Perform Intra-Crestal Sinus Lifts Working on Live Patients in 7 Days

Perform semi-complex implant surgeries under expert supervision and expand your clinical capabilities.

Next Course: May 17-23, 2026

Gain hands-on experience with semi-complex cases under expert supervision

Level 2 was created by Dr. Virgil Mongalo for intermediate doctors who:

Have placed 50–100 implants, or
Have successfully completed LIT Level 1, or
Have completed a GPR program with oral surgery components

This level is designed to transition doctors from foundational implant placement into advanced surgical decision-making and comprehensive case management.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

While there is no official global registry reporting the exact number of sinus lifts performed annually, implant volume data and published clinical studies clearly demonstrate that sinus augmentation is a frequent and essential procedure in posterior maxillary implant therapy.

WORLDWIDE ESTIMATES

• Approximately 5.5 million dental implants are placed globally per year (market estimates).

• Published clinical cohorts report that 33.3% of implants were placed in lateral sinus-lifted areas.

• An additional 4.4% were placed in crestal (internal) sinus-lifted areas.

• Some studies report that over 50% of posterior maxillary implants involve sinus augmentation procedures.

UNITED STATES ESTIMATES

• Approximately 500,000 Americans undergo dental implant surgery each year.

• The posterior maxilla remains one of the most frequent anatomical challenges.

• Sinus augmentation is commonly required due to limited vertical bone height in this region.

STRATEGIC INTERPRETATION FOR LIT

Given the frequency of posterior maxillary implant placement worldwide and in the United States, mastery of sinus elevation techniques—both lateral and crestal—has become foundational in advanced implant training. LIT remains positioned as a leader in providing structured, high-intensity surgical education in sinus augmentation procedures.

SURGERIES FOR INTERMEDIATES

Doctors attending this course will be exposed to the following intermediate-to-advanced procedures:

1. Sinus Lift (Lateral Window Technique)
2. Internal (Crestal) Sinus Lift
3. Multiple Extractions with Immediate Implant Placement
4. Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) with PRF / Sticky Bone
5. Full Arch Surgery for Terminal Dentition
6. Bone Expansion and Lateral Ridge Augmentation

This curriculum emphasizes surgical planning, complication management, grafting protocols, and full-arch biomechanics.

SURGICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Each attending doctor will operate on 6–8 patients as Lead Surgeon

• Each attending doctor will assist on 6–8 additional patients

• Total exposure per doctor: 12–16 intermediate surgical cases

This structure ensures high-volume repetition with progressive autonomy under direct faculty supervision.

FELLOWSHIP ELIGIBILITY

This level satisfies clinical requirements for:

🎓 Fellowship / Mastership candidacy through the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI)
🎓 Mastership candidacy through the American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics (AAIP)

How much and what is included?

TUITION: $19,850 USD

USD$500 discount for LIT Alumni and recent graduates

Includes:

• 84 CE credit hours in oral implantology.
• Each attending doctor will perform 6-8 semi-complex surgeries on patients
• Doctors will assist on 6-8 surgeries
• Lectures and surgical hands-on workshop on models.
• Daily case review of Ct-scan and 3D images.
• 7 nights of hotel accommodations.
• Satisfies clinical requirements of masterships awarded by the AAIP and the ICOI
• Breakfast and lunch.

*Not included airfare and dinners,

Experience You Can Measure.
Results You Can Trust.

Implants Placed by Attending Doctors

Doctors Trained in 17 Years

Completed Live Courses

Patients Operated and Restored

Course Schedule

Sunday

Lectures and Workshop

* Lectures on intra-crestal sinus elevation and bone augmentation.
* Understanding inclusion criteria for lateral windows approach, intra-crestal technique and sinus implosion.
* Usage of motorized crestal lift surgical kit and sinus safe drills with stoppers.
* Selection of synthetic bone mixed with blood as choice of biomaterial.
* Lectures on full arch surgeries, extractions and immediate implant placements on semi-complex surgeries

Monday-Thursday

Simultaneous Live Surgeries on Patients

* Dr. Mongalo will review all Ct-scans and 3D images of surgical patients operated on daily.
* There will be one professor supervising two attending doctors.
* Each attending doctor will operate one patient per day, Monday through Thursday.
* Each doctor will perform 6-8 surgeries on patients.

Friday

* Attending doctors will present all clinical cases performed during this week.
* Doctors will fill applications and take examinations to satisfy ICOI and AAIP Masterships.
* Doctors will fill course evaluations and surgical goal forms.