Prosthetic Session III

Prosthetic Course III will cover the completely edentulous implant treatment options for removable and fixed prosthetics. Clinicians will review the generic terminology of implant components and overdentures. Discussion concerning cement vs. screw-in prostheses will cover indications and complications and ways to make the procedures more predictable. Bar design and attachment selection types will be reviewed in detail to provide knowledge of the best restorative option. Each clinician will practice modifying removable prosthetics in a hands-on lab setting. Full arch fixed restorations and step by step prosthetic concepts are also presented.


Course Topics

  • Removable Prosthetic Options

  • Generic Terminology of Implant Components and overdentures

  • Cement vs. Screw In Prostheses: Indications and Complications

  • Implant Overdentures for the Maxilla

  • Implant Overdentures for the Mandible

  • Step-by-Step Removable Prosthesis Fabrication

  • Bar Design and Attachment Selection

Abutment Guide

Removable prosthetic options


Course Objectives

Compare two prosthetic options for implant overdentures in completely edentulous patients.

Learn and use a generic terminology of implant prosthetic components for implant overdentures.

Appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of cement retained restorations and compare with the advantages and disadvantages of screw retained restorations.

Diagnose and perform five different overdenture options for completely edentulous mandibles.

Perform step by step procedures for an implant overdenture in the mandible.

Understand the advantages and disadvantages of implant overdentures compared to fixed prostheses.

Understand and select implant overdenture attachments and bar designs used in implant dentistry.

Appreciate the difference between attachment movement and prosthesis movement for implant overdentures.

Review the classic principles for maxillary denture support, retention and stability.

Understand the differences between maxillary denture fabrication apposing a denture vs. an implant prosthesis.

Treatment plan maxillary implant overdentures.

Perform step by step procedures required for maxillary implant overdentures.

Recognize six advantages for segmented prostheses with attachments for fixed implant restorations and four disadvantages.

Compare five different treatment options for fixed prosthetics in the edentulous mandible, based upon flexure and torsion and biomechanics.

Observe and perform photographic techniques required for implant prosthetics.

Diagnose and treatment plan patients for implant overdentures or fixed prostheses using radiographic imaging, CT scans and diagnostic casts.

Treatment Planning