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An Interactive Collection of Dental Implant Courses

This curriculum is designed to help build and expand clinicians' digital implant skills according to levels of experience and personal learning preferences. We invite those newer to implant dentistry to start from the beginning, and those with more experience to jump in further down the learning pathway.

Our dental implant curriculum aims to provide clinicians with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration needed to stay up to date and achieve clinical, technical, and practice excellence. Through this self-paced online curriculum, clinicians will be able to learn more about implant dentistry - from foundational through mastery levels.

The majority of the curriculum is delivered via an interactive, procedure-based series of dental implant courses that use individual cases to teach current implant treatment. This approach is in contrast to conventional dental education that focuses more on didactic topics and theory.

The purpose of using this educational approach is to highlight the patients and procedures found in everyday clinical practice, where the most important concepts are observed and discussed in multiple clinical scenarios.

We are proud to support clinicians in providing the best possible care for their patients and improving oral health today.

Level Categories

Foundational
Procedure-Based
Mastery

Levels within our Implant Curriculum

Introduction to Implant Dentistry

This introductory-level course will provide a foundational understanding of digital implant workflows, including intraoral scanning, clinical photography, and virtual case planning. It will also review the fundamentals of implant design, osseointegration, and treatment planning.

Posterior Single-Tooth Dental Implant Procedures

This procedure-based module will illustrate the basic surgical and prosthetic concepts of implant therapy through the presentation of three single-posterior implant cases.

Anterior Single-Tooth Dental Implant Procedures

This procedure-based module will help the clinician grow into more advanced surgical and prosthetic concepts with the treatment of three single-anterior implant cases.

Multi-Unit Fixed Partial Dentures

This procedure-based module is focused on expanding the scope of implant options from single-implant scenarios to anterior and posterior multi-unit cases.

Full-Arch Implant Overdentures

Transitioning to the edentulous patient, this procedure-based module will provide clinicians with the knowledge and skills necessary for providing full-arch removable implant restorations.

Full-Arch Fixed Prostheses

This procedure-based module will empower clinicians with the full scope of implant possibilities by focusing on the nuance and details necessary to successully treat all-on-x cases.

Advanced Bone Grafting

This mastery-level course will challenge clinicians with a comprehensive discussion of bone grafting materials and grafting techniques, which includes socket preservation, horizontal ridge augmentation, and internal and external sinus augmentation. Specific attention will be given to immediate placement/loading and the esthetic zone.

Complications Management

This mastery-level course discusses both the prevention and management of surgical and restorative complications. Within the surgical realm, the presentation focuses on early implant failure and later peri-implant disease. Prosthetic concepts will involve preventative prosthesis design, screw/abutment removal, and sequencing that acknowledges the importance of patient experience.

About Our Curriculum Directors

Lyndon Cooper, DDS, PhD

Lyndon Cooper, DDS, PhD

Dr. Lyndon Cooper D.D.S., Ph.D. is the Associate Dean for Research and Head of the Department of Oral Biology at University of Illinois School of Dentistry, Chicago. He previously served as Stallings Distinguished Professor of Dentistry and Director of Graduate Prosthodontics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics (ACP), a former ACP President and received the ACP’s 2004 Clinician/Researcher Award. He also was named the recipient of the 2009 International Association for Dental Research Distinguished Scientist Award for Prosthodontics and Implantology.

Dr. Cooper has one of the strongest international reputations for innovation, perspective, and patient-oriented research and clinical care in the world. He has led an innovative team in translational research evaluating the role of a variety of pro- and anti-inflammatory bio-markers as well as innovative medical device designs to create research-oriented clinical solutions for relevant patient care.

Bryan Limmer, DMD, MS

Bryan Limmer, DMD, MS

Dr. Bryan Limmer obtained his dental degree from Harvard University in 2009. He then continued his education at the University of North Carolina by completing a three-year residency in prosthodontics, earning both a specialist certificate and master’s degree in 2012. Following residency, Dr. Limmer completed an additional one-year surgical implant fellowship at the University of North Carolina.

Upon moving to Colorado in 2013, Dr. Limmer started a private prosthodontic practice, which he maintained through the end of 2020. Dr. Limmer then transitioned out of private practice and assumed the role of Clinical Director/Chief Operating Officer at Stanbrick Dental Services in 2021. Additionally, Dr. Limmer serves on the Colorado State Dental Board and holds a faculty appointment at Harvard University. He is a member of the American College of Prosthodontists and the Academy of Osseointegration.

Dr. Limmer has lectured extensively and written multiple peer-reviewed articles on various prosthodontic topics, including edentulous therapy, zirconia biomaterials, and digital technology.

Mark Ludlow, DMD, MS

Mark Ludlow, DMD, MS

Dr. Mark Ludlow is the Section Head of Implant Dentistry, Digital Dentistry, and Removable Prosthodontics at the University of Utah School of Dentistry. He completed his DMD dental training at the University of Connecticut and received his MS in prosthodontics from the University of North Carolina. As a practicing and teaching prosthodontist, Dr. Ludlow’s passion is in the development and integration of digital technology in the practice of everyday implant and restorative dentistry.