KCSI’s Impacted Third Molar hands-on course is your next step toward getting faster, more predictable with wisdom teeth extraction. This 14-hour course will review and reinforce your knowledge of third molar surgery and dig deeper into techniques, protocols and effective systems. Benefit from individual interaction with two instructors with over 75 years of combined clinical experience.
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.
KCSI’s Continuum 4: Impacted Third Molars Hands-On Course
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
Impacted Third Molar Tips
Here are some important tips for improving surgical extractions and impacted third molar surgery. These are covered in the course in detail, along with much, much more. Find our full course description here.
- Anesthetizing long buccal and lingual nerves should never be a problem.
- Flaps should be clean and not jagged at their margins.
- Flaps can be made in 15-20 seconds.
- The right flap for the best access and visibility.
- Interrupted sutures can be placed in 30 seconds.
- Releasing incisions can get scary if into the MB fold in certain places.
- What’s your plan if 2 IA blocks fail? What are your options and how do you administer them?
- Never exceed LA maximums by weight. (have the free Dental Drugs app for this and other issues).
- Indications/contraindications for Dexamethasone – where and how to administer.
- Molar section cuts in the right place, right depth, right width every time.
- Refer teeth that are too hard for you. The ones you accept – do in 5-10 minutes. Rarely 15.
- How to make buccal bone loss with surgical extractions a very rare event.
- Never use excessive force… what are the alternatives to more force?
- You must have the ability to trough with a bur near the apex around a broken root – or you’re handicapped. Learn how.
- Managing a sinus perforation under 5mm with a healthy sinus is predictable.
- Never have a maxillary tuberosity fracture. Learn how to prevent them.
- How to buffer Lidocaine 2% with epi from pH 3.5 to a pH of 7 when needed.
Next Impacted Third Molars Course is Coming Soon in September
9/21/22- evening webinar didactic
9/22/22- evening webinar didactic
9/24/22- all day hands-on model surgery and live patient demonstration; Plano, Texas
See website for complete course details, location information and course schedule.
