Koerner Center Oral Surgery Continuing Education
About Dr. Karl Koerner
• A University of Washington graduate, two other degrees from Utah State.
• U.S. Army GPR, surgery emphasis. Two years in U.S. Army, deployed as head of a 1-dentist clinic, heavy surgery.
• Private solo general practice in Utah for a period of time.
• Transitioned to a surgery-only practice doing exodontia (including 15K impacted third molar patients), implants, regeneratives, etc. 20 years.
• Authored or co-authored 4 surgery books, 30 articles.
• Associate professor at Roseman College of Dental Medicine, full and later part-time in Dept. of Oral Surgery.
• Organized 15 dental humanitarian trips to China for treatment and dentist exchanges. Speaks Mandarin Chinese.
• Awards from U. of Washington, National AGD, Utah Dent. Assn. and Ensign Dental Academy. Past president of the Utah Dental Association and Utah AGD.
• Over 1000 surgery presentations, mostly model hands-on.
Many patient treatment hands-on. Many for state dental associations, state AGDs, national, regional and international meetings. Made several surgery videos with Dr. Gordon Christensen.
• Founder of KCSI in 2018. Courses in Chicago, Dallas, and Salt Lake City.
THE EXPERIENCE. THE EXPERTISE. THE RESULTS
KCSI ORAL SURGERY COURSES
World-Class Training & Support Systems
Oral Surgery Continuing Education
Become more proficient and faster with “surgical extractions” and other dentoalveolar surgery. Yes, we need and appreciate dental specialists. Yet, most patients would like their dentist to perform as many procedures as possible “in-house”, especially extractions.
KCSI helps dentists quickly gain additional surgical expertise and confidence to perform patient care such as surgical extractions more safely and predictably.
This includes using didactics, model work and clinical treatment of patients.
• Better case selection:
• More comfortable with incisions, flaps, sectioning, and removal of extractions that become unexpectedly difficult.
• Faster, more predictable procedures
• Avoid and/or manage complications should they happen
• Patient satisfaction
• Stay busier and provide more dental care with less overhead
• Easier to survive living with inflation
• From extractions, branch to other surgical procedures
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What You’ll Learn
• Surgery competence & proficiency.
• Surgical extractions.
• Socket preservation.
• Third molar extractions.
• Preventing & managing complications.
What You’ll Get
• Comprehensive 150-hour training program.
• On-demand web-based instruction.
100+ hours of hands-on & live patient instruction.
• 1-year clinical mentorship with KCSI faculty members.
• KCSI Certification in dental surgery
(Continuum 1 – 4)
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Meet the KCSI Instructors
Many general dentists cobble together their own training through attending a myriad of day and weekend courses, hoping to achieve proficiency. This method leaves holes in the educational experience and inhibits true proficiency in the art and science of dental surgery.
KCSI was founded in order to fill those holes and equips general dentists to meet the oral surgery needs of their patients with safety, efficiency and confidence. We’ve assembled a world-class team of decorated clinical instructors that lead our programs – and we can’t wait to show you the possibilities for both personal and practice growth.
Our Mission
KCSI’s purpose is to provide a reliable resource where dentists can learn state-of-the-art oral surgery principles and practices. This knowledge is provided by qualified instructors through various educational modalities. The learning process is continual and life-long. It enables clinicians to provide optimal surgery services within their capability to patients who require it. Our aim is for all procedures to be performed carefully and successfully with the patient’s safety, well-being, and satisfaction foremost in clinician’s minds.
