Date: October 24, 2026
Time: 09:00 – 18:00
Location: KDK – Dr. Karpavičius Dental Clinic, Kaunas
Registration deadline: October 22, 2026
Continuing education credits awarded: 8 hours – clinical professional development
Participation fee:
• Doctor – €400
• Resident – €350
• Student – €100
Payment: An invoice will be issued upon confirmation of registration.
*Course fees are non-refundable, except in the event that the course is cancelled by the organizer.
During this course, clinicians will be introduced to modern rehabilitation options for edentulous maxillae, with a particular focus on prosthetic solutions and their interaction with surgical stages. Clinical scenarios will be explored from initial patient assessment, diagnostics, and treatment planning through to implant placement and final prosthetic restoration, using both temporary and permanent prostheses.
Special emphasis will be placed on the principles of prosthetic treatment—biomechanics, aesthetics, and the long-term stability of restorations—taking into account the anatomical and functional characteristics of the maxilla.
The course will also introduce the concept of screwless fixation of implant-supported prostheses.
Participants will gain knowledge in:
- the structure of dental implant systems and their key components from a prosthetic perspective
- stages of prosthetic treatment planning and their relationship with surgical implant placement
- various All-on-X clinical scenarios, with consideration of the future prosthetic outcome
- principles and clinical rationale for selecting prosthetic abutments
- types of impressions and their applications: conventional (open-tray, closed-tray) and digital
- different methods of prosthesis fixation on implants (cement-retained, screw-retained, screwless, conometric, etc.), including their indications, biomechanics, and clinical application
- designs of dental prostheses (temporary and definitive), including biological, functional, and aesthetic criteria for material selection and their clinical relevance
- impression techniques from models using both conventional and digital methods
- practical evaluation and selection of various prosthetic components
- implant-supported prosthetic designs, their biomechanical principles, and application in clinical practice
Programme
Theoretical Session
09:00–09:30 Participant registration
09:30–11:00
• Threaded dental implants and their components
• Clinical workflow: surgical and prosthetic planning, various All-on-X clinical scenarios for implant placement, prosthetic procedures from impression taking to delivery of temporary and definitive restorations
• Rationale for the selection of prosthetic abutments
• Impression categories: conventional (open-tray, closed-tray) and digital
11:00–11:30 Coffee break
11:30–13:00
• Comparison of implant prosthesis fixation methods: cement-retained, cement-screw-retained or screw-retained on multi-unit abutments, and screwless solutions on multi-unit abutments
• Biological, functional, and aesthetic considerations in the selection of prosthetic materials
13:00–14:00 Lunch break
Practical Session
14:00–17:00
• Impression taking on models (conventional/digital)
• Practical evaluation of different prosthetic components and rationale for their selection (multi-unit bases, screwless multi-unit abutments)
• Overview of prosthetic design concepts
17:00–18:00 – Visit to a dental implant manufacturing facility in Kaunas (subject to technical availability)