Course Overview
This intensive practice course focuses on live patient cases involving zygomatic implants. Participants will acquire the necessary skills to perform surgeries for fixing zygomatic pterygoid and nasal implants. The course aims to enable the rehabilitation of patients with severe maxillary atrophy, eliminating the need for bone grafts and reducing treatment duration and morbidity. Experience full days of surgical training.
The course includes
Observation of a surgical operation conducted by Dr. Juan Gonzalez.
Each participant performing surgeries independently, including the placement of zygomatic implants, as well as pterygoid and nasal implants based on the specific case requirements.
Course Director and clinic staff providing continuous monitoring during the operations.
Duration: 5 clinical days
Surgeries: 8
By participating in this course, you will gain expertise in the following areas:
Included: Training, materials, accommodation, transfers and meals
Not included: Flight tickets.
Course price: 19.500 EUR
Dr Juan Gonzalez, Course Director
Is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. In over more than two decades he’s practiced full scope oral and maxillofacial surgery to include complex dentoalveolar surgery, third molar removal, orthognathic surgery, facial trauma, dental implants, facial cosmetic surgery and temporomandibular joint surgery. Dr. Gonzalez is also Board Certified in Anesthesia and highly trained in all aspects of anesthesia. He has performed over 15,000 moderate to deep sedation and general anesthesia cases. For the last 10 years he’s concentrated solely on full arch surgery (All on X) procedure, especially the severe bone loss cases requiring special techniques like zygomatic, pterygoid and trans nasal implants. He’s one of the most experienced zygomatic and pterygoid specialists in the world. Dr Gonzalez also travels nationally and internationally lecturing and teaching advanced dental implant techniques. Dr Gonzalez is also the head of surgery for ORCAA global, one of the most comprehensive full arch training in the world. He has developed many treatment protocols like the PATZi protocol and contributed chapters to several books and journals. Dr. Juan Gonzalez was born in Spain and raised in Puerto Rico. After finishing dental school, he completed a one year hospital based General Practice Residency and was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army. While in the Army, Dr. Gonzalez completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency training at Brooke Army Medical Center. He attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and after 12 years of active duty Army, he transferred tothe Air Force Reserves where he retired with over 20 years of combined service. While in the Air Force, Dr Gonzalez served as the Chief of Professional Services, directly supervising 6 physicians and was faculty of the oral and maxillofacial surgery program. He’s also been a highly sought educator helping train dozens of surgery residents and dentists all over the world. When not taking care of patients, Dr. Gonzalez remains active by traveling with his wife and three daughters, flying his plane, shooting, hunting, wakeboarding, running marathons barefoot and drinking wine with friends.
Dr João Baptista Ilha Filho, Course Co Director
Is a renowned physician and dental surgeon with extensive expertise in maxillofacial surgery. A respected educator, he has taught hundreds of students in various countries around the world. Dr. Ilha Filho has made significant contributions to the field of zygomatic surgeries, developing kits and successfully installing over 6,000 zygomatic implants. Dr. Ilha Filho holds degrees in Medicine from Unicesumar in Paraná, Brazil, and Dental Surgery from the University of Valadares in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a member of the Brazilian College of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery and serves as a professor and coordinator of the Postgraduate Dental Implants program at Unicsul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Additionally, he is a professor of residency in Oral Maxillofacial Surgery in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, and acts as the coordinator of the Zygomatic Fixation Course at the Orofacial Center Clinic. With 22 years of training and 17 years of experience in zygomatic fixation, he is a renowned expert in his field, teaching and guiding students from around the world in the art of zygomatic fixation surgeries.
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