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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October 2025
Genesis: 2 Day Oral Surgery Skills Course for General Practitioners
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)
Comunicazione efficace
Durante il corso verranno trattati i seguenti argomenti:
Il modello della comunicazione: apprendere il processo comunicativo, i suoi elementi chiave (emittente, messaggio, canale, ricevente, feedback, rumore) e come le distorsioni possono influenzare la comprensione
La comunicazione non verbale: analizzare il linguaggio del corpo, le espressioni facciali, la prossemica e il tono della voce, sottolineando come questi elementi possano influenzare la percezione del messaggio
Gli stili comunicativi: esplorare i diversi stili comunicativi (assertivo, aggressivo, passivo) e le loro implicazioni nelle relazioni interpersonali
Il pubblico (e/o interlocutore): adattare i contenuti e le attività al livello di conoscenza e agli interessi del tuo pubblico o del tuo interlocutore
L’obiettivo: imparare ad avere sempre ben chiaro l’obiettivo (o gli obiettivi) della propria comunicazione
L’ascolto attivo: applicare consapevolmente le tecniche di ascolto attivo, come parafrasare, fare domande chiarificatrici e mostrare empatia
La comunicazione persuasiva: esplorare le tecniche di comunicazione persuasiva, come l’uso dello storytelling, l’appello ai valori e la creazione di un rapporto di fiducia
Il potere delle parole: essere consapevoli di quanto le parole possano influenzare le emozioni e i comportamenti degli altri
La comunicazione positiva: incoraggiare l’uso di un linguaggio positivo e costruttivo per creare relazioni positive e motivare gli altri
I principi di Dale Carnegie in ottica di miglioramento delle relazioni interpersonali
TIDE - Module 1: Comprehensive Implant Treatment Planning
Basic implant mini residency in-person modules
Module 1: Comprehensive implant treatment planning
Date: Oct 24-25, 2025
Module 2: Implant surgical principles: models, pig jaws & cadavers
Date: Feb 6-8, 2026
Module 3: Live patient surgery
Date: May 22-24, 2026
Module 4: Live patient prosthetics
Date: Oct 2-4, 2026
Online webinar (8 pre-recorded sessions)
Genesis: Implant Retained Overdentures for the GP
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
November 2025
Mastering implant surgery and prosthetic rehabilitation: A comprehensive guide from theory to practice
4 days theory, hands-on and live surgery
5 days planning and treatment on patients
Intense theoretical-practical course
This immersive course is designed to elevate your skills in implant surgery and prosthetic rehabilitation, taking you through a complete learning journey—from foundational anatomical principles to complex clinical applications. Whether you are an experienced clinician looking to refine your expertise or a practitioner eager to deepen your understanding of implantology, this course offers a unique blend of theory, hands-on practice, and clinical case management.
Starting with a thorough evaluation of anatomical bases, we will explore the indications for implant placement, focusing on the crown-down approach. This technique enables participants to identify the future free gingival margin and assess whether the site requires tissue regeneration or is in an optimal condition. We will then dive into prosthetic profile evaluation as a fundamental step in surgical planning, followed by an in-depth analysis of various implant site scenarios: immediate post-extraction implants, implants in healed tissues, and advanced soft and hard tissue management.
Key surgical techniques will be covered, including connective tissue graft, free gingival graft, horizontal and vertical bone augmentation, and soft tissue management. We will also explore the biological considerations of the implant-to-restoration interface, ensuring long-term success. Alongside these surgical principles, emphasis will be placed on the planning and design of prosthetic rehabilitation, balancing the critical biological factors with the aesthetic excellence required for every restoration.
During the second session of the course, participants will be tasked with applying the knowledge gained in the first phase. You will plan and execute clinical cases, starting from patient evaluation and surgical planning to the actual surgery, concluding with the delivery of provisional restorations where applicable. This real-world application solidifies the concepts learned and gives you the confidence to bring these advanced techniques into your practice.
Take home concepts:
- Comprehensive understanding of anatomical foundations and implant indications
- Mastery of the crown-down technique for optimal implant placement
- Proficiency in assessing prosthetic profiles for precise surgical planning
- Experience with immediate post-extraction implants and implants in healed sites
- Advanced techniques in soft tissue management, including free gingival grafts and connective tissue grafts
- Expertise in the evaluation and planning of bone regeneration treatments, both vertical and horizontal augmentations
- Insights into the biological principles of the implant-to-prosthetic interface
- Practical application of surgical planning, case management, and provisional restoration delivery
- The ability to confidently plan, execute, and manage complex implant and prosthetic cases from start to finish
This course will provide you with not only the theoretical knowledge but also the practical skills needed to elevate your practice and deliver exceptional patient outcomes.
Session 1: Sassuolo, Italy | June 25-28, 2025
Session 2: Santos, Brazil | November 24-28, 2025
Corso BASE Pratico di Chirurgia su Paziente
January 2026
S1 - Implantology in the Digital Age: The Essentials
Program is in French.
Session 1 - Implantology in the Digital Age: The Essentials
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!
February 2026
TIDE - Module 2: Implant surgical principles: models, pig jaws & cadavers
Basic implant mini residency in-person modules
Module 1: Comprehensive implant treatment planning
Date: Oct 24-25, 2025
Module 2: Implant surgical principles: models, pig jaws & cadavers
Date: Feb 6-8, 2026
Module 3: Live patient surgery
Date: May 22-24, 2026
Module 4: Live patient prosthetics
Date: Oct 2-4, 2026
Online webinar (8 pre-recorded sessions)
DDI - Surgical Management of the Maxillary Sinus & Advanced Grafting
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
Global Dental Mentorship - Restorative and Surgical Implant Hands-on
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
Global Dental Mentorship - Extractions and Bone Grafting Hands-On
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
March 2026
S2 - Soft Tissue Management, Biological and Immediate Concept: Posterior Zone
Program is in French.
Session 2 - Soft Tissue Management, Biological and Immediate Concept: Posterior Zone
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!
Genesis: Implant Retained Overdentures for the GP
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
April 2026
Genesis: 2 Day Oral Surgery Skills Course for General Practitioners
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)
May 2026
Next generation prosthetics and implantology
An ideal treatment plan requires thorough esthetic, functional, and structural analysis, supported by radiographic and digital examinations. Necessary adjustments to optimize teeth and soft tissues are transferred to the technician to create a wax-up and a diagnostic/functional mock-up. With 3D technology, it is now possible to create a patient “avatar,” enhancing diagnosis, planning, communication, and interdisciplinary workflows — applicable to both esthetic cases and complex full-arch rehabilitations. In implant therapy, diagnosis and treatment planning is still more demanding due to the critical aspect of the soft tissue contour and volume.
The success of implant-supported prostheses depends on optimal integration of all interfaces prosthetic, esthetic, soft tissue, and bone — through well-chosen surgical and restorative protocols. A solid grasp of biological principles and proper material selection are essential for achieving a stable mucosal seal and natural esthetic outcomes. Perfect esthetic integration relies on three pillars: diagnosis and prosthetic planning, proper management of the bone compartment, and careful handling of the supracrestal soft tissue compartment. The latter, increasingly important in modern implantology, is critical for avoiding complications and major esthetic defects.
Safe treatment in esthetic zones begins with thorough evaluation and selection of the most suitable surgical-prosthetic strategy. Finalization requires in-depth knowledge of restorative materials to replicate in the definitive prosthesis all the features tested in provisionals. Close collaboration with the lab and the use of digital workflows improve quality and efficiency. Cementation — especially adhesive protocols — is a critical phase, with specific guidelines for glass ceramics and zirconia. New ceramic materials and adhesive techniques have reshaped restorative dentistry, promoting minimally invasive preparations that preserve enamel and tooth structure.
Digital workflows, including intraoral scanning, integrate these solutions seamlessly. Managing provisional restorations and accurately transferring esthetic and functional parameters to the lab are key steps. During this week-long course, all these aspects will be thoroughly explored from both a scientific and clinical perspective, with a strong practical approach to enable immediate application of the illustrated protocols. Ample attention will be devoted to the latest advancements in fixed prosthodontics and interdisciplinary protocols, with the aim of optimizing prognosis and the integration of the prosthetic restoration.
S3 - Reconstruction of Bone Defects
Program is in French.
Session 3 - Reconstruction of Bone Defects
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!
TIDE - Module 3: Live Patient Surgery
Basic implant mini residency in-person modules
Module 1: Comprehensive implant treatment planning
Date: Oct 24-25, 2025
Module 2: Implant surgical principles: models, pig jaws & cadavers
Date: Feb 6-8, 2026
Module 3: Live patient surgery
Date: May 22-24, 2026
Module 4: Live patient prosthetics
Date: Oct 2-4, 2026
Online webinar (8 pre-recorded sessions)
September 2026
S4 - Implant in the Esthetic Zone: Bio-Digital Approach
Program is in French.
Session 4 Implant in the Esthetic Zone: Bio-Digital Approach
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!
DDI S1 - Implant Treatment Planning & Restorations
Core Mini-Residency in Oral Implantology
Session 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
October 2026
TIDE - Module 4: Live Patient Prosthetics
Basic implant mini residency in-person modules
Module 1: Comprehensive implant treatment planning
Date: Oct 24-25, 2025
Module 2: Implant surgical principles: models, pig jaws & cadavers
Date: Feb 6-8, 2026
Module 3: Live patient surgery
Date: May 22-24, 2026
Module 4: Live patient prosthetics
Date: Oct 2-4, 2026
Online webinar (8 pre-recorded sessions)
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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