Ridge Preservation Hero Lab + PRF | Hands-On Pig Jaw Course

Every implant starts with the ridge you save. In this small-group, hands-on lab, you'll practice ridge preservation from start to finish on pig jaws, then learn to make and use PRF with live blood draws.

Morning: Ridge Preservation

• Why ridges collapse after extraction, and when to graft
• Socket grafting: picking and packing graft material
• Membranes: trimming, placement and handling
• Suturing to hold it all together, including the sling suture

Afternoon: PRF

• What PRF is and how it helps healing
• Live draws and the centrifuge protocol (being drawn is optional)
• Making PRF plugs, membranes and "sticky bone"
• Putting PRF to work in your ridge preservation cases

Your instructors

• Dr. Sausha Toghranegar, periodontist (Perio Hero, North Tampa Periodontics)
• Dr. Vanessa Alexiou, board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, adjunct faculty at Nova Southeastern University

Who it's for: General dentists, residents and dental students who want to start or sharpen ridge preservation and PRF in their practice.

What's included: Pig jaws, graft materials, membranes, sutures and instruments, PRF supplies, coffee and lunch.

CE: details to come

Event venue & nearby stays

Coastal Creative, 2201 1st Avenue South, St. Petersburg, United States

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