6-Weekend In-Person Live Surgery Continuum – Treatment Planning, Placement & Restoration of Dental Implants
Important: This is a six-weekend program spanning September 2026 through April 2027. Attendees must be able to commit to all six sessions to fully benefit from the curriculum. A current U.S. Dental License is required to participate.
The Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Implant Continuum is the complete implant training program from Implant Educators Academy — six weekends of treatment planning, hands-on labs, expert lectures, and live patient surgery guided by a nationally recognized team of instructors. This is not a passive learning experience. You will place dental implants on real patients, bring your own cases for one-on-one treatment planning review, and work through the full spectrum of implant dentistry from single tooth to complex full arch cases. Upon completion, you will have the knowledge, clinical experience, and credentials to incorporate implant treatment confidently into your everyday practice.
This course is designed for dentists who want to go beyond the basics and become true implantologists. Over six weekends you will participate in and observe 35 to 40 live surgeries, earn 130 CE credit hours, and qualify for Fellowship in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI). Whether you bring your own patients or work with cases provided by the program, every session is treatment planned, CT-guided, and led by specialists with decades of combined clinical and teaching experience. Lectures are available in-person or via live stream, giving you flexibility without sacrificing depth.
Live Surgery Dates (Every Friday Before the Lecture Weekend, 8:00AM – 5:00PM):
Session 1 — September 26–27, 2026
Rick Ferguson, DMD, DABOI & Rajiv Kalra, DMD
Introduction to implants, socket grafting and diagnosis with step-by-step hands-on implant placement, uncovery and loading protocols.
Session 2 — October 24–25, 2026
Mitra Sadrameli, DMD, MS — Radiographic diagnosis for dental implantology; critical principles, anatomy identification, and pathology with a focus on cone beam CT.
Dwayne Karateew, DDS — Diagnosis and treatment of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis, and long-term maintenance of dental implants.
Avi Schetritt, DMD — Soft tissue grafting to enhance esthetics with hands-on pig jaw workshop; soft tissue management, flap design and suture techniques.
Session 3 — December 12–13, 2026
Austin Ivey, DMD — Pharmacology, pain management, the medically compromised patient and growth factors; protocols to decrease surgical and post-operative complications.
Rick Ferguson, DMD, DABOI — Use of CT scans in implant therapy and treatment planning; hands-on CT software training, records acquisition, manipulation and digital case presentation. Software provided during hands-on.
Session 4 — January 23–24, 2027
Rick Ferguson, DMD, DABOI — Ridge augmentation and guided bone regeneration techniques including tenting, splitting and spreading with hands-on workshop; All-on-X full arch reconstruction with immediate load and denture conversions including hands-on denture conversion workshop.
Michael R. Ragan, DMD, JD, LLM — Record-keeping to current guidelines; tips on managing patient files to minimize liability exposure.
Session 5 — February 27–28, 2027
Michael Scherer, DMD, DABOI — Current concepts in fixed and removable implant prosthetics including treatment planning and scheduling with hands-on prosthetic workshops.
Rick Ferguson, DMD, DABOI — Immediate extraction/load considerations and implant placement in the esthetic zone; management and prevention of surgical and prosthetic complications. Sinus graft techniques, lateral window and crestal/internal lift protocols with hands-on sinus graft workshop.
Session 6 — April 10–11, 2027
Aldo Leopardi, BDS, DDS, MS — Advanced implant prosthetics and management of prosthetic complications.
John Barksdale, DDS, DABOI — Occlusal concepts for dental implants and partial extraction therapy, immediate dentoalveolar restoration and the dual zone therapeutic concept with hands-on workshop.
Dr. Rick Ferguson lectures throughout the world on implant surgery and restorative topics. He is the Co-Director and Co-Founder of Implant Educators Academy and serves as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Florida. A Diplomate of both the ICOI and ABOI and an Associate Fellow of the AAID, Dr. Ferguson has taught hands-on implant and bone grafting courses attended by thousands of dentists over the past 20 years.
Dr. Katherine Ferguson is a Diplomate of the ICOI and ABOI, a Fellow of the AAID, and a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry. She serves as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Florida and as a Clinical Advisor and Lecturer for the University of British Columbia. A Co-Founder and Co-Director of Implant Educators, Dr. Ferguson previously served as a dentist in the U.S. Army and as Co-Director of an implant training program in Dallas, TX.
Dr. Rajiv Kalra earned his DMD from the University of Florida and operates a private dental practice in Tampa, Florida. As Co-Director of the Implant Educators Academy program at the University of Florida, his focus is on implantology and digital dentistry for general dentists, with a passion for teaching streamlined CAD/CAM and 3D printing workflows.
Participants earn 130 hours of continuing education credit. The University of Florida is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. Implant Educators Academy is a Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. Provider ID# 322389 (06/01/2026 – 05/31/2029).
Cancellation Policy: A full refund is provided with written cancellation received no later than 30 days prior to the course. A 10% fee applies after the 30-day window. Implant Educators reserves the right to modify the program without prior notice and is not responsible for reimbursing prepaid travel costs.
