Basic to Advanced Live Patient Surgical Externship
Six days of live-patient implant surgery in Rosarito, from CBCT planning to grafting and sinus lifts. Each attendee places 10 to 15 implants on average, with a 2:1 student-to-instructor ratio.
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What you will take home
- Learn treatment planning during the 3-4 hours of daily treatment planning sessions.
- Learn proper surgical techniques (flap design, drilling principles, biomechanics, and more).
- Place multiple implants (on average, each attendee places 10-15 implants).
- Assist with multiple implants (as doctors are divided into groups of two, each doctor, in addition to placing 10-15 implants, will assist their partner in placing their 10-15 implants).
- Learn how to avoid and manage complications.
- Experience implant placement techniques in both edentulous areas and immediate extraction sockets.
- Learn how to perform alveoloplasty.
- Learn various suturing techniques and experience different suturing materials.
What the program covers
In this 6-day comprehensive live patient program, doctors will learn CBCT planning and surgical anatomy, prosthetic-driven surgical planning, flap design, suturing, atraumatic extraction techniques, socket grafting and simple ridge augmentation, crestal sinus lift techniques, and post-operative management.
Doctors will also engage in 4 hours of treatment planning each morning.
Participants will operate and assist across multiple cases per day, rotating roles to maximize their surgical exposure and learning under the guidance of world-class faculty.
About CII live patient externships
This program has allowed hundreds of patients from all over the United States to receive the dental care they need but could not otherwise afford. Patient testimonials describe the experience as life-changing, allowing them to eat foods they had given up enjoying and to rediscover the smiles they thought they had lost forever.
Potential patients are screened before being accepted into the program to make sure they are good candidates for dental implant treatment, and individualized plans are made according to the patient's particular situation. Patients are carefully informed of all the steps and any risks that might be involved. Patients arrive in San Diego and are shuttled to the facilities in Mexico, which are located on the beach in a gated community.
Dr. Louie Al-Faraje and the other members of the CII faculty have been able to provide not only essential training to practicing dentists but also millions of dollars' worth of free dental implants, giving renewed confidence, self-esteem, and quality of life to people from the elderly to veterans who cannot afford the cost of replacing their failing teeth with implants.
Key details
- Location: The California Implant Institute Rosarito, Mexico campus, at Km. 40 (a 45-minute drive south of the USA/Mexico border).
- Ratio: 2:1 student-to-instructor
- Participants: Maximum 15 participants
What comes with your enrollment
- All materials and implants.
- Certificate of attendance.
- Course manual.
- Special product discounts.
- Lecture material and recorded surgical videos are provided to participants before the program to enhance the learning experience.
- Flights and lodging will need to be arranged by the participant; however, we will provide transportation to and from San Diego International Airport (SAN) as well as transportation in Mexico.
- Lunch and dinner will be provided by CII, with breakfast provided by the hotel.
By Dr. Al-Faraje, included
A certificate that counts
Completion of the program earns 100 CE credits and a certificate of attendance.
California Implant Institute is a Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority, or AGD endorsement. Nationally Approved from 8/1/2022 to 7/31/2028. Provider ID 108066.
CE hours & credentialing
Upon successful completion of this program and its online module, participants will receive 100 continuing education (CE) hours.
The CE hours earned and the dental implants placed on live patients during this program are designed to satisfy the educational and clinical requirements for Fellowship status with the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI), subject to verification and approval by the ICOI.
Additionally, these CE hours may be applied toward the Implant education requirements for credentialing through the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) and the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry (ABOI/ID), subject to each organization's eligibility criteria and approval.
ClinicalInstructors
I recently had the incredible opportunity to attend a 6-day hands-on live training session on dental implant placement with complex cases at the California Implant Institute in Mexico. To say that it was a transformative experience would be an understatement. Dr. Al-Faraje's expertise and passion for implantology were evident from the moment the workshop began. His depth of knowledge and willingness to share his insights made every aspect of the training engaging and invaluable.
- Full participation: $12,995
- Clinical observation only: $4,995
- Dental assistant: $1,995
Payment options
- Pay online the full amount of the course.
- Installment option: $2,500 deposit due with registration. The balance is due 4 weeks prior to the start of the program.
Maximum 15 participants.
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