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Advanced facial trauma course

Bi-annual Amsterdam SORG facial trauma

course on human specimens

Date: December 14 – 15, 2026 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Advanced mandibular trauma course

A human anatomical workshop with a clear focus on mandibular trauma

 

Local Course Chair Prof. Leander Dubois, Amsterdam

SORG Trauma Section Chair Prof. Antonio Marí Roig, Barcelona

Course concept

Even for experienced surgeons, mandibiular fractures remain a major challenge in OMF surgery, due to the complex anatomy, the multiple forces encountered, the various possible accesses and the difficult selection of appropirate osteoynthesis material. A very interactive human anatomical workshop with a large forum for discussion. The place to go for advanced surgeons particularily interested in mandibular trauma.

Target audience Advanced oral- and maxillofacial surgeons with a special interest in mandibular trauma as well as neighboring disciplines.

Couse language English

Course venue 

Day 1: tbd

Day 2: Amsterdam Skills Centre

Course fee to be announced later

*You can already pre-register below to reserve your spot

 

Organizer on behalf of S.O.R.G. e.V.: KLS Martin SE & Co. KG, KLS Martin Platz 1, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany

Program of the course | day 1

Monday, December 14, 2026 | 8:15 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

8:15 – 8:30 a.m. Registration

Part 1 | 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. | Diagnostics and biomechanics

  • Functional anatomy of the mandible (Jacobs/anatomist)
  • Clinical investigation and imaging in mandibular fractures (van Minnen)
  • Bone healing and biomechanics (de Lange)
  • Airway management (Marí Roig)
  • Questions

Part 2 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. | Condylar fractures

  • Condylar fractures: the non-surgical/closed treatment (Lie)
  • Condylar neck/base fractures: the surgical/open treatment (Laraway)
  • Condylar head fractures: the surgical/open treatment (McLeod)
  • Condylar fractures: endoscopic approach (Wagner)
  • Is there an evidence-based difference between open and closed treatment? (Dubois)
  • Questions

Part 3 | 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Treatment

  • Methods of MMF (García)
  • Treatment of symphysis, body and angular fractures (Lie)
  • Treatment of multiple fractures (Laraway) 
  • Treatment of mandibular fractures of paediatric patients (McLeod)
  • Questions

Part 4 | 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Complicated mandibular fractures

  • Comminuted mandibular fractures (Dubois)
  • Edentulous mandibular fractures (van Minnen)
  • Infected/pathological fractures/mal-union/non-union/delayed union (Marí Roig)
  • Secondary corrections after mandibular fractures (Wagner)
  • Questions

7:00 – 10:00 p.m. Official course dinner | de Waag 

Program of the course | day 2

Tuesday, December 15, 2026 | 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Part 1 | 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Lectures on approaches

  • Airway management (Mari Roig)
  • Submandibular (Laraway)
  • Retromandibular (McLeod)
  • Pre-auricular (de Lange)
  • Endoscopic (Wagner)

Part 2 | 9:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Workshops

  • Workshop 1 – Endoscopic approach 
  • Workshop 2 – Submandibular approach
  • Workshop 3 – Retromandibular approach

Part 3 | 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. | Workshops

  • Workshop 4 – Pre-auricular approach
  • Workshop 5 – Airway management
  • Workshop 6 – External fixation
  • Additional workshop: Retro auricular, extended coronal

Faculty

Jan De Lange

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Leander Dubois

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

María Fe García Reija

Santander, Spain

Karl Jacobs

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

David Laraway

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Nynke Lie

Maastricht, The Netherlands

Niall McLeod

Coventry, United Kingdom

Antonio Marí Roig

Barcelona, Spain

Baucke van Minnen

Groningen, The Netherlands

Maximilian Wagner

Zurich, Switzerland

Pre-registration

Course fee: to be announced later

You can already pre-register to reserve your spot

Pre-registration | Advanced mandibular trauma course | Amsterdam | 2026

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Cancellation by course organizer

  • the course organizer reserves the right to cancel an event due to low enrollment or other circumstances which would make the course non-viable.
  • if the organizer cancels a course, registrants will be offered a full refund of registration fees. The organizer will not reimburse other costs incurred with the course (travel or hotel bookings by participants not made by the organizer).
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  • the deadline to receive a refund for your registration is 21 business days before the course.
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