A Comprehensive 8-Module Program in Implant Dentistry
Course Curriculum
The AAID Seattle MaxiCourse provides a complete educational pathway in oral implantology. Over 8 intensive sessions, you will progress from biologic foundations to advanced surgical execution and complex prosthetic rehabilitation.
The curriculum meets the 300-hour educational requirement for the AAID Associate Fellow examination through a combination of didactic instruction, hands-on workshops, and cadaver anatomy.
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The AAID Seattle MaxiCourse
Course Schedule
Foundations of Implant Dentistry: Principles, Terminology, Assessment, and Surgical Fundamentals
Date
Sep 18 - 20th
Instructors
TBD
- Program orientation, educational objectives, and participant expectations
- Historical development of implant dentistry and contemporary implant concepts
- Implant terminology, macrodesign, materials, restorative interfaces, and system components
- Core surgical principles relevant to implant therapy
- Asepsis, surgical armamentarium, flap design concepts, tissue handling, and wound closure principles
- Suturing workshop: interrupted, continuous, locking, and tension-management techniques
- Basic flap design and incision planning on models or simulation materials
- Diagnostic work-up and case documentation
- Diagnostic photography, charting, and radiographic record standards
- Clinical and radiographic site evaluation
- Foundational CBCT interpretation for implant planning
- Introduction to digital workflows: intraoral scanning, records acquisition, and restorative-driven planning
- Healed-site osteotomy sequencing on models
- Guided review of drilling protocols, instrumentation, and implant kit organization
- Bone physiology, healing biology, osseointegration, and timing protocols
- Healing abutments, cover screws, and provisional component selection
- Introduction to risk-based case selection and phased treatment planning
Medical Evaluation, Pharmacology, Anatomy, and Patient Safety
Date
Oct 16 - 18th
Instructors
TBD
- Comprehensive medical assessment for implant patients
- ASA classification, medical risk stratification, and when medical consultation is indicated
- Review of systemic conditions relevant to implant treatment planning
- Medication assessment, including anticoagulants, antiresorptives, immunomodulators, and glycemic considerations
- Pharmacology related to implant care
- Local anesthesia, antibiotic stewardship, analgesia, anti-inflammatory protocols, and sedation considerations within scope
- Prevention, recognition, and initial management of office medical emergencies
- Emergency preparedness workshop / BLS-CPR training as applicable
- Emergency protocols, documentation, and team response drills
- Applied maxillary and mandibular anatomy for implant dentistry
- Anatomical risk zones, sinus anatomy, nerve pathways, vascular considerations, and radiographic correlation
- Radiographic interpretation principles, anatomical limitations, and avoidance of surgical misadventure
Hard- and Soft-Tissue Management in Implant Site Development
Date
Nov 13 - 15th
Instructors
TBD
- Biomaterials: classification, indications, limitations, and evidence-based selection
- Graft materials, membranes, biologics, and site-preservation principles
- Atraumatic extraction and socket preservation concepts
- Biomaterial handling workshop
- Socket grafting simulation and membrane stabilization exercises
- Hard-tissue defect classification and treatment planning
- Guided bone regeneration principles
- Soft-tissue deficiency evaluation and management options
- Connective tissue grafting, free gingival grafting, vestibular extension, and phenotype modification concepts
- Decision-making for combined hard/soft tissue defects
- GBR techniques on models
- Crestal and lateral sinus augmentation simulation exercises
- Supervised soft-tissue surgical exercises on simulation or approved biologic models
- Donor and recipient site planning
- Suturing strategies for graft stabilization and tension control
- Complication avoidance in augmentation procedures
Implant Prosthodontic Principles, Tissue Shaping, and Immediate Therapy Concepts
Date
Jan 22 - 24th
Instructors
TBD
- Second-stage exposure and soft-tissue access protocols
- Conventional and digital impression concepts for implant restorations
- Soft-tissue contour development with healing components, custom healing strategies, and provisional restorations
- Conventional and digital implant impression exercises
- Emergence profile development on models
- Restorative material selection and prosthetic design principles
- Abutment selection, screw-retained vs cement-retained considerations, and restorative risk assessment
- Occlusion, biomechanics, force control, and restorative maintenance planning
- Custom abutment design and restorative component selection workshop
- Immediate implant placement concepts in non-esthetic sites
- Immediate implant placement and provisionalization principles in esthetic sites
- Case selection criteria, contraindications, provisionalization risk factors, and communication of limitations
- Anterior implant planning and provisionalization exercises on models
Digital Implant Dentistry, Guided Surgery, and Emerging Technologies
Date
Feb 12 - 14th
Instructors
TBD
- Digital workflows in implant dentistry
- Intraoral scanning protocols and scan-body selection
- Fundamentals of digital records integration
- Overview of photogrammetry, dynamic navigation, and computer-assisted implant planning technologies
- Intraoral scanning practice
- Digital data capture and restorative planning exercises
- Principles of static guided surgery
- Surgical guide design concepts, manufacturing considerations, verification, and limitations
- Guided workflow from single-unit to full-arch applications
- Risk management in digital planning and guided execution
- Surgical guide planning review
- Demonstration or hands-on guide verification and guided osteotomy practice
- Ceramic implant overview and material-specific considerations
- Digital case review seminar
- Technology adoption, indications, limitations, and documentation standards
- Surgical-prosthetic digital workflow exercises on models
Full-Arch Implant Rehabilitation: Removable, Fixed, and Advanced Clinical Applications
Date
Mar 12 - 14th
Instructors
TBD
- Full-arch diagnosis and treatment planning
- Prosthetic design categories for fixed and removable implant therapy
- Restorative-driven planning for terminal dentition and edentulous arches
- Analog and digital workflow comparison for full-arch treatment
- Full-arch conventional impression and verification concepts
- Surgical considerations in full-arch implant treatment
- Biomechanics, occlusal design, restorative space analysis, and remote anchorage concepts
- Provisionalization workflow, laboratory communication, and maintenance planning
- Photogrammetry or digital full-arch record acquisition workshop
- Verification jig and passivity review
- Cadaver, anatomic dissection, or advanced surgical simulation session
- Anatomy-based surgical planning, access design, implant positioning review, and complication avoidance
- Emphasis on anatomical respect, scope limitations, and supervised educational participation
Regenerative Adjuncts, PRF, Peri-Implant Tissue Health, and Selective Periodontal Support
Date
Apr 23 - 25th
Instructors
TBD
- Biomaterial-tissue interaction and host response
- Regenerative adjuncts relevant to implant and periodontal care
- Principles of osseointegration and peri-implant tissue stability
- Review of graft categories and barrier technologies
- Growth factors and biologic modifiers in regeneration
- PRF science, indications, preparation variables, and limitations
- Evidence-based selection of regenerative materials and adjuncts
- Supportive periodontal and peri-implant tissue maintenance strategies
- Phlebotomy and PRF preparation workshop
- PRF handling and clinical application demonstrations
- Maintenance and supportive care planning for peri-implant tissues
Complications, Ethics, Risk Management, and Medico-Legal Principles in Implant Practice
Date
May 21 - 23rd
Instructors
TBD
- Diagnosis of failed, failing, and compromised implant therapy
- Surgical, prosthetic, biomechanical, esthetic, and maintenance-related complications
- Evaluation of implant fracture, component fracture, screw loosening, bone loss, soft-tissue deficiency, and peri-implant disease
- Differential diagnosis and decision-making for corrective care, referral, monitor or retreatment
- Development of structured implant maintenance protocols
- Professional responsibility in implant dentistry
- Ethical presentation of treatment alternatives
- Informed consent as a process, not merely a signature
- Risk disclosure, documentation of alternatives, prognosis, staged treatment, and financial consent
- Recordkeeping standards for diagnosis, treatment planning, referrals, complications, postoperative instructions, and follow-up
- Communication with patients, family members, restorative partners, specialists, laboratories, and insurers
- Managing adverse events, complaints, and dissatisfaction in a legally prudent manner
- Scope of practice, supervision, referrals, and standards of care
- Comprehensive case reviews
- Program assessment
- Associate Fellow examination preparation or final program assessment, as applicable
The Pathway to Success
AAID Credentialing
- Associate Fellow (AFAAID): Completion of this course fulfills the 300-hour educational requirement to sit for the AAID Associate Fellow examination.
- Preparation: We dedicate specific course time to reviewing for the Part 1 (Written) and Part 2 (Oral) examinations, giving our participants a distinct advantage.
The Pathway to Success
AAID Credentialing
- Associate Fellow (AFAAID): Completion of this course fulfills the 300-hour educational requirement to sit for the AAID Associate Fellow examination.
- Preparation: We dedicate specific course time to reviewing for the Part 1 (Written) and Part 2 (Oral) examinations, giving our participants a distinct advantage.
Registration Information
Disclaimer: A self instruction online aspect is included in the program. Participants will need loupes, laptops and note-taking materials.
Registration Fee: Fee includes tuition, registration, handouts, materials, breakfast, coffee, lunch for most full-day courses, and other amenities involved in making this a pleasant learning experience.
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