Predictable Surgery Protocols: Extractions, Bone Leveling, Tori Removal, RBG, Sinus Lift Procedures
Predictable Surgery Protocols: Extractions, Bone Leveling, Tori Removal, RBG, Sinus Lift Procedures – 18CE – April 24 – 25 , 2026 – Loren Loewen, DDS
Overview
This session focuses on foundational and advanced surgical techniques to prepare sites for successful implant placement. Participants will learn conservative tooth extraction methods to preserve bone, as well as bone leveling, alveoloplasty, and tori removal protocols. The course covers socket grafting for 3-wall defects and guided bone regeneration (RBG) techniques for horizontal and vertical augmentation—both before and during implant placement. Attendees will explore the use of resorbable membranes, structural graft materials, and PRF. The session also includes sinus lift procedures and hands-on grafting practice using pig jaws or cadaver heads, supported by Maxxeus.
Learning Objectives:
- Conservative Extraction Techniques including instrumentation, tooth sectioning, gaining purchase on fractured teeth, minimal bone removal techniques.
- Bone Leveling to create stable implant platforms
- Alveoloplasty and Tori removal protocols
- Socket Grafting with RBG for 3 wall defects
- RBG protocols addressing horizontal and vertical augmentation from the single tooth to quadrant.
- RBG protocols at time of implant placement
- Use of resorbable membranes, structural resorbable graft products, PRF
- Sinus Lift with implant placement
Loren Loewen, DDS, ICOI
Born in Hillsboro, Kansas, Dr. Loren Loewen has been proudly serving the people of Kansas since 1988. An honor graduate of the University of Missouri–Kansas City Dental School, he earned the Dean’s Academic Distinction Award as the highest-ranked student in his class. With more than 35 years of implant dentistry experience, Dr. Loewen is highly skilled in both restoring implants and placing large-diameter (conventional) and small-diameter (mini) dental implants. In 2023, he achieved Master status with the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) and is actively pursuing Diplomate status, reflecting his commitment to the highest standards of implant dentistry.
