What to expect?
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
08.45 − 09.00 Registration
09.00 − 10.45 Welcome & Introduction. Lecture Vertical and Horizontal Augmentation Principles
10.45 − 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 − 13.00 Lecture: Augmentation in the Posterior Mandible Demonstration of Human Cadaver Preparatum Non-esthetic areas
13.00 − 14.00 Lunch
14.00 − 16.00 Live Surgery Case I: Posterior Mandibular Vertical Ridge Augmentation
16.00 − 17.00 Discussion
Thursday, October 22, 2026
09.00 − 10.45
Lecture: The Sausage Technique TM Principles and Practice
of Mucogingival Biology and Plastic Surgical Procedures after Bone Augmentation Procedures. Re-establishement of the Vestibule after Vertical and Horizontal Augmentation.
10.45 − 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 − 13.00 Lecture: Development of Papillae for Multiple Implant Sites in the Esthetic Region Diagnosis and Management
of Complications Associated with Ridge Augmentation
13.00 − 14.00 Lunch
14.00 − 16.30 Hands-On: Vertical Ridge Augmentation with Titanium Reinforced Membrane and Particulated Bone Graft
Thommen Medical Implant placement
16.30 − 17.00 Discussion
19.30 Welcome Dinner
Friday, October 23, 2026
09.00 − 11.00
Live Surgery Case II: Soft Tissue Reconstruction using Strip Ginival Graft and Collagen Matrix (Mucograft)
11.00 − 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 − 13.00 Hands-On: Xenogenic/Collagen Soft Tissue Graft
Combined with a Strip Gingival Auto-graft Sandwich Soft Tissue Augmentation Technique, Micro Suturing Techniques for Soft
Tissue Grafting
13.00 − 14.00 Lunch
14.00 − 16.00 Live Surgery Case III: Posterior Maxillary Combined Vertical and Sinus Augmentation
16.00 − 17.00 Discussion and handing out the certificates
Please bring to the workshop your own magnifying lenses.
Dr. Istvan Urban DMD, MD, PhD
Dr. Urban is an Associate Professor at the University of Szeged, Hungary. He has become an adjunct clinical associate professor at the Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine at the Univeristy of Michigan. He has become a lecturer at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Urban is the board member of the Osteology Foundation.
Leads his own dental surgery practice in Budapest specializing in comprehensive implant therapy, with a focus on aesthetic dentistry, periimplant plastic surgery, bone reconstruction, dental implants and natural teeth. He has published several scientific articles and book chapters in the field of bone and soft tissue reconstructive surgery. Dr. Urban is the author of the textbook titled Vertical and Horizontal Augmentation published by Quintessence, which has been published in 12 languages. Dr. Urban recently authored the second part of the book titled VERTICAL 2: The NEXT LEVEL