Day 1

08:30 — 09:00

— Registration

09:00 — 10:00

— Anatomy and Physiology:

- The main anatomical strictures

- The size of the maxillary sinus

- The shape of maxillary sinus

- The sinus walls

- The vascularization

- The innervation

- The sinus membrane

- The anatomical variants

- The sinus physiology.

10:00 — 10:30

— Coffee Break

10:30 — 12:30

— What are the options for the management of the atrophic posterior maxilla? When? Why?

- What are the parameters to decide?

- Short implants

- Implants protruding in the sinus

- Trans-sinus implants

- The trans-crestal approach

- The lateral approach.

12:30 — 14:00

— Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30

— Surgical technique for lateral approach: How did it evolve?

- Premedication

- Anesthesia

- Incision

- Osteotomy: Which technique? Why?

- Handling of the sinus membrane

- Grafting technique

- Sutures

- How the treatment time could be reduced?

15:30 – 16:00

— Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30

— Intra-operative complications: Prevention and management

- Neurosensory disturbance

- Vascular damage

- Membrane perforation

- Implant migration

- Poor graft location

- Surgical error

17:30 – 18:00

— Q & A.

Day 2

09:00 – 10:30

— Early post operative complications: Management and prevention
— Which sinus pathologies can be contra-indications and how can they be treated?

- Pre-existing sinus pathologies

- Sinus pathologies of dental origin.

— What are the risk factors that can lead to post-operative alterations in the physiology of the maxillary sinus? How do we manage them?

- Dental risk factors

- Anatomical risk factors

- Systemic risk factors.

10:30 – 11:00

— Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30

— Long term post operative complications: Management and prevention

12:30 – 14:00

— Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30

— Hands on plastic models:

- How to perform the lateral window?

- How to manage the membrane perforation?

- Preparation of LPRF and sticky bone?

15:30 – 16:00

— Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30

— Q & A over the entire course

17:30 – 18:00

— Certificate Award and Closing Ceremony

Maxillary Sinus Augmentation