L01: Predictable Socket Grafting for the General Dentist
Subject: 490–Periodontics
Credits: 4 (Lecture)
Thursday, July 14: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Audience: DTC (D, H, A, O, T), ST, R
Fee: $60
Location: Level 2, Room 210
Speaker Bio: Orange County, Calif.; diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists; founder of the Engel Institute
Description: Upon completion of this course, doctors will understand the following:
- The rationale for socket grafting and ridge preservation
- How to prepare the socket site for augmentation
- The different categories of material available for ridge grafting
- The timing of graft maturity
- What the different membrane options are and the application of those options
- Different suture techniques, when and how to use them
- How to manage soft tissue upon completion
Dr. Engel’s lecture concludes with a socket grafting surgery performed on a live patient!
Sponsored in part by Kettenbach LP.
