The Basics course is the first seminar in the Extraction Series.  This course is designed to give you the basic skills you need to properly perform extractions in your practice.  Dr. Grant McGann, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, will teach you basic extraction techniques, how to detect difficult extraction cases, as well as how to manage difficult extraction

Course Details

After taking this course, you will have the tools you need to confidently do extractions in your practice.

This seminar is designed to be very practical, with lots of hands on training and real life situations that you will face.  Dr. McGann will not just be showing you his best cases and teaching theory, instead he will take the Progressive approach of showing you the real situations that you will face, and how to handle these situation.  Also, he will focus on the practical techniques needed to perform successful extractions.  Whether you refer out all extractions, or do every extraction in house, this course will be extremely valuable in increasing your chances for success in every case!

Program Schedule

DAY 1
Morning Session
Basics of Extraction Techniques
Basic instruments and proper use
The broken root, Techniques for removal
Patient positioning for good visualization and jaw support
Local Anesthesia tips and tricks

Afternoon Session
Radiographic and Clinical Signs of the Difficult Extraction
The extra root and the curved root
Hypercementosis
Beware of the erupted wisdom tooth and the lone standing molar
Ankylosis facts and myths
Watch the lingual cusp
Bruxism and Extractions
The Difficult Escape , When not to break the tooth

DAY 2
Morning Session
The Surgical Extraction “Tips and Tricks”
When to move to a surgical extraction
Avoiding critical structures
Different flap advantages and disadvantages
Basics of suturing, techniques and materials
Where to drill for maximum effectiveness and bone preservation

Afternoon Session
Common Surgical Complications and their Management
The dry socket fact and fiction
Bone spicules
Sinus perforation
Buccal plate fracture
Tuberocity fracture
The bleeding patient
The lost root tip
Post operative infection
Severe pain, avoiding and managing the late night call

Atraumatic extractions and Socket Preservation
Review of bone loss after extractions
Techniques for atraumatic extractions
Techniques for socket preservation
Review of the different bone substitution materials
Timing of implant placement after extraction

Call (800) 443-3106 to register now