PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

COURSE STARTS: 21st September 2026
 
The programme is delivered as a blend of face-2-face practical training (Module 5) and tutor supported online learning via our dedicated VLE.

Module 1:  Patient Assessment, Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
21 September 2026 - 25 October 2026
Online - VLE
Week 1:  Assessing the patient
Week 2:  Introduction to Dental CBCT
Week 3:  CBCT interpretation
Week 4:  Prosthodontics & surgical planning
Week 5:  Treatment options & consent

Module 2:  Implant Prosthodonics & Occlusion
2 November 2026 - 6 December 2026
Online - VLE
Week 1:  Prosthodontics & laboratory protocols
Week 2:  Occlusal terminology and function
Week 3:  Occlusal assessment
Week 4:  Planning the prosthodontics
Week 5:  Implications of prosthodontics and occlusion in implant dentistry

Module 3:  Basic Sciences for Implant Dentistry
4 January 2027 - 7 February 2027
Online - VLE
Week 1:  Discovery and protocols
Week 2:  Bone biology, physiology and pathology
Week 3:  Implant surfaces and osseointegration
Week 4:  Surgical asepsis, antimicrobial cover and peri-implantitis
Week 5: Guided bone regeneration

Module 4:  Evidence Based Dental Implantology
22 February 2027 - 28 March 2027
Online - VLE
Week 1:  Introduction to Evidence Based Healthcare 
Week 2:  Methodology and statistics
Week 3:  Trials of intervention and diagnostic tests
Week 4:  Qualitative studies
Week 5:  Systematic reviews, meta-analyses and guidelines

Module 5:  Practical Skills Week Date: 
Monday 8 March - Friday 12 March 2027
Location:  Moller Institute, Churchill College, Cambridge
- CBCT evaluation & prosthodontic analysis
- Digital implant planning using CBCT software (Blue Sky Plan)
- Surgical euipment setup and operative asepsis
- Placement of dental implants into models
- Flap raising and suturing on pig jaws
- Open & closed tray impressions
- Fitting the prosthesis
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Module 6:  Treatment planning clinical cases (Beginners Pathway)*
5 April 2027 - 30 June 2027
Online - VLE
Weeks 1&2:  Simulated clinical case - taking a history, assessing risk & recording a diagnosis
Weeks 3-5:  Simulated clinical case - digital prosthodontic & surgical planning
Weeks 6-8:  Simulated clinical case - writing a treatment plan & formulating a consent document
Week 9&10:  Simulated clinical case - formulating a long term maintenance plan


*  Delegates on the Experienced Practitioner Pathway submit 6 Case Reports of their own past cases for Module 6