Place your first dental implant with confidence, under guided supervision.
Learn how to plan, place and restore dental implants to the highest standard.
Master Implant Program
Melbourne
100+ CPD | 5 Modules | March – October
Master Implant Program
2026 Places now Available!
5 Modules
100+ CPD
✔ A comprehensive program designed by leading experts for both beginners and those looking to build confidence in dental implants.
✔ Includes 10 days of in-person training over 12 months, plus a flexible online component.
✔ Covers five key modules: patient selection, case planning, site preparation, surgical placement, restoration, and complication management.
✔ Gain hands-on experience, including live surgery with 1:1 specialist supervision and mentorship
✔ Small class sizes ensure personalised learning
Optional Benefits:
50% off your start-up Astra Implant kit (30 Implants, motor and implant driver).
One year FREE Implant Planning License.
Dates
Online Module
Intro to Implants
Module 1
March 21 - 22
$17,845.00 $14,795.00
Payment Plans Available
Module 2
May 23 - 24
Module 3
June 13 - 14
Module 4
Aug 8 - 9
Module 5
Oct 10 - 11
Overview
Introduction to Implant Dentistry - Online
This module will provide a foundation in understanding implants as a restorative treatment. From patient assessment to learning implant armaterium and finally detailed implant planning would build the basis of this first section of the course. Specialist prosthodontist Dr Praveen Nathaniel will predominately cover this module. Dr Matthew Youssef will also add on general practitioner material.
Module 1: Implant Restorative Principles
This module will provide a foundation in understanding implants as a restorative treatment. From patient assessment to learning implant armaterium and finally detailed implant planning would build the basis of this first section of the course. Specialist prosthodontist Dr Praveen Nathaniel will predominately cover this module. Dr Matthew Youssef will also add on general practitioner material.
Topics covered will include:
Implant treatment options and the scope for general practitioners
Case selection in terms of restorative, surgical and patient factors
Prosthodontic pre-surgical assessment for restoratively driven implant placement
Implant componentry
Implant impressions with a hands-on workshop
Use of surgical guides
Digital impression taking; its role, accuracy, devices and techniques, and an introduction to Digital Smile Design
Module 2: Implant Surgery Principles
This module will run through pre-surgery patient assessments, extraction, implant placement procedure and further into hands-on workshops for first hand training on implant surgery. It aims to enhance the pre-surgery planning required for implant placement including important soft tissue considerations. Lecturers include Prosthodontist Dr Praveen Nathaniel and Periodontist Dr Luan Ngo.
Topics include:
Initial examination and patient risk assessment – primarily focussing on identifying risk factors for early and/or late surgical complications
Tooth extraction – understanding the atrophy post- extraction and methods to preserving bone ridge
Rules for restoratively driven implant placement and appropriate site preparation
Familiarisation with surgical armamentarium, flap design techniques and drilling protocols
Flap design and wound closures techniques to enhance soft tissue healing
Hands-on flap design surgery experience on pig jaws
Module 3: Advanced Restorative Implant Dentistry
The previous module outlined the base of implant dentistry while this module will dive deeper into clinical considerations of implant components, implant bone adaptation as well as the restorative prosthodontic phases.These topics will be provided by: Dr Praveen Nathaniel (Prosthodontist), Dr Luan Ngo (Periodontist) and Dr Matthew Youssef.
Topics will include:
Informed consent, important record keeping, and surgical setup
Restorative considerations including; methods of crown attachment and abutment selection
Assessing and planning for an edentulous patient
Occlusion principles – process of examining and identifying key red-flags
Multi-unit restorative principles including; overdentures and implant bridges – practical component on capturing multi-unit abutments during impression taking
Restorative complications and management
Surgical considerations for anterior and posterior implants
Importance of osseointegration – testing for its success
Module 4: Grafting Principles and Anterior Implant Placement
This final module prior to the live surgery will elaborate on previous modules; improving knowledge on implant placement and refining the clinician’s skill level. Lectures will be provided by Dr Praveen Nathaniel (Prosthodontist), Dr Luan Ngo (Periodontist) and Dr Matthew Youssef.
Topics to be covered are:
Restorative and surgical crown considerations; including the importance of bone and soft tissue to frame the implant crown
Implant surgical kit familiarisation and protocols
Biological complications: peri-implantitis and peri-mucositis, its aetiology and management
Principles of grafting including; techniques and protocols
Hands-on practice of flap design, ridge preservation, grafting, implant placement and suturing on pig jaws
Module 5: Live surgery under 1:1 specialist supervision
This final module will revolve around the live surgery, in which has been acknowledged by all practitioners to be the best hands-on clinical experience.
Four hours will be dedicated for each student to surgically place an implant in their own patient under supervision. Students are also encouraged to provide and discuss case presentations at this stage in preparation for the live surgery module. Surgical guidance will be given by Dr Luan Ngo and Dr Cindy Nguyen (Periodontists), Dr Praveen Nathaniel (Prosthodontist).
Lecturers
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Dr. Praveen Nathaniel
Prosthodontist
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Dr. Luan Ngo
Periodontist
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Dr. Cindy Nguyen
Periodontist
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Dr. Matthew Youssef
PG Dip Implantology
Testimonials
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The best thing about this course is the hands-on components where you get to do suturing on pigs heads and extractions on a real patient. Because the student cohorts are small, it really enables you to get more one-on-one attention with the tutors, pick up tips and tricks, and identify small errors that you might be making and correct them straight away
★★★★★
Dr. Aarushi Joshi -
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The experience definitely made me really confident to get started on the simpler cases of the implants and I feel confident to do it in a safe, predictable way.
★★★★★
Dr. Diluni Perera -
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Before ARIA course I would not know where to start my implant education Previously I had attended other basic implant courses. Afterwards I was still hesitant about placing implants as I wasn’t confident. I couldn’t picture myself performing the procedure from start to finish.
★★★★★
Dr. Daniel -
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My implant restoration and surgery skills have improved a lot. I feel like I can provide a better clinical outcome for my patients after attending the program. I am really happy with the course and would recommend it to my peers. My implant restoration and surgery skills have improved a lot. I feel like I can provide a better clinical outcome for my patients after attending the program. I am really happy with the course and would recommend it to my peers.
★★★★★
Dr. Angela Rigo -
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Caliber is the word that I’m looking for. From the tutors to the pig’s head practicals, I found the course is incredibly well resourced There’s been a lot of discussions and opportunities to ask questions. The clinical educators were incredibly helpful. This really put my mind at ease with regards to the challenges ahead this implant program. I have enjoyed the course thoroughly and definitely would recommend it to my colleagues
★★★★★
Dr. Wynton Perrot -
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Theory component was very comprehensive, and now the practical component is so good because it is a small group of people. It’s such a supportive, nice tight-knit learning environment. I feel comfortable taking these things that I’ve learnt and implementing them in my practice because I’ve done it before now, and with the guidance of a specialist. I feel very comfortable asking questions and making sure that I fully understand the content being taught… that is massive… you can’t put a price on that
★★★★★
Dr. Haya Awni
