Courses

ABOUT OUR HANDS-ON COURSES

At the Tulsa Institute, our goal is training dentists in “Everyday Surgery for Everyday Dentistry”.  In 2009 alone, dentists from all over the country came to train with us in Tulsa.  They came from California to New York, Wisconsin to Texas… even Puerto Rico!  Here’s an overview of our courses:

LIVE PATIENTS COURSES (8 Clinical Hours, 7 hours live surgery on patients)

Courses limited to 6 Participants

TRACK 1: ATRAUMATIC EXTRACTION AND SOCKET GRAFTING

TRACK 2: VERTICAL TRANSLATION ROOT COVERAGE TECHNIQUE
Dates:  February 24, 2012;  June 29, 2012;  August 24, 2012;  October 26, 2012;  December 7, 2012

Track 1 Course Description:  Managing extraction sites is one of the most critical skills a dentist can possess in the 21st century. Whether for a fixed bridge or a dental implant, general dentists (or any doctor performing the extraction) are in the best position to properly, predictably, and successfully GROW BONE!

Track 2 Course Description: Gingival recession is one one of the most undiagnosed and untreated conditions in the general dental practice. Most patients are not excited about the prospect of have tissue harvested from the roofs of their mouths and most general dentists are unsure about how to do it.  Vertical Translation is a root coverage technique that allows you to “just say NO” to the palate.  You you learn flap design and suturing techniques that allow you to achieve predictable root coverage with allograft materials.

  • Gain Live Patient Clinical Experience that you will not be able to achieve from a lecture or Typodont/Pig Jaw Course.
  • Get the “learning curve” out of the way outside of your office.
  • Treat patients with the comfort of knowing that if a complication arises  a doctor who has managed these type of cases before will talk you through the procedure
  • Start implementing these procedures in your practice MONDAY MORNING!
  • All surgical/ grafting materials and Patients will be provided.
  • All patients have been examined and have signed consent forms.
  • All pre and postop care will be provided by Dr.Kendrick
  • All you have to do is show up and learn!

FEE:  $3800.00

To Register call 405-732-0431

 


IMPLANT COMPLICATIONS:  MANAGING THE IMPLANT CRISIS

June 1, 2012

Course Description:  Implant Dentistry’s  Top 10 Surgical and Prosthetic Complications.  Strategies for Prevention and Management.  This is a lecture-only course.

TOP 10 IMPLANT COMPLICATIONS

SURGICAL

1. Incision Line Opening

2. Infection

3. Premature Exposure of Implant/Graft

4. Parasthesia

5. Patient’s Systemic Medical Condition

 

Prosthetic

6. Abutment Screw Loosening

7. Fractured Abutment Screws

8. Occlusion Mediated Bone Loss

9. Gingival Recession/Thread Exposure

10. Prosthesis Fracture

Where : Oklahoma College of Dentistry

When: June 1, 2012

Registration          8:30-9:00

Lecture                   9:00-12.00

Lunch Provided   12-1:00

Lecture                   1:00-4-00

Costs: $ 275.00  for doctors     $125.00  for RDH and staff

CE Credits: 7 hours

To Register call 405-732-0431


Basic Perio Surgery for the GP:

A Hands- On course

Course limited to 40 Attendees

July 20, 2012

Course Description: Basic Periodontal Surgery skills will betaught in a manner that allow them to be implemented  into a general practice.

Topics:

Why Periodontal Surgery Works

Basic Flap Design

Patients to AVOID

Suturing Techniques

Furcation Management

Treating Perio defects WITHOUT bone grafts

Post -Op Complication Management

Basic Anatomy…Avoiding Trouble

Where : Oklahoma College of Dentistry

When: July 20, 2012

Registration              7:30-8:00

Lecture                        8:30-12.00

Lunch Provided         12-1:00

Hands- On Lab         1:00-4-00

Costs: $ 420

CE Credits: 8 hours

To Register call 405-732-0431


Esthetic Periodontal-Restorative Surgery for the General 
Practitioner (HANDS-ON with pig jaws)

March 3, 2012

Course limited to 40 Attendees

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This Hands-On course will show you diagnosis and treatment options for the soft tissue challenges that you see in your practice on a daily basis. These include gingival recession, exposed crown margins, biologic width impingements, uneven gingival margins, and the gummy smile.

This course will enable you to successfully diagnosis and perform esthetic crown lengthening  and management of margin recession.

All Participants will perform soft tissue procedures from incision design to final suturing on pig jaws.

TOPICS AND OBJECTIVES

  • Diagnose Altered Passive Eruption  and Altered Active Eruption
  • Understanding Anatomically Driven  Margin Placement to Avoid Biologic Width Invasions
  • Understand When  Osseous Surgery is Indicated and When a Gingivectomy is Necessary
  • Perform Esthetic Crown Lengthening Surgery on Pig Jaws
  • Describe 4 Classes of Gingival Recession and Prognosis for each Class
  • Perform Suturing Techniques for  Crown Lengthening and Vertical Translation

Where :Oklahoma College of Dentistry

When:   March 4, 2012

Registration                                       8:30-9:00

Lecture                                                 9:00-12.00

Lunch Provided                                 12-1:00

Hands-On Lab                                    1:00-4-00

Costs: $425

CE Credits: 7 hours

To Register call 405-732-0431


Socket Grafting

June 30, 2012

Course limited to 40 Attendees

TOPICS AND OBJECTIVES

  • How to Determine the Prognosis of Teeth
  • When is the Time to Extract?
  • Review of Various Bone Grafting Materials
  • How to Choose a Bone Graft Material for an Extraction
  • The Rationale Behind Guided Tissue Regeneration (GTR) and When You Need It
  • Review of Simple Socket Grafting Technique
  • How to Manage “Blown Out” Labial/Buccal Plates
  • How to Prepare a Pontic Site for a Bridge OR an Implant
  • Properly Treatment Planning  a Socket Graft with Implant Surgery
  • Managing Complications
  • Review of Suturing Techniques Used in Bone Grafting Procedures
  • How to Incorporate Socket Grafting Into Your Practice

**ALL DOCTORS WILL PERFORM VARIOUS SOCKET GRAFTING TECHNIQUES ON PIG JAWS**

Where :Oklahoma College of Dentistry

When:   June 30, 2012

Registration                                       8:00-8:30

Lecture                                                 8:30-12:00

Lunch Provided                                 12:00-1:00

Hands-On Lab                                   1:00-4-00

Costs: $425

CE Credits: 7 hours

To Register call 405-732-0431