3i Synergy Training Program

A Mini Residency
Successful implant dentistry is the result of a team effort. The best outcome is realized when each member of an implant team coordinates his/her efforts with other members. This approach is being applied to the practice of implant dentistry through the Biomet 3i SYNERGY TRAINING ROGRAM® (STP®).Please join us for this innovative educational program where you will have the opportunity to train and practice together.

THE PROGRAM INCLUDES:
Five (5) sessions
Thirty-five (35) hours of CE Course manuals and a literature package
Restorative Torque Indicator Kit
Patient education materials


Tuition: $ 2,000.00 (per participant)
Location: ROE Dental Laboratory


Sessions
Demember 5, 2008 Making implants the treatment of choice for replacing teeth
.. Making implant dentistry conventional dentistry
.. Treatment planning and mapping exercises
.. Patient selection and explanation of patient work-up
.. Case presentations of single-unit posterior and fully edentulous mandible
.. Building your restorative implant team and staff training

January 16 & 17, 2009 Treatment Planning & case presentation

.. Patient presentations and treatment plans
.. Occlusion in implant dentistry
.. Indications for implant design options
.. Provisionalization
.. Surgical preparation
.. Patient presentation letters

April 17, 2009 Restorative procedures

.. Patient status and review surgical procedures
.. Impressioning procedures
.. Abutment selection criteria
.. Cement-retained vs. screw-retained
.. Overdenture abutments and bar designs

June 5, 2009 Final Case Presentations

.. Prosthesis delivery
.. Complications in implant dentistry
.. Implant maintenance
.. New horizons in implant dentistry

Additional Advanced Topics:
Cleveland, Ohio is a progressive dental implant community. Therefore, the training in this course and the restoration of 3i implants can meet your specific needs. In this course you can restore a single unit restoration or a complex multi-unit case using a CT scan, virtual planning and surgical guidance. Additional subjects to be covered include:

CT Based Implant Planning
- the benefits and complete protocol of CT based surgical guidance

Immediate Provisionalization
- techniques and materials for immediate function and coordination with the surgical office

Encode Complete
- the necessity of custom abutments for many of today’s demanding cases, and now possible without implant level impressions

Encode Express
- ultimate control designing titanium and zirconia abutments simply from a C&B impression

STP Leader Carl J. Drago, DDS, MS
Dr. Drago received his dental degree from Ohio State University, College of Dentistry in Columbus, Ohio, and a Masters Degree in
Prosthodontics from the University of Texas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in San Antonio, Texas. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, a Fellow in the American College of Prosthodontists and the American College of Dentists and was a consultant to the American Dental Association's Council on Dental Practice from 1992 through 2000. Dr. Drago has extensive experience in both clinical and instructional implant restorative dentistry, has authored numerous articles, book chapters and two clinical texts on implant restorative dentistry. He maintained a practice limited to prosthodontics at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, Wisconsin from 1981-2007. Dr. Drago is Director of Dental Research at Biomet 3i in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and is also adjunct faculty at the Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine in Fort. Lauderdale, Florida.

Dental ED Study Club 2008


We welcome you to join us for the 4th session of the DentalED Study Club. This truly unique Study Club will present some of the world's most renowned dental experts via exclusive web transmissions from our facility. Why travel the country chasing after cutting edge education? You can attain the information locally in a comfortable relaxed atmosphere while interacting with your colleagues.


Schedule

February 13xxxxxDr Robert Margeasxxxxx6:00 pm EST
"Predictable Peri-implant Gingival Aesthetics Following Extraction, Implant Placement,& Immediate Provisionalization in the Anterior Aesthetic Zone."

March 27xxxxxxxxNoah Chivianxxxxxxxx 6:00 pm EST
"ENDO 101"

May 8xxxxxxxxxxxDr Ed McLarenxxxxxxxx6:00 pm EST
"Tips and Tricks for the Adhesive Cementation of Ceramic Veneers, Inlays, and Onlays."

September 11xxxxDr Ed Swiftxxxxxxxxxxxx6:00 pm EST
"Current Approaches for Dentin Bonding"

October 23xxxxxxDr David Sarverxxxxxxxx6:00 pm EST
"Interdisciplinary Orthodontics and Cosmetic Dentistry: for adults only?"

December 4xxxxx Dr Ronald Goldsteinxxxx6:00 pm EST
"Current Treatment Options for Discoloured Teeth"



Hours:12 Hours CE (2 CE Per Program)
Where: ROE Dental Laboratory
When: Evenings from 6:00 - 8:00
Price: $475 Total (Course participation is transferable to associates or staff members)
Space Limits Participation to the First 30 Registrants.