Introduction to Guided Surgery

Implant dentistry is a prosthetically driven discipline with a surgical component. Practitioners must place implants ideally for best prosthetic outcomes using different types of surgical guides. Sometimes no such guides are used by experienced implantologists, but many would agree that the use of a surgical guide would be a more conservative and efficient approach to implant placement. In the era of rapidly advancing technologies in digital dentistry, guided implant surgeries are becoming more practical in everyday implant dentistry and can be utilized safely to yield more predictable and consistent results.
This course provides participants with fundamental knowledge of guided implant surgery. Attendees will learn how to design and fabricate their own surgical guides using different digital tools and resources. Through hands-on exercises, including live case planning, participants will gain practical skills to utilize guided surgical kits and plan implant placement with greater confidence and accuracy.