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Unlike traditional bone drilling, Osseodensification does not excavate bone tissue. Rather bone tissue is simultaneously compacted and auto-grafted. This supplements the basic bone compression effect, creating a densified crust along the entire depth of the osteotomy. Osseodensification may allow the versatility of gently autografting the maxillary sinus, and efficiently expand any ridge in either jaw, while enhancing implant stability. The lecture will clarify the relationship between implant design, bone density and surgical technique and their effects on the implant primary and secondary stability. By modifying the surgical procedures and using specifically designed densifying burs, we may improve not only the implant primary, but also its secondary stability. The lecture will present the biomechanical, histological and clinical evidence of this novel procedure and its clinical versatility.

1. Internal Structure of the jaws: cancellous vs. compact - what does it means from the ridge expansion viewpoint;
2. Implant stability what does it mean biomechanically and histologically (BIC, Bone volume;
3. What is the effect of insertion torque and how does it change the bone structure;
4. The effect of insertion torque on primary stability;
5. Implant micro-motion and its clinical significance
6. Effect of high insertion torque on implant healing histologically and mechanically;
7. The reverse torque and secondary micro-mobility;
8. The concept of secondary Micromotion; and
9. Osseodensification technique and its clinical versatility including Ridge Expansion, Guided Expansion Grafting, and Maxillary Sinus Autografting.