Lectures and live demonstration on a patient by Finlay Sutton
Overdenture Course with Me, Finlay Sutton
Enhance your skills in making implant supported overdentures with this two-day course. I’ll share practical, hands-on knowledge that will transform your approach to implant removable prosthodontics and patient care.
What You'll Learn:
This two-day course covers the essentials of making overdentures, providing you with practical techniques to implement immediately. We’ll cover every step, from patient assessment to making overdentures that are functional and natural-looking. This course does not involve implant surgical placement – it focuses on planning implant positions and restoring with overdentures, not on surgical placement itself.
Why Choose This Course?
- Practical Skills: Real-world techniques you can use right away.
- Patient Management: Effective strategies for handling patients throughout the overdenture process.
- Comprehensive and Engaging: Lively teaching filled with practical advice to help you confidently manage overdenture cases.
What I Cover:
- Patient Assessment: Understanding patient needs for optimal outcomes.
- Denture Design: Creating overdentures that fit and function well.
- Attachment Systems: Choosing and using the best systems for each case.
- Impression Techniques: Achieving the perfect fit for comfort and function.
- Delivery and Aftercare: Supporting patients as they adapt to their new overdentures.
- Surgical placement of implants is NOT covered.
Fees and BookingThe fee for the two-day masterclass is £2,770 per person. Although the fee is high, it is a detailed, value-packed course over two days that will enhance your skills and transform your approach to overdentures.
For any questions or to discuss further details, please contact me at education@finlaysutton.co.uk.
Aims, objectives and anticipated outcomes:
- How to use attachments such as Locators® in the best way.
- Making the dentures fit the implants and the supporting soft tissues properly
- Planning the optimum position of implants
- Optimising the aesthetics of dentures Making accurate impressions for Locators® and bar supported over dentures
- The use of metal reinforcement to strengthen the dentures
- To have happier patients with improved outcomes
- Better communication with your dental technician
Programme:
Day 1
Planning, records and seeing the workflow
| 8.30 – 9.00 | Registration, refreshments and delegates' wish list |
| 9.00 – 10.30 | Diagnosis, treatment planning and overdenture design Patient assessment, Treatment planning, Implant positioning from a prosthodontic perspective, Bars versus stud attachments, Locator® attachments, Managing expectations and consent, Common causes of failure, Planning for long-term maintenance |
| 10.30 – 10.45 | Coffee Break |
| 10.45 – 15.30 | Live patient demonstration – Following a real patient through the complete overdenture workflow. Including: Primary impressions, Definitive impressions, Recording jaw relations, Gothic arch tracing, Assessing lip support, tooth positioning, Prototype try-in, Aesthetic assessment, Patient communication, Denture fitting, Occlusal refinement, Review and maintenance discussion Finlay and Rowan will explain every stage of the process, showing how clinical and laboratory procedures work together to achieve predictable outcomes. |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch (integrated into the demonstration timetable) |
| 15.30 – 17.00 | Questions, discussion and review of the complete workflow What could go wrong?, Common mistakes, Improving predictability, Discussion of delegates' own cases, Practical tips and shortcuts |
Day 2
Maintenance, complications and difficult cases
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Review of Day 1 and delegates' questions |
| 9.30 – 11.00 | Attachments and prosthesis design Locator® systems, Bars, Stud attachments, Metal reinforcement, Space requirements, Attachment selection |
| 11.00 – 11.15 | Coffee Break |
| 11.15 – 12.45 | Managing difficult situations Poorly positioned implants, Limited restorative space, Bruxists, Heavy occlusal forces, Fractured overdentures, Repeated repairs, Difficult lower dentures |
| 12.45 – 13.45 | Lunch |
| 13.45 – 15.15 | Maintenance and long-term success Recall protocols, Replacing Locator inserts, Relines, Remakes, Hygiene, Managing wear, Patient compliance |
| 15.15 – 15.30 | Coffee Break |
| 15.30 – 17.00 | Finlay's difficult cases and lessons learned Failed implants, Unhappy patients, Cases that did not go to plan, What Finlay would do differently today, Open discussion of delegates' own cases |
| 17.00 – 17.30 | Questions, discussion and certificates |
