Continuum 1: 22 Hours (8 Hours Online Didactic, 14 Hours Hands-On Model Work)

Course Description

This is a 22-hour course, divided into two parts: 8 hours online didactic with self-paced instruction videos and 14 hours hands-on model work at the course venue.

• Part 1: 8 Hours Online, Didactic
  • Complete this portion of the course at your own pace. We recommend this section to be completed before the course starts on Friday, April 11, 2025.
  • You will have access to this online content for 1 year, from the date you purchased this course.
  • Note: If you have taken our Intro to Surgery Extraction, 8 hours online didactic course, contact us to receive a reduced price on the full Continuum 1: Online course.
• Part 2: 14 Hours, Hands-On Model Work
  • Date: Friday (Didactic) and Saturday (Model Work), April 11-12, 2025

Instructor: Andrew Drollinger, DDS

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Medidenta
3575 W Post Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89118

*Lunch will be provided.

Topics Covered in Part 1: 8 Hours Online, Didactic

• Surgical Extractions
• Periotome Bur/Luxator ‘system’ for root removal
• Managing Moderate Third Molar Impactions
• What to Do When Complications Occur
  Maxillary Sinus
• Precautions
• Medications
• Preventing and Treating Perforations
• Tuberosity Fractures
• Infection Control
• Bone Grafting Techniques for Socket Preservation
• Multiple Extractions and Ridge Grooming
• Bleeding Management
• Incision and Drainage
• When to Refer

Topics Covered in Part 2: 14 Hours, Hands-On Model Work

Discussion ranges from basic to advanced.

• Instrumentation
• Faster “surgical” extractions
• Subtleties of sectioning and easier root retrieval
• Flaps and suturing for exodontia and socket grafting
• Extractions and the sinus
• Multiple extractions and disease removal/alveoplasty
• Exostoses excision and frenectomy
• Incision, drainage and managing infection
• Moderate third molar impactions, mandibular and maxillary case selection and things you need to know to avoid complications.

Items to Bring to the Course and Dress Code

Suggested Items to Bring to the Course:

• Headlight
• Loupes
• Dental lab coat or gown

Dress Code

Dress to your comfort level and be mindful of the dust that may get on your clothing from the hands-on portion with models.

About the Presenter

Dr. Drollinger has a practice limited to oral surgery in Houston, TX. He recently relocated there after having been an Assistant Professor in Oral Surgery at Roseman College of Dental Medicine in Utah and former Head of their AEGD Program. He has also been a past director of Roseman’s Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction. As full-time faculty, he maintained a private practice doing primarily oral surgery.

Dr. Drollinger received his dental degree at the University of Maryland prior to completing a one-year oral surgery internship, a two-year AEGD Residency, and a two-year Oro-facial Pain and Dysfunction Residency – all three at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA.

Dr. Drollinger teaches oral surgery courses to general dentists throughout the U.S. with an emphasis on surgical extractions and related topics. For KCSI, he routinely teaches one-day lecture courses, two-day hands-on courses, and three-day patient-treatment courses. In addition, he presents to dental school CE departments, DSOs, and state dental association and AGD groups.

He and his family live in a suburb of Houston. He does dental humanitarian work in the Dominican Republic and Mexico.