Lecturer: Dr. Allen Aptekar

Dr. Allen Aptekar studied at the University of Toronto, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. He continued his studies at the University Of Saskatchewan College Of Dentistry where he received his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree with distinction. Dr. Aptekar then went on to complete a hospital residency at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and the University of Toronto with a special focus on emergency dentistry and oral surgery. Dr. Aptekar is a diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He is also a faculty with the Misch International Implant Institute Canada. In addition, he is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical and Practical Oral Implantology. He has authored and co-authored several articles in refereed professional dental journals. Dr. Aptekar is actively involved in lecturing on many dental implant-related surgical topics to both dentists and denturists. He practices in the greater Toronto area, where he limits his practice to surgery, with a focus on the surgical and restorative phases of dental implantology and bone augmentation.

Course Objectives:

This program is designed to provide a foundational framework of knowledge and skills for surgical and prosthetic implant dentistry and consists of four parts:

• Surgical (27 CE Hours) consists of series of lectures where doctors can participate to learn the fundamentals of implant dentistry. Topics include conducting a comprehensive medical/dental history, anatomical considerations, and diagnostic tools to build a patient specific treatment plan. Sessions will also include simple and clear hands-on surgical components.
• Prosthetics (27 CE Hours) builds upon the surgical knowledge introduced in the first part and introduce the prosthetics knowledge and skills, with further development of restorative considerations to maximize implant success.
• Surgical and Prosthetic Labs (9 CE Hours) Hands-on-session where participants will be able to use generic or customized (built with CBCT scans of their own patients) models and pig jaws to further practice and apply their prosthetic and surgical skills.
• Live Surgery (18 CE Hours), a live surgical session with the doctor’s own patients. Participants are expected to apply the principals learned in previous sessions to create a comprehensive treatment plan, that will be reviewed and approved by faculty to proceed with surgery.

This program meets and exceeds the requirements of Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO) for Standards of Practice for Implant Dentistry.