Fellowship Program in Full Mouth Rehabilitation

Dr. Ali Tunkiwala

A passionate professional always striving for excellence and a dedicated teacher, Dr. Ali Tunkiwala has a Bachelors’s (BDS) Degree from Nair Hospital Dental College and a Masters’ Degree in Prosthetic Dentistry from Mumbai University (Govt. Dental College &Hosp, Mumbai, 1998). He is one of the few Accredited Members of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry having met their very stringent clinical requirements. His expertise in the field of Implant Dentistry helped him achieve the Fellow and Diplomate Status of ICOI (International Congress of Oral Implantologists) & ISOI (Indian Society of Oral Implantologists). He serves on the Editorial Board of various Journals and Periodicals in Dentistry, locally and internationally, and has several Peer-Reviewed Publications to his credit. He authored a chapter in the Book Titled, “Graftless Solutions in Implant Dentistry” and has been an Editor & Author of the Textbook titled “Partial Extraction Therapy in Implant Dentistry”. He is the director of one of the most reputed continuing dental education academies, namely “Impart Education” where is spends a large portion of his time teaching clinical restorative and implant dentistry. He maintains a state-of-the-art dental practice focusing on Implants, Aesthetic Dentistry, and Full Mouth Rehabilitation at Khar (West) in Mumbai for more than two decades.

Allow us to introduce ‘Fellowship in Full Mouth Rehabilitation’. Immaculately designed, this 1-year program is compiled in a modular format to boost your dental skills in the right direction.

Minimum qualification of B.D.S or equivalent from a recognized Institution in India or Overseas

This Fellowship Program is a One Year non-continuous, modular based course.

Module 1 : 6 days
Module 2 : 6 days
Module 3 : 6 days
Module 4 : 6 days
Module 5 : 6 days
Module 6 : 6 days
(Including Theory and Practical Exams)

January 2027 – December 2027

1.Copy of Aadhar card
2.Copy of Passport
3.Original Domicile
4.Original Birth Certificate
5.Two passport size photographs
6.Original DCI Registration Certificate
7.Original Mark sheets
8.Original Degree Certificate of BDS/MDS/Others
9.Copy of Passport of Parents (only for overseas candidates)
10.Proof of NRI Status of candidate/Parents (only for overseas candidates)
11.Transcripts (only for overseas candidates)
12.Copy of Visa (only for overseas candidates)
13.Original Acknowledgement Receipt of fees (RTGS/NEFT/DD/CHEQUE)

Start Up Protocols for FMR

Theory:

• Introduction to the course content and Flow
• Understanding the stomatognathic system
• Diagnosing Tooth Wear
• Centric Relation, Deprogramming, Centric records and other important terminology
• Concepts of Ideal Occlusion
• Understanding and completing data collection and analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Understanding role of other disciplines in FMR
• TMJ in health and disease
• Mastering Semi Adjustable Articulators
• Interocclusal records
• Facebow Records
• Mastering Photography for clinical dentistry

Hands-on:

• Examination of TMJ
• Load Test/Immobilization Test
• Understanding the Camera/Flash Systems
• Programming of Semi Adjustable Articulators

Clinical Dentistry:

• Each participant will get their upper casts mounted with facebow records and lower with CR records and study their own occlusion on semi adjustable articulators

Creating Strong Foundations in Fixed Prosthodontics

Theory:

• Fundamental of Fixed prosthodontics
• Tooth Preparation Techniques
• Techniques of making provisional restorations
• Tissue management techniques
• Occlusal Equilibration
• Periodontal procedures in FMR
• Digital Protocols for FMR
• Vertical Dimension: Decision Making
• Aesthetic Principles in FMR
• The Diagnostic Wax up

Hands-on:

• Veneer, Onlay and Full Coverage tooth preparations on Typodonts
• Making Provisional Restorations

Clinical Dentistry:

• Clinical Case Allotment for each participant
• Data Collection
• Radiography & Photography for each patient
• Taking Study Model Impressions
• Facebow Records
• Deprogramming & Centric Records
• Mounting the cases on Semi adjustable Articulator
• Categorize the case in relevant Diagnostic categories
• Write Note for Diagnostic Wax up and send work to lab
• Getting Foundation work ready for all cases
• (Endodontics, Periodontics, Exodontia/Implants for cases that require that before the 3rd Module commences)

Amalgamation of Clinical & Lab Protocols

Theory:

• Impression Procedures
• Material Selection for FMR
• Restorative design Selection
• Lab Protocols in FMR
• Advanced Digital Dentistry
• Adhesive Dentistry Protocols
• Endodontics in FMR
• Orthodontics in FMR
• Occlusal Equilibration for the natural dentition

Hands on:

• Lab protocols and material choices in FMR
• Spending a day at the Laboratory. Understanding lab protocols and equipment will allow participants to make optimum use of dental technology

Clinical Dentistry:

• Making Provisional Restorations for all clinical cases
• Equilibration & Occlusal Adjustments for all cases
• Adjunct surgical procedures if needed

Expanding Treatment Possibilities & Finishing FMR Cases

Theory:

• Implant Prosthodontics for FMR cases
• Implant Dentistry for the fully edentulous patient
• Cast Partial Dentures in FMR
• Removable Prosthodontics on Implants In FMR
• Adhesive Protocols
• Digital Protocols for Occlusion Assessment

Hands-on:

• Implant Dentistry: Impression Procedures/ Abutment Selection
• Evaluating all the lab work and table top photography

Clinical Dentistry:

• Anterior Tooth Preps
• Impressions
• Jaw Relations with Interocclusal Records
• Mounting and work authorization for the lab
• Temporization

Finishing procedures for FMR Cases

Theory:

• Controversies in FMR
• From Tooth Prep to Bonding Final Restorations.
• Full case protocols

Clinical Dentistry:

• Bonding and Delivery of Anterior Teeth
• Posterior Tooth Preps
• Impressions
• Jaw Relations with Interocclusal Records
• Mounting and work authorization for the lab
• Temporization

Finishing procedures for FMR Cases & Final Examinations

Theory:

• Recapitulation with full protocol discussion
• Presentation of all cases done by participants
• Final Q and A and Filling Knowledge gaps

Clinical Dentistry:

• Bonding all Final Restorations
• Final Occlusion Check
• Post Op Photography/ Radiography
• Impression making
• Inter-Occlusal Record making

1. Annual Examination

a. Theory examination (MCQs & Essay)
b. Practical Examination & Viva Voce

2. Clinical Log-Book Evaluation
3. Written Assignments
4. Case Presentation

For Indian Candidates, Course fees are Rs. 8,00,000/- (Rupees Eight Lakhs Only)

For Overseas and NRI Candidates, Course fees are 20,000 US Dollars