24 April 2026

Tooth extraction often results in substantial alveolar bone loss—up to 60% horizontally and 1–2 mm vertically within six months—posing challenges for future implant placement and prosthetic rehabilitation.  

This hands-on workshop provides a comprehensive overview of alveolar ridge preservation (ARP) strategies aimed at minimizing bone resorption and optimizing clinical outcomes.  

Participants will explore the biological rationale behind ARP, indications and contraindications, material selection, and healing timelines. The session includes practical exercises on pig jaws, allowing attendees to apply socket grafting, and suturing techniques in a realistic setting.  

Clinical case discussions will further enhance learning.  

This workshop is ideal for dentists, implantologists, oral surgeons, periodontists, prosthodontists, and trainees seeking to integrate evidence-based ARP protocols into their daily practice. 

Learning Objectives / Key Messages: 

1. Understand the biological and clinical principles of ridge preservation. 
2. Learn to select and apply appropriate instruments, biomaterials, and suturing techniques. 
3. Gain hands-on experience with grafting and suturing procedures using pig jaws. 

Keywords: 
tooth extraction, alveolar ridge preservation, socket grafting, biomaterials, pig jaw workshop, dental surgery, implantology, suturing techniques 

Augmentation techniques for complex alveolar ridge augmentation have undergone a profound paradigm shift in recent years. The aim of this workshop is to integrate scientifically sound, individualized concepts into everyday practice. Patient-specific titanium meshes offer a groundbreaking solution for guided bone regeneration (customized bone regeneration) in the context of pre-implant alveolar ridge augmentation.

This technology enables precise, contour-specific augmentation through integrated backward planning and offers significant advantages, including shorter surgery times and reduced patient morbidity. The workshop will present modifications to this technique, which not only influence bone quality, but also seamlessly integrate advanced augmentation procedures, such as sinus lifts, into the digital planning workflow. In addition, the latest technological developments and an outlook on future innovations will be presented.

A special focus will be placed on essential soft tissue management, which ensures complication-free wound healing and is crucial for stable and aesthetically pleasing long-term results.

Learning Objectives / Key Messages:

1. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the principles and clinical benefits of patient-specific titanium meshes in peri-implant alveolar ridge augmentation and will be able to evaluate their integration within a digital backward-planning workflow.
2. Participants will recognize the critical role of soft tissue management and acquire practical strategies to enhance wound healing and achieve long-term aesthetic outcomes.
3. Participants will understand the evidence-based impact of hyaluronic acid on bone regeneration in augmentation procedures.

Keywords:

Yxoss®, fully-protect, customized bone regeneration, soft-tissue management, titanium mesh, complex augmentations, bone regeneration hyaluronic acid 

Rehabilitating edentulous patients with immediate implant placement and loading offers clear benefits in terms of patient comfort and reduced treatment time. However, clinical success remains challenging due to anatomical limitations, bone variability, and prosthetic demands. The STAR concept provides a structured framework that guides clinicians through each critical step, transforming complexity into a reproducible pathway toward reliable outcomes. By integrating evidence with practice, this workshop will equip clinicians with the skills and confidence to implement the STAR concept in daily treatment. Distinguished speakers will outline the STAR principles, emphasizing how surgical precision, correct timing, anatomical respect, and restorative planning interconnect to support immediate full-arch function. Case selection, risk management, and digital workflows will also be highlighted. In the hands-on component, participants will apply these concepts directly, practicing guided surgical protocols and restorative techniques.

Tooth extraction triggers a rapid and largely patientspecific remodeling of the alveolus. Studies using CBCT show that the buccolingual width of the ridge can decrease by ~32 % within three months and up to 63 % within six months, while vertical height can drop by 15–22 %. This atrophy compromises subsequent implant placement.

Purpose: The workshop will highlight how a combination of atraumatic tooth extraction using piezobased technology, meticulous debridement and decortication of the alveole, and the Guided Open Wound Healing (GOWH) concept with autologous blood concentrates and bone substitutes can preserve the ridge, prevent cavitations and simplify implantology.

Key Topics:

• Piezoelectric extraction: Piezoelectric devices use ultrasonic microvibrations to selectively cut mineralised bone while sparing soft tissues. The resulting cavitation effect keeps the surgical field almost bloodfree and minimises trauma, which reduces swelling and accelerates healing. The ultrasonic action also aids debridement by flushing away bacteria and debris.

• Mechanical cleaning, decortication and removal of sclerotic/necrotic bone: After atraumatic extraction, thorough curettage of the socket is performed to remove debris, granulation tissue and necrotic bone. To encourage revascularization and osteogenesis, the clinician uses a piezo tip or rose bur to decorticate the socket walls, creating microperforations that remove the sclerotic margin and stimulate bleeding. This combined debridement and decortication not only ensures removal of sclerotic and necrotic bone—which is associated with poor healing and residual ridge defects—but also prepares a biologically favourable bed for regeneration. In infected sites, successful immediate implantation relies on this protocol of mechanical cleaning, decortication and irrigation to remove inflammatory tissues.

• Guided Open Wound Healing and blood concentrates: Plateletrich fibrin (PRF) is a secondgeneration autologous blood concentrate that provides a fibrin scaffold rich in platelets and leukocytes. While PRF supports softtissue healing and pain reduction, it does not, on its own, induce bone formation within the extraction socket. To prevent cavitation and achieve ridge preservation, PRF must be combined with a bone substitute material to form socalled “sticky bone” as part of the GOWH approach. This combination offers a stable scaffold that fills the socket volume, maintains space for bone regeneration, and delivers growth factors locally, thereby reducing the risk of cavitations and aiding in ridge maintenance.

Conclusion: The combination of gentle piezoelectric extraction, meticulous mechanical debridement with decortication to remove sclerotic and necrotic bone, and the application of PRF mixed with bone substitute within a GOWH protocol provides a biologically sound approach for ridge preservation. By preserving bone volume, avoiding cavitations, and accelerating healing, this protocol facilitates predictable implant placement and reduces the need for additional grafting procedures.

Alveolar bone defects deriving from the resorptive processes which follow tooth extraction, as well as periodontal intrabony defects associated with residual pockets, or peri-implant bone defects associated with severe periimplantitis, are a common finding patients seeking to re-establish oral health and to restore a functional tooth and implant supporting apparatus.
Recently, a novel regenerative technology based on a viscoelastic gel composed of polynucleotides and hyaluronic acid has been introduced, which aims to promote healing during hard and soft tissue reconstructive procedure. 
The objective of this workshop is to review the biologic rationale for its application in periodontal and peri-implant hard tissues regenerative interventions, to describe its step-by-step specific application protocol and its first clinical and histologic results. A simulation of a guided bone regeneration procedure will be performed, analyzing the critical steps of the surgery and reviewing the application of the viscoelastic gel using a layered approach. 

Learning objectives:

1. To review the biologic rationale for its application in periodontal and peri-implant hard tissues regenerative interventions, to describe its step-by-step specific application protocol and its first clinical and histologic results.

2. learn how to treat Alveolar bone defects deriving from the resorptive processes as well as periodontal intrabony defects associated with residual pockets, or peri-implant bone defects associated with severe periimplantitis, with the help of a novel regenerative technology based on a viscoelastic gel composed of polynucleotides and hyaluronic acid

Key words:

Peri implantitis, Bio Regeneration, periodontal intrabony defects, polynucleotides and hyaluronic acid, Oral health, hard and soft tissue regeneration, GBR 

This hands-on workshop is designed for dentists and maxillofacial surgeons specializing in dental implants and bone regeneration. Dr. Isabella Rocchietta will guide participants through advanced treatment solutions for large ridge defects, with focus on vertical GBR and how to solve the challenges of volume stabilization. Participants will gain insight into the latest techniques and their practical applications in combination with Geistlich biomaterials and Geistlich selected solutions for improved bone healing. The workshop will also highlight the importance of proper soft-tissue management necessary for treatment success and address the management of complications. Recent research findings will be discussed to underscore the impact on daily practice and patient outcomes. Join us to learn cutting-edge GBR procedures from a highly recognized expert.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand advanced treatment solutions for large ridge defects with a focus on vertical Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) and volume stabilization.
2. Gain insights into the latest techniques and their practical applications in combination with Geistlich biomaterials and selected solutions for improved bone healing.
3. Learn the importance of proper soft-tissue management for treatment success and the management of complications, supported by recent research findings.

Keywords:

Vertical Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR), Ridge augmentation, Geistlich biomaterials, Soft-tissue management, Bone healing techniques, Complication management, Advanced treatment solutions, Hands-on, Volume stabilization, Evidence based

Single-tooth implant therapy is among the most common procedures in modern implant dentistry, yet clinical success relies on a systematic approach that balances surgical precision, prosthetic planning, and patient-specific considerations. Even in seemingly straightforward cases, factors such as implant positioning, soft tissue management, and restorative workflow can significantly influence long-term esthetic and functional outcomes. This workshop integrates lectures with practical hands-on experience to provide a structured framework for predictable everyday implant therapy. The lecture will present evidence-based protocols — from case selection to implant positioning and prosthetic integration — highlighting strategies to avoid pitfalls and enhance efficiency in daily practice. In the hands-on session, participants will translate this knowledge into step-by-step exercises on models, gaining the skills and confidence to deliver reliable and reproducible single-implant treatments.

Ceramic implants are emerging as a reliable, metal-free alternative in modern implantology. This workshop introduces SDS (Swiss Dental Solutions) ceramic implants, focusing on their biological advantages, clinical indications, and evidence-based protocols. Through case presentations and hands-on, participants will learn surgical and prosthetic workflows, maintenance strategies and get in-depth information about biological dentistry. The session equips clinicians with the knowledge and confidence to integrate SDS ceramic implants into daily practice for improved patient outcomes.