Continuum 4: Third Molar Impaction Surgery

Continuum 4: Third Molar Impaction Surgery

The KCSI Continuum 4: Third Molar Impaction Surgery course will help you get faster and more predictable with wisdom teeth extractions. This 14-hour course will review and reinforce your knowledge of third molar impaction surgery and dig deeper into techniques, protocols and effective systems.

The course includes a combination of didactic material, video clips and literature reviews. You will perform several procedures on life-like dentoform models. The mandibular model surgery will include a mesioangular, horizontal, distoangular and a vertical impaction with a coronectomy. The maxillary model surgery will include both a vertical and a mesioangular impaction.

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Curriculum

This course provides detailed instruction on the following topics, and more. Participants will perform surgical extractions on 6 different types of impactions using lifelike models. There is an opportunity to observe a live patient treatment during the in-person portion of the course.

  • Age, anatomy, medical history and other diagnostic factors
  • Avoiding and managing complications
  • Bleeding, teeth that can be lost in anatomic spaces
  • Avoiding, dealing with nerve injury
  • Other complications
  • Patient forms used for third molar surgery
  • Benefits of sedation for oral surgery
  • Technique for complete bony impactions (vs. partial bony)
  • Technique for distoangular third molar impactions
  • Identify difficult cases
  • Knowing when to refer
  • Post-operative care and instructions

Before the Course​

  • Read the suggested articles which are posted in the KCSI Learning Portal under the Course Materials section.
  • You are encouraged to bring x-rays of cases you anticipate doing in the future.
  • Course content will primarily be with mild to moderately difficult cases. The principles presented will be applicable to more advanced practitioners who perform more difficult cases.

Course Outline

Zoom Sessions (Didactic)

  • Intro
  • Review some info from articles you read prior to the course.
  • Review handouts on what you will perform on the models.
  • Instruments
  • Suturing
  • Age, anatomy and other diagnostic factors
  • Avoiding and managing complications
  • Bleeding, teeth that can be lost in anatomic spaces
  • Avoiding, dealing with nerve injury
  • Other complications

8-Hour Hands-On (Model Surgery)

MODEL 1 (2 teeth): Mandibular mesioangular impactions and mandibular vertical
impaction/coronectomy

  • Patient forms used for third molar surgery

MODEL 3 (2 teeth): Maxillary vertical and mesioangular impactions

  • Discussion of mild to moderate cases with Dr. Dave Roberts
  • Benefits of sedation for oral surgery

MODEL 2A (1 tooth): Mandibular horizontal impaction

  • Technique for complete bony impactions (vs. partial bony)
  • Technique for distoangular third molar impactions.

MODEL 2B (1 tooth): Mandibular distoangular third molar impaction

If necessary, we will provide additional information in a follow up webinar or have the
information available in the KCSI Learning Portal.

Discussion of difficult cases with Dr. Dave Roberts:

  • Identify difficult cases
  • Knowing when to refer

Disclaimer: KCSI does not accept responsibility for the misuse of knowledge, poor judgment, or patient harm from performance outside the standard of care which we teach.