The Ultimate in Hands-On Training

Everything about The Zimmer Institute^TM is leading-edge. Consider the Institute’s remarkable simulated patients: the result of years of research and refinement, the models feature soft tissue and “bone” with both cortical and cancellous layers. The mannequins also have soft membrane-lined sinuses for graph procedures, and “wired” inferior alveolar nerve fibers that exit the mental foramen to simulate the mental nerve. Working with these models will provide The Zimmer Institute participants with an exceptional level of clinical realism––greatly accelerating their level of confidence when it comes time to work on actual patients.

In addition, the Institute’s 26-station, simulated-patient laboratory will provide participants with an unprecedented level of hands-on instruction. Multiple patients are available for treatment at each station, and all simulated patient materials, including radiographs, CT scans, case histories, and models are patient specific. Both surgical and restorative simulated patient exercises are performed on mannequins using Zimmer Dental’s premier line of Tapered Screw-Vent® implants and prosthetic components. To further simulate the real world, each patient will even have a personal profile that can be incorporated into the practice-management component of a course, allowing participants to learn how to deal with common issues such as addressing a patient’s concerns about the affordability of dental implants.

Adjacent to the laboratory, a 62-seat lecture hall with advanced audio-visual systems, digital projection capability, and global internet broadcasting capabilities is the setting for clinical and didactic presentations by leading educators in the dental implant field.