Duration: 12 months

Begin: 01.04.2026
End: 31.03.2027

Preconditons: Valid Dental License

Course director:
Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult Ulrich Joos, FRCS, FDSRCS
Prof. Dr. med. dent. T. Weischer, MOM, M.Sc.
Prof. Dr. Mazen Tamimi, BDS, MSc, PhD

Project Manager and Curriculum Coordinator:
Ahmed Al-Ghussein, DMD, MOM, M.Sc., MFDS RCPS
Mahmoud Al-Ghussein, DMD, MOM, M.Sc., MFDS RCPS

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Fee: 8.500,-€

Payment Option: The tuition fee can be paid in instalments. An invoice will be issued to the participant for each instalment due.

Final Certificate: Curriculum in Implantology
Issued by: International Medical College, University Duisburg-Essen, German Surgical Foundation, and Tamimi Academy, Proof of Verification of 200 CE from ADA CERP

Basics of general and oral medicine

• Lesson 1: medical history, emergency medicine, medically compromised patients, antibiotics, analgetics
• Lesson 2: pre-operative medication, local anaesthetics, general anaesthesia

Basics in oral surgery

• Lesson 1: surgical suturing and related instruments
• Lesson 2: tooth extraction, displacement, complications in dentoalveolar surgery

Specialization implantology

• Lesson 1: implants, diagnosis and planning, implant prosthodontics, general operation principles
• Lesson 2:
  • materials for bone substitution and augmentation
    • introduction and terminology
    • alloplastic bone implants and bone-substitution materials
    • platelet-rich plasma
  • bone harvesting and processing
    • basics
    • donor site: head-neck area
  • augmentation and onlay grafting
    • secondary implantation following bone augmentation
• Lesson 3:
  • principles of displacement and condensation
    • sinus lift
    • condensation techniques
    • nerve lateralization
  • guided bone regeneration (GBR)
    • guided bone regeneration
    • implantation with simultaneous local bone augmentation
  • soft-tissue management
    • overview
    • soft-tissue augmentation
    • preservation of bone during extraction
    • free connective tissue graft with envelope technique
    • pre-prosthodontic surgery
    • surgical exposure

All IMC online lectures are conducted using the Zoom conference system. In most cases, these are recorded and can be reviewed again during the course of your studies.

Date	Title	Lecturer
TBA	Welcome Tooth extraction Tamimi Academy	Prof. U. Joos / Dr. U. Wegmann Prof. U. Joos
TBA	Implantology basics I	Prof. U. Joos
TBA	Implantology basics II	Prof. U. Joos
TBA	Incision techniques	Prof. U. Joos
TBA	Decision making and treatment strategies in periodontics (part I)	Prof. T. Beikler
TBA	Decision making and treatment strategies in periodontics (part II)	Prof. T. Beikler
TBA	Complications in implantology	Prof. T. Weischer
TBA	Treatment of bone defects and bone replacement materials	Prof. U. Joos
TBA	Immediate Loading Protocols	Prof. Dr. Mazen Tamimi
TBA	Treatment of Severely Atrophied Mandible	Prof. Dr. Mazen Tamimi
TBA	Basics in surgical and prosthetic implantology	Prof. T. Weischer
TBA	Complication of local anaesthetica	Prof. A. Hemprich
TBA	Tooth versus implant	Prof. U. Joos
TBA	Radiology in implantology and oral surgery	Prof. T. Weischer
TBA	Peri-implant inflammation: etiology, diagnosis, treatment	Prof. T. Weischer
TBA	Difficulties in implant prosthetics - complications in prosthetic implantology	Prof. T. Weischer
TBA	Implants in compromised patients	Prof. T. Weischer
TBA	Complications in surgical implantology	Prof. T. Weischer
TBA	Explantation-when indicated, how to do	Prof. T. Weischer

Please note that changes to the times and names of lecturers listed in the Online-live-Lectures section are possible.

Face to Face Lectures:

Title	Place	Date and time	Lecturer
Basic Module: Implant insertion on plastic models and Suturing Techniques	Dubai, UAE Florida, USA Mississauga, Canada Munster, Germany	TBA TBA TBA TBA	Prof. Dr. Mazen Tamimi
Advanced Module: Bone Splitting Techniques, Sinus Lifting, Nerve Transpositioning on sheep heads and animal or plastic models	Dubai, UAE Florida, USA Mississauga, Canada Munster, Germany	TBA TBA TBA TBA	Prof. Dr. Mazen Tamimi

Clinical Training:

Title	Place	Date and time	Lecturer
Live Surgeries on Real Patients (3 – 5 Implants)	GDIC, Amman, Jordan GDIC, Amman, Jordan   Mexico City, Mexico	TBA It can be conducted one to one clinical training TBA	Prof. Dr. Mazen Tamimi

Regarding the organization of the practical and clinical training, we need at least 8 - 10 participants in each location to conduct the training there. Therefore, the final locations will be confirmed by the organizing team based on the number of registrations.

Please note that changes to the times and names of lecturers listed in the Online-live-Lectures section are possible.

Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr.h.c. mult. Ulrich Joos, FRCS, FDSRCS
Seniorprofessor University Duisburg-Essen
Scientific Director International Medical College (IMC)
Director em. University Hospital for Oral- and Maxillo-facial Surgery University Münster

Dr. med. Robert Schuon
ENT Specialist University Hannover
MVZ Kopfzentrum Duisburg
Fahrner Straße 133, 47169 Duisburg

Prof. Dr. med. dent. T. Weischer, MOM, M.Sc.
Vice Director IMC
Director Implantcenter Kliniken Essen-Mitte
Hospital for Oral- and Maxillo-facial Surgery
Henricistr. 92, 45136 Essen

Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Beikler
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg
Klinikdirektor der Poliklinik für Parodontologie Präventive Zahnmedizin und Zahnerhaltung

Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexander Hemprich
Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR
Department für Kopf- und Zahnmedizin
Universitätszahnmedizin
Direktor der Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund- Kiefer- und Plastische Gesichtschirurgie

Prof. Dr. Mazen Tamimi, BDS, MSc, PhD
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of IMC
Duisburg-Essen University
President of Tamimi Academy
President of IBOI
President of GDIC

Dr. Ahmed Al-Ghussein, MOM, M.Sc., MFDS RCPS
Faculty Staff at the International Medical College - University of Duisburg-Essen
Specialist in Oral Surgery
Master of Oral Medicine in Implantology
Master of Science in Implantology and Dental Surgery

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Ghussein, MOM, M.Sc., MFDS RCPS
Faculty Staff at the International Medical College - University of Duisburg-Essen
Specialist in Oral Surgery
Master of Oral Medicine in Implantology
Master of Science in Implantology and Dental Surgery

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