Course Description

Oral Surgery for the General Dentist: Dentoalveolar Surgery
A review of dentoalveolar surgery procedures useful for the general dentist will be presented in this 3 hour webinar. Understanding and mastering a variety of dentoalveolar surgical procedures can enhance your patient’s in office experience by reducing referrals to a specialist. In this course the participant will learn how to improve techniques in routine extractions, surgical/impaction extractions, root removal and multiple extractions. Instrumentation will be reviewed that can improve outcomes and reduce operative time. A review of techniques and graft material selection for socket preservation after extraction will be presented. Wound and hemostatic management techniques including the use of sutures and hemostatic adjuncts will also be reviewed. Finally some thoughts on how to plan, visualize and execute the planned surgical procedure.

Course Objectives

At the completion of this course the participants should be able to:

1. Understand surgical treatment planning and plan execution
2. Identify instrumentation associated with dentoalveolar surgical procedures that will improve procedure outcomes
3. Understand surgical anatomy associated with the procedure
4. Understand wound and hemostatic management utilizing suture techniques and hemostatic adjuncts
5. Define critical elements that help improve outcomes and minimize complications
6. Understand how the relationship of patient selection, operator experience and surgical complexity impact outcomes.

The educational teaching methodology used in this course is a lecture presented via live webinar in concert with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation. Both the live lecture and the PowerPoint presentation incorporate a variety of audio and visual cues to enhance audience members’ understanding and retention of key concepts. In addition, audience participation will be encouraged and facilitated by group discussions as well as question and answer periods provided for at the conclusion of each section of the live webinar."

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