With the advent of digital dentistry, surgical implantology has become extremely predictable. Technological advancements like intraoral scanning, face scanning, high resolution CBCT imaging, milling and 3D printing are the core drivers of what has come to be contemporary guided surgery. The industry has also responded to these trends with the development of advanced keyless guided surgery instrumentation and integration with digital prosthetic workflows. The result is the amazing ability we have today to be able to plan and execute implant placement positions to achieve prosthodontically favourable outcomes. All on X fixed or removable full arch solutions are possibly the greatest beneficiary of these advances in guided surgery. The importance of perfectly planned implant positions and their relevance to prosthetic outcomes is a significant influence on this treatment modality. This course covers it all by first laying a strong foundation with an intricate understanding of CBCT interpretation in the context of All on X implant treatment planning. It builds on this foundation by employing the best software available to teach repeatable techniques for stackable and bone borne or tissue borne guides for advanced CBCT based guided surgery. A considerable part of the course also focusses on the use of new techniques for full arch records such as intraoral full arch scanning aids, grammetry, intraoral photogrammetry and extraoral photogrammetry that help to achieve passive fitting full arch restorations. Specialised techniques using CBCT segmentation, interim intraoral scanning and the use of fiducial markers to obtain alignable digital records will also be discussed in detail.
Plan a variety of near or complete full arch implant surgery situations including:
Produce your own surgical guides with in office milling or printing and use advanced guided surgery instrumentation. A demonstration is dedicated solely to 3D printing, implant and fixation pin sleeve insertion and guide finishing. Learn also to make effective use of various types of stackable connectors, magnets and custom reinforcement bars/tubes in 3D printing.
You will learn to implement specialised protocols for intraop intraoral scanning to obtain interim digital records for centric relation and vertical dimension.
Use multiple types of implant planning software including RealGuide, BlueSky Plan and Meshmixer. All of these software will be made available to you on the course but you will be able to retain your licenses for continued use if you purchase per case exports for your future cases.
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.
A hands on session using an specially designed full arch model customised for The ACE Institute will help every participant to simulate fixation of a tooth supported positioning guide, a base guide, bone reduction and provisionalisation. This session will enable a participant to completely understand the sequence of use a set of tooth supported stackable guides for full arch surgery.
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 Sessions to place implants:
Clinical Session Option (Extramural Location in Chennai, India) : Please contact the Course Coordinator if you wish to consider this option. Do visit the Full Arch One on One 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 3 full arch surgical cases using advanced guided surgery. A participant will also restore a full arch case with integrated implants using analog/digital protocols. The entire session will be conducted at our extramural hybrid course facility that can be viewed here.
Course fees for this option is $24950 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 $10000 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 Full Arch One on One Hybrid online course materials, teaching models, dummy implants, general dental consumables, dental implants, componentry, laboratory charges, radiological investigations, stents, local council registration fees, clinical sessions and 1 on 1 faculty supervision.
The sessions will extend across 1 week with 3 didactic days (Sunday-Tuesday) followed by 4 clinical days (Wednesday – Saturday) that will also involve time for surgical planning, guide fabrication and prosthodontic design. A surgical debrief session will be conducted at the end of every surgical clinical day. The fees also includes access to the university library and the ability to observe other clinical cases in the Department of Implantology.
This clinical session option involves:
All patients will have to be treated in accordance with course protocols that require stringent diagnosis and treatment planning. All patients must also provide course prescribed full informed consent for their participation on the course.
All participants must be registered with the Dental Board of Australia or the Dental Council of New Zealand or a US State Dental Board or a State Dental Council in India, as applicable. For this clinical session option alone, the extramural hybrid course facility will organize local temporary dental registration with the local Dental Council, as necessary.
It is highly recommended that you have good surgical skills in place with advanced experience in the placement of dental implants. The Course Coordinator may request evidence of such proficiency. Participation in the ACE Institute’s Tissue Grafting in Implantology Course is highly recommend.
