Rick Ferguson D.M.D.         
  Education:   

BS  University of Florida 1989

DMD University of Florida 1993

Residency  University of Miami/Jackson Memorial  Hospital

Implant training University of Miami                    

Professional and Teaching Experience: 

Private practice FL since 1993                                          

Visiting faculty University of Miami General Practice Residency 1994 -1998

Instructor – Hands on Advanced Bone Grafting with Cadavers 1994 - 2007

Co-Director of numerous Implant Training Programs    2002-2007

Director of Implant Educators Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Implant Training Program

Visiting Lecturer University of Miami

 

Professional Organization Involvement and Awards: 

Fellow and Diplomate -The International College of  Oral Implantologists

Member American Academy of Implant Dentistry

Member Academy of General Dentistry

Dr Ferguson has been involved in teaching implant dentistry for the last 14 years and has lectured in every major city in the United States as well as internationally in Saudi Arabia, India, Argentina, Jamaica and Antigua. These lecture topics have included treatment planning, case selection, simple and complex surgical placement and restoration, advanced bone grafting and bone graft materials, use of Computed Tomography and surgical guides, hygienic maintenance, management of complications and failures.  Dr. Ferguson has placed and restored over 3,500 dental implants and maintains a private practice with his wife Dr. Katherine Ferguson in Pembroke Pines, FL emphasizing dental implants and where they also teach a live surgery course. Dr. Ferguson has mentored over 100 doctors on all phases of implant dentistry by traveling to their offices to give them and their staff personalized training. This training has included sedation techniques, sterile protocol, patient management etc.  Dr. Ferguson has been instrumental in implementing implant training programs and hands on bone grafting courses which have been attended by thousands of dentists.

   
  Description of Presentation
   First Day
   Introduction to Dental Implants - Overview
   Brief history, Basic Science of Osseointegration, Medical guidelines,
   Treatment Planning, Treatment options, Socket Grafting for Site
   Preparation, Surgical Guidelines, Basics of flap design.
   Evening Treatment Planning Session of course Patricipant's cases

 Second Day
   Quiz, Case review, Implant System Familiarization, Hands on model
   surgery,  Discussions, Question and Answer