Single Tooth Implant Surgery & Prosthetics with Socket Grafting (August 15-16, 2026)

Description

In-Person Lecture & Hands-On Course – Single Tooth Implant Surgery, Socket Grafting & Prosthetics

Course Overview:

You already practice other phases of dentistry — so why not implants? This two-day hands-on course is designed to help general dentists confidently add implant surgery and restoration to their everyday practice. Covering foundational implant placement, socket grafting, and complete prosthetic workflows, you’ll leave knowing exactly which cases to take on and which to refer. The step-by-step training is built to be put to use immediately — past participants have used these skills to recession-proof their practices.

Why Attend?

Adding implant services is one of the most impactful ways to grow your practice income quickly and substantially — and this course makes it approachable. Led by nationally recognized instructors with decades of combined clinical and teaching experience, this program gives you the surgical foundation, prosthetic clarity, and hands-on confidence to start treating patients right away. No need to travel abroad for hands-on implant training — it’s all here.

What You’ll Gain:

• Immediate Clinical Applicability: Learn core implant placement techniques for select sites that you can apply in practice starting day one.
• Socket Grafting Proficiency: Develop grafting skills that preserve ridge volume and set your implant cases up for predictable, long-term success.
• Prosthetic Clarity: Cut through the confusion around abutment selection, parts and pieces, impressioning techniques, and overdenture attachments.
• True Hands-On Practice: Work through live workshops covering socket grafting, surgical implant placement on models, implant impressioning, digital impressions, and overdenture attachment pickup.
• Patient Communication Skills: Learn how to talk to patients about implants in a way that builds trust and case acceptance.

Key Learning Objectives:

Day 1 — Lecture Topics:

1. Introduction to oral implantology
2. Socket grafting
3. Diagnosis and treatment planning
4. Soft tissue considerations
5. Incision design
6. Implant placement
7. Surgical closure
8. When and how to uncover implants

Day 1 Hands-On Workshops:

• Socket grafting
• Surgical implant placement on models

Day 2 — Lecture Topics:

1. Implant prosthetic treatment planning
2. Parts and pieces — clearing up the confusion
3. Abutment and material selection
4. Implant-retained overdentures
5. Digital impressioning techniques
6. Temporization
7. How to avoid complications
8. Which cases to do and which to refer

Day 2 Hands-On Workshops:

• Implant impressioning
• Digital impression
• Overdenture attachment pickup

This isn’t just a lecture — it’s a practical, immersive two-day experience that blends clinical instruction with real hands-on application. You’ll leave prepared to treat single tooth implant cases with the technique, judgment, and confidence your patients deserve.

About the Presenters:

Dr. Rick Ferguson, DABOI, DICOI

Dr. Rick Ferguson lectures throughout the world on implant surgery and restorative topics. He is the Director of Implant Educators Academy, which runs a six-month program teaching general dentists and specialists how to become implantologists. Dr. Ferguson is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology, a Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, and an Associate Fellow of the AAID. He also serves as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Florida and a visiting lecturer at the University of Miami. Over the past 20 years, his hands-on bone grafting and implant dentistry courses have been attended by thousands of dentists. He maintains a private practice in Davie, Florida.

Dr. Rajiv Kalra, DMD

Dr. Rajiv Kalra earned his DMD from the University of Florida and operates a private dental practice in Tampa, Florida. He serves as a Clinic Instructor in the Implant Educators Academy six-month continuing education program at the University of Florida, focusing on implantology and digital dentistry for general dentists. Known for cutting-edge techniques and outstanding patient care, Dr. Kalra’s passion is teaching streamlined CAD/CAM and 3D printing workflows that make dentistry more comfortable for patients while also more efficient, profitable, and accessible for fellow clinicians.

Participants earn 16 hours of AGD PACE credit. 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 date.