The primary goal is to have the general practitioner comfortable with referring patients for dental implants. In order to do this, I have found that he or she must be comfortable with techniques for diagnosis and treatment planning fully edentulous and partially edentulous patients. The restorative dentist must be fluent in restorative techniques for basic implant restorative scenarios and he or she must feel confident in the maintenance of these patients.

Lectures will emphasize diagnosis and treatment planning, Implant Overdentures, simple crown and bridge techniques for utilizing implants and single tooth restorations. In addition, I will endeavor to give the participants a cookbook methodology for working with the surgeon in a cohesive team effort.