Introduction to Surgical Extractions

Surgical Introductory Course

This course will equip you with answers to:

• How do I loosen roots quickly?
• How do I preserve the buccal plate?
• What if the root structure chips away?
• Where is it acceptable to remove bone?
• What are the best instruments for extractions?
• How do I suture efficiently and effectively?

Surgical Extractions                                                        2.5 hours

1. Introduction, Models, “How to Do Better”
2. Level of Competence, When to Refer
3. “Standard from the Past”, Avoiding Opioids
4. Case Study – 27 Year Old Woman
5. Step-by-Step Extraction (Steps 1-4)
6. Step-by-Step Extraction (Steps 5-6)
7. Instruments for Apically Extracting
8. Alternatives to the Luxator and Periotome Bur
9. Closing the Knowledge Gap Between Dentists and Oral Surgeons
10. The Most Effective Instruments for Surgery: Basic
11. Ways to Organize and Sterilize, Burs for Oral Surgery
12. Sectioning a Tooth
13. Suction Tips, Quality Aspirators
14. Flaps and Sutures
15. Evaluating for CR, Malpractice

The Maxillary Sinus and Tooth Extractions                1 hour

1. Detecting and Treating a Sinus Perforation
2. Exposed Sinus Membrane
3. Preventing Tuberosity Fractures
4. Sectioning Maxillary Molars, Risks with CPAP Devices
5. Sinus Closure with Bone Grafting

Moderate Third Molar Surgery Impactions                1 hour

1. Emphasis on Youth Patients
2. Steroid Precautions
3. Ideal Case for the General Dentist
4. Tooth is Gone, Now What?
5. Dry Socket, Subperiosteal Abscess
6. Instruments for Upper Impactions

Multiple Extractions and Related Concerns                .5 hour

1. Removal of Multiple Teeth Alveoplasty
2. Alveoplasty Procedure, Part 1
3. Alveoplasty Procedure, Part 2

Bisphosphonates                                                              .5 hour

1. MRONJ Symptoms & Medications
2. Risks & Procedures, Staging & Tx Strategies
3. Extractions, Case Studies

Excisional Biopsy                                                              .75 hour

1. Biopsies on Oral Lesions
2. Malignant Oral Lesions, Change in Trends, Emerging Risk Factors
3. Screening Devices, OralPath Dx, Case Studies

Incision and Drainage                                                       .75 hour

1. Infections, Notes from Dr. Alonge
2. Buffering Local Anesthetics
3. Drug Information Handbook, Antibiotics
4. Case for Conservatism, Drain & Compress
5. Q&A

Bone Grafting for Socket Preservation                          1 hour

1. When to Graft?
2. Collagen Membranes
3. Codes
4. PRF, Other Methods of Grafting Implants & Antibiotics

CE Credits: 8 Hours

Surgical Introductory Course (Online) is the lead-in to the four-part KCSI certification program, enabling general dentists to master office dental surgery and to make it easier, more predictable and more profitable.