Pedagogy/Andragogy

You Can’t Spell Implants Without Plan: Rethinking Predoctoral Implant Education

Sunday, March 12, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST

Location: OCC - C122, Level 1

CE: 1

Presenter(s)

Anuja Doshi, D.D.S.

University of New England College of Dental Medicine

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Kai-Chiao Joe Chang, D.D.S., M.S

A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
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Courtney Schapira, D.D.S.

University of New England College of Dental Medicine
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Clark Chen, D.M.D.

A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health

Since 2013, CODA has required all graduating dental students to be competent in providing implant restorative treatment for their patients. In addition, dental students who have received clinical implant experience are more likely to provide implant treatment in their dental practice after graduation. Therefore, a comprehensive clinical and digital training in implant planning has become critical in predoctoral education. In this session, a periodontist and a restorative faculty team from two dental schools without post-graduate residency programs will share their clinical predoctoral implant education practices and discuss the benefits and challenges of implant training and education at the predoctoral level.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss the importance of a comprehensive and streamlined implant planning protocol in predoctoral patient care.
Describe the value of implementing an online interactive software training to help predoctoral students navigate the digital implant workflow.
Explain the challenges and benefits of establishing clinical implant instruction in predoctoral dental education.