensions
  • Single tooth implant surgery (Hands-on)
  • Multiple tooth implant surgery
  • Edentulous implant surgery 
  • Implant placement (Hands-on) 
  • Basic suturing techniques & flap design (Hands-on)
  • Bone physiology & healing • Implant pharmacology 
  • Stage 2 implant surgery & soft tissue considerations (Hands-on)

 

 

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BC ProSpace

Advanced Hard Tissue Defect Reconstruction

Apr 10 - 12, 2025
Quebec City, QC, CA
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Dr. Domenic Morielli
Dr. Nancy Dubois
Dr Adrien Pollini
Dr. Jean El-Fata
Dr Samer Abi Nader

Session 1 - Contemporary Implant Dentistry : The Essentials November 28-30, 2024

Session 2 - Cutting Edge Implant Therapy - Posterior Zone February 6-8, 2025

Session 3 - Advanced Hard Tissue Defect Reconstruction April 10-12, 2025

Session 4 - Implants in the Aesthetic Zone June 19-21, 2025

Session 5 - The Totally Edentulous Patient September 18-20 2025

 

MASTERING IMPLANTOLOGY

COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING

For decades, we have dreamed of sharing our knowledge and clinical experience with ambitious dentists. Driven by the idea of pursuing new and forward-looking paths in dental education, we have developed five advanced sessions in implantology that offer participants a new learning experience. This experience will become a defining moment in your continuing professional development, allowing you to take your practice to the next level. Through this specialized training, we offer our participants a new vision of contemporary implantology. Training based on scientific literature and techniques clinically applied in our practice for the past 30 years and that allows you to offer your patients optimal and predictable results.
Our goal is to offer advanced refresher courses that challenge participants, improve their manual dexterity, and their surgical and prosthetic skills so that they are able to apply the techniques learned in their own practice as soon as the course is over.
No matter your level of training in implantology, this course is designed to leave you with increased confidence, new skills and renewed practice. A training combining clinically applicable scientific evidence, practical exercises and live surgeries on the patient.
Our modern training facilities in Quebec City await you with a unique spirit and a very special atmosphere. The friends and colleagues you will meet here may come from very different national and professional backgrounds, but they have one thing in common that unites them all: they are very passionate about their profession!

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CLINIQUE SPÉCIALISÉE DE QUÉBEC

Global Dental Mentorship - Restorative and Surgical Implant Hands-on

Apr 11, 2025
Ottawa, ON, CA
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Dr. Avi Shelemay
Dr Lesley David
Dr David Powell

The hands-on MIT course is designed to familiarize you with implant components both surgically and prosthetically. In addition, the goal is for you to gain comfort with the procedures as outlined below. For those of you with experience in dental implants, you will gain tips and tricks from our experienced clinicians. Given the synergy between surgery and prosthetics, it’s important to understand both, regardless of your area of interest.

 

Learning Objectives:

The following model-based procedures will be included in the hands-on instruction:

1) Review anatomy and surgical protocol

2) Place 2 implants for mandibular overdenture

3) Place single implants

4) Suturing procedures on a soft tissue model

5) Temporary crown fabrication

6) Place, pick up, and size locators for mandibular overdentures

 

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May 2025

Genesis: Immediate Implants for the Full Arch

May 02 - 03, 2025
North York, ON, CA
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Mr. Terry Xie
Dr. Steven Bongard
Dr. Alex Bongard
Dr. Brian Freund
Dr John Zarb
Ms. Flora Santos
Ms. Michelle Ryckman

This 2-day program will show case all the steps involved in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and execution of immediate provisionalization for the full-arch hands-on training, you will understand this remarkable same day solution for completely edentulous patients and those with a terminal dentition.

  • Case selection and treatment planning.
  • Pre-operative, surgical and prosthodontic workflows. 
  • Hands-on experience for the conversion of a removable complete denture into a fixed immediately inserted transitional prosthesis.
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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

DDI Core 3 - Atraumatic Extraction & Bone Grafting

May 02 - 04, 2025
Vancouver, BC, CA
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Dr. Bobby Birdi

This 3-day program (30 CE) delivers a comprehensive understanding of the principles of atraumatic extraction, bone grafting, and immediate dental implant placement. We discuss the different bone grafting and membrane materials and techniques. You will leave this program with the ability to comfortably select cases for immediate extraction, grafting, and implant placement. Our program is evidence based, with a focus on shedding practical tips and tricks, and hands-on training, to allow you to provide effective and efficient implant therapy to your patients.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Atraumatic extraction principles
  • Proper instruments for treatment
  • Bone biology & socket healing principles
  • Mechanical extraction systems 
  • Bone grafting materials & principles
  • Membrane materials & principles 
  • Understanding which techniques to use when
  • Implant Placement (Hands-on)
  • Immediate implant placement (Hands-on)
  • Basic suturing techniques & flap design (Hands-on)
  • Socket Grafting & Ridge augmentation (Hands-on)

 

 

 

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BC ProSpace

Genesis: Immediate Implant Protocols

May 22 - 23, 2025
North York, ON, CA
Learn More
Dr. Brian Freund
Dr John Zarb
Ms. Flora Santos
Ms. Michelle Ryckman
Dr. Steven Bongard
Mr. Terry Xie
Dr. Alex Bongard

This small group comprehensive 2-Day program focuses on the merits of embracing Immediacy as a patient centered implant prosthodontic treatment solution. Through a series of live and previously recorded surgeries, formal presentations, group discussions and hands-on training, dental teams will become familiar with the merits of Immediacy Protocols for both the single tooth and full arch solutions. Particular emphasis will be placed on how best to have the entire team embrace and advocate for Immediacy Protocols to be adopted in dental practices.

 

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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

June 2025

Genesis: Immediate Implant Protocols

Jun 05 - 06, 2025
North York, ON, CA
Learn More
Ms. Michelle Ryckman
Dr John Zarb
Ms. Flora Santos
Dr. Alex Bongard
Dr. Steven Bongard
Dr. Brian Freund
Mr. Terry Xie

This small group comprehensive 2-Day program focuses on the merits of embracing Immediacy as a patient centered implant prosthodontic treatment solution. Through a series of live and previously recorded surgeries, formal presentations, group discussions and hands-on training, dental teams will become familiar with the merits of Immediacy Protocols for both the single tooth and full arch solutions. Particular emphasis will be placed on how best to have the entire team embrace and advocate for Immediacy Protocols to be adopted in dental practices.

 

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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

DDI Core 4: PRF & Live Surgery

Jun 06 - 08, 2025
Vancouver, BC, CA
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Dr. Bobby Birdi

Core Mini-Residency in Oral Implantology

 

Core 4: PRF Workshop & Live-Patient Implant Surgery Program

The first day of this 3-day (30 CE) program focuses on the science and protocols of utilizing PRF and PRP in different clinical applications. Venipuncture is taught by a highly-experience phlebotomy instructor. The remaining two days will be spent treating patients under the supervision of an experience DDI faculty member. Participants will apply their previous didactic and hands-on training, such as atraumatic extractions, implant placement, bone grafting, suturing, and much more. Our participants all agree that there is so no better way to start placing implants routinely, than to complete the first few cases done the supervision of an expert.

 

  • Pre-surgical planning
  • Implant surgical principles
  • Post-operative principles
  • Surgical placement of implants and adjunctive procedures needed to complete the case such as atraumatic extractions, ridge augmentation, PRF utilization and indirect sinus grafting (Hands-on)
  • Case review and discussion on important clinical issues
  • Complication avoidance & management
  • The science and difference between the three leading PRF protocols: L-PRF, A-PRF, and PRGF
  • Clinical application for both hard tissue and soft tissue procedures
  • Venipuncture, taught by a highly-experience phlebotomy instructor (Hands-on)

 

 

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BC ProSpace

September 2025

DDI Core 1 - Implant Treatment Planning & Restorations

Sep 12 - 14, 2025
North York, ON, CA
Learn More
Dr. Adam Langan

Core Mini-Residency in Oral Implantology

 

 

CORE 1: IMPLANT TREATMENT PLANNING & RESTORATIONS

• Treatment planning & Nobel Clinician

• Implant selection & positioning (Hands-on)

• Implant planning from simple to complex

• Abutment selection

• Proper cementation techniques

• Cement retained prostheses

• Screw retained prostheses

• Utilizing implant tools (Hands-on)

• Impression Techniques (Hands-on)

• Implant occlusion

• Provisional Restorations (Hands-on)

• Digital treatment planning & utilization of 3D imaging

 

 

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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

October 2025

Genesis: 2 Day Oral Surgery Skills Course for General Practitioners

Oct 04 - 05, 2025
North York, ON, CA
Learn More
Dr. Brian Freund

This 2 day didactic and hands-on program is for the GP who wants to improve their fundamental surgical skill set. Participants will be able to experience a wide variety of
surgical procedures typically seen in a GP office, but the emphasis will be on developing effective clinical skills in flaps, suturing and extractions.

This course is limited attendance with a low instructor to student ratio and will take place in our simulation lab where you will learn on phantom heads, special dental models, and pig mandibles.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Effectively assess patient and procedural risks
  • Develop proficiency in the selection and use of surgical instruments
  • Learn and apply surgical approaches to minimize tissue traumaManage
  • Recognize and manage complications

 

Simulation lab experience will include:

  • Flap design
  • Suturing (interrupted, continuous locking, figure of 8)
  • Biopsy techniques
  • Simple extractions (forceps and elevators)
  •  Surgical extractions (bone and soft tissue sparing)
  • Impactions (lower mesio-angular and horizontal)
  • Root removal
  • Incision and Drainage (drain placement)
  • Oral-antral penetration repair (sliding flaps)
  • Tongue and lip tie revision
  • Socket preservation and basic GB
  • Sinus bump (Summers procedure)
  • Connective tissue grafting
  • Introduction to implant placement (guided and freehand)

 

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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

DDI Core 2 - Implant Surgery

Oct 17 - 19, 2025
North York, ON, CA
Learn More
Dr. Nariman Amiri

Core Mini-Residency in Oral Implantology

 

Core 2: Implant Surgery & Restoratively Driven Treatment

  • Treatment planning & Nobel Clinician
  • Anatomical considerations & biology
  • Proper implant placement in 4 dimensions
  • Single tooth implant surgery (Hands-on)
  • Multiple tooth implant surgery
  • Edentulous implant surgery 
  • Implant placement (Hands-on) 
  • Basic suturing techniques & flap design (Hands-on)
  • Bone physiology & healing • Implant pharmacology 
  • Stage 2 implant surgery & soft tissue considerations (Hands-on)

 

 

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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

Genesis: Immediate Implants for the Full Arch

Oct 31 - Nov 01, 2025
North York, ON, CA
Learn More
Dr. Alex Bongard
Ms. Michelle Ryckman
Dr. Steven Bongard
Mr. Terry Xie
Dr John Zarb
Dr. Brian Freund
Ms. Flora Santos

This 2-day program will show case all the steps involved in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and execution of immediate provisionalization for the full-arch hands-on training, you will understand this remarkable same day solution for completely edentulous patients and those with a terminal dentition.

  • Case selection and treatment planning.
  • Pre-operative, surgical and prosthodontic workflows. 
  • Hands-on experience for the conversion of a removable complete denture into a fixed immediately inserted transitional prosthesis.
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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

November 2025

DDI Core 3 - Atraumatic Extraction & Bone Grafting

Nov 14 - 16, 2025
Richmond Hill, ON, CA
Learn More
Dr. Bobby Birdi

This 3-day program (30 CE) delivers a comprehensive understanding of the principles of atraumatic extraction, bone grafting, and immediate dental implant placement. We discuss the different bone grafting and membrane materials and techniques. You will leave this program with the ability to comfortably select cases for immediate extraction, grafting, and implant placement. Our program is evidence based, with a focus on shedding practical tips and tricks, and hands-on training, to allow you to provide effective and efficient implant therapy to your patients.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Atraumatic extraction principles
  • Proper instruments for treatment
  • Bone biology & socket healing principles
  • Mechanical extraction systems 
  • Bone grafting materials & principles
  • Membrane materials & principles 
  • Understanding which techniques to use when
  • Implant Placement (Hands-on)
  • Immediate implant placement (Hands-on)
  • Basic suturing techniques & flap design (Hands-on)
  • Socket Grafting & Ridge augmentation (Hands-on)

 

 

 

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Nobel Biocare Canada Training Centre

December 2025

Genesis: Immediate Implant Protocols

Dec 04 - 05, 2025
North York, ON, CA
Learn More
Ms. Michelle Ryckman
Mr. Terry Xie
Dr John Zarb
Dr. Alex Bongard
Ms. Flora Santos
Dr. Steven Bongard
Dr. Brian Freund

This small group comprehensive 2-Day program focuses on the merits of embracing Immediacy as a patient centered implant prosthodontic treatment solution. Through a series of live and previously recorded surgeries, formal presentations, group discussions and hands-on training, dental teams will become familiar with the merits of Immediacy Protocols for both the single tooth and full arch solutions. Particular emphasis will be placed on how best to have the entire team embrace and advocate for Immediacy Protocols to be adopted in dental practices.

 

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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

DDI Core 5 - Surgical Management of the Maxillary Sinus & Advanced Grafting

Dec 05 - 07, 2025
North York, ON, CA
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Dr. Ron Zokol

The predictable management of the Maxillary Sinus requires an understanding of treatment options including direct and indirect site preparation for placement of dental implants.  Having confidence in treating the posterior maxilla is essential for being able to manage full mouth oral rehabilitation.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the role of posterior dentition in dentition stability
  • Identify the pathology related related to Maxillary Sinus and appropriate treatment options
  • Learn the surgical approaches to managing the Maxillary Sinus (direct and indirect techniques)
  • Understand essential management of Soft and Hard Tissue
  • Extrusions of the Posterior Maxilla
  • Review case studies including 30 year follow-up
  • Review Essential criteria for successful bone grafting
  • Learn Soft Tissue Management for Bone Grafting (appropriate incisions, site exposure, closing and suturing for advanced bone grafts)
  • Learn about Advanced Particulate Bone Grafts
  • Know the use of Biologics in Bone Grafting (PRF, PRP)
  • Review of case studies of Advanced Bone Grafts in both Simple and Advanced Prosthetic Cases
  • Learn the basics of Ridge Expansion Grafts
  • Learn the basics of Block Bone Grafts (donor sites, allograft blocks)
  • Understand the mechanics of Lateral Positioning of the IAN
  • Understand Complication Management Strategies

 

 

 

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Genesis Continuing Dental Education

Foundation for Oral Rehabilitation (FOR)

FOR is a global, non-profit organization advocating science, education and humanity in oral rehabilitation. The www.for.org website offers hundreds of learning resources for dental professionals: More than 300 video lectures from leading experts. Almost 100 clinical case documentations. Interactive ebooks and epapers. State-of-the-art treatment guidelines. And much more. Completely free of charge. Sign up now and get access to all resources.

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