Learning objectives

After successful completion of this program, each participant will be able to:

1^st Semester:

A- Knowledge and understanding

1- Understand terminology, anatomical considerations and state types of dental implants and instrumentation.
2- Describe patient preparation for implant treatment.
3- Describe treatment planning and radiographic analysis needed for analysis for implant site.
4- Understand various infection control policies in Implant Dentistry.
5- Recognize principles of soft tissue management and simple augmentation procedures.
6- Understand basic principles of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

B- Intellectual skills

7- Distinguish various types of dental implants and related instrumentation
8- Distinguish patient selection criteria
9- Design a treatment plan by the aid of proper patient examination, diagnostic wax up and radiographic stents.
10- Distinguish various management techniques of soft tissue and different simple augmentation techniques.

C- Professional skills

11- Perform efficiently implant installation in an artificial jaw.
12- Apply principles of using implant instrumentation
13- Apply principles of patient preparation prior to implant therapy
14- Perform radiographic analysis of implant site according to anatomical considerations
15- Produce surgical and radiographic stents and perform ridge mapping
16- Predict patient selection criteria
17- Produce a proper treatment plan of implant cases
18- Apply different policies of infection control in implant dentistry
19- Perform efficiently basic procedures in oral and maxillofacial surgeries.
20- Apply principles of soft tissue management and simple augmentation procedures.
21- Perform steps of soft tissue manipulation incision designs and suturing techniques on sheep heads.
22- Perform efficiently case documentation procedures including dental photography.
23- Perform surgical implant insertion in the oral cavity.

2^nd Semester:

A- Knowledge and understanding

24- Recognize biomechanical principles and prosthetic options in implant dentistry
25- Describe loading and implantation protocols
26- Describe uses of mini-dental implants, one piece implants, zirconium, and provisional restoration
27- Recognize principles of esthetics and of using dental implants in the esthetic zone
28- State indications of soft and hard tissue management, augmentation techniques for guided bone regeneration GBR
29- Describe different impression techniques, used in implant dentistry.

B- Intellectual skills

30- Formulate treatment planning and assess biomechanical principles in implant dentistry.
31- Design various prosthetic options with different implantation and loading protocols.
32- Clarify principles of using implants in esthetic zone.
33- Asses importance of using mini-dental implants, one piece implants, zirconium, CAD-CAM technology.
34- Design provisional restorations.
35- Distinguish different augmentation techniques.
36- Clarify different impression techniques used in implant dentistry.

C- Professional skills

37- Apply biomechanical principles in treatment planning of implant cases.
38- Categorize prosthetic options, implantation and loading protocols in implant dentistry.
39- Apply principles of esthetics and placement of implants in the esthetic zone.
40- Perform soft and hard tissue management and augmentation techniques.
41- Perform different types of prosthetic restoration procedures.
42- Perform surgical installation of implant in maxillary and mandibular arches.

3^rd Semester:

A- Knowledge and understanding

43- Recognize principles of maxillary sinus elevation.
44- Describe principles of distraction osteogensis, piezo-surgery and latest innovation in GTR.
45- Explain management of emergencies and failures in Implant Dentistry.

B- Intellectual skills

46- Recognize controversy in dental implant treatment.
47- Incorporate dental implantology to the daily practice from a marketing and management perspective.
48- Assess emergency cases and its management.
49- Assess controversy in dental implant treatment.

C- Professional skills

50- Perform maxillary sinus elevation.
50- Incorporate oral implantology to the daily practice.from a marketing and management perspective.
51- Apply management of emergency and failure in cases of dental implants.

NB:
Topics scheduled in the curriculum will not necessarily be discussed in the order provided.