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 didactic modules for this course are mandatory and will be available online from August 2025 and will need to be completed in 1 month time prior to attending our Tissue Grafting in Implantology Hybrid Clinical Session course in India. Please contact us first to express interest as course registration is subject to a telephonic interview and eligibility for temporary local council registration. Please do not register until confirmation of acceptance is received. Our Clinical Session is scheduled for Septemeber 2025 and exact dates will be announced shortly.
The clinical facility is located in India and details are available on the Course Facility page (https://theaceinstitute.net/course-facility) The clinical facility is a fully functional dental institution with state of the art technology and a fully equipped dental laboratory. The Institution is located on Poonamallee High Road, an arterial road in Chennai and multiple hotels are situated in close proximity to the clinical facility. If a fee package that includes accomodation is selected, transport will be provided to/from the local hotel and the Course Facility.
A copy of your passport, a passport size photograph, a copy of your dental qualification, a copy of your current dental registration and a current CV will all be requested during Checkout as part of the registration process for this course. Please have these documents ready in PDF format before you progress a course registration.
Assistance will also be provided for Bureau of Immigration (India) documentation and visa applications, once registration is completed.
Despite this course being taught online, a table based series of hands on exercises/demonstrations is part of the course during a didactic session that is part of our Clinical Session at our extramural location. The primary purpose of these sessions is to ensure pre clinical competence.
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.
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 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.
Course fees do not include airfares, visa charges, accommodation and breakfast/dinner on course days.
Payment by internet banking should be made 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.
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. The entire session will be conducted at our extramural hybrid course facility that can be viewed here.
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.
This clinical session option allows a participant to treat patients with soft and hard tissue deficits for 10 procedures. 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.
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 intermediate 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.
