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Zygomatic and Pterygoid Implant Placement - CADAVER WORKSHOP  - Dr Juan Gonzalez

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Zygomatic and Pterygoid Implant Placement - CADAVER WORKSHOP - Dr Juan Gonzalez


  • The Australasian College of Dental Practitioners Level 1 60 Archer street Chatswood Australia (map)

COURSE DATES: Friday 3rd October 2025 - Saturday 4th October 2025

LOCATION:

Day 1: The Australasian College of Dental Practitioners Level 1, 60 Archer St Chatswood, NSW (map)

Day 2: CADAVER at Surgical Skills Laboratory, Ground Floor 2TP, 2 Technology Pl, Macquarie Park NSW 2109 (map)

The atrophic maxilla was once a dead end in treatment options until the development of remote anchorage techniques.  First, Zygomatic and Pterygoid implants were developed to help with these once hopeless patients, and now the "Trans-nasal" or "Z-Point" implant has given us yet another option in the pursuit of optionality.  We will be discussing the history, philosophy, protocols, surgical techniques, and pearls of each of these 3 remote anchorage implant types. 

Join Dr Juan Gonzalez for an intense two day hands on course.

You will learn:

  • History of remote anchorage, philosophy, and zygomatic implants surgical technique

  • Pterygoid implants and transnasal implants surgical techniques

  • How to place zygomatic, pterygoid and transnasal implants

Outline:

DAY 1 (THE AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF DENTAL PRACTITIONERS, CHATSWOOD NSW)

7:30  Registration

8:00 History of remote anchorage, philosophy, and zygomatic implants surgical technique

10:30 Morning Tea

11:00 Pterygoid implants and transnasal implants surgical  techniques

12:30 Lunch

1:30   Hands on models

3:00 Afternoon Tea

3:30  Hands on models continued

6:00 Finish

DAY 2 (SURGICAL SKILL LABORATORY, MACQUARIE PARK NSW)

8:00 Zygomatic implants hands-on

10:30  Morning Tea

11:00 Pterygoid implants hands-on

12:30 Lunch

1:30   Transnasal implants hands-on

5:30 Finish

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Dr Juan Gonzalez

Dr Juan Gonzalez is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. Over more than two decades he's practiced full scope oral and maxillofacial surgery to include complex dentoalveolar surgery, third molar removal, orthognathic surgery, facial trauma, dental implants, facial cosmetic surgery and temporomandibular joint surgery. Dr Gonzalez is also highly trained in all aspects of anesthesia and has performed over 15,000 moderate to deep sedations. For the last 6 years he's concentrated solely on full arch surgery (All on X) procedure, especially the severe bone loss cases requiring special techniques like zygomatic, pterygoid and trans nasal implants. He’s one of the most experienced zygomatic and pterygoid specialists in the world. He’s been recognized as one of the ZYGOPRO specialists, only 28 people in the world have had this recognition. Dr Gonzalez also travels internationally lecturing and teaching on advanced dental implant techniques. He has contributed chapters to several books and is also an editorial member of the Journal of Implants and Advanced Clinical Dentistry, one of the largest and most prestigious dental journals.

Dr Juan Gonzalez was born in Spain and raised in Puerto Rico. After finishing dental school, he completed a one year hospital based General Practice Residency and was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army. While in the Army, Dr Gonzalez completed his four year Oral and Maxillofacial training at Brooke Army Medical Center. He attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and after 12 years of active duty transferred to the Air Force Reserves where he retired with over 20 years of combined service. While in the Air Force, Dr Gonzalez served as the Chief of Professional Services directly supervising 6 physicians and was faculty of the oral and maxillofacial surgery program. He's also been a highly sought educator helping train dozens of surgery residents and dentists.

When not taking care of patients, Dr Gonzalez remains active by traveling with his wife and three daughters, flying, shooting, hunting, wakeboarding, running half marathons barefoot and drinking wine with friends.

The dates are the subject to change and we will provide you with a 2-month notice if any adjustments occur.