3D Implant Institute
with Dr. Mike Tran
Implants · Beginner, Intermediate · Hands-on, Lecture · Date 2026-12-09 · 32 CE credits · $24,997
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3D Implant Institute runs a four day live patient surgical course in Tijuana, Mexico, built so dentists at different stages can place implants on real patients under close mentorship. Participants choose a beginner, intermediate, or All on X track, and patients arrive with records, including CBCT, already prepared.
What makes the experience different:
- Learn from practicing dentists including cofounder Dr. Mike Tran, a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists who completed an AEGD residency at UTHealth Houston, and Dr. Hardeek Patel, a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology.
- Train in beginner and intermediate cohorts of 14 chairs with 2:1 or 1:1 mentorship, or in All on X with one doctor per chair and a licensed implant mentor beside each participant.
- Place implants without a fixed cap in the beginner and intermediate tracks. The institute reports past participants placing 12 to 18 implants, and more experienced doctors up to 30.
- In the All on X track, complete at least one maxillary and one mandibular arch with immediate loading.
- Treat patients who are restored afterward at the same clinic by its dentists and prosthodontists, with implants, grafts, and surgical materials included.
- Keep access to instructors for case review through the alumni community, along with decision trees and forms for bringing implants into your practice.
Best practical takeaways:
- Flap design, releasing incisions, and atraumatic extraction
- Socket and horizontal grafting for routine implant sites
- Anterior and posterior immediate implants
- Sinus approaches, ridge split, and vertical and horizontal grafting at the intermediate level
- Full arch treatment planning, alveoloplasty, and angled and palatal placements
- Immediate loading with digital records, Exocad design, and 3D printed provisionals
- Occlusion management for full arch cases
Clinical distinction: 3D Implant Institute is not a lecture based implant overview or a model course. Its value is concentrated surgical time on prepared patients, with track matched cases, close mentorship, included materials, and alumni case support working together so dentists return home with completed cases behind them rather than theory alone.
Best for: dentists who want live patient implant experience matched to their current level, from those new to implant surgery to experienced clinicians moving into full arch. The tracks have real prerequisites: beginners should know oral surgery principles, exodontia, and surgical anatomy, while All on X candidates should be comfortable with CBCT planning software, immediate implants, sinus anatomy, and vertical dimension. Choosing the track that fits your experience is the key decision, and the course requires travel to Tijuana.