COURSE OVERVIEW:

This two-day course is designed to provide implantologists of all levels the ability to confidently integrate three dimensional diagnosis and treatment planning in their daily practice.  The program will consist of lectures and case presentations, over-the-shoulder hands-on computer software training, practical hands-on exercises and a live-surgery demonstration during which use of the computer generated surgical guide and accessories will be demonstrated. In addition, anatomical interpretation and sequential diagnostic protocols for implant planning and placement will be taught and explained. On the second day simulated surgical implant placement will be practiced on computer generated models from the scans submitted by attendees. In the afternoon there will be a live surgery demonstration during which a computer generated surgical guide and accessories will be demonstrated.

 COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• Understand the importance and advantages of cone-beam imaging.
• Assess implant recipient site anatomy three-dimensionally.
• Differentiate abnormal findings versus artifacts.
• Identify vital structures and tagging them on a CBCT study.
• Utilizing software tools to enhance visualization and diagnostics.
• When to refer to an ENT for further evaluation.
• Identify the prosthetic need for site preparation and/or preservation.
• Cone beam CT evaluation using a sequential diagnostic protocol.
• Perform interactive treatment planning on your own computer.
• Utilize CBCT and virtual implant planning software to increase case success.
• Know how to order and customize surgical guide design for each case.
• Understand the workflow from obtaining a scan, to ordering surgical guides.
• Utilize the In Vivo surgical guide drill handle kit.
• Decision making when purchasing a CBCT unit.
• Medico-legal ramifications of CBCT.

RECOMMENDED PREREQUISITES:

1. Submission of a basic dental implant case you plan to treat in your practice after attending the course.
2. A laptop computer with enough processing power to download and utilize the InVivo software during and after the course.
3. All participants to this course will receive a free 60-day fully functional version of InVivo 5 implant planning software installed on their laptop computer.

Please contact Charles Banh for more information on the above listed items at 408-885-1474 or by email at charles@anatomage.com.

SCHEDULE:

Friday, June 7, 2013: Advanced Clinical Curriculum

Saturday, January 8, 2013: Hands-On

LODGING/LOCATION:

This 3D diagnosis and treatment planning program will be held at Miles of Smiles Implant Dentistry located at 801 Wayne Ave, Suite #G200 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Sessions on both days will start at 8 a.m. and end around 4 p.m. Lodging information will be sent upon receipt of your registration.

CANCELLATIONS AND CHANGES:

Full refunds may be granted only if notification is received no later than May 20, 2013. Cancellation after this time will result in a $350 processing fee. We cannot assume responsibility for losses due to participant travel arrangements.

REGISTRATION

This is a two-day course, 12 CE (continued education) credits will be awarded and full tuition for both days is $599. International Academy of Ceramic Implantology Members (IAOCI) save $100.

    Full Tuition: $599.00

    IAOCI Member: $499.00

    First-time IAOCI Members: $199.00 (Must sign up by May 17, 2013)

If you are not yet a member of the IAOCI you can sign up for a one year membership ($395.00) at www.IAOCI.com/join. All IAOCI memberships will be verified before you are enrolled in the course.

This course has limited space and only ten (10) doctors will be able to attend this session.

For further information please call Ronetta at 301-588-0768 to register.

Dr. Noumbissi was invited to present the first ever presentation in ceramic implantology at the scientific session of the 104th Meeting of the Philippine Dental Association in Manila. This one of a kind and well attended event took place at the SMX convention center in Pasay City.

COURSE OVERVIEW:

Once zirconia dental implants have been placed in bone they need to be protected from early micro and macro movements. Furthermore during the four to five months of implant integration both for esthetic and functional purposes, clinician and patient have a need for protective appliances. Such appliances will vary based on multiple factors such as occlusion, finances and area of implant placement to name a few. The second aspect of teeth replacement with one-piece zirconia implants is the choice of adequate materials for cementation and definitive prosthetics. With a combination of lectures and live restorative demonstrations this course will focus on the prosthetic aspects of zirconia implantology. This course is designed to provide the clinician with the ability to predictably and confidently protect one-piece zirconia dental implants immediately after implant placement and during bone integration. The lecture material will cover selection of ceramics for predictable restoration of zirconia implants, how to select appropriate materials for priming and bonding of zirconia to zirconia and other ceramics leading up to cementation as well as cement selection.

 This course will include in-depth coverage of:

• Zirconia as a dental implant material.
• Bonding mechanism of zirconia.
• Soft and hard tissue assessment prior to implantation.
• Learn about appropriate prosthetic treatment planning.
• Selection of temporization modality for one-piece zirconia implants.
• Immediate, delayed and protective temporization techniques.
• Selection of permanent restorative materials.
• Restorative methods and materials.
• Achieving superior aesthetic results.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This course will enable you to:

• Recognize indications for successful metal free teeth replacement.
• Site preparation and/or preservation for optimal prosthetic results.
• Learn how to select and the indications for different temporization techniques.
• Utilize CBCT and virtual implant planning software to increase case success.
• Appropriate selection of permanent restorative materials.

SCHEDULE:

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Friday, March 29, 2013

LODGING/LOCATION:

The Zirconia Implantology Program will be held at Miles of Smiles Implant Dentistry located in Silver Spring, Maryland. Sessions on both days will start at 8 a.m. and end around 5 p.m. Lodging information will be sent upon receipt of your registration.

CANCELLATIONS AND CHANGES:

Full refunds may be granted only if notification is received no later than March 20, 2012. Cancellation after this time will result in a $350 processing fee. We cannot assume responsibility for losses due to participant travel arrangements.

REGISTRATION

This is a two-day course, 12 CE (continued education) credits will be awarded and full tuition for both days is $599. International Academy of Ceramic Implantology Members (IAOCI) save $100.

Full Tuition: $599.00

IAOCI Member: $499.00

New IAOCI Members: FREE (With first time one-year membership $395.00)

If you are not yet a member of the IAOCI you can sign up for a one year membership ($395.00) at www.IAOCI.com/join. All IAOCI memberships will be verified before you are enrolled in the course. This course has limited space and only eight doctors will be able to attend this session.

For further information please call Christine at 774-992-4096 to register.

On  April 18 and 19 2013, The holistic Dental Association (HDA) will be hosting its 36th annual conference in Herndon Virginia in the United States. Since its foundation in 1978, the HDA ‘s mission has been to promote an awareness of dental care as it relates to the entire person.   The HDA also brings together dentists who have a common interest in treatment modalities that are not included in dental school curriculum. Furthermore in recent years more and more people have heighten their awareness in their own health and regard good health to be more than just the absence of disease. Dr. Noumbissi is a member of the Holistic Dental Association and limits his dental implantology practice to metal-free implant dentistry. Over the last thirty years the only and most popular method of teeth replacement has been titanium metal dental implants and research is increasingly proving that implantation of metals can lead to systemic health problems in areas of the body remote from the oral cavity. Dr. Noumbissi will be one of the podium speakers at this annual conference and will be presenting clinical evidence of the safety and health benefits of metal-free dental implants.The topic to be covered will be  “Zirconia a Viable and Sometimes Necessary Alternative for Teeth Replacement”.

For more information on this conference please follow:  http://www.holisticdental.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1460693

The first of its kind, the Metal-free Implant Dentistry Summit will be held in Miami Florida at the Hilton Bentley in South Beach.  Dr. Noumbissi will be one of the main podium speakers at this conference. The summit will be held December 7 and 8, 2012, zirconia as an implant material will be presented in multiple aspects of implant dentistry including prosthetic and surgical. Aesthetic, single and multiple top-to-bottom metal-free teeth replacement cases will be presented and discussed. Dr Noumbissi will present his ongoing clinical evaluation of zirconia implants for full mouth reconstruction.

Dr. Noumbissi was invited to speak at the 28th annual meeting of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology in Minneapolis. The topics presented were Zirconia  as a dental implant material. Zirconia is the ceramic state of the metal zirconium which has been used for over twenty years in orthopedics. For the last decade it has also been used as a metal-free dental implant material.  Unfortunately there is a lot of misunderstanding and misinformation both among dentists and the public as to the  viability and predictability of zirconia as an oral and maxillofacial implantable material.  The second presentation was focused on the clinical applications of zirconia dental implants, cases presented ranged from single tooth replacement to full arches metal-free rehabilitation.

With the support of Wichita State University AEGD Program, its Director Dr. Dexter Woods and Mr. James Francis President of Z-systems USA, Dr. Noumbissi just completed the first ever metal-free dental implantology course in Kansas at Wichita State University. Eight residents, four faculty members and five private practice dentists attended. The two-day program started by introducing the participants to zirconium dioxide (zirconia) as a dental implant material. The properties, characteristics and benefits of zirconium which is a bioceramic were presented and discussed. Through multiple real case scenario presentations and discussions the participants were allowed to learn and practice how to identify, select and treatment plan patients who need to have their teeth replaced with ceramic dental implants. On the second day we had a live surgery demonstration on a patient which was performed by Dr. Noumbissi. During the live demonstration most of the concepts, techniques and considerations discussed prior were demonstrated in real time.

On Thursday and Friday August 2 and 3, 2012 we successfully completed our two-day-summer session zirconia implantology training and certification course. In attendance were seven doctors from five US States and Canada. This course on the Z-Systems one-piece ceramic dental implants was focused on case selection, advanced clinical and radiographic diagnostics, treatment planning and guided surgery. The first day was consisted of lectures on implant prosthetics and surgery planning. We concluded the day with a live surgery demonstration by Dr. Noumbissi on one of his patients.

Friday August 3, we focused on the use of  the InVivo implant planning software from Anatomage during the 3D implant placement planning session.  The basics of how to plan for and use three-dimensional  data to order surgical guides were covered   The use of guide handles when placing ceramic dental implants was also taught during this course. One very unique feature of this  second session is that we used real patient jaw models generated from the dental CT scan models submitted by the participants. Therefore they were able to practice on a stereolithographic reproduction of their own patient jaw in preparation for the surgery they would perform when they return to their respective offices.

Congratulations to Drs. Lowell Weiner, Robert Johnson, Marylin K. Jones, Robert Clinton, James Lewer, Paul Wilke and  Eric Taylor who attended this certification course.  Very Much thanks to  Z-Systems USA, Anatomage, Northern Virginia Dental Laboratories and Technology4Medicine  for their support.

Sammy Noumbissi DDS MS

On Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19, 2012 Dr. Noumbissi was one of two lecturers/instructors at two zirconia implantology certification courses in San Francisco and Seattle respectively. Both courses were under the patronage of the the American Institute of Implant Dentistry(A.I.I.D) and supported by Z-systems USA.

A total of sixteen dentists participated and were certified in treatment planning and placement of zirconia dental implants.  The physical, aesthetic and biologic properties of zirconia as a dental material were presented and discussed. Among many other important topics presented was the superior stability of zirconia implants in the oral environment and their ability to resist corrosion.Advanced treatment planning methods utilizing 3D dental imaging and interactive treatment planning software were presented with particular emphasis on the placement of Zirconia/ceramic dental implants.

Clinical cases were presented and discussed in a variety of clinical scenarios ranging from the replacement of single teeth to multiple teeth and full arch reconstruction.   Each session ended with two hours of hands-on training with the  placement of actual zirconia implants on artificial jaws.

Dr. Noumbissi with Seattle Course Attendees

 On Thursday and Friday August 02 and 03, 2012 we will host our second session of  Real TimeVisual Dental Education™ for 2012.  This will be a two-day zirconia implantology training and certification course. A total of twelve (12) C.E. credits will be awarded for both days. This course will feature the Z-Systems one-piece ceramic dental implants and will cover the areas of case selection, advanced clinical and radiographic diagnostics, site specific implant selection, guided surgery and one-piece zirconia implant temporization modalities.

This Real Time Visual Dental Education™ program will consist of over-the-shoulder hands-on surgical and prosthetic exercises and live surgical and prosthetic demonstrations on zirconia implants.  Participants to this course will be introduced to the InVivo implant planning software from Anatomage during the 3D implant placement planning session.  Each participant will practice implant placement on a stereolithographic model of a real patient along with a surgical guide generated specifically for that case.  Early registrants (before July 01, 2012) will be able to submit CT scan data of their own patient and therefore will be able to practice on a stereolithographic model of their own patient. All participants will keep the stereolithographic models and the surgical guides for future reference.

On Friday August 03, the second day of the course two real-time live surgical procedures  and a live implant restoration session of zirconia implants will be performed by Dr. Noumbissi on live  patients. Attendance for this course is limited to six dentists and will be held in our Silver Spring implant practice.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course is designed to provide the clinician with the ability to confidently integrate one-piece zirconia dental implants in their practice.

This course will enable participants to:

• Understand the rationale behind the use of  Yttrium-Stabilized Zirconia as a dental implant material.
• Recognize indications for successful placement of zirconia dental implants.
• Identify the prosthetic need for implant site preparation and/or preservation.
• Proper and predictable selection of temporization techniques for one-piece zirconia implants.
• Utilize CBCT (cone Beam CT scan) and virtual implant planning software to increase case success.
• Appropriate selection of permanent restorative materials.

REGISTRATION

LODGING/LOCATION

CANCELLATION AND CHANGES

Pre-Surgery 3D Implant Planning