This course is designed for the basic implant dentistry practitioner but equally for the aspiring restorative dentist who wishes to improve his clinical outcomes. The content is meant to address everyday soft and hard tissue deficiencies that these practitioners encounter and have become aware of. Sometimes these tissue deficits become a reason to avoid treatment or worse still, for treatment failure. Addressing these tissue deficits is fundamental to setting up a case for success. And a practitioner empowered with the knowledge and technique to do so knows this well.
The course will first lay a foundation with a clear understanding of the biology of healing and will build on this foundation by then teaching various hard and soft tissue grafting techniques. Participants will then learn a time tested decision making workflow to choose the most appropriate technique for a given clinical situation. Participants will also be taught principles of tissue management and suturing in order to achieve predictable clinical outcomes. Adjunct instrumentation and equipment for grafting will also be extensively discussed. In addition, participants will also gain an insightful understanding of material options available.
Our course dates for 2025-26 will be announced soon. Please contact us first to express interest. This is a didactics and hands on course that is provided in New Zealand, Australia and the USA.
In New Zealand, the course is always conducted at The ACE Institute’s facility in Hamilton, New Zealand. Hamilton is also centrally located and is a short one hour drive from Auckland Airport. Shuttle pick ups from the airport can be organised on request. Hamilton is also served by direct Air New Zealand flights from Wellington and Christchurch. Jetstar operates flights between Hamilton and the Gold Coast/Sydney in Australia.
Our suturing models and our ethically sourced animal jaw and animal tissue models form the basis for many of the hands on exercises on this course. Our customised instrumentation kits add to the experience and focus on building dexterity with instrumentation designed for purpose. Various suture materials, bone graft materials, membranes, tacking kits and bone screw kits complete our repertoire of hands on exercises. You will also have an opportunity to use specialised equipment such as piezosurgery and a centrifuge for creation of plasma concentrates.
Hands on session 1 : Soft tissue management and suturing workshop on animal jaws/models
Hands on session 2: Soft tissue augmentation on animal jaws/models : Roll flaps, free, connective and pedicled grafts
Hands on session 3: Hard tissue augmentation on animal jaws/models : Bone condensation, osseodensification.
Hands on session 4: Hard tissue augmentation on animal jaws/models : Socket grafting, Tack placement and Guided Bone Regeneration
Hands on session 5: Hard tissue augmentation on animal jaws/models : Trephine cores and monocortical blocks
Hands on session 6: Hard tissue augmentation on animal jaws/models : External sinus grafting
Hands on session 7: Plasma concentrates and Sticky bone
Course fees are $3950 NZD plus GST (GST is charged only if applicable and is usually charged only to New Zealand participants).
Payment by internet banking to New Zealand Bank Account number 06-0637-0778725-000 of The ACE Institute (ANZ Bank New Zealand).
If sending a payment internationally by bank transfer, please use ANZ’s SWIFT code : ANZBNZ22. If the other party requires an 11 digit SWIFT, use ANZBNZ22XXX.
Payment by credit card is accepted with an additional card fee surcharge and is directly available from this website.
Clinical Session to treat tissue deficits with hard and soft tissue grafts and place implants as necessary:
Clinical Session Option (Extramural Location in Chennai, India) : Please contact the Course Coordinator if you wish to consider this option. Do visit the Tissue Grafting in Implantology Hybrid Course page as well for details of this option.
Available to all New Zealand/Australia/USA participants
This clinical session option allows a participant to treat patients with soft and hard tissue deficits for 10 procedures. The entire session will be conducted at our extramural hybrid course facility that can be viewed here.
Course fees for this option is $22950 NZD plus GST (GST is charged only if applicable and is usually charged only to New Zealand participants) and is payable as a non refundable registration deposit of $4950 NZD plus GST to confirm a place on the clinical session and thereafter in two equal parts of $9000 NZD plus GST- one part after temporary local council registration is confirmed and the other on invoice just before the onsite session. The Course fees includes access to all Tissue Grafting in Implantology Hybrid online course materials, implants, all surgical instrumentation, all grafting materials, all prosthodontic componentry, radiologic investigations, surgical guides, dental laboratory charges, prosthodontic restorations, local council registration fees, clinical sessions and 1 on 1 faculty supervision.
The sessions will extend across 1 week with 1 didactic day (Sunday) followed by 6 clinical days (Monday – Saturday) that will also involve time for hands on sessions. A surgical debrief session will be conducted at the end of every surgical clinical day. The fees also include access to the university library and the ability to observe other clinical cases in the Department of Implantology.
A participant will be provided with patients in need of guided bone regeneration around implants, direct sinus lifts, indirect sinus lifts, ridge splits/expansions, partial extraction therapy (socket shields), socket grafting, plasma concentrate grafting, molar immediate implant placements and free gingival/connective tissue grafts.
It is highly recommended that you have good surgical skills in place with intermediate experience in the placement of dental implants. The Course Coordinator may request evidence of such proficiency.
