Foundation Course Calendar 2017-2018

The 8 lecture days will take place on Fridays and the 3 clinical days on Saturdays. All course venues are in Cambridge.
Patients will be treated on the designated clinical days as detailed in the calendar below.
Any mentored second patients will be treated at an extra cost and diarised at a time during the week convenient to everyone involved.

The date of the lectures listed on each day are subject to change but will be included in the course.

Date / Venue	Course Content
Friday 15th September 2017 Lecture Day 1 Copley Meeting Rooms	Introduction of course and certificate requirements: History and anatomy of implants Clinical overview of implant planning and procedures Implant treatment planning options Patient selection criteria and protocol Assessment forms and surgical planning
Friday 13th October 2017 Lecture Day 2 Nurses and Dentists Copley Meeting Rooms and Devonshire House Dental Laboratory	Dentists: Patient assessment planning day Confirm patient suitability Treatment planning for the course patient Case assessment Hands on implant placement on models Surgical technique Patient consent Operatory set up Update on cross infection control Pharmacological management of patients during treatment Nurses: Morning: Cross infection control Hands on draping Afternoon: Hands on implant placement on models Transport will be provided for nurses to the afternoon venue, where dentists and nurses will congregate for lunch prior to the start of the afternoon session.
Friday 10th November 2017 Lecture Day 3 Copley Meeting Rooms	Key areas to be covered: Osseointegration and surgical anatomy Assessment of patient selection Treatment planning: selecting a suitable patient to treat during the course and treatment planning for other patients Flap design and suturing techniques Wound healing and inflammation Radiography, scans and Simplant® planning Prosthetically driven implant placement Surgical guides Nobel Biocare ordering and marketing
Saturday 2nd December 2017 Clinical Day 1 Nurses and Dentists Surgical Venue: Devonshire House Dental Practice	Implant Placement Familiarisation with implant surgical procedures Assisted patient surgery Photographic/video recording of surgery Post surgery critique A dental nurse is welcome to observe
Friday 5th January 2018 Lecture Day 4 Copley Meeting Rooms	Overview and technique for second stage surgery: Understanding of different healing sequences Loading protocols including immediate loading: All-on-4 Planning for second stage surgery Occlusion - Prosthetic design for final restoration Surgical procedures for abutment connection and implant uncovering Second stage surgery - live demonstration or video
Friday 2nd February 2018 Lecture Day 5 Copley Meeting Rooms	Hands on familiarisation with prosthetic components: Stages in model construction and abutment selection Impression technique and facebow Laboratory dockets Surgical complications and their management
Saturday 10th March 2018 Clinical Day 2 Nurses and Dentists Surgical venue: Devonshire House Dental Practice	Clinical Impressions Different techniques of flap design for abutment surgery Impression taking Facebow measurements A dental nurse is welcome to observe
Saturday 21st April 2018 Clinical Day 3 Nurses and Dentists Surgical venue: Devonshire House Dental Practice	Placement of final restoration Placement of final restoration Assessment of fit Radiographic confirmation Long term care and monitoring A dental nurse is welcome to observe
Friday 11th May 2017 Lecture Day 6 Copley Meeting Rooms	Key areas to be covered: Abutment types: screw versus cement Protocols for linking teeth to implant Medical protection advice from Rupert Hoppenbrouwers, DDU Aesthetics and provisionals Further treatment planning sessions
Friday 8th June 2017 Lecture Day 7 Copley Meeting Rooms	SimPlant® Training: Introduction to SurgiGuidesPatient preparation From scan to plan Individual planning Using SurgiGuides including a hands on session on saw models How to order a SurgiGuide
Friday 29th June 2018 Lecture Day 8 Copley Meeting Rooms	Course Review and What Next?: Treatment planning for more complex cases Achieving predictability Soft tissue surgery, papillae reconstruction Guided Bone Regeneration and its limitations Complex case planning Multidisciplinary cases Course review Next step Mentoring

Date / Venue

Course Content

Friday 15th September 2017
Lecture Day 1

Copley Meeting Rooms

Introduction of course and certificate requirements:

History and anatomy of implants
Clinical overview of implant planning and procedures
Implant treatment planning options
Patient selection criteria and protocol
Assessment forms and surgical planning

Friday 13th October 2017
Lecture Day 2 Nurses and Dentists

Copley Meeting Rooms

and

Devonshire House Dental Laboratory

Dentists: Patient assessment planning day

Confirm patient suitability
Treatment planning for the course patient
Case assessment
Hands on implant placement on models
Surgical technique
Patient consent
Operatory set up
Update on cross infection control
Pharmacological management of patients during treatment

Nurses:

Morning:
Cross infection control
Hands on draping

Afternoon:
Hands on implant placement on models

Transport will be provided for nurses to the afternoon venue, where dentists and nurses will congregate for lunch prior to the start of the afternoon session.

Friday 10th November 2017
Lecture Day 3

Copley Meeting Rooms

Key areas to be covered:

Osseointegration and surgical anatomy
Assessment of patient selection
Treatment planning: selecting a suitable patient to treat during the course and treatment planning for other patients
Flap design and suturing techniques
Wound healing and inflammation
Radiography, scans and Simplant® planning
Prosthetically driven implant placement
Surgical guides
Nobel Biocare ordering and marketing