Hands-On Surgical Symposium
Course Description
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This course is an intensive 2-day hands-on workshop taught by Dr. Koerner and Dr. Roberts with 8 hours of online didactic preparation. Continuum 1 includes advanced armamentarium review; surgical extractions and management of complications including sinus problems, bleeding, infection, nerve considerations and ridge preservation. Live portion includes hands-on activities using models and pig jaws.
During the live course, there will be discussion to enable participants to gain an in-depth understanding of the surgeon’s decisions at each step of the process.
A comprehensive online proctored test will be given with a minimum passing grade of 90% for the online portion.
- Maximum of 30 participants per session
- Discussion and critique
- Lecture
- Performing many procedures on models and pigs jaws
- Patient case selection
- Anesthesia
- Extraction techniques
- Care of hard and soft tissue
- Wound closure
- Completing treatment and discharge
- Patient evaluations
- Surgical extractions
- Periotome Bur/Luxator ‘system’ for root removal
- Managing third molar impactions
- What to do when complications occur
- Maxillary sinus precautions
- Medications
- Preventing and treating perforations
- Getting roots out of the sinus
- Tuberosity fractures
- Infection control
- Nerve injury avoidance
- Managing nerve injuries
- Bone grafting techniques for socket preservation
- Oral sedation
- Medical emergencies
- When to refer
- Flaps and suturing
- Envelope flap
- Triangular flap
- Trapezoidal flap
- Periosteal release
- Suturing from one side of the ridge to the other
- Continuous-lock suture
- X-suture, horizontal and cross-horizontal mattress
- Inverse suture
- Reverse interrupted suture
- Incision and drainage
- Molar, premolar and third molar extractions
- How to manage broken roots
- Extractions near sinuses
- Excision of diseased tissue
- Proper use of surgical instruments
- Excisional biopsy
- Lower molar with root breaking
- Upper molar with root breaking on the edge of the sinus
- Multiple extractions (lower anterior) with root breaking
- Frenectomy, canine eminence reduction, alveoplasty and alveolectomy
Course Description
This course is an intensive 2-day hands-on workshop taught by Dr. Koerner and Dr. Roberts with 8 hours of online didactic preparation. Continuum 1 includes advanced armamentarium review; surgical extractions and management of complications including sinus problems, bleeding, infection, nerve considerations and ridge preservation. Live portion includes hands-on activities using models and pig jaws.
During the live course, there will be discussion to enable participants to gain an in-depth understanding of the surgeon's decisions at each step of the process.
A comprehensive online proctored test will be given with a minimum passing grade of 90% for the online portion.
Register now for Continuum 1: November 12-13, 2021
What to Expect
- Maximum of 30 participants per session
- Discussion and critique
- Lecture
- Performing many procedures on models and pigs jaws
Knowledge Areas to be Evaluated
- Patient case selection
- Anesthesia
- Extraction techniques
- Care of hard and soft tissue
- Wound closure
- Completing treatment and discharge
Subject Topics
- Patient evaluations
- Surgical extractions
- Periotome Bur/Luxator ‘system’ for root removal
- Managing third molar impactions
- What to do when complications occur
- Maxillary sinus precautions
- Medications
- Preventing and treating perforations
- Getting roots out of the sinus
- Tuberosity fractures
- Infection control
- Nerve injury avoidance
- Managing nerve injuries
- Bone grafting techniques for socket preservation
- Oral sedation
- Medical emergencies
- When to refer
Supervised Hands-On Experience (Models and Pigs Jaws)
- Flaps and suturing
- Envelope flap
- Triangular flap
- Trapezoidal flap
- Periosteal release
- Suturing from one side of the ridge to the other
- Continuous-lock suture
- X-suture, horizontal and cross-horizontal mattress
- Inverse suture
- Reverse interrupted suture
- Incision and drainage
- Molar, premolar and third molar extractions
- How to manage broken roots
- Extractions near sinuses
- Excision of diseased tissue
- Proper use of surgical instruments
- Excisional biopsy
- Lower molar with root breaking
- Upper molar with root breaking on the edge of the sinus
- Multiple extractions (lower anterior) with root breaking
- Frenectomy, canine eminence reduction, alveoplasty and alveolectomy