Learn and Practice
- Place an implant predictably
- Preserve bone
- Maintain soft tissue correctly
- Achieve Optimal Esthetics
- Achieve a team approach with your patients and colleagues
- Diagnose your case
- Treatment plan
- Graft bone
- Diagnose and treat complications
- Manage and document your case from diagnosis to delivery
- Digital Dentistry
- Waterlase Education Technology
Academic Day at Loma Linda University
Dr. Sascha Jovanovic, gIDE Founder & Academic Chairman
Dr. Jaime Lozada, Professor and Director, Advanced Education in Implant Dentistry
Dr. Joseph Kan, Professor, Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry

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Learn more about the Master Clinician Program and gIDE Institute
OVERVIEW

300
CE CREDITS
CLASSROOM
Personalized Clinical Training with small classroom
LIVE PROCEDURES
Demonstrations by Expert Faculty


HANDS-ON TRAINING
Workshops with porcine models each session.
TREATMENT PLANNING SOFTWARE
Diagnostics and planning of implant-supported treatment solutions.


SOCIAL
Make friends and meet colleagues.
ONLINE EDUCATION LIBRARY
Online access to 400+ lectures and clinical videos and more.

GIDE FACEBOOK ACADEMY
Exclusive group where students & faculty stay connected, share cases and network.
YOUR CASES
Presented to peers and faculty for discussion + review


CERTIFICATES
Program Certificate from gIDE and one day certificate from Loma Linda University awarded upon completion.
ONLINE LECTURES
Provided as part of your mandatory self-study.


LITERATURE REVIEW
Extensive research compiled in digital format by program faculty.
Online education library
Online access to 400+ lectures and clinical videos and more.
17.400 EUR
*price may vary based on currency exchange at time of transaction
Customer Travel Costs
gIDE is not responsible for reimbursing prepaid (including non-refundable) customer travel costs. It is recommended that customers who elect to incur travel costs for a training course, schedule and purchase airfare and hotel accommodations with this in mind.
Program Policy
Dates and Location are subject to change without prior notice.
What participants are saying
Curriculum
Session 1 - Nov 27 - Dec 1, 2019 - Florence, Italy with Dr. Sascha Jovanovic and Dr. Francesco Mintrone

During the first 5 days of the one-year comprehensive Master Clinician Implant Training program all aspects of bone, soft tissue, and implant management will be featured including the critical steps in osseointegration and implant site development for long-term success, function and esthetics. Hands-on workshops with plastic and fresh porcine jaw models using microsurgical Hu-Friedy hand instruments, resorbable nylon and PTFE suture materials, W&H drill units, Nobel Biocare implant system, and bone regenerative materials are performed by the class and live surgery demonstrations by faculty. The restorative steps involved in osseointegration and implant prosthodontics are part of this session and will cover edentulous, multiple teeth, and single tooth restorations. Accurate impression taking, fit of framework, screw-retained vs cemented, abutment choice and occlusal design are highlighted in detail.
- Edentulous surgical solutions:
- All-on-4 protocol with bone regeneration
- Overdenture implant placement
- Grafting protocol with implant placement
- Surgical complication of implant therapy and their management
- Digital smile design
- Digital photography
- Digital 3D planning of implant and guided implant placement
- Nobel Clinician introduction
- Prosthetic implant planning and start of restorative phase
- Single tooth and multiple teeth restorations
- Edentulous jaw therapy: All-on-4 vs overdenture
- Guide stent design and fabrication
- Impression techniques: closed and open tray
- Cemented vs. screw retained prosthesis
- Occlusal design and guards, and prosthetic frame work materials
- Abutment selection and design: titanium and zirconia
- Immediate function vs traditional healing periods
- Implant prosthetic complications
- Hands-on workshop: Impression/Techniques (optional)
- Osseointegration, Bone Physiology, Anatomy, Implant selection and long term results
- 5 Criteria for implant success and loading protocols
- Patient selection, clinical evaluation and risk management
- Diagnostics, radiographic evaluation and 3D Virtual Planning of the implant case and guided templates: guided templates vs surgical stents
- Standard vs. complex/advanced case treatment planning
- Esthetic anterior implant placement vs non-esthetic posterior implant placement
- Extraction site management: immediate, early and late implant placement with their respective protocols
- Afternoon Live surgery: patient demonstration with implant and bone/soft tissue management
- Office set-up, patient selection and preparation, and pre and post medications
- Flap design / incisions / sutures / hand instruments
- Implant placement protocol without grafting, implant stability and site preparation
- Principles of guided bone regeneration and augmentation: autologous, bone substitutes, bone grafts and GBR membranes
- Surgical complications and their management
- Hands-on workshop: implant placement / tissue management / extraction socket treatment / guided bone regeneration protocol
Session 2 - February 19 - 22, 2020 - Zurich, Switzerland with Drs. Sascha Jovanovic, Roland Glauser & Giacomo Fabbri

During Session II all aspects of soft tissue management and grafting before, during and after implant placement will be discussed as well as the complications seen with these procedures. Advanced implant prosthodontics will be covered with lectures on full-mouth implant restorations, and mixed teeth/implant cases.
- Esthetic and functional integration of the prosthetic outcome: Key Points
- Selection and management of the implant-abutment interface
- Modern prosthetic strategies with Zirconia and Lithium Disilicate
- Soft tissue management around implants in the esthetic areas
- Esthetics in the edentulous patient
- Dental prosthesis vs hybrid solutions
- Esthetics with monolithic vs layered solutions
- Morning: Student Case Presentations
- Afternoon: Advanced Surgical Case presentations by video with discussion
- Lecture: Partially edentulous patients
- Lecture: Fully edentulous patient
- Hands-on workshop: soft tissue management
- Lecture: Mucogingival procedures before, during and after implant placement to increase keratinized, attached gingiva and gingival thickness
- Lecture: Strip surface palatal grafts, subepithelial palatal grafts, collagen soft tissue substitutes and allograft skin grafts. Indications and results
Session 3 - Sept 2 - 5, 2020 - Dubrovnik, Croatia with Dr. Sascha Jovanovic and Dr. Egon Euwe

During Session III all aspects of advanced implant procedures, ridge grafting, sinus augmentation and complications in implant dentistry will be featured. The restorative aspect will focus on esthetic implant prosthodontics and the evidence and experience to deliver high-end esthetic work.
- Advanced Ridge and sinus augmentation using GBR protocols
- New bone grafting techniques using wound healing accelerators
- Edentulous maxilla solutions, options and results
- Ridge and sinus augmentation complications
- Exam # 5 (Session 2 material)
- Advanced ridge and sinus augmentation using rhBMP2
- Sinus bone grafting: lateral window, osteotome results and complications
- Hands-on workshop: advanced implant surgery and bone grafting
- Case II presentations by class students graded by gIDE faculty
- Esthetic implant restorations
- Immediate extraction site implants and temporization
- Zirconia vs. PFM implant crowns
- Cad cam restorations
- Zirconia and Titanium frame works
- Cad cam design and manufacturing vs. conventional fabrication
Session 4 - September 20 - 24, 2021 - Los Angeles, CA
with Dr. Sascha Jovanovic, Dr. Egon Euwe, Dr. Jaime Lozada, Dr. Joseph Kan and others.

During the final 5 days of the Master Clinician Program new Research and Clinical Advances in Implant Dentistry, Radiology, Periodontics, Pharmacology, Oral Surgery and Oral Biology will be presented by the Program Chairman. Throughout the week implant patients will be presented with advanced and new technology treatment plans in lecture and live surgery format. Final exam and selected case presentations by class students will conclude the 1-year Program with a gIDE Certificate Ceremony and cocktail reception.
- Implant esthetic key points and complex case treatments
- Live surgery #1: case study of implant esthetics
- Exam #7 (Session III material)
- Implant orthognatic surgery and change of jaw relation
- Bone grafting methods and options
- Live surgery #2: case of implants and bone grafting
- Final Exam #8 (cumulative)
- Soft tissue grafting, options and complications
- Live surgery #3: case of implants and soft tissue grafting
- Immediate tooth replacement
- Prosthetic advances for the edentulous jaw
- New solutions with All-on-4
- Patient selection and preparation
- Prosthetic and surgical complications
- Periodontal plastic surgery around teeth and implants
- Esthetic dental materials and new prosthetic implant solutions
- GBR treatment options and results, and new research data
- 30 years of sinus lift results and new trends for the treatment of the posterior maxilla
- Live surgery #4: case study of sinus lift procedure
- Periimplantitis incidence, treatment and prevention
- Select Case Presentations by Graduating Class Participants
- Certificate Awards Ceremony
Learn From the Best in Dentistry

Dr. Sascha Jovanovic is considered one of the founders of guided bone regeneration (GBR). He was formally trained in periodontics at UCLA School of Dentistry in Implant Dentistry at Loma Linda University & in Prosthodontics at University of Aachen, Germany. He lectures extensively worldwide and has published over 60 articles and book chapters. Dr. Jovanovic practices dental implant therapy and bone & soft tissue reconstruction in Los Angeles. He is Founder and Academic Chairman of gIDE Institute, Associate Professor of Loma Linda University, Past-President of the European Association of Osseointegration (EAO) and Past-co-chairman of the UCLA dental implant center.

Dr. Roland Glauser is a graduate of the University of Zürich. From 1997 to 2006, Dr. Glauser was the assistant professor and senior lecturer at the Department for Fixed Prosthodontics and Dental Materials at the University of Zürich. He has been the co-director of the Zürich Dental Center since the spring of 2006. Dr. Glauser was the president of the scientific board of the Swiss Society of Oral Implantology and is an active member of the European Association for Osseointegration EAO. He has published several articles and textbook chapters on the subject of restorative dentistry and osseointegrated implants. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Biomechanics and for the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. Dr. Glauser has lectured extensively throughout Europe and he received an Academy Award at the Annual AO Meeting in Palm Springs for his presentation in 1999.

Dr. Egon Euwe obtained his degree at the University of Utrecht (Holland). He studied under Dr. Sascha Jovanovic at UCLA from 1992 to 1996 and conducted clinical research on resorption of newly formed bone at the University of Milan. Dr. Euwe maintains a private practice focusing on periodontics and oral implantology. He lectures extensively in Italy and abroad on advanced implantology.

Dr. Giacomo Fabbri graduated with honours in dentistry and dental prosthodontics at the University of Pavia. He is an Active Member of the Italian Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry (A.I.O.P), a prestigious scientific Academy. He has published several international articles in peer-reviewed journals and lectured in Italy and abroad. He works in Ban Mancini Fabbri Specialist Dental Practice in Cattolica, Italy in the field of esthetics and prosthetic rehabilitation on natural teeth and implants.

Dr. Francesco Mintrone graduated in Dentistry and Dental Prosthesis from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in 2000. He regularly lectures at national and international courses on whole-porcelain and non-invasive dental preparation techniques. His articles on pre-visualisation have been published internationally in specialist magazines. He currently works out of a private practice specializing in cosmetic dentistry.

Dr. Joseph Kan completed his specialty training in Prosthodontics as well as the Master degree from the Implant Surgery from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (LLUSD) in 1997. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and the research coordinator for the Implant Dentistry Program in LLU. He also maintains a private practice limited to Prosthodontics and Implant Surgery.

Dr. Jaime Lozada is professor and director of the Advanced Education Program in Implant Dentistry at Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry where he also received his Certificate in Implant Dentistry (87) and Prosthodontics (95). He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Implant Dentistry, past president of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Oral Implantology.
Location
Session I
Meeting Location - Florence, Italy
Piazza Santa Maria Novella 16
50123 Firenze, Italia
Tel: +39 055 27230 Fax: +39 055 268281
email: booking@grandhotelminerva.com
To obtain the special rate please mention gIDE MEETING
€ 195,00/night for a Double for Single Occupancy
€ 210,00/night for a Double for Double Occupancy
Includes service, vat and breakfast
Session II
Meeting Location - Zurich, Switzerland
Session III
Meeting Location - Dubrovnik, Croatia
Ul. Iva Dulčića 142, 20000
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Tel: +385 52 465 000
Sessions IV
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Reservations
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Group rate will be available to book until August 21, 2020.