The
Implant
Evolution
Summit
The Future of Implant Dentistry Starts Here
Hear From Dr. Kent Hamilton, DDS
In his own words, Dr. Hamilton shares why The Implant Evolution Summit is worth stepping away from your practice for three days - and what changes when implant success becomes a system, not just a technique.
IncreaseImplant Success.IncreasePatient Flow.IncreaseProfitability.
The most successful implant practices are not built on surgical technique alone. They are built on systems.
Structured protocols create better patient experiences and stronger clinical outcomes. When treatment becomes more predictable, practices spend less time managing complications and more time serving patients.
Why Attend?
Every Complication
Has a Cost.
Every failed graft, delayed healing response, inaccurate diagnosis, inefficient workflow, or poorly optimized patient creates lost time, lost production, and unnecessary stress on the practice.
The Implant Evolution Summit focuses on the methods and protocols that help clinicians:
The result is a practice that operates more efficiently, produces more predictable outcomes, and creates greater long-term value for both patients and providers.
Improve Treatment Predictability
Reduce Complications & Variability
Increase Clinical Efficiency
Better Leverage Technology & Diagnostics
Improve Patient Experiences & Outcomes
Create Greater Consistency Across Procedures
Increase Capacity Without Increasing Chair Time
Strengthen Patient Trust & Referrals
Build a More Valuable Implant-Focused Practice
Your Registration Includes
CE Credits
Continuing Education credits for the full summit experience.
4-Night Stay
The Historic Gunter Hotel — San Antonio Riverwalk
311 N St Mary's St, San Antonio, TX 78205
Exclusive Attendee Goody Bag
Certified Clinician Status
Referral Network Participation
Targeted virtual marketing campaign within a 20-mile radius.
Summit Learning Topics
Attendees will be introduced to proven protocols, innovative technologies, and practical methods designed to improve clinical outcomes and support long-term practice success.
PRF & Biologic Enhancement Protocols
Bone Grafting Concepts & Regeneration
Hard & Soft Tissue Management Principles
Suturing Techniques & Wound Management
Plasma Treatment Technologies
Wellness Testing & Patient Optimization
CBCT Utilization & Treatment Planning Workflows
Implant Biology & Healing Science
Advanced Drill Technologies to Reduce Thermal Trauma
Clinical Protocols that Improve Consistency & Reduce Complications
Who You'll Meet
DR. JOSEPH
CHOUKROUN, MD
DR. NILO
HERNANDEZ
DR. MARCUS
ABBOUD
DAVE VIGERUST,
MS, PHD.
TIM
TODAK
JESSICA
SHIVERS, MBA, CRDH
DR. DEAN
VAFIADIS
Three Day
Agenda
A comprehensive, science-driven experience designed to elevate your implant practice through biology, technology, and clinical methodology.
The Science of Predictable Regeneration
Presented By: Dr. Joseph Choukroun, MD
Day One focuses on the biological principles that drive successful healing, tissue regeneration, and long-term implant outcomes.
Topics Include
- The latest advancements in PRF and the PRF Ocean Protocol
- Blood collection and preparation protocols for predictable results
- Socket preservation and soft tissue enhancement
- Guided open-wound healing techniques
- Immediate implant protocols in compromised soft tissue cases
- PRF applications for sinus augmentation and bone grafting
- Strategies to accelerate healing while minimizing surgical stress
- Clinical applications for clot, membrane, plug, patch, and punched PRF preparations
Building the Foundation for Long-Term Implant Success
Presented By: Dr. Joseph Choukroun, MD
Topics Include
- Osteoimmunology and the relationship between immunity and bone formation
- The immune response to biomaterials
- Bone grafting principles and graft material selection
- Sticky Bone preparation and clinical applications
- Advanced suturing techniques to improve healing and reduce ischemia
- Prevention and management of peri-implant bone loss
- Peri-implantitis as an immune-mediated disease
- Inflammatory index testing and patient risk assessment
- Wellness screening and biologic profiling for treatment planning
Hands-On Training & Clinical Demonstrations
Topics Include
- Phlebotomy techniques
- Soft tissue management techniques
- PRF preparation protocols
- Advanced suturing methods
- Sticky Bone preparation and placement
- Flap release protocols and wound management
Creating Predictable Regenerative Outcomes
Presented By: Dr. Marcus Abboud
Successful implant outcomes depend on the quality, volume, and stability of both hard and soft tissues.
Topics Include
- Horizontal and vertical bone augmentation principles
- Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) concepts and applications
- Block grafting and split-bone augmentation techniques
- Soft tissue augmentation and volume management
- Management of hard and soft tissue deficiencies around implants
- Re-establishing soft tissue architecture following augmentation
- Biological principles that support regeneration and healing
- Selecting regenerative materials for specific clinical situations
- Contraindications and complication management
- Creating stable, aesthetic, long-term implant outcomes
Digital Implant Restorations: A New Era
Presented By: Dr. Dean Vafiadis
Join internationally recognized prosthodontist and educator Dr. Dean Vafiadis, founder of the New York Smile Institute and Clinical Associate Professor at NYU College of Dentistry, for an advanced workshop on the latest innovations in digital implant restorations. This session explores how facial scanning, photogrammetry, and digital smile design are transforming implant dentistry, enabling clinicians to achieve precise implant positioning, exceptional esthetics, predictable occlusion, and an ideal restorative outcome for full-mouth rehabilitation and implant cases.
Regenerative Technologies
Presented By: Purgo Regenerative Technologies
An overview of regenerative materials and technologies that support predictable healing, tissue preservation, and long-term implant success.
Plasma Technologies & Patient Optimization
Presented By: Dr. Nilo Hernandez
Exploring the relationship between systemic health, pre-treatment testing, and emerging technologies that improve treatment predictability and long-term patient outcomes.
Wellness Testing & Patient Optimization Strategies
Presented By: Dave Vigerust, MS, PhD
Understanding how systemic health, inflammation, and wellness metrics influence healing, treatment outcomes, and long-term implant success.
Topics Include
- Pre-treatment wellness assessment protocols
- Evaluation and interpretation of inflammatory markers
- Patient optimization strategies prior to treatment
- Identifying systemic risk factors that may impact healing
- The relationship between overall health and treatment predictability
Building Predictability Through Advanced Diagnostics
Presented By: Tim Todak
Successful implant outcomes depend on the quality, volume, and stability of both hard and soft tissues.
Topics Include
- CBCT technology, terminology, and image acquisition
- Clinical applications of CBCT in implant dentistry
- Integrating CBCT into everyday treatment planning
- Identification of key anatomical structures and clinical considerations
- Radiologic responsibilities and risk management
- Improving diagnostic accuracy and case selection
- Leveraging advanced imaging to improve patient outcomes
- Selecting the right CBCT technology for your practice
Practice Growth & Treatment Acceptance
Presented By: Jessica Shivers, MBA, CRDH
Director of Training – Enterprise, The Closing Institute
With 18 years of clinical dental experience, Jessica Shivers specializes in helping practices communicate and deliver high-value treatment with confidence. She has led national training initiatives for some of the industry's leading full-arch organizations, combining Lean Six Sigma process optimization with evidence-based communication strategies to improve efficiency, elevate the patient experience, and increase treatment acceptance.
Certification &
Referral Network
More importantly, attendees will leave with practical protocols and techniques that can be implemented immediately to improve efficiency, increase predictability, reduce costly complications, enhance patient satisfaction, strengthen referrals, and create a more profitable implant-focused practice.
Upon completion, attendees receive:
Certified Clinician Status
Recognition of completed training across biologics, regeneration, and full-arch procedures.
Eligibility for Referral Network Participation
Certified Clinicians unlock access to Ritter's patient referral engine.
Referral Network
Participation
Participating providers benefit from targeted patient outreach designed to increase awareness and generate qualified leads within their local market.
We maintain data on potential patients within your service area and cast a virtual marketing net within a 20-mile radius of your practice.
Targeted campaigns are designed to
The Goal is Simple:
Help Qualified Patients
Find Qualified Clinicians.
Targeted
Marketing
Qualified
Patients
Certified
Providers
Practice
Growth
