With the advent of digital dentistry, surgical implantology has become extremely predictable. Technological advancements like intraoral 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. This course covers it all by first laying a strong foundation with an intricate understanding of CBCT interpretation in the context of implant treatment planning. It builds on this foundation by employing the best software available to teach repeatable techniques for CBCT based guided surgery in basic clinical situations.
Plan the most common basic clinical situations with STRAIGHTFORWARD implants encountered in everyday dental practice:
Produce your own surgical guides with in office milling or printing and use guided surgery instrumentation. A demonstration is dedicated solely to 3D printing, sleeve insertion and guide finishing.
Use multiple types of implant planning software including RealGuide, BlueSky Plan and Implastation. 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 a specially designed model and surgical guide will enable all participants to understand the use of guided surgery instrumentation for the placement of a dental implant.
Course fees are $2950 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 place STRAIGHTFORWARD implants:
Clinical Session Option (Extramural Location in Chennai, India) : Please contact the Course Coordinator if you wish to consider this option. Do visit the Implantology 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 place 10 implants in single, short edentulous span and overdenture situations. A participant will also restore 2 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 $19950 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 $7500 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 Implantology 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 Course fees does not include airfares, visa charges, accommodation and breakfast/dinner on course days.
Patient enrolment : All patients for treatment on the clinical sessions will be identified by the Department of Oral Implantology at Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals. All patients will have to be treated in accordance with university and course protocols and local regulations that require stringent diagnosis and treatment planning. All patient treatment will be supervised by onsite faculty with a high faculty : student ratio that allows for individual attention. All patients will provide course prescribed full informed consent for their participation on the course.
Treatment Planning Sessions : Online and onsite sessions for treatment planning will precede the actual clinical sessions. While preliminary online sessions will involve only case discussions, onsite sessions will include surgical treatment planning in course prescribed software along with the fabrication of surgical guides for all patients. With the additional help of pre clinical hands on exercises with animal jaws and/or teaching models, all participants will then be prepared for their patient based surgical sessions.
Surgical and Restorative Sessions : All participants will place 10 implants in single, short edentulous span and overdenture situations. A participant will also restore 2 integrated implants using analog/digital protocols. The sessions will be conducted at the extramural hybrid course facility that can be viewed here. The sessions will extend across 1 week with 1 didactic day on Day 1 (Sunday) followed by 6 clinical days (Monday – 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 clinical day. The fee also includes access to the university library and the ability to observe other clinical cases in the Department of Implantology.
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. The extramural hybrid course facility will organize local temporary dental registration with the local Dental Council, as necessary
