Bone Augmentation in Implant Dentistry: The Complete Technique Course

Understand the factors necessary for the success of any bone grafting procedure

How to diagnose and classify bone defects based on a proposed classification 

How to manage buccal and lingual flaps for predictable primary closure

How to harvest particulate autogenous bone and autogenous bone blocks

How to manage vertical and horizontal defects based on presented decision trees

How to avoid complications and protocols for their management

Course content:

Principles of bone augmentation

Defect classification

Flap management and suturing

Decision trees for vertical and horizontal bone augmentation

Autogenous bone harvest from tuberosity, ramus, and atypical sites

Step by step techniques: Ridge preservation for compromised sockets, Ridge expansion, Ridge splitting, GBR with resorbable barriers stabilized with tacks, GBR with resorbable barriers stabilized with sutures, Titanium mesh, Khoury technique

Clinical case review

Post-op management

Complications

Ridge splitting with implant placement and veneer grafting

GBR with resrobable barrier stabilized with tacks

GBR with resorbable barriers stabilized with sutures

Titanium mesh for vertical augmentation

Ramus block harvest

Khoury technique

Labial and lingual flap release