Montana AGD Implant Symposium
February 26, 2026 @ 8:00 am - February 28, 2026 @ 5:00 pm
$500.00 – $800.00
Learn new skills or enhance your surgical and restorative skills, all levels of experience welcome
Three days, six lectures to choose from. All lectures will have hands on training. Bring the family and enjoy soaking in the hot springs, swimming in the indoor pool, a day at the nearby ski hill and expand your clinical skills.
Thursday Feb 26, 8-5 pm
Dr. Josh Muir, Sponsored by TruAbutment
Predictable and simple digital implant workflow from guide to crown
Course description:
Tired of uncertainty in implant dentistry? This course provides a clear path to predictable, quality implant outcomes. We simplify the “big picture” with a concise, predictable workflow, for consistent results. Learn effective case selection and treatment planning to provide good patient care. You’ll also use the TruSuite platform for free digital design and see the URIS implant system, a proven dental implant. Get hands-on experience designing and making surgical guides and crowns. Improve your implant skills and feel confident in your clinical work.
Learning objectives:
- Understand the overall landscape of implant dentistry.
- Achieve predictable results with a straightforward workflow.
- Learn effective case selection and treatment planning.
- Utilize the TruSuite platform for free digital design.
- Get hands-on experience designing and making surgical guides and crowns.
Bio: Dr Joshua Muir completed his DDS at The Ohio State University. His exposure to dental implants began with the Midwest Implant Institute and he has progressed through an AEGD implant and prosthodontics focused residency, the AAID Puerto Rico Maxicourse, and Tatum Surgical training in the US, France, and Puerto Rico. He now enjoys working with students and residents as a faculty member of the University of Washington College of Dentistry, New York University AEGD program, and Jacksonville University’s Master of Science in University’s Master of Science in Dentistry and Comprehensive Oral Implantology residency. When asked the secret to his career and life success, he simply replies: ‘God and great hair.’
Thursday Feb 26, 8-5 pm
Dr. Roberto Macedo
Practical Solutions to Challenging Cosmetic Situations
Course Objectives:
This interactive hands-on course is designed for clinicians who want practical, efficient, and evidence-based strategies to overcome common esthetic challenges in everyday practice. From managing single anterior restorations to dealing with shade mismatches, soft tissue asymmetries, and complex smile design dilemmas, participants will explore protocols that improve predictability and esthetic outcomes.
Participants will work on dentoforms to design and contour custom implant provisionals, learn how to sculpt soft tissue using prosthetic guidance, and manage complex esthetic cases with confidence. Real-world solutions and decision-making frameworks will be presented, blending clinical artistry with scientific principles.
- Whole Day (half a day is Lecture and second half is hands on)
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Confidently plan and restore anterior implant cases.
- Understand and apply techniques for optimal esthetics and functionality.
- Manage prosthetic aspects of anterior implants.
- Address complications and optimize treatment outcomes.
Bio: Dr. Roberto Macedo is among a new generation of practitioners, bringing an infectious energy and a collaborative spirit to treating his patients’ dental needs. Dr. Macedo takes pride in his high standards, which he attributes to being involved in all aspects of dentistry from a very young age. His time working in a dental lab was especially helpful to understand aesthetic restorations and what exactly is involved for optimum function.
After earning his DDS, MS, and PhD and becoming a prosthodontist, Dr. Macedo also served as a professor at the Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry for three years.
Since 2002, he has lectured extensively on topics such as dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, advanced restorative dentistry, aesthetic analysis, and minimally invasive dentistry.
Dr. Macedo is in private practice in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Friday Feb 27, 8-5pm
Dr Leroy Horton, Sponsored by Salvin Dental
Title: Strategies for Success in Extraction and Ridge Preservation using PRF : Blood and Bone
Synopsis: Replacement of lost teeth is one of the most common problems providers are tasked with solving. Implants have become the ideal method for doing so, however it is not as simple as every empty space can get one. One of the most predictable treatment modalities to help ensure that an implant will be possible is Ridge Preservation. Over the last 4 decades, tremendous gains in knowledge, materials, and technology have garnered endless scientific justification for what we do and how we do it. In this part of the course participants will learn the biologic rationales, the scientific research behind them, modern materials, basic surgical technique including using PRF. The content is packaged in such a way that providers of all levels will have an opportunity to learn and fine tune their current practice for the patients’ benefit as well that of the practice.
Lecture Objectives:
- Discuss common systemic conditions and risk assessment :
- Planning of extraction cases and strategies
- Basic ridge preservation techniques
- Case presentation of flap design, sectioning of multi-rooted teeth, membrane adaptation, platelet aggregates, and suturing
Hands On:
Ridge preservation exercise on models
*Models will be provided by Dr. Horton with edentulous socket for participants to reflect flaps, place graft, adapt and position membrane, and place sutures. Particulate material, instruments, and sutures will also be provided.
Participants will learn to turn whole blood into PRF and learn how to use it in ridge preservation cases
*Blood will be drawn by phlebotomists and processed by participants
Friday Feb 27, 8-5 pm
Dr Brian Goodacre, Sponsored by Nobel
Immediate Implant Placement and Provisionalization in the Esthetic Zone
Description:
Restoration of a non-restorable anterior tooth is one of the most challenging treatments. Immediate implant placement is one of the best treatment options we can provide for these situations, however, there are specific principles that must be followed. This lecture will discuss the key factors associated with proper implant placement to set us up for success. Following implant placement, a custom-made provisional can be fabricated chairside to support biologic and esthetic tooth replacement. Techniques to fabricate these immediate provisional will be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
– Treatment plan for the ideal immediate implant placement.
– Understand the options available to provide provisionalization of an immediately placed implant.
– Learn to create a custom provisional chairside
– Practice developing proper crown contours to promote implant and tissue health
Bio: Dr. Brian J. Goodacre received his DDS degree from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in 2013. He completed a four-and-a-half-year combined program in Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in 2017, earning an MSD degree. He is a board-certified prosthodontist and the director of clinical technologies for Nobel Biocare North America. He is an adjunct professor at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry providing lectures to both dental and graduate students. Dr. Goodacre lectures both nationally and internationally on topics related to digital dentistry, prosthodontics, and implant dentistry. Additionally, he has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to 6 textbook chapters. He maintains a private practice located in Upland, California where he practices with his father and classmate.
Sat Feb 28, 8-5pm
Dr Leroy Horton
Title: Tissue is the Issue: Clinician’s Series
Synopsis: Achieving optimal soft tissue health is essential for long-term restorative success, whether around natural teeth or implants. This comprehensive course, led by Dr. LeRoy Horton, DDS, DICOI, provides both theoretical knowledge and practical hands-on experience in soft tissue grafting techniques. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of gingival and mucosal anatomy, explore key soft tissue management concepts, and develop surgical skills through hands-on training using pig jaw models.
This course is designed for restorative and implant-focused clinicians looking to improve their soft tissue grafting skills. By integrating lecture-based learning with hands-on training, participants will develop practical techniques to enhance esthetic and functional outcomes in restorative dentistry.
Lecture Objectives:
- Understanding gingival and mucosal anatomy as it relates to restorative outcomes
- Reviewing the history of soft tissue grafting in both natural teeth and implant restorations
- Exploring the Zero Bone Loss Concepts series and its relevance to restorative success
- Mastering basic peri-implant and tooth-supported soft tissue techniques
- Evaluating various grafting materials and their clinical applications
- Analyzing case presentations to improve treatment planning in restorative dentistry
Hands On
Practicing connective tissue harvesting techniques, including de-epithelialized free gingival grafts (FGG), wedge technique, and trap door method
Preparing recipient sites using pouching and tunneling techniques
Working with allogenic and xenogenic materials
Bio: LeRoy Horton DDS, MS, DICOI is the director of periodontal and implant curriculum at PNWU School of Dental Medicine. Born and raised in Athens, Greece, Dr. Horton’s family came to the United States as a teenager and settled in the Tacoma WA area. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in biology from Pacific Lutheran University, he attended the University of Washington School of Dentistry, graduating in 2007. After 14 years as a private practice owner, he sold his offices, gained admission to, and completed specialty training at the graduate periodontics program at Oregon Health Sciences University where he also earned a master’s degree in periodontal science. Dr. Horton is board certified in periodontics and dental implant surgery as well as holds a dimplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantology. He enjoys a healthy lecturing schedule nationwide. He is currently chair of the scientific committee of the National Dental Association, on the implant advisory board for the Washington Academy of General Dentistry, and serves the local dental community as current president of the Seattle King County Dental Society. He is a strong believer that to be great at something you must love it, and he absolutely loves teaching.
Sat Feb 28, 8-5 pm
Dr Jason Hodges, Sponsored by Neoss
Title: Overdenture Excellence: Predictable Protocols Using Implants & Attachments
Course Description
- Clinical & Surgical Considerations for Implant-Retained Overdentures
- Attachment Systems, Overdenture Design & Maintenance
- Prosthetic Workflow & Common Challenges
Hands-On Workshop
Overdenture Attachment Systems – Practical Application
- Model work with:
- Implant analogs
- Locator-type attachments
- Demonstration of overdenture insertion and adjustment
- Attachment replacement and maintenance simulation
- Optional: intro to digital workflows for overdenture scanning
Bio: Dr. John Hodges graduated from the University of Southern California Dental School
in 1993. He runs a practice dedicated solely to dental implant services in Covington,
WA. He lectures internationally on several subjects including full-arch implant
prosthetics, managing restorative complications, removable implant restorations,
and implant surgery. He completed the fellowship program at the California Implant
Institute, has restored hundreds of fixed full-arch implant cases, is a CAD certified
technician, and is a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He
has been selected to Seattle Metropolitan’s “Top Dentists” three times. The speaker
has no relevant financial disclosures in relation to this topic.
ALL LECTURES HAVE HANDS ON LEARNING
Attendees can choose between two lectures each day.