Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Clinical Oral Implantology
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, Spanish
Teaching staff
Thursday from 10am to 2pm
Introduction
The course aims to integrate advanced knowledge of implant dentistry with evidence-based clinical decision-making within the overall context of the periodontal and rehabilitative treatment of the patient.
The teaching approach will be predominantly clinical and focused on decision-making. Implant treatment will be addressed from patient selection and interdisciplinary treatment planning through to the prevention, diagnosis, and management of biological, aesthetic, surgical, and prosthetic complications.
Particular emphasis will be placed on:
- Comprehensive diagnosis of patients who are candidates for implant treatment.
- Individualized risk assessment.
- Three-dimensional and prosthetically driven implant planning.
- Selection of implant position, number, and characteristics.
- The relationship between the periodontium, peri-implant tissues, and implant-supported rehabilitation.
- Hard- and soft-tissue augmentation procedures.
- Immediate, early, and delayed implant placement protocols.
- Implant treatment in periodontally compromised patients.
- Peri-implant maintenance.
- Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis.
- Diagnosis and management of biological, mechanical, technical, and aesthetic complications.
- Critical appraisal of the available scientific evidence.
The course adopts an interdisciplinary approach, integrating periodontology, oral surgery, prosthodontics, occlusion, restorative dentistry, digital dentistry, and, when necessary, other dental and medical specialties.
Pre-course requirements
To successfully complete the course, students are expected to have previously acquired the following knowledge and competencies:
2.1. Theoretical Knowledge- Head and neck anatomy applied to implant dentistry.
- Surgical anatomy of the jaws.
- Physiology and biology of wound healing.
- Osseointegration.
- Periodontal and peri-implant biology.
- Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal diseases.
- Dental radiological diagnosis.
- Principles of oral surgery.
- Principles of fixed and removable prosthodontics.
- Occlusion and function of the stomatognathic system.
- Basic pharmacology applied to dental practice.
- Principles of oral medicine and medical risk assessment.
Students should be able to:
- Take a comprehensive dental medical history.
- Perform a periodontal examination.
- Establish a periodontal diagnosis.
- Identify periodontal and peri-implant risk factors.
- Interpret intraoral radiographs and three-dimensional imaging.
- Take standardized clinical photographs.
- Establish a differential diagnosis.
- Develop a comprehensive dental treatment plan.
- Explain the different treatment alternatives to the patient.
- Obtain appropriate informed consent.
- Apply basic principles of biosafety and infection control.
Students are expected to have prior knowledge of:
- Dental implant components.
- Implant surfaces.
- The concepts of primary and secondary stability.
- Basic principles of osseointegration.
- Implant surgical instruments.
- Principles of implant surgery.
- Provisionalization and implant-supported rehabilitation.
The contents of this course are advanced in nature and are aimed at integrating and clinically applying this previously acquired knowledge.
Objectives
To equip students with the skills to perform a comprehensive assessment, reasoned treatment planning, and advanced clinical decision-making in implant dentistry, based on the available scientific evidence and tailored to the individual characteristics of each patient.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
The teaching methodology will be primarily clinical, practical, and focused on clinical decision-making, integrating theoretical knowledge with its application to real or simulated clinical situations.
The main learning activities will include:
- Participatory lectures.
- Clinical seminars and case discussions.
- Implant treatment planning and analysis of diagnostic tests.
- Practical activities and clinical simulation.
- Critical appraisal of scientific literature.
- Clinical case presentations and discussions.
- Tutorials and individualized follow-up.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Continuous Assessment (CA): Minimum weighting (20%) – maximum weighting (40%)
Theoretical Examination (TE): Minimum weighting (60%) – maximum weighting (80%)
Bibliography and resources
The course bibliography will be primarily based on reference textbooks, clinical practice guidelines, international consensus statements, systematic reviews, and up-to-date scientific literature related to implant dentistry, periodontology, and oral rehabilitation.
Recommended bibliography:
- Lindhe’s Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry.
- ITI Treatment Guide. International Team for Implantology.
- Periodontology 2000.
- Clinical Oral Implants Research.
- Journal of Clinical Periodontology.
- Journal of Periodontology.