Implant-Retained Dentures: Innovative Approach to Full-Arch Prosthetics

By Regina Fragoso

Lesson program:
– Scientific foundations and clinical evidence
– Surgical phase of implant and abutment placement: position and size
– Placement of the retaining pieces on the prosthesis: step-by-step protocol
– OT Equator concept
– Maintenance: implant and overdenture
– Сomplications that may arise during treatment with overdentures
– How to maintain overdentures over the years
– Maintenance of peri-implant tissues: the need to change retention caps and the degree of satisfaction of overdenture users.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Duration: 51 min

By John Hodges

Lesson program:
– The downside vs fixed Full-Arch
– Removable options:
- free standing implants
- bar supported dentures.
– Techniques for adjusting for gag reflex
– Light body trick
– Varying vertical requirements
– Vertical reduction guide application
– Choosing the number of implants and implant positioning
– Ideal position in the mandible
– Ideal position in the maxilla
– Uniformity of abutment height
– Managing off-axis forces
– Mini-implants: pros and cons
– Implant size and torque
– Cross-arch stability
– Immediate placement vs grafting
– Attachment systems: Ball attachments, ERA attachments, 3rd gen locator, Equator, RTX locator.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Duration: 1 h 15 min

By John Hodges

Lesson program:
– Number of implants and analyzing attachment systems
– The varying vertical requirements from soft tissues
– Implant position: divergence and retention variations
– Step-by-step video demonstration of equator attachment fixation
– Clinical application of angled abutments
– Effect of torque on implants and bone
– Clinical cases of partial implant-retained dentures.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Duration: 1 h 54 min

By John Hodges

Lesson program:
– Abutment wear
– Biofilm removal on implants
– Protocols for laser bacterial reduction
– Overdenture relining process
– Management of abutment wear
– Clinical application of mandibular metal frame and cast maxillary frame
– Attaching milled and printed overdentures
– Treatment of peri-implant mucositis
– Analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Duration: 1 h 37 min

By Cristian Coraini

Lesson program:
– Introduction to removable and fixed implant dentures:
- Diagnostic elements and treatment planning
- Strategies, rationale, and operational planning
- Integration of implants in the treatment plan.
– Implant-prosthetic components
– Historical overview of osseointegration
– Treatment objectives: From osseointegration to aesthetic-functional integration
– Trophism of hard and soft tissues in prosthetic cases involving implants
– Comparison between one-stage and two-stage implants
– The biologic width and its significance
– Rules and protocols for proper implant positioning
– Relationship between implant platform position and restoration emergence
– Protocols for prosthetically guided 3D positioning
– Differences between luted and screw-retained fixed implant restorations
– Considerations on platform switching and fixture analysis
– Provisional restorations: Types and preferences
– Analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Duration: 1 h 42 min

By Cristian Coraini

Lesson program:
– Implants in the treatment plan in fixed prosthetics and in periodontal patients
– Implant prosthetic: individual impression tray, impression techniques
– Protocols on how to transfer the implant position and the shape of the trans-mucosal path in the impression phase
– Custom-made implant abutments: what are the advantages
– Implant overdentures: edentulous patient treatment planning protocols
– Tooth try-ins before manufacturing the arch bar
– How to reduce tension in the impression: personal experience
– The first working model in the event of immediate loading, and how to use it in the to finalize the case
– Clinical application of toronto bridges: notions and clinical cases
– Common implant anchorages in fixed or removable implant prostheses:
- Ball attachments
- Locators and telescopic crowns
- Natural tooth/implant fixture connections.
– Muco-gingival treatment in implant prosthetics: From simple cases to 3D reconstructions
– Protocols of the re-entry technique in cases with submerged healing and their clinical implications
– Analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Duration: 1 h 35 min

By Conrad Rensburg

Lesson program:
– Implant-supported, friction-fit retention concept for edentulous patients
– Custom-designed retention system for overdentures
– Advantages over fixed hybrid solutions and upgrade options for clip-dentures
– The friction-fit concept and evolution into digitally designed solution
– Benefits of a fully digital workflow and printable polymers
– Resolving retention issues through digital workflow
– Patient selection and case management
– Protocols for soft tissue management for long-term retention
– Digital dentures: workflows, advantages, and modern materials
– Occlusal analysis in overdenture cases
– Analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Duration: 1 h 4 min

By M.K. (Bobby) Baig

Lesson program:
– Challenges of designing partial dentures and the focus of the lecture
– Key concepts regarding design principles, aesthetic challenges, and patient satisfaction
– Analysis of the prognosis of clinical cases including free end saddles, tooth-borne attachments, and tooth-supported prostheses
– Clinical steps and design principles involved in the fabrication of removable partial dentures (RPDs)
– Methods for impression taking for RPD frame fabrication
– Methods for connecting and improving saddle adaptation
– Different types of RPDs, removable partial overdentures (RPODs), and clasp designs;
– Components and materials used in fabricating RPDs and RPODs
– Do's and Don'ts guidelines for RPD and RPODs fabrication and clinical practice
– Analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Duration: 1 h 36 min