Soft & Hard Tissue Management and Surgical Techniques for the REstorative Dentist
Conquer surgical fears and boost confidence in
daily practice with our 2-day intensive courses
Premier Two-Day Events that are Offered by A World-Renowned
Specialist in Bone and Soft Tissue Regeneration
Pricing
TWO 2-DAY PROGRAMS
Intensive hands-on format equivalent to three days
Each attendee will perform each procedure up to 2 times
under supervision on pig jaws and other simulations
(Each attendee will perform up to 22 tasks)
Course code: 490
Tuition fee per person:
Early Bird: $1695
(30 days prior to course)
Regular Price $1795
(Less than 30 days prior to course)
Registration fee includes continuing education credits. Payment by check, and credit cards are accepted. The fee, less a $100 per person enrollment charge will be refunded if cancellation is made more than thirty (30) days before the seminar. Cancellations received after thirty (30) days prior to the seminar will not be eligible for a refund. Make checks payable to Goldman Association Management. Register at: www.goldmandental.org or call 813-444-1011
Course # 1
Refine your dental soft tissue surgical skills with our specialized course, crafted for clinicians aiming to excel with authority in every procedure.
Intensive Hands-on Program
8:30am-6:30pm
Day One and Two
18 HOURS CE
Soft Tissue Management And Innovative Surgical Techniques for Restorative Dentists
Limited attendance: 20-25 participants per class
Practice of Incisions and Flap Elevation, Crown Lengthening procedures, Flap Closure/Advancement, Partial Thickness Flap, Management of Surgical Complications, Bone Grafting and Laser-Assisted Periodontal Applications
Clinicians will learn when, why and how to proceed in surgical periodontology and oral surgery utilizing innovation in surgical dentistry.
This action-packed Soft-Tissue Management course, with multiple hands-on sessions and lectures, will provide a step-by-step blueprint for successful Soft-Tissue and Surgical techniques with hand instruments, piezoelectric devices and lasers.
Dr. Romanos will provide pre-op patient evaluation and safe patient selection and you will leave prepared to return to your practice and immediately provide these new techniques and procedures.
You will learn how to select and demonstrate proficient use of the appropriate armamentarium to determine and demonstrate case-appropriate basic and advanced suturing techniques.
The course has been carefully designed to integrate didactic, and visual aides, and extensive hands-on attendee participation with a wide range of different exodontia and grafting procedures for each individual patient.
AGD Course Code: 490
Surgical Techniques - discover the artistry behind:
- Precise Incision Types and Armamentarium Utilization.
- Advanced Suturing Techniques.
- Full- and Split-Thickness Flap: Indications and Hands-On Techniques.
- Periosteal Releasing Incision for Flap Advancement.
- Pre-Prosthetic Surgical Procedures: Frenectomies, Vestibuloplasties.
- Blood Vessel Ligature Mastery.
- Nerve Preparation Essentials.
- Crown Lengthening Procedures.
- Gingival Grafting Techniques: FGG, CTG, VIP-Graft.
- Implant Placement and Stability Evaluation.
- Effective Management of Soft Tissue Complications.
- Medical Considerations in Surgical Dentistry.
- Understand and apply practical working knowledge in non-surgical and surgical techniques
- Apply and select specific instruments for minimally invasive tissue management
- Manage common real-life complications associated with Soft Tissue and Surgical Procedures
- Analyze and anticipate surgical challenges
- Perform current simple protocols of soft and hard tissue surgery
- Perform other frequent and common oral surgery procedures in the general dental practice
- Allow participants to refine and update all surgical skills
Learning Objectives
- Equip clinicians with foundational knowledge in soft tissue management.
- Provide comprehensive training under expert supervision.
- Foster expertise in preventing complications arising from soft tissue surgery.
Soft Tissue Management Registration
Course # 2
2-Day Course Hard Tissue Management & Surgical Techniques for
Oral Surgery and Implant Dentistry
Intensive Hands-on Program
8:30am - 6:30pm
Day One and Two
18 HOURS CE
Hard Tissue Management in Surgical Dentistry
Hard Tissue (Bone) Grafting At this intensive two-day hands-on workshop, attendees will learn the fundamental principles and specific protocols used to perform guided bone regeneration (GBR) and in general bone grafting techniques. This course will focus on the hard tissue management and will provide important information for the clinician who wants to improve his knowledge and wants to be trained comprehensively in all these surgical techniques from a world-class expert.
Each participant will learn numerous protocols for the management of simple socket defects, advanced socket defects, horizontal and vertical ridge augmentation (incl. sinus) using GBR and block techniques. This course will focus on proper planning and execution of predictable bone grafting techniques to restore a patient’s smile and function with dental implants.
At the same time learning how to implement these techniques to achieve safe and predictable treatment outcomes. This 18-hour course is unlike most you will attend and offers follow up sessions to review cases post-course through the new Goldman Dental Study Club.
Participants will learn indications and contraindications of different hard tissue procedures and will perform frequently in an ex vivo model (under direct supervision) all the surgical procedures included in the program. Special focus on the hard tissue surgical techniques for Implant Dentistry!
This course will focus on proper planning and execution of predictable bone grafting techniques to restore a patient’s smile and function with dental implants.
AGD Course Code: 310
- Biological Principles and Properties of Bone Grafting Materials.
- Bone Harvesting Techniques (Ramus Blocks, Chin Blocks, Tuberosity bone blocks, Trephine techniques) (incl. hands on).
- Socket Preservation techniques (incl. hands on).
- Guided Bone Regeneration technique (incl. hands on).
- Membranes: Materials, Fixation methods, Titanium Mesh.
- Methods for Periodontal Regeneration (incl. hands on) (Bone Grafting Techniques, GTR, Emdogain, PDGF).
- Bone spreading – Splitting.
- Sinus Lift Procedures (Window preparation, Summers/ osteotome Technique, sinus grafting in conjunction with autogenous bone) (incl. hands on).
- Complications from Bone Grafting.
- Peri-implantitis Therapy.
Hard Tissue Management Registration
Tampa, FL
April 18 - 19, 2026
WG Dental Institute
15436 N Florida Ave., Suite 102
Tampa, FL 33613
Sponsors
About GEORGIOS E. ROMANOS DDS, PhD, Prof. Dr. med. dent.
Dr. Romanos is a Professor of Periodontology in New York and Professor (Prof. Dr. med. dent.) of Oral Surgery in Germany; Fully trained in Periodontics (USA and Germany), Prosthodontics, and Oral Surgery (Germany); Diplomate by the American Board of Periodontology; Board Certified in Oral Surgery/Implant Dentistry (Germany); Past President of the Academy of Osseointegration Foundation and the Implantology Research Group of the IADR; Fellow of American Assoc. for Dental Research, the Academy of Osseointegration, Int. College of Dentists, ICOI, Pierre Fauchard Academy; Great of NY Academy of Prosthodontics, Intern. Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics and the American College of Dentists. He has global educational and research activities, author of more than 500 publications, top 2% of scientists worldwide according to the AD scientific index; editor and co-editor in eight books; >700 lectures in more than 50 countries; Recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), the Distinguished Scientist Award for Prosthodontics and Implant Research from the IADR, the Outstanding Educator and Maiman Research Award from the Academy of Laser Dentistry; h-Index: 86; >26,000 citations.
Dr. Georgios Romanos is the Author of these books in Dentistry
