Lower Denture Stabilization and Implant Placement
Date: January 24 & 25, 2025
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
16 CE Credits
Implant-retained overdenture treatment is an effective treatment option for many edentulous patients and lower denture stabilization has become standard of care for lower denture patients. In addition to the removable advantages of overdentures, patients can enjoy most of the quality-of-life benefits as fully fixed patients. The ability to offer these options to your patients is the best thing you can do for them.
This 2-day didactic, simulated hands-on, and mentored live-patient* surgery course will prepare you and allow you the opportunity to treatment plan, place the required implants, and restore up to two live patients. Following this course, you will be able to return to your office with the confidence having placed actual implants into live patients so you can provide your denture patients with an implant- retained overdenture solution that will truly restore their quality of life.
*Patient will be provided
Learning Objectives
• Overview of overdentures and overdenture attachments
• Overview of Implant Biology, rationale, treatment, and treatment planning
• Patient selection
• Implant placement protocol
• Bone modification
• Small diameter implant rational and placement
• Hands-on simulated implant placement
• Live patient treatment planning and mentored implant placement
• Gain confidence from performing highly-focused mentored implant placement on actual patients.
Featured Presenters:
Dr. JayCee Van Horn, DDS
Dr. Van Horn is committed to enhancing patient well-being through exceptional comprehensive oral care, drawing on over 18 years of dental experience. She has worked in various roles, earned her DDS from the University of Oklahoma, and received the 2012 DENTSPLY International Merit Award for removable prosthodontics.
Practicing with top clinicians, Dr. Van Horn values mentorship and collaboration. She completed a post-doctorate Dental Implantol- ogy Preceptorship Program at the University of Texas in 2014. She expanded the scope of comprehensive care at Southern Smiles Dental, performing over 800 implant surgeries and restoring 1000+ implant cases. In 2017, she co-founded MIO Dental Careers, training hundreds of dental assistants in Oklahoma and beyond. Dedicated to continuous learning, Dr. Van Horn takes more than 100 CE hours yearly and actively mentors general dentists to improve patient care.
Dr. James Peck, DDS
With a wealth of experience placing and restoring thousands of implants, Dr. Peck brings unparalleled expertise to implant-sup- ported overdenture and denture stabilization techniques. His hands-on knowledge spans every major implant system, allowing him to guide clinicians through diverse treatment scenarios with confidence. As a Clinical Assistant Professor of Implantology at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and a leader in live patient training, Dr. Peck has designed and taught numer- ous courses that bridge theoretical knowledge with real-world application. His focused approach empowers participants to master essential implant protocols and attachment techniques for transformative patient outcomes.
Gene Peterson MS, CDT
Gene oversees Sterngold’s technical development and education content and directives. He has an extensive background in dental product and material research, digital dental and implant work- flow development. He is a pioneer and subject matter expert in digital dentures and frequently lectures and writes about digital removable and implant dentistry. He holds BS and MS degrees in Biology/Human Anatomy and Physiology and is a PhD candidate completing his research and dissertation studying digital denture workflows.