Implant Restoration - Single Units to Full Arch 2 Day Workshop

Course Information

Presented on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 March, by Dr Edward Pitts and Dr Nicholas Wood the workshop will consist of a combination of lecture and hands-on training, participants will deepen their understanding of implant biomechanics, abutment selection, and restorative workflows using both analogue and digital techniques.

Learning Objectives:
- Understanding the bio-mechanics of implant crowns
- Crown materials and biology
- Abutment options - stock vs. custom, multi-unit abutments, On-1 Concept + cement retained
- Benefits of using genuine componentry
- Digital vs. Analogue - when and how to use both as well as hybrid models
- Implant crown design for long term success and soft tissue stability in the anterior and posterior regions
- Short span bridge principles - direct to fixture and multi-units
- Utilisation of angulated screw channels
- Management of poorly positioned implants
- Full arch restoration principles with both analogue and digital techniques

Learn how to optimise implant crown design for long-term function and aesthetics, manage challenging implant positions, and navigate the benefits of genuine componentry, digital tools, and hybrid workflows. Practical sessions will include scanning, impression taking, and fabrication of custom temporaries for anterior aesthetics.

Lecture Content: Single Units to Full-Arch Restorations
Day 1
Occlusion & Biomechanics
• Single units and short-span bridges
• Guiding principles
• Full-arch cases
• Guiding principles
• Managing cantilevers
Material Selection & Prosthetic Decision-Making
• Material choices
• Abutment selection for single units and bridges
• On-1 principle, stock vs custom abutments
• Cement-retained vs screw-retained
• Cross-pinning, non-engaging abutments, and multi-unit abutments
Workflow & Treatment Protocols
• Digital vs analogue principles
• Single implant restorative protocols
• Full-arch protocols (overview)
• Immediate temporisation
• Custom healing abutments and emergence profile management
• Angled screw channels (Procera ACS)
From CBCT to Crown
• A practical checklist of the key decisions that most influence implant outcomes

Hands-On (Day 1)
• Immediate provisional temporary crowns: freehand and pre-formed shells
• Transfer of custom healing abutments or provisional crowns onto impression copings
• Intra-oral scanning protocols for single units and small bridges using Elos scan flags
• Accurate analogue impressions for single units and small bridges

Day 2
Full-Arch Impression & Indexing Techniques
• Analogue indexing and pick-up techniques for full-arch implants
• Digital methodologies: comparison and indications
Prosthetic Complications & Management
Single Units
• Abutment screw loosening
• Crown debonding
• Infra-position / infra-occlusion
• Contact loosening
• Implant fracture
•Screw fracture
Bridges
• Common prosthetic issues in short- and long-span bridges
Full-Arch Bridges
• Typical complications and how to minimise risk
Communication & Planning
• Communication between surgeon and restoring clinician
o Avoiding the “misplaced implant”
o Considerations for the aesthetic zone
o Considerations for full-arch cases
Full-Arch Prosthetic Work-Ups
• Structured planning workflows
• Lab communication: what matters and when
Efficiency & Risk Reduction
• Tools of the trade: what makes the restorative dentist’s life easier
• Top 10 tips for avoiding common mistakes

Hands-On (Day 2)
• Practical analogue indexing and pick-ups for full-arch implants (splinted analogue impressions)
• Digital full-arch impressions using IO scanning with Po-Lo scan flags
• Demonstration of photogrammetry using X-Guide and Fastmap scan flags

Thanks to our partner Envista represented by Nobel Biocare 

Please note that this workshop is for fully qualified and registered dentists exclusively

Dr Edward Pitts graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery and quickly developed a strong interest in implant dentistry. He has been placing implants for a decade and has completed advanced implant training both in Australia and internationally, including instruction in the Malo Protocol under the guidance of Dr Larry Benge, Dr Tony Rotondo, and Dr Paulo Malo. Now one of the Clinical Directors at Next Smile Adelaide, Dr Pitts focuses his practice almost exclusively on implantology. Implant Restoration Single Units to Full Arch 

Dr Nicholas Wood is one of the clinical directors of Next Smile Adelaide and holds a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Adelaide as well as a Masters of Clinical Dentistry (Fixed & Removable Prosthodontics from King’s College London. His research throughout the Masters program was focused on All-on-4® and other fixed implant prosthetic complications, and he enjoys mentoring the latest generation of dentists develop a passion for implant surgery, full mouth rehabilitation, guided bone regeneration and soft tissue procedures after learning from some of the worlds best clinicians

Queries, please contact events@adasa.asn.au