The Master Sinus Lift Course for General Dentists

Presented by Thomas Widemann, MD, PhD, DDS

Saturday, April 25 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

 This clinical course will cover assessment, treatment planning, and surgical approaches to sinus floor augmentation for implant placement (crestal and lateral window). It will be delivered through lectures and hands-on training sessions on models. The course is ideal for General dentists looking to expand their implant practice and gain confidence in executing this procedure safely and effectively.

 Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the anatomy and physiology of the maxillary sinus
  • Identify indications and contraindications for the sinus lift procedure
  • Pre-surgical assessments and treatment planning, CBCT evaluation, bone assessment
  • Step-by-step guide to the window technique and the crestal approach
  • Selection of Equipment: Piezotomes, Burs, Kits for Sinus Grafting
  • Selection and application of different biomaterials and membranes
  • Decision-making protocols for immediate vs. delayed implant placements
  • Understand post-surgical care and follow-up
  • Apply preventive strategies for minimizing and managing complications and troubleshooting (i.e., sinus membrane perforation)

 

 

Cost: $945 early pricing and $995 after 3/26

Code for $100 discount- CTDA2026

This course is under the direction of Thomas G. Wiedemann, MD, PhD, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor and full-time faculty at New York University, College of Dentistry, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Prof. Wiedemann´s career consists of more than 27 years of surgical and educational experience in an academic setting and successfully operating a private practice providing the full spectrum of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Implant Dentistry. 

He has special interests in dental emergency care, pain management, minimal invasive surgical strategies, and techniques of the full scope of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. He has acquired extensive expertise in dentoalveolar and implant-surgery with multiple implant systems since 1995. He is well versed in innovative concepts of alveolar ridge augmentation and reconstruction and soft tissue regeneration, robotic guided- and piezo-surgery. 

He is the author of many publications, speaker in national and international conferences on oral surgery and implantology-related topics and serves on the editorial board of several renowned and peer-reviewed scientific journals. Recently he accepted leadership as co-editor in chief for the Journal of Dentistry and Oral Sciences and as Editor in chief for Journal of Surgery and Surgical Procedures.