GBR: Daniel Buser's Experience in Achieving Long-Term Results

GBR: Daniel Buser's Experience in Achieving Long-Term Results

Category: Implantology

Instructor(s): Daniel Buser

Course structure: Lessons: 6 lessons | Duration: 2 h 56 min

Course overview

Discover the proven clinical strategies of Daniel Buser — a world-renowned implant surgeon with 35 years of expertise — and learn how to achieve predictable, long-term success in Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) and implant therapy!

The training will cover clinical cases with long-term follow-up results of over 20 years, allowing for the evaluation of the effectiveness of the applied protocols and their impact on long-term treatment outcomes.

Course lessons

Lesson 1: Key Principles for Success in Implant Therapy

• Primary and secondary objectives of implant therapy
• Common complications in clinical practice
• Failure modes in implant dentistry
• General key factors for long-term success
• Surgical key factors for successful outcomes and long-term stability
• Analysis of the aesthetic risk factors in implant therapy
• Guided protocols of implant placement by Daniel Buser
• Analysis of post-extraction sites and bone defects
• The three treatment options in implant therapy: immediate, delayed, and post-socket grafting
• The significance of keratinized mucosa around the implant.

Lesson 2: Hybrid Implants and Peri-Implantitis: Risks and Design Evolution

• Peri-implantitis: risk factors and how to avoid them
• Typical peri-implantitis cases in the aesthetic zone
• The risk factors of peri-implantitis with hybrid implants
• Evaluation of peri-implant tissue stability over time around hybrid implants
• Criteria for implant selection
• Historical background of implant surfaces
• Evaluation of the development of Straumann® implants over the years
• Analysis of Straumann® TLC/TLX Implant System
• Analysis of hybrid and double hybrid implant designs.

Lesson 3: GBR: Biological Principle and Development Over the Past 35 Years

• GBR application around post-extraction sites
• Development and progress of guided bone regeneration (GBR) application over the past 35 years
• GBR application with collagen membrane
• Collagen membrane application for horizontal bone augmentation
• Selection of bone filler biomaterials and their application in GBR technique
• Categorizing bone defects and choosing between horizontal or vertical bone augmentation
• Step-by-step protocols of the sausage technique
• Technique for working with locally harvested bone chips
• Technique for working with DBBM (Bio-Oss©)
• Technique for working with Bio-Gide©
• Video guide on harvesting autograft chips.

Lesson 4: Protocols for Post-Extraction Implant Placement: Immediate or Delayed

• Classification of implant sites
• Treatment planning for single implant placement
• Evaluating post-extraction sockets and bone defects
• Implant placement after extraction and treatment options including immediate, delayed, and socket grafting
• Step-by-step protocols of immediate implant placement
• Step-by-step protocols of delayed implant placement and socket grafting.

Lesson 5: Implant Placement with Simultaneous GBR

• Clinical scenarios where simultaneous GBR is necessary
• The concept of early implant placement
• Step-by-step analysis of clinical cases of implant placement with the GBR approach
• Step-by-step video guide on the preparation of the bone graft for GBR treatment and membrane placement around the implant
• Application of the collagen membrane using the double layer technique
• Analysis of clinical cases.

Lesson 6: GBR Case Analysis with Dr. Daniel Buser

• Analysis of clinical cases of:
• Immediate implantation
• Delayed implantation with the GBR approach.
• Step-by-step video demonstration of horizontal and vertical guided bone regeneration (GBR)
• Surgical key factors for successful implantation
• Advantages of the Straumann® TLC/TLX implant system.

Who is this course for?

This online course is designed for dentists and dental professionals interested in implantology, clinical decision-making and evidence-informed dental practice.