Real-Time Surgical Protocols: Sinus Lift, GBR, and Implant Placement. Step-by-Step Demonstrations from A to Z
Category: Implantology, Periodontology, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Instructor(s): Michele Jacotti
Course structure: Lessons: 5 lessons | Duration: 1 h 45 min
Course overview
A series of detailed, step-by-step clinical videos by Dr. Michele Jacotti, designed for oral surgeons and periodontists.
This course features real-time surgical demonstrations of advanced procedures in modern dentistry, including sinus lifting, guided bone regeneration (GBR), PRF application, and implant placement.
During the course, you will learn:
- Protocols for performing incisions and flap design.
- Techniques for piezosurgery and hard-tissue augmentation using the Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) technique.
- Soft-tissue augmentation techniques, including PRF application and collagen membranes.
- Protocols for sinus lifting and implant placement.
- Detailed video-guided protocols for suturing.
What you will learn
- Plan sinus-lift and implant-placement procedures, including flap design and CBCT-based planning.
- Apply piezoelectric osteotomy, Schneiderian membrane elevation, bone-substitute placement, and implant-site protocols.
- Use GBR approaches with PRF, collagen membranes, and custom titanium mesh for hard- and soft-tissue augmentation.
- Apply flap-passivation and suturing protocols, including interrupted, horizontal mattress, and continuous interlocking sutures.
Course lessons
Lesson 1. Sinus Lift with Healing Abutment
Step-by-step surgical protocol:
- Flap incision: flap scalping, crestal incision, distal and mesial release.
- Flap elevation.
- Protocols for piezoelectric osteotomy.
- Schneiderian membrane elevation.
- Protocols for implant-site drilling.
- Placement of bone substitute.
- Implant-surface activation with plasma.
- Protocols for simple interrupted sutures.
Lesson 2. Bilateral Sinus Lift Procedure
Protocols for CBCT planning.
Step-by-step surgical protocol for right and left sinus lifting:
- Flap incision: flap scalping, crestal incision, distal and mesial release.
- Flap elevation and bone exposure.
- Full-thickness flap.
- Protocols for piezoelectric osteotomy.
- Schneiderian membrane elevation.
- Placement of bone substitute.
- Implant placement.
- Protocols for simple interrupted sutures.
Lesson 3. Sinus Lifting Procedure with the Application of GBR
Protocols for CBCT planning.
Step-by-step surgical protocols:
- Flap incision: crestal incision, distal and mesial release.
- Flap elevation and bone exposure.
- Protocols for piezoelectric osteotomy.
- Schneiderian membrane elevation.
- Drilling of implant sites.
- Application of PRF.
- Collagen membrane placement.
- Placement of bone substitute.
- Implant placement.
- Flap passivation.
- Protocols for simple interrupted sutures.
- Protocols for continuous interlocking suture.
Lesson 4. GBR with Custom Titanium Mesh
Step-by-step surgical protocol:
- Flap incision.
- Flap elevation.
- Flap passivation.
- Titanium-mesh adaptation and bone drilling.
- Collagen-membrane adaptation.
- Bone-substitute placement.
- Collagen-membrane placement.
- Protocols for horizontal internal mattress sutures.
- Protocols for simple interrupted sutures.
Lesson 5. Double GBR Procedure with Titanium Mesh
Step-by-step surgical protocol:
- Flap incision.
- Flap elevation.
- Implant-site preparation (drilling).
- Flap passivation.
- Implant placement.
- Titanium-mesh adaptation.
- Bone-substitute placement.
- Titanium-mesh placement.
- Collagen-membrane placement.
- Protocols for horizontal internal mattress sutures.
- Protocols for simple interrupted sutures.