title: Taking stock of training in implant dentistry.
abstract: Despite the ever-growing demand for implant treatments by patients, there is confusion about what the appropriate training pathway in implant dentistry should be. This is accompanied by a worrying lack of training at undergraduate level for correct patient selection and monitoring of implant cases. An unclear training pathway, inappropriate referrals and a 'hands-off' approach to patients with implants may be putting patients at risk. This article highlights these issues with a suggestion that the training should of course follow the current GDC guidelines, but goes further to suggest that the end point of training should be at diploma level as a minimum, either via a university route, or via the RCS Edinburgh Diploma in Implant Dentistry Examination.
authors: Senior Lecturer and Course Lead UCLan, Director of VSS Academy.
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authors: F
authors: Barrak
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D003757:Dental Implantation; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D015921:Dental Implants; D003813:Dentistry; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D011476:Prosthodontics
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants