The FJD's Stomatology Service offers a two-year postgraduate programme with hospital residency in Oral Surgery and Implantology, totalling 3000 hours of theory-based and practical training, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. from Monday to Friday.

Programme supervisors: Dr Raúl Cortez Castillo and Dr Juan José Arrieta Blanco.

Academic programme:

Year 1: ORAL SURGERY

Introduction - General

1.1. Anatomy of the upper jaw

1.2. Anatomy of the lower jaw

1.3. Face muscles and masseters

1.4. Carotid artery and its branches

1.5. V cranial nerve or trigeminal nerve

Basic Principles in Oral Surgery - Surgical Fundamentals

2.1. Disinfection and antisepsis

2.2. Patient disinfection

2.3. Disinfection of the surgeon and assistants

2.4. Sterilisation of instruments

2.5. Disinfection of furniture and premises

Surgical Instruments and Material

1.1. Instruments for loco-regional anaesthesia

1.2. Instruments for soft tissue surgery

1.3. Instruments for bone surgery

1.4. Other surgical instruments

Anaesthetic Techniques in Oral Surgery

2.1. Local anaesthetics

2.2. Anaesthesia for the upper jaw

2.3. Anaesthesia for the lower jaw or mandible

2.4. Other types of anaesthesia used in Dentistry Sedation and General Anaesthesia

Soft and hard tissue surgery in the oral cavity

3.1. Incisions

3.2. Flaps

3.3. Osteotomy or Ostectomy

3.4. Types of suture

3.5. Diagnostic imaging methods

Included Teeth Surgery

4.1. Third molar surgery

4.2. Canine tooth surgery

4.3. Supernumerary teeth surgery

Surgery on Tumours and Cysts in the Oral Cavity

5.1. Post-surgical abscesses

5.2. Cysts

5.3. Odontogenic Tumours

5.4. Soft tissue tumour

Basic Periodontal Surgery

6.1. Anatomy of the periodontium

6.2. Microbiology of periodontal disease

1.1. Periodontium tumours and cysts

1.2. Periodontal therapy

1.3. Surgical techniques in periodontics.


Year 2: BASIC AND ADVANCED IMPLANTOLOGY

2.1 Diagnosis and treatment plan

  • Introduction
  • History and background of implant dentistry
  • Anatomy applied to implants
  • Principles of dental implants
  • Osseointegration. Bone physiology. Biological principles
  • Clinical diagnosis in implantology
  • Diagnostic imaging techniques
  • Diagnostic models and surgical guides.
  • Indications and contraindications for implants
  • Importance of photography in diagnosis

2.2 Principles of Implant Dentistry

  • Dental implants, biomechanical principles
  • Design of dental implants
  • Implant surface - "TiUnite surface"
  • Patient-related strength factors
  • Bone density
  • Bone response to mechanical loads
  • Plan the position and number of implants
  • Bone availability in implant placement
  • Bone response to mechanical loads
  • Biomaterials for dental implants
  • Surgical Phase Part 1
  • Medical evaluation of the implant patient
  • Pre-surgical pharmacological preparation
  • Sterilise and prepare the operating room and patient
  • Local anaesthesia, general anaesthesia or sedation
  • Incision design, flap elevation and milling
  • Implant placement, optimal implant position
  • Techniques and types of sutures
  • Soft tissue management in implant dentistry
  • Grafts to increase thickness of the gingival mucosa
  • Incisions and keratinised tissue.

2.4 Surgical Phase Part 2

  • Post-surgical indications
  • Post-surgical complications
  • Peri-implantitis and its treatment
  • Bone and mucosal complications
  • Submerged and non-submerged implants
  • Choice of trans-mucosal abutments
  • Verification of osseointegration
  • Risk factors in oral implantology
  • Failures in implantology
  • Implant care

2.5 Implant Prosthetics

  • Articulators, centric relation and mounting
  • Punkey myorelaxant splints
  • Aesthetics in implantology
  • Facial, dentolabial, phonetic, dental and gingival analysis
  • Implant-supported and implant-retained prostheses
  • Complete fixed porcelain prosthesis
  • Mixed fixed prosthesis (hybrid) on 6 implants
  • All-on-four implants technique
  • Interim and cantilever bridges
  • Single tooth
  • Removable complete dentures or overdentures
  • Prosthesis care

2.6 Special surgical techniques in implantology

  • Immediate implants and immediate loading
  • PRP Growth factors
  • Guided Bone Regeneration
  • Sinus elevation
  • Bone grafts in implantology
  • Bone distraction
  • Guided Surgery, NobelClinician System
  • Present and future of implant dentistry.