Dental implantology education: a survey of opinion and experience of 106 general dental practitioners

Gibson, Robin L.; Barclay, Craig

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4814043

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“…27 The majority of dental implant placements in the UK are carried out in the independent practice environment. 28 Nevertheless, research is almost exclusively conducted in university schools of dentistry with hospital-based dentists. 27 It appears, therefore, that such research is most often being conducted with those who do not represent the majority of implant-placing dentists.…”

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The impact of CBCT imaging when placing dental implants in the anterior edentulous mandible: a before–after study

Shelley

Ferrero²,

Brunton³

et al. 2015

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

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Objectives: To evaluate the impact of CBCT imaging when placing dental implants in the anterior edentulous mandible, using a "before-after" study design. Methods: Eight dental practitioners, who regularly place dental implants in independent dental practice in the North West of England, were presented with realistic simulations of four edentulous cases. The practitioners were asked to assess case difficulty, select implants and then drill osteotomies in preparation for dental implants in the lower canine regions to support a complete overdenture. In the "before" part of the study, a panoramic and a transsymphyseal view were available. In the "after" part of the study, a CBCT image was added. Perception of case difficulty, implant selection and the incidence of perforations or "near miss perforations" of the lingual cortical plate were recorded. Two cases were regarded as "regular" and two as "challenging". Results: In challenging cases, the availability of CBCT led practitioners to select narrower implants and to assess cases as more difficult. In the challenging cases only, there were fewer perforations of the lingual cortical plate after the availability of CBCT, but this difference was not statistically significant. There were no perforations in the regular cases either before or after the availability of CBCT. Conclusions: Perception of case difficulty and implant selection are of importance only if they change the outcome for the patient. This study provided weak evidence that CBCT is helpful in avoiding perforations in challenging cases. The availability of CBCT had no impact in regular cases.

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The impact of CBCT imaging when placing dental implants in the anterior edentulous mandible: a before–after study

Shelley

Ferrero²,

Brunton³

et al. 2015

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

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“…The increasing interest in advanced-level training (28%), augmentations and grafting (20%) and implant-supported prosthodontics (17%) may well signal a trend towards tackling surgically and prosthodontically more complex cases. This however, does not agree with a questionnaire-based survey among general dental practitioners in the United Kingdom, who expect postgraduate implant training to enable them to provide treatment for surgically (69.4%) and prosthodontically uncomplicated (80.6%) implant patients (Gibson & Barclay 2006). But this survey also showed that the ambition to offer patients implant treatment correlated with the need for further implant-specific qualifications (Gibson & Barclay 2006).…”

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“…A survey conducted in the United Kingdom indicated that the majority of dentists questioned want to acquire qualifications in implant surgery and prosthodontics. They also think that there should be specialists in dental implantology (Gibson & Barclay 2006). Another survey among the members of the Association of Dental Implantology in the United Kingdom showed that the majority of those questioned acquired ancillary postgraduate qualifications, although only 2.6% hold a diploma in oral implatology (Young et al 2001).…”

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“…Comparable qualifications and skills in oral implantology can only be achieved by a European consensus on basic and continued training. General dental practitioners call for implant courses at acceptable prices combining practice-oriented theory with continued supervised treatment planning and therapy and postcourse mentoring (Gibson & Barclay 2006). To ensure high-level competence requires optimal training and effective evaluation (Bousdras et al 2004).…”

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“…Res. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2007.01499.x 1-day courses to programs qualifying attendees as Masters of Dental Science for Oral Implantology (Gibson & Barclay 2006).…”

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