As a result of completing this course, participants should be able to:

- Treatment plan and select patients for Zygomatic, Pterygoid, and Patient Specific Implants.

- Assess the need for rehabilitation of the atrophic maxilla.

- Discuss anatomical and x-ray interpretation connected with the placement of zygomatic, pterygoid, and patient specific implants.

- Discuss the surgical protocol for conventional and extra-maxillary placement of zygomatic dental implants.

- Discuss digital restorations, intraoral scans, photogrammetry, and related laboratory work.

- Review common pitfalls and complications related to zygomatic, pterygoid, and patient specific implants.

Biography

Vishtasb Broumand, DMD, MD is a graduate of both the University of Miami Oral and Maxillofacial residency and subsequently completed the Robert Marx Head and Neck tumor and reconstructive surgery fellowship with a special interest in Maxillofacial Reconstruction in 2005. He served as Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Miami until 2014 and now has a full-time private practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Desert Ridge Oral Surgery Institute. He also serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Arizona, Banner University Medical Center.

He is the editor for “Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics”, and the editor for the “Clinics of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery” for three volumes from 2025 through 2026, on the topic of Implant Solutions for Complex Cases: Graftless Solutions, Solutions with Grafting and Digital Workflows to be published by Elsevier Inc.

He devotes most of his clinical practice to the comprehensive treatment of patients with missing teeth using Zygomatic, Pterygoid, Patient Specific and Conventional dental implants with the latest digital workflow and technology. He also has a special interest and expertise in the "Jaw in a Day" procedure. In 2018 he founded an advanced dental implant training center, "Total Dental Implant Solutions" in Phoenix, AZ.  He has trained close to 500 surgeons during live one-on-one surgery courses in the USA and overseas on Zygomatic, Pterygoid, Trans-Nasal, Trans-Palatal, Patient Specific and conventional Full Arch Dental Implants and teaches all attendees his digital workflow as well at his training facility, the Desert Ridge Oral Surgery Institute in Phoenix, AZ.

1. The participants will learn about the different types of bony and soft tissue reconstruction options and understand the UIC reconstruction philosophy.

2. The participants will learn about nerve reconstruction including why allogenic nerves are preferred and the benefits of immediate reconstruction.

3. The participants will learn the indications and contraindications to immediate dental reconstruction.