One-Day Implant Course
Your Complete Guide to Implant Success
Course Overview:
The Essentials of Implant Restoration program is an intensive one-day course designed to provide dentists with a practical and evidence-based introduction to modern implant prosthodontics.
The course combines lectures, live demonstrations, digital workflows and extensive hands-on exercises, allowing participants to develop confidence in restoring single implants and implant-supported bridges using both conventional and digital techniques.
Emphasis is placed on clinical decision-making, prosthetic planning, impression techniques, restorative workflows and long-term maintenance to help clinicians achieve predictable restorative outcomes.
Course Details:
DATE: Saturday, 15 August 2026
TIME: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
VENUE: Dental Concepts, 10 Konando Terrace, Edwardstown, SA, 5039
CPD: 5 CPD Points
COST: FREE Event
COURSE DIRECTOR: Dr Marcio Maia, BDS, MDS, MBA
NETWORKING DINNER: 6:00 PM ONWARDS
Please join us for a dinner following the course. Entrees, main and beverages to be served.
Learning Objective:
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
- Understand the biological and prosthetic principles of implant restoration.
- Select appropriate restorative components for different clinical situations.
- Plan implant restorations using conventional and digital workflows.
- Perform open-tray, closed-tray and digital implant impressions.
- Understand restorative options for single implants and implant-supported bridges.
- Apply appropriate occlusal principles for implant restorations.
- Recognise and manage common restorative complications.
- Implement effective maintenance protocols to maximise long-term success.
Target Audience:
- General Dentists
- Early Career Implant Clinicians
- Dentists wishing to incorporate implant restorations into everyday practice
Course Format:
- Evidence-based lectures
- Clinical demonstrations
- Interactive case discussions
- Extensive hands-on practical sessions
- Small group mentoring
Course Schedule:
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM: Registration & Welcome
- Participant registration
- Course overview and learning objectives
- Introduction to the faculty
- Overview of the hands-on session
1:15 PM - 3:15 PM:
SESSION 1 - Evidence-Based Implant Restoration
Foundations of Implant Prosthodontics
- Biological principles of implant restoration
- Implant restorative workflow from surgery to final crown
- Implant prosthetic components and connections
- Stock versus customised abutments
- Screw-retained versus cement-retained restorations
- Single implant restorations
- Implant-supported bridges
- Occlusal considerations for implant restorations
- Conventional and digital restorative workflows
- Laboratory communication
- Common restorative complications and prevention
- Long-term maintenance and follow-up protocols
- Clinical case discussions and treatment planning
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM: Afternoon Tea Break
Opportunity for informal networking
3:45 PM - 6:00 PM:
SESSION 2 - Hands-On Workshop
Participants will complete the full restorative workflow using implant models.
Conventional Workflow
- Component identification
- Healing abutment removal and replacement
- Open-tray impression technique
- Closed-tray impression technique
- Implant analogue placement
- Impression verification
- Soft tissue management
- Laboratory communication
Digital Workflow
- Scan body selection
- Digital implant scanning
- Common scanning errors and troubleshooting
Restoration Delivery
- Abutment selection
- Crown try-in
- Delivery of screw-retained restorations
- Delivery of implant-supported bridges
- Torque protocols
- Occlusal adjustment
- Maintenance of implant restorations
- Troubleshooting common restorative complications
Interactive discussion and one-on-one mentoring will be provided throughout the practical session.
6:00 PM Onwards
NETWORKING DINNER
Participants, sponsors and faculty are invited to join an informal networking dinner, providing an excellent opportunity to discuss clinical cases, restorative workflows and implant dentistry in a relaxed environment. Entrees, main, and beverages will be served.
Meet your presenter
Prof Dr Marcio Maia
BDS, MDS, MBA Oral Implantology & Endodontics Specialist, National Dental Care
Dr Marcio Maia graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in 2006 and subsequently completed extensive postgraduate training in Implant Dentistry, earning specialist recognition in Brazil. He later obtained a Master of Dental Science (MDS) and an MBA in Healthcare Management, combining advanced clinical expertise with leadership and education.
For over four years, Dr Maia served as an Associate Professor in Implant Dentistry at the University of Redentor (Juiz de Fora, Brazil), where he taught advanced surgical and restorative implant dentistry to postgraduate clinicians. Passionate about evidence-based implantology, he has lectured extensively across Latin America 🇧🇷, New Zealand 🇳🇿, Singapore 🇸🇬, Malaysia 🇲🇾, Vietnam 🇻🇳 and Australia 🇦🇺.
Dr Maia is a Lecturer at the Implant Education Academy, a member of the International Team for Implantology (ITI), the Australian Osseointegration Society (AOS), and the Australian Dental Association (ADA). He currently serves on the Executive Board of the Australian Osseointegration Society – South Australia Branch.
Based at National Dental Care South Terrace and North Adelaide Village in Adelaide, Dr Maia maintains a clinical practice focused on implant surgery, bone and soft tissue regeneration, and complex implant rehabilitation. He continues to deliver hands-on courses and lectures nationally and internationally, with a passion for advancing implant education and helping clinicians confidently incorporate predictable implant therapy into everyday practice.
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