Certificate in Advanced Dental Implantology

1-Year 50% Theory, 50% Practical Advanced Implant Course for Dentists Actively Placing Implants (Level 7 Certificate)

Modules

6 modules

Enhanced CPD

TBC

Locations

Part 1: Online Modules: 2025

Part 2: Implant Placements: 2025

Course fees

Per day fees (prices ex VAT) **

Part 1: Online Modules: £3,950

All prices are plus £500 registration fee (inc VAT)

12-month 0% interest Direct Debit Plans Available

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Certificate in Advanced Dental Implantology (Level 7)

A 1-year Level 7 course aimed at those who are actively placing implants, who wish to advance their skills to offer more advanced implant treatments.

About the Course:

The Level 7 Certificate in Advanced Dental Implantology is designed for dentists looking to elevate their implantology skills to manage complex cases with confidence. Building on foundational implant and restorative training, this course equips you with the expertise to handle advanced procedures, including bone augmentation, soft tissue management, and full-arch rehabilitation.

Led by industry-leading clinicians, this comprehensive programme combines online theory with practical hands-on experience and patient-based learning to ensure you are fully prepared to tackle the challenges of advanced implant dentistry.

This course is divided into two parts:

1. Part 1: Online Theory Modules – £3,950 (inc VAT)

Build a strong foundation in advanced dental implantology with our comprehensive online modules, covering the essential theoretical principles. Accessible anytime through your Members Portal, these modules allow you to study at your own pace. The course includes 15 topics which are split into 6 modules. Scroll down for a detailed overview of each module.

2. Part 2: Practical Implant Placement Options

Choose one of the following hands-on experiences to complete your training:

Option A: Personalised Mentorship for 15 Additional Cases

Receive 1:2:1 mentoring for 15 implant cases, either at your mentor’s clinic or in your own practice. Upon completing this option, you’ll have experience with a total of 25 mentored cases. The case fee, to be arranged between you and your mentor, will go directly to your mentor.

Option B: Intensive Implant Placement Week in Egypt

Fast-track your experience by placing 15 implants in just one week in Egypt. This accelerated option offers a unique opportunity for focused learning and rapid skill-building in a hands-on environment. The cost is £10,000, inclusive of flights and accommodation.

Enrolment Requirements:

In order to enrol onto the Advanced Dental Implantology course, delegates must have completed:

For those needing additional cases in order to meet the minimum requirement, we offer an intensive one-week experience in Egypt, where you can place 10 basic implants under expert mentorship. This costs £8,000 and is inclusive of flights & accommodation. Please contact us for more details or to express your interest.

If you have already completed other EduQual accredited year-long Restorative and Implant courses and have placed 10 implants under mentorship, you can move directly to the Advanced Implant Year 2 course. Proof of study and case studies demonstrating your experience will be required to confirm your eligibility.

Qualification:

Upon completion of the course and the assessments, you will receive a Level 7 Certificate in Advanced Implantology accredited by EduQual & The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Tipton Training’s Level 7 Certificate and Diploma in Dental Implantology courses are the only Implant courses that have RCSEng accreditation, which is an award of excellence for outstanding surgery-related education. Our Implant courses also surpass both GDC guidelines and new College of General Dentistry guidelines on Implant mentoring.

For those who opt to complete only Part 1 (the online modules) of the Advanced Dental Implantology course, you will be awarded a Certificate in Implant Science (Cert Imp Sci).

For more information on our Level 7 Certificate in Advanced Dental Implantology, please contact us directly – Enquiry Form

The Advanced Dental Implantology course has 6 units covered over 15 online modules, to be completed in your own time. 

You will be awarded Enhanced CPD as a result of realising each Learning Outcome below.

Unit 1: Bone & Regeneration

Topic 1: Concentrated Growth Factors

Aims & Objectives

  • To understand & perform venapunctions
  • To understand & prepare LPRF
  • To understand & prepare sticky bone
  • To understand & use LPRF/sticky bone in all intra-oral applications
Topic 2: Socket Preservation & GBR

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand bone resorption processes
  • To understand & perform socket preservation techniques
  • To understand & perform GBR
Topic 3: Sinus Elevation

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand & perform an internal sinuslift procedure
  • To understand & perform an external sinuslift procedure
  • To know how to handle sinuslift complications

Unit 2: Aesthetics

Topic 4: Aesthetics

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand principles of aesthetics in dentistry
  • To understand & apply WES & PES
  • To understand & apply concepts for aesthetics in anterior single implants
  • To understand & apply concepts for aesthetics in full arch reconstructions
  • To have knowledge of different prosthetics materials
Topic 5: Soft Tissue Management

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand the principles of gum surgery
  • To understand & perform incisions and designing of flaps
  • To understand & perform several suturing techniques
  • To understand & perform gingival grafting techniques
  • To understand & perform different soft tissue augmentation techniques
  • To understand & perform different ways of papilla reconstruction

Unit 3: Full Rehabilitation

Topic 6: Overdentures

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand the advantages and disadvantages of overdentures
  • To understand the difference between overdentures in the lower and upper jaw
  • To understand & select the correct retention concept for overdentures
Topic 7: All-on-X

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand & apply the all-on-4 concept
  • To understand & apply the all-on-6/8 concept
  • To understand & consider the advantages and disadvantages

Unit 4: Immediate Rehabilitation

Topic 8: Full Digital Workflow

Aims & Objectives:

  • To know the application of IOS
  • To understand the use of lab scanners
  • To know the use & application of different facial scanners
  • To understand the use of CBCT & interpret CBCT images
  • To understand and apply guided implant planning
  • To understand and apply guided implant surgery
Topic 9: Immediate Loading

Aims & Objectives:

  • To create a surgical guide with the appropriate software
  • To understand the difference between open & closed guided systems
  • To be able to make the choice between a tooth, soft tissue or bone supported guide
  • To understand and apply bone reduction guides
  • To understand the concept and approach for guided surgery and immediate loading

Unit 5: Other Implants

Topic 10: Short Implants

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand the difference & use between short & ultra-short implants
  • To understand the concept of ultra-short implants
  • To understand & use (ultra-)short implants in daily practice
Topic 11: Long Implants (Zygoma & Pterygoid)

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand the indications and use of zygoma implants
  • To understand the indications and use of pterygoid implants
Topic 12: Ceramic Implants

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand the difference between zirconia and titanium as implant material
  • To understand the indications & advantages of zirconia as implant material
  • To understand and apply protocols for placing & restoring ceramic implants

Unit 6: Problems & Business

Topic 13: Complications

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand all possible complications with dental implants
  • To be able to avoid all possible complications when using dental implants
Topic 14: Medication

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand the impact of patients’ medication on implant surgery
  • To be able to prescribe the right medications at the right moments
  • To understand the role of antibiotics in implant dentistry
  • To comprehend the options for sedation during implant surgery
Topic 15: Peri-Implantitis

Aims & Objectives:

  • To understand & recognise the difference between peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis
  • To understand & preform diagnosis of both diseases
  • To understand & perform therapy for both diseases
  • To understand & perform maintenance for dental implants

The below provides a brief overview of the topics covered throughout the Advanced Dental Implantology course.

The course is delivered in two parts, firstly via online modules and secondly via further practical implant placements under mentorship.

Part 1: Online Theory Modules

Module 1: Bone & Regeneration

Topic 1: Concentrated Growth Factors
  • History
  • Growth factors
  • Venapuntion
  • LPRF preparation
  • Sticky bone preparation
  • Intra-oral applications of LPRF
  • Extra-oral applications of LPRF
Topic 2: Socket Preservation & GBR
  • Bone resorption after tooth extraction
  • Socket preservation techniques
  • Socket preservation materials
  • Socket preservation indications
  • GBR techniques
  • GBR materials
  • GBR indications
Topic 3: Sinus Elevation
  • Anatomy of the sinus
  • Sinuslift indications and loading protocols
  • Sinuslift materials
  • Internal sinuslift procedure
  • External sinuslift procedure
  • Complications of sinus lift procedures

Module 2: Aesthetics

Topic 4: Aesthetics
  • Basics & rules of aesthetics
  • White Esthetic Score / Pink Esthetic Score
  • Anterior single implants & aesthetics
  • Full arch bridgework & aesthetics
  • Material selection
Topic 5: Soft Tissue Management
  • Principles of gum plastic surgery
  • Incisions and flap design
  • Suturing
  • Grafting techniques
  • Soft tissue augmentation
  • Papilla reconstruction

Module 3: Full Rehabilitation

Topic 6: Overdentures
  • Concepts of overdentures
  • Overdentures in the lower jaw
  • Overdentures in the upper jaw
  • Retention concepts for overdentures
Topic 7: All-on-X
  • Concepts, principles & indications of all-on-4
  • Concepts, principles & indications of all all-on-6/8
  • Advantages & disadvantages of all-on-X

Module 4: Immediate Rehabilitation

Topic 8: Full Digital Workflow
  • Intra-oral Scanners
  • Lab scanners
  • Face scanners
  • CBCT
  • Guided implant planning
Topic 9: Immediate Loading
  • From planning to guide
  • Guided surgery systems: open & closed
  • Tooth, soft tissue, bone supported guides
  • Bone reduction guides
  • Guided surgery & immediate loading

Module 5: Other Implants

Topic 10: Short Implants
  • Short implants versus ultra-short implants
  • Short implants as alternative for GBR
  • Crown-Implant ratio
  • Procedures for placing short implants
  • Market for short & ultra-short implants
Topic 11: Long Implants (Zygoma & Pterygoid)
  • Zygoma implants: concepts and applications
  • Pterygoid implants: concepts and applications
  • Maxillary full-arch rehabilitation with zygoma and/or pterygoid implants
  • Market for zygoma and pterygoid implants
Topic 12: Ceramic Implants
  • Zirconia as alternative for titanium
  • Indications for ceramic implants
  • Advantages of ceramic implants
  • Protocols for placing ceramic implants
  • Protocols for restoring ceramic implants
  • Market for zirconia implants

Module 6: Problems & Business

Topic 13: Complications
  • Surgical complications
  • Malposition
  • Infections and failing implants
  • Gingival problems: recessions – hyperplasia
  • Peri-apical infections
  • Screw loosening
  • Fractures: implants & prosthetic components
  • Aesthetic problems
  • Phonetic problems
Topic 14: Medication
  • Anamnesis and medication
  • Pre-operative medication
  • Post-operative medication
  • Analgesia in implant dentistry
  • Antibiotics in implant dentistry
  • Sedation in implant dentistry
Topic 15: Peri-Implantitis
  • Peri-implant mucositis versus peri-implantitis
  • Prevalence and pathogenesis
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment concepts
  • Maintenance

Part 2: Practical Implant Placement Options

Choose one of the following hands-on experiences to complete your training:

Option A: Personalised Mentorship for 15 Additional Cases

Receive 1:2:1 mentoring for 15 implant cases, either at your mentor’s clinic or in your own practice. The case fee, to be arranged between you and your mentor, will go directly to your mentor. Upon completing this option, you’ll have experience with a total of 25 mentored cases.

Option B: Intensive Implant Placement Week in Egypt

Fast-track your experience by placing 15 implants in just one week in Egypt. This accelerated option offers a unique opportunity for focused learning and rapid skill-building in a hands-on environment.

Payment Options

We offer a variety of flexible financing options to help you pay for your Tipton Training Course.

12-Month Instalments: Spread the cost over 12-months via interest free direct debit payments.

Deposit/Contribution Option for Lower Monthly Payments: Pay a portion of your course fees upfront to reduce your monthly direct debit payments, giving you more control over your budget. Your contribution can be any amount you feel suitable.

Pay in Full: Enjoy a 10% discount* off the course fees when you pay the full amount upfront.

Extended Financing: Explore financing options from external providers, offering extended repayment plans and competitive interest rates to help you manage the cost of the course.

Swift Sponsorship: Offset the course cost against your lab spend with Swift Dental Laboratory. Learn more.

*Pay in Full 10% discount can not be used in conjunction with any other discount. 

Experienced. Accredited. Trusted

All Tipton Training courses are available as Level 7 qualifications accredited by EduQual, an established UK awarding body offering a range of qualifications. Tipton Training Academy were the first training company to achieve this level of accreditation in 2017. 

We are very proud that Tipton Training Academy are the first and only private dental training institution to be recognised and accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Centre accreditation is an award of excellence in recognition of outstanding surgery-related educational provision and provides reassurance of a high-quality learning experience.

These accolades result from rigorous reviews of our curriculum, methods of delivery, and assessments, and offers a recognised assurance of quality to the course.

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