This intensive live-patient course is limited to licensed US dentists. Topics to be covered include presurgical planning, local anesthesia, design and use of surgical flaps, handpieces and specific surgical hand instruments, surgical site management and how to manage complications. We want to meet each doctor where they are in their surgical skill set level. Cases will be assigned based on the experience and goals of the individual doctor. 

All patients will be ASA 1 or 2 and all will be monitored during and after the treatment. Participants will work in teams of two or three doctors, taking turns as doctors and assistants. This live-patient course will not be over your head or too advanced – but will provide you with a basic and advanced skill set training to get started with your surgical journey or refine your surgical knowledge and practical surgical techniques. 

Although atraumatic and surgical tooth removal and bone graft procedures demand specific protocols, this course is dedicated to instilling a solid foundation and provides a great learning experience. We’ll cover the medical and diagnostic case work-up, step-by-step surgical protocols from sectioning to graft selection to suturing. Also, a complete guidance from pre-op consents to post-op guidelines. 

We spend about 60 minutes in an “ask me anything” introduction seminar, and the remainder of the day YOU are performing surgery. You can expect to perform 2-3 surgeries of even complex teeth requiring flaps, socket grafts, and primary closures.  Following the surgical session, all attendees will participate by sharing their experiences and the challenges they faced and have an opportunity to get questions clarified.

Course objectives:

• Understand pre- and perioperative management of the surgical patient and safe patient selection.
• Execute surgical techniques and non-surgical atraumatic removal of erupted teeth (we do not address 3rd molars). 
• Know when and how to section a tooth for removal.
• Perform and understand different flap designs.
• Manage root tips.
• Reduce your stress related to extractions;
• Understand graft selection and its use in specific defects.
• Perform different suturing techniques.
• Use appropriate antibiotic coverage and pain management.
• Record surgical risk assessment and control surgical complications.
• Understand legal surgical documentation.
• Discuss how and when to refer.
• Boost your overall productivity; and
• Satisfy your patient and esthetic and functional needs

• Course Design:

• Supervision and instruction by Dr. Thomas Wiedemann and fellow instructors
• Participants will work side by side: You will alternate as operator or assistant
• Case Review and Patient evaluation clinically and radiographically
• Case review will be overseen by instructors
• Saturday Evening Dinner with Case Reviews by Participants
• All Dentists to Receive Certificate of Completion Following Course

Dentists both in state and out of state may attend and participate in this course. You may also bring up to two assistants.