Dental cadaver courses, delivered under your name
Surgical training on fresh-frozen specimens in Istanbul, Vienna and Coventry. We plan, staff and run the course. You keep your brand.
One course, two good reasons to choose it
Mortui Vivos Docent is our cadaveric training brand. Every course is built to the standard a practising dentist would choose for themselves: real faculty, real specimens and a working ratio of two delegates per cadaver.
The same course is one that a manufacturer or academy can put its name on. The curriculum, the branding and the relationship with delegates stay yours. We take care of cadaver sourcing, laboratory access, faculty and logistics.
Who this is for
Dental companies
Put your brand behind a cadaveric course that delegates remember, without building a training division.
Dental academies
Add a fully organised cadaveric course to your programme, under your own accreditation and name.
Dentists
Train hands-on with experienced specialist faculty, on fresh-frozen specimens, at one of three European venues.
What we handle for you
- Course design. We shape each course around your learning goals, implant system and surgical techniques.
- Expert faculty. Trusted, experienced local faculty in each country teach the theory, give live demonstrations and guide the hands-on practice on fresh-frozen specimens.
- Venue and specimens. Laboratory access and cadaver sourcing, arranged by our team at every venue.
- Delegates. Courses are taught in English, with simultaneous translation on request. We welcome 1 to 30 delegates, and we recommend 16 to 24 for the best hands-on experience.
- Logistics and marketing support. We look after the practical details so you can focus on your delegates.
Course areas
Implantology has the longest track record. The other areas show the range of training we can deliver on request.
Implantology
Placing implants, bone grafting and soft tissue management.
Sinus lift surgery
Open and closed sinus elevation, with grafts and membranes.
Orthognathic surgery
Surgical correction of the jaws, from planning to the operation.
Maxillofacial surgery
Approaches to the facial skeleton, with its anatomy and fixation.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Surgery of the mouth, jaws and face, from extractions to reconstruction.
Anatomy
Dissection of the head and neck, with a focus on danger zones.
Endodontics
Access, canal location and shaping, practised on real anatomy.
Techniques covered in implantology courses
- Advanced implant placement
- Bone augmentation and grafting, including autogenous grafts, bone ring, Khoury technique, ridge splitting and sinus elevation
- Soft tissue management and suturing
- Immediate and complex implant restorations
Three venues, one team
Istanbul
RMK AIMES Anatomy Laboratory, accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA).
Vienna
Vienna Medical University Anatomy Laboratory.
Coventry
Coventry University Hospital.
The same management team plans and runs every course. In each country, we work with trusted, experienced local faculty.
Trusted by leading manufacturers
We have run courses in partnership with Nobel Biocare, Ritter Implants, Schütz Dental, Camlog and NucleOSS. Bego and Dyna have also worked with us. See the projects we have delivered.
Our story
Mortui Vivos Docent is the cadaveric training brand shared by VESTA Akademi in Istanbul and Knightsbridge Academy in London, sister companies founded by Dr Bülent Manav. We have more than thirty years of experience in dental education.
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Vestiyer Publishing Group is founded in Istanbul and publishes dental journals across many fields of dentistry. |
| 2005 | VESTA Akademi is founded in Istanbul and brings hands-on, cadaver-based surgical training to dentists. |
| 2010 | Knightsbridge Academy is founded in London. We sign a partnership with the Vienna Medical University Anatomy Laboratory. |
| 2011 | First Vienna course, run with Nobel Biocare. |
Insights
Articles by Dr Bülent Manav on why and how cadaveric training works.
- Why Implant Dentists Should Train on Cadavers: Before Their First Case and After the Thousandth
- Why Cadaveric Dental Surgery Training Rewards Every Level of Experience, and Why It's Worth Repeating
- Building a Trusted Dental Implant Brand Through Hands-On Cadaveric Education
- Cadaveric Training as a Marketing Strategy for Dental Implant Manufacturers
- Turning Course Participant Dentists into Long-Term Customers and Advocates for Your Dental Brand
- A Guide for Dental Academies: Adding a White-Label Cadaveric Course to Your Own Programme or Portfolio
Ethics first. Always. Our programmes follow the Human Tissue Act 2004 and international best practice. Read the full statement.
Where these ideas are put into practice
Cadaveric courses we have organised with leading implant manufacturers, on fresh human cadavers.
Bridging Borders: dentists from Vietnam, Egypt and Honduras unite in Istanbul
Anatomy Laboratory
View project →Nobel Biocare cadaveric implantology courses
Anatomy Laboratory
View project →Schütz Dental: soft and hard tissue management
Medipol University Anatomy Lab
View project →Camlog dental implantology and surgery course
TOBB ETU Anatomy Lab
View project →Tell us what you have in mind.
Are you a dentist, a company or an academy? Tell us what you want to achieve and we will propose a course.