IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy

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It is our approach to education that really sets IDEA apart. This fully integrated training delivers high quality skills, which immediately upgrade your office and patient care.

Discover the wealth of expertise at IDEA. Our world-renowned instructors discuss their area of excellence with the small group of 16 participants in an interactive forum. The procedures and techniques are then demonstrated, when appropriate, on live patients.

Experience intense Hands-On training in IDEA’s state-of-the-art simulation laboratory. Our innovative courses meet the specific needs of all dental professionals. And this enables them to return to their office with a high confidence in the newly developed skills.

Our goal – to empower you and drive your practice forward.

Learn, explore, enjoy, live. In addition, our sophisticated programs are designed to provide a relaxed environment for one-on-one conversations with our internationally respected faculty. During meals and evening social time, participants discuss practice styles, philosophies, techniques, and treatment planning of their difficult cases with both faculty and peers from around the world.

IDEA cares. IDEA training programs go far beyond course activity. Participants only book their flight and we take care of the rest.

And very important. IDEA is privately owned. We pay all of the IDEA instructor honorariums. IDEA is a ‘pure teaching’ educational acdemy. We are independent.

In a very short time, high-level dentistry all around the world has recognized and respects the uniqueness of IDEA.

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  • 1291 East Hillsdale Boulevard
    94404 Foster City CA
  • Tel : 001 650 578 9495
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  • <p>This interactive hands-on course is featuring all aspects of tooth wear treatments, implementing sequentially preventive, interceptive &amp; restorative strategies.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Apr
    09

    2025

    Interceptive Treatment of Tooth Wear with Minimally Invas...

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  • <p>This course will be an interactive <a href="https://www.ideausa.net/faculty/ken-hovden/" rel="nofollow">hands-on experience</a> for all practit­ioners wishing to upgrade their skills in <a href="https://www.ideausa.net/faculty/charles-khoury/" rel="nofollow">autogenous bone grafting</a> procedures and management of soft tissue covering all aspects from simple to complex treatment.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Apr
    26

    2025

    Current Concepts in Bone Grafting and Accelerated Implant...

    San Francisco, CA
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  • <p>This interactive course powered by intense hands-on training and video demonstrations aims at clinicians wishing to upgrade their skills in the application of periodontal regenerative surgery around teeth and implants. This course consists of an integrated approach to build up and extend the skills of the practicing dentist in the area of contemporary periodontal regenerative surgery, microsurgery and minimally invasive surgery.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Sep
    23

    2025

    Periodontal Regeneration around Compromised Teeth and Imp...

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>Whether you own a dental microscope or are contemplating purchasing one, this dental microscope course will immediately get you ready to incorporate the dental microscope into your practice routine.<br><br>If you already own a dental microscope, this course will aid the transition from it being an ornament to becoming an essential tool of your dental practice.<br><br>This hands-on course is a great opportunity for you to upgrade your clinical skills in different restorative techniques in cosmetic dentistry at the same time while getting proficient with the microscope.<br><br>A well-versed course in using the scope as well as practicing cosmetic dentistry. This course will help you to implement a comprehensive use of the microscope and gives you a solid foundation and lots of confidence in practicing with it.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Nov
    01

    2024

    The Dental Microscope

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>This dental course on bonded posterior restorations features all aspects of tooth-colored direct and indirect restorative protocols as well as the specific aspects of bio-mechanically fragilized teeth, like cracked teeth and non-vital teeth.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Oct
    23

    2024

    Esthetic Posterior Restorations: Function, Biomechanics, ...

    San Francisco, CA
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  • <p>This advanced grafting course focuses on implant surgical procedures for hard- and soft tissue enhancement around implants in the esthetic area. You will learn techniques for site preservation and optimization with minimally invasive grafting procedures utilizing autogenous tissues and their biologic superiority.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Oct
    07

    2024

    Implant Surgical Procedures

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>This occlusion course covers the understanding of Occlusion, Function, and TMJ, and their relevance in diagnosis and treatment planning. It leads to comprehensive dentistry and predictable and long-term stable treatment outcomes.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Sep
    20

    2024

    Modern Occlusion of the 21st Century

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>This occlusion course covers the understanding of Occlusion, Function, and TMJ, and their relevance in diagnosis and treatment planning. It leads to comprehensive dentistry and predictable and long-term stable treatment outcomes.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Sep
    20

    2024

    Modern Occlusion of the 21st Century

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>In the past, more attractive smiles, improved dental es­thetics and durable results have been directly linked to ceramic veneers and crowns. Modern composite resin technology has challenged this assumption and is becoming the favorable choice of treatment for anterior teeth.<br><br>Moreover, direct com­posite restorations allow for minimally invasive or no preparation at all when mo­difying existing tooth anatomy or replacing decayed tissues; this constitutes an unparalleled advantage of “free-hand bond­ing”.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Jul
    31

    2024

    Advanced Direct Bonding in the Smile Frame

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>In the past, more attractive smiles, improved dental es­thetics and durable results have been directly linked to ceramic veneers and crowns. Modern composite resin technology has challenged this assumption and is becoming the favorable choice of treatment for anterior teeth.<br><br>Moreover, direct com­posite restorations allow for minimally invasive or no preparation at all when mo­difying existing tooth anatomy or replacing decayed tissues; this constitutes an unparalleled advantage of “free-hand bond­ing”.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Jul
    31

    2024

    Advanced Direct Bonding in the Smile Frame

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>Advanced implant placement is a very successful treatment option when certain parameters are respected. However, insufficient peri-implant tissues or unexpected conditions during implant placement will result in compromised outcomes, failing osteointegration, or delayed peri-implantitis.<br><br>Charles Khoury will teach you the clinical skills for the entire implant spectrum, and all relevant subjects in the state-of-the art of surgical and prosthetic protocols will be addressed in lecture, demonstration and hand-on.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Jul
    17

    2024

    Implant Dentistry

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>Modern implant dentistry is evolving into more sophisticated techniques. The newer treatment goals intend to be less invasive to patients and tissues, to achieve tissue preservation over collapse, to reduce the amount of implant surgical procedures, and to reduce cost of implant treatment.<br><br>In this consideration, the concepts of immediate implant placement in post-extraction sockets play a center role. But when the extraction site shows significant compromises, like bone loss or inflammation, these cases become risky to treat, especially in the esthetic zone.<br><br>Single-tooth replacement is a common indication for dental implant placement. Compromised teeth are removed using atraumatic principles and in the esthetic area immediately replaced by an implant-supported provisional resulting in excellent esthetic.</p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Jul
    10

    2024

    Immediate Dentoalveolar Restoration

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>In modern dentistry, orthodontics has become inseparably linked to restorative dentistry, prosthetics, and periodontics to facilitate the treatment condition of these disciplines. At the same time there is a significant increase in dysfunctional patients consulting dental practices and presenting deteriorating dentitions, failing dental treatment, or developing severe physical symptoms.<br><br>These patients are looking for dentists who are able to provide answers and treatment options for the dysfunctional condition of their teeth and jaws. Under this aspect, Orthodontics in the “Sato way” stands out as a fundamental concept for the general and orthodontic practice to treat dysfunctional patients and to achieve predictably functional stable treatment outcomes in all patients.</p> <p>3-Year Program in Craniomandibular Orthodontics and Functional Occlusion: The Modern Approach to any kind of Malocclusion, Dysfunction and Airway</p> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>2024-2026: Starts May 15 – 18, June 19 – 22, September 11 – 14, December 4 – 7Continues every Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec; 2025-26 TBD</strong></p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    May
    15

    2024

    Non Extraction Non Orthognathic Surgery Orthodontics

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>Dr. Kraemer’s and Prof. Sato’s Occlusion Program is your best option to learn excellence in both functional and esthetic dentistry.<br><br>This Program will teach you Modern Occlusion Concepts and Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Dentistry. It covers everything from Occlusion, Function, TMD, Diagnosis, Treatment Planning, and Initial therapy, including an understanding for stable Orthodontics. It will be an eye-opening experience about the complexity of the masticatory organ and the responsibility which it imposes on dentists and orthodontists.</p> <p></p> <p><strong>Continuum 2024: May 15 - 18, June 19 – 22, September 11 – 14, December 4 - 7</strong></p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    May
    15

    2024

    Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Interdisciplinary Den...

    San Francisco, CA
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    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Aug
    28

    2017

    Esthetic Surgery around Teeth and Implants

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p></p><p></p><p><b>Excellence and Innovations in Composites: Direct Anterior Techniques and the "No-Prep" Ultra-Conservative Treatment of Anterior and Posterior Tooth Wear<br></b></p><p><b>Reasons to join this course: </b></p><p>This interactive hands-on course is featuring the state-of-the-art on all aspects of direct composite in the smile frame. Participants will also learn innovative protocols to rebuild the worn dentition to manage abrasions and erosion cases with a very minimally invasive approach.</p><p><b>Participants will learn</b></p><p></p><ul><li>    Free-hand bonding – the primary treatment option for anterior teeth<br></li><li>    Perfect understanding of shading concept and optical properties <br></li><li>    Conservative, biological, and esthetic solutions to many problems<br></li><li>    Diastema closure, peg lateral build-up, large class IV, large form corrections<br></li><li>    Nonorthodontic correction of minor tooth malposition<br></li><li>    Establishing  lateral guidance on worn down canines<br></li></ul><p></p><p><b>The benefit for you</b></p><p></p><ul><li>    Overcome the drawbacks in composites related to former systems and methods<br></li><li>    Learn the "Natural Layering Concept" &amp;  appropriate selection of composite brands<br></li><li>    Learn how to use the potential of direct techniques in the smile frame<br></li><li>    Learn the mock-up and wax-up techniques in more complex situations <br></li><li>    Achieve predictably outstanding natural and most esthetic results<br></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Raise your anterior esthetic treatment to the highest level. </b></p><p><b>Explore, enjoy and take this course</b></p><p></p><ul><li>    Interceptive treatment of abrasions and erosion - diagnosis of early signs<br></li><li>    Create a new occlusal scheme and vertical dimension<br></li><li>    Smile line and aesthetics in different degrees of toothe wear<br></li><li>    Different treatment options accroding to the tooth wear extend<br></li></ul><p></p><br><p></p>
    • Redwood City, CA
    • 223 Twin Dolphin Drive
      United States
    Jul
    18

    2017

    Excellence and Innovations in Composites

    Redwood City, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy
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  • <p>Current Concepts in Bone Grafting and Accelerated Implant Treatment: From Minimally Invasive Augmentation to Advanced Surgical Procedures with Autogenous Bone and Soft Tissue Management<br></p>
    • San Francisco, CA
    • United States
    Apr
    28

    2017

    Current Concepts in Bone Grafting and Accelerated Implant...

    San Francisco, CA
    IDEA Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy