Course Information
Line Number 505181
Course Name DENT518 - Oral Implantology
Course Description
This course is basic and theoretical. It is considered a foundation course in implant dentistry for undergraduate dental students. It will provide information about implant history, rationale for treatment, applied anatomy, radiography, bone physiology, biomechanics, case selection and treatment planning and pre-surgical clinical procedures involved in implant dentistry to provide a predictable outcome. Furthermore, clinical cases treated by dental implants will be discussed to focus on the importance of case selection, treatment planning and sequencing of treatment. Lectures on implant placement & loading protocols, implants in the partially and totally edentulous mouth, microbiology of dental implants, complications and failures will be covered as well. This course is designed as a blended course; thus some lectures will be given online, either synchronous or asynchronous.