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Level 3: Anterior Single-Tooth Dental Implant Procedures

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Level 3 Outline

Utilizing procedure-based education*, this level will help the clinician grow into more advanced surgical and prosthetic concepts with the treatment of single tooth anterior implant cases

Throughout this level, the cases will cover topics including:

  • Evaluating buccal and apical bone for immediate placement
  • Grafting around immediate implants (Dual Zone Technique)
  • Defining implant orientation – The Rules of Six
  • Assessing primary stability for immediate provisionalization
  • CAD/CAM abutment options and designs 

At the completion of this level, participants will understand how to place and restore a single-tooth implant in the anterior zone. Participants are encouraged to continue their education in Level 4, which will focus on multi-unit cases.

*The implant curriculum is an interactive, procedure-based series of 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.

Illustrating immediate placement and immediate loading protocols
Understanding esthetics principals for ideal outcomes
Summarizing digital impression and provisionalization techniques

Course Topics

Part I: Introduction & Immediate Placement/Immediate Provisionalization

With Mark Ludlow, DMD, MS

In this course, we highlight the complete digital implant workflow with immediate placement and immediate provisionalization for a patient presenting with an unrestorable tooth #8.

Key topics highlighted in this case include:

  • Evaluating buccal and apical bone for immediate placement
  • Key considerations for implant orientation
  • Grafting around immediate implants (Dual Zone Technique)

Part II: Delayed Placement/Immediate Provisionalization

With Bryan Limmer, DMD, MS

In this course, we highlight the digital implant workflow with delayed placement and immediate provisionalization for a patient who developed a recurring infection with tooth #9, years after it was endodontically treated following a trauma to his upper maxilla.

Key topics highlighted in this case include:

  • The implant position’s influence of buccal and interproximal tissue architecture
  • "The Rules of Six" for proper implant positioning
  • CAD/CAM abutment options and designs

Part III: Delayed Placement/Delayed Provisionalization

With Lyndon Cooper, DDS, PhD

This course offers insights into some of the typical esthetic and functional challenges associated with single-tooth implants and how proper treatment planning helps to overcome them. The patient presented missing tooth #9, and was successfully restored using a digital workflow and a delayed placement and delayed provisionalization approach.

Key topics highlighted in this case include:

  • Assessing primary stability and the factors that influence it
  • Considerations for healing abutment selection
  • A simple and predictable digital approach to single-tooth implant restorations

Part IV: Immediate Placement/Immediate Provisionalization

With Lyndon Cooper, DDS, PhD

In this course we highlight the replacement of a fractured maxillary lateral incisor with immediate implant placement and immediate provisionalization.

Key topics highlighted in this case include:

  • Factors for determining if a fractured tooth is restorable or non-restorable
  • Key considerations for implant orientation
  • The 'Rules of Six' for proper implant positioning

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About Our Implant Educators

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.

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.

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