Socket Biology to Surgical Execution - Basic principles in grafting, immediate implants, ridge management, piezo surgery
A concise, intensive one-day course linking biologic understanding with practical execution. Learn to control extraction sockets, preserve ridge dimensions, and apply biologic logic in grafting, membrane handling, immediate implant placement, and ridge splitting using piezosurgery.
Participants will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course.
Enhance your skills in a world-class setting with expert instruction and hands-on experience.
Learning Outcomes
✅ Explain socket healing biology and dimensional change.
✅ Decide: leave, graft, or immediate placement.
✅ Piezo demonstration
✅ Graft socket with porcine xenograft and collagen membrane. Place immediate implant & graft
✅ Execute ridge split on model with implant placement and grafting
✅ Achieve passivity and stable suturing.
CPD: 7 verifiable hours (GDC Outcomes A, C, D)
Date: 21st March 20206
PROGRAM
08:30 – 09:00
Registration, kit check, safety briefing
09:00 – 09:40
Lecture 1: Socket biology and dimensional change
09:40 – 10:10
Lecture 2: Decision tree — heal vs graft vs immediate
10:10 – 10:30
Demo: Piezo setup, irrigation, tip choice, ergonomics
10:30–10:45
Break
10:45–12:15
Hands-on 1: Atraumatic extractions with piezo on models
12:15–13:00
Lecture 3: Grafting and closure — material choice, membrane logic
13:00–13:45
Lunch
13:45–15:15
Hands-on 2: Socket graft + membrane + soft-tissue release + suturing
15:15–15:30
Break
15:30–16:10
Micro-lecture + demo: Immediate implant simulation
16:10–17:00
Hands-on 3: Immediate implant + jumping-gap graft + membrane
17:00–17:45
Hands-on 4: Ridge split on models and on bone with piezo. Implant placement and grafting
17:45–18:00 Wrap-up, assessment, certificates
