CLINICAL LEARNING

The surgery involved in the placement of most implants is easier and more profitable than the experience required and revenues generated to remove a wisdom tooth. Once you understand this, you will want to start to place implants into your own patients. This simpler ONE STOP system is unique in that it allows you to place implants into your patients, in your office, under the guidance of an experienced implant dentist.

Simpler realizes that nothing replaces actual Hands On experience for the clinician treating live patients.   We have several programs available to accomplish this.

One Day Hands On In Your Office, with Your Patients
This is a personalized private tutelage program administered by one of four experienced implant dentistry clinicians. Other programs often claim to offer hands-on experience, but they fail to provide the dentist with opportunities to practice on real patients in a familiar clinical setting. As part of this innovative simpler ONE STOP system:

You will surgically place implants into your patients in the comfort of your office under the expert guidance and direction of a qualified clinicial trainer.

The fees paid by the implant patients pay for the services of the experienced clinician.

All instructor’s equipment, instruments and sundry implant-related items you need during the training program are provided free. Unlike most other companies who will sell you equipment before you have determined whether you are capable or comfortable in placing implants, the simpler ONE STOP system establishes your training first before you make this investment.

Drop in Hands On with Your Patients
This is a personalized private mentoring program administered by a clinician experienced in implant dentistry.
You bring your patient to the office of your personal trainer where you will surgically place implants into your patients under the expert guidance and direction of one of the qualified personal clinical trainers.

Four Step Initial Implant Placement & Restoration Training Program
Although most general practitioner dentists now restore the simpler implant cases, in my experience, many GPs are hesitant about placing implants due to a couple of reasons.

1. The perceived difficulty of implant placement and restoration.
2. The consequences of an implant failure
3. Fear of raising a mucosa flap
4. Fear of involving a vital structure

These fears have been exacerbated by specialists who discourage the GP by feeding these fears hoping for a referral from the GP instead. Many training programs are geared to market and sell a system to a dentist but fall short of providing the competence, confidence and comfort needed to place implants. Placing an implant into a cadaver, piece of wood or foam model on a weekend course or watching a video or a live surgery will teach someone the skill sets, the dentist MUST place an implant into a live patient to gain the confidence and comfort to perform these procedures in the anonymity of their office.

I have found these fears can be readily overcome by:

1. Educating the dentist about the realities of implant failures and the ease and similarity of implant procedures to those already being used by the GP.
2. Encouraging the GP to use flapless surgeries such as the extraction site, the cookie cutter and the slit techniques.
3. Having the dentist place implants into their own live patients in their office under supervision of an experienced implantologist.
4. Involving their staff at all levels of training and treatment. Staff are encouraged to participate and enjoy CE credits at no extra charge to the dentist.

The Simpler Four Step Training Program is designed to address all those concerns and give the dentist the competence, confidence and comfort to place and restore implants.

Steps

1. Distance Study Training (in the comfort of your home or office)
2. Hands On Workshop Implant Placement & Restoration
3. Hands On Clinical Training Implant Placement
4. Hands On Clinical Training Implant Restoration

All clinical programs are ADA CERP Approved for one CE credit per hour.