3-Day Live Surgery and Bone Grafting Course

Friday, July 10 (1 PM - 6 PM): Lecture and Case Review
Saturday, July 11 (8 AM - 5 PM): Live Surgery
Sunday, July 12 (8 AM - 5 PM): Live Surgery

Doctors beginning to place implants and those who wish to improve surgical skills and learn advanced techniques utilized in implant placement and grafting will receive instruction in:

• Implant placement techniques
• Decision Tree for Bone Graft Success
• CT Scans – Surgery Techniques
• Centrifuge Techniques for Fibrin Membrane Preparation
• Harvesting Techniques for Stem Cells and Growth Factors
• Socket Grafts
• Sinus Elevation Techniques
• Lateral Window
• Crestal Membrane Elevation
• Membrane Repair Techniques
• Split Cortical Grafts with Implants Placement
• Tunnel Bone Graft Technique
• Flap Design and Suturing Techniques

Dennis Smiler, DDS, MScD
Dr. Smiler graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry in 1964. He attended Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, earning a master’s of science degree in 1968. Following an internship and residency in oral surgery at Roosevelt Hospital, New York, he returned to California in 1969, establishing his oral surgery practice in Los Angeles and Encino.

Dr. Smiler is an educator of dental implantology. He has published numerous articles in the dental professional literature and contributed to periodicals and text books. He lectures extensively and participates in symposiums throughout the country and internationally at universities and implant conferences. Doctors from around the world attend his seminars and live surgical demonstrations to receive training in dental implantology. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, and the American Society of Osseointegration. He is a Fellow in the International Congress of Oral Implantology, the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, the American Society of Osseointegration, the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and the Southern California Academy of Oral Pathology.

Dental Learning Systems designates this activity for 24 continuing education credits.

  Dental Learning Systems is an ADA CERPRecognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. 

 
Professional is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by the AGD for Fellowship, Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from August 1, 2011 to July 31, 2015. Provider 209722