Why Continuing Education in Dentistry is Vital For Success

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The field of dentistry is evolving rapidly. As technology pushes the industry forward, it is now more important than ever for dentists to stay current with the latest in preventive care, diagnostics, and treatment.

Here are some compelling reasons for dentists to continue their education even after graduating.

Ensure Patients Get the Best Care Possible

Industry-aligned courses help you work on your existing skills and gain new skills. You learn new technologies and gain new perspectives. By continuing your education in dentistry, you can ensure that your patients receive the latest treatments. Continuing education courses help you stay on top of the latest pain management technologies and the latest in post-operative care.

Keep Your License Up-to-Date

The requirements that dentists must meet to keep their license up to date varies from state to state. Most state licensing boards require that dentists improve their skills through continuing education courses. To maintain your license, commit to continuous learning. Complete a CE course at regular intervals to earn credits on an ongoing basis. The more credits you earn, the fewer difficulties you will face when renewing your license.

Stay Up to Date With the Latest Technology

Continuing education courses help you stay on top of emerging technology trends designed to help make treatments less painful and more effective. By mastering the latest technologies, you will be able to do your job more efficiently and improve customer experience.

Build Your Resume

Continuing education shows that you are dedicated to your profession and have your patients’ best interests at heart. Adding CE courses to your resume is a great way to build credibility and attract more patients to your practice.

Brush Up or Refine Your Skills

If you do not perform a dental procedure regularly, you may lose the skill eventually and forget the correct way of placing a dental implant. To prevent this from happening, take a refresher course on dental implant in CE to brush up on the skill. Once you have completed the course, you can perform the procedure with confidence.

Even if you perform different dental procedures at regular intervals, there is always room for improvement. Continuing education allows you to observe and learn from other dentists while they perform dental procedures. By evaluating the methods used by other dentists, you are able to adapt your technique.

Network With Professionals

CE courses provide excellent networking opportunities and allow for ample opportunities to discuss and exchange ideas with your peers.

Restorative Driven Implants offers industry-aligned dental implant training courses. Our programs aim to equip dentists with the skills to develop customized dental implant solutions. Have questions about our courses? Call (715) 962-8454.

Stateside or Destination Dental Implant Course: Top Factors to Consider

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Dental implant courses are designed to help dentists learn how to place dental implants as well advance their surgical skills to provide the best care possible for their patients.

Stateside vs. Destination Dental Implant Courses

 

The highlight of a destination implant course is typically the location but oftentimes they lack essential course experiences. Whereas most stateside dental implant courses take a no-nonsense approach to education, placing emphasis on providing comprehensive care for patients.

Many destination dental implant courses only focus on the number of implants placed and the act of placing dental implants. They fail to address the “why” and the end-result for the patient leaving attendees wondering “what the patient’s outcome was long after surgery.” Attending a stateside dental implant placement program allows you to work with people who are dealing with the same concerns that you are regarding the patient base, working with different dental insurances, or all kinds of practice scenarios that you are faced with everyday.

Stateside dental implant courses include theoretical as well as practical sessions. Students get opportunities to learn from mentors chair-side during surgeries, focusing on implant placement, uncovering and even restoring. Students not only build confidence and learn essential skills, but they also learn effective ways to overcome any challenges that may arise before, during and after surgery.

Reputable continuing education companies offering stateside dental implant courses realize the importance of maintaining a healthy student-mentor ratio. A lower student-mentor ratio allows for a more personalized experience. Some of the best training institutes in the country have one mentor for every three students.

Deciding to participate in dental implant placement education is an investment, an investment in your future and your practice.

Why Enroll in a Stateside Dental Course Offered By RDI?

 

RDI mentors have years of hands-on experience performing dental implant surgeries. Though subject matter experts, RDI mentors consider themselves lifelong learners and never let an opportunity to learn new dental implant technologies or develop a new skill pass them by.

At RDI, we blend theory with practice. Students get ample opportunities to apply the skills they learn in the classroom to real-life surgical situations. We limit the number of students we accept to maintain smaller class sizes so mentors can spend more time with students.

Restoration Driven Implants is a leading education resource committed to helping dentists learn the skills required to run a successful dental practice. RDI mentors have an unparalleled ability to convey complex information effectively. To enroll in a course, call (715) 962-8454.

What does International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) Fellowship mean to you?

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After graduating Restorative Driven Implants (RDI) Core Series, you are eligible to become an International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) Fellow. ICOI is the world’s largest dental implant organization. ICOI association consists of general dentists, oral maxillofacial surgeons, periodontists, prosthodontists, endodontists, orthodontists, etc.

Gaining Fellowship status and becoming an ICOI Fellow, gives you access to an abundant amount of additional information and knowledge that will support and enhance your dental implant education.

In addition to becoming an ICOI Fellow, you can continue your learning journey by attending Restorative Driven Implants (RDI) Master Series program. Designed for flexibility, you can take the Master series 4-6 in its entirety or choose to take a single Master series class. Either way, you can make ICOI Fellowship and RDI Master Series work for you.

Top 4 Things to Look For in an Implant Dentistry Course

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Implant dentistry is a continuously evolving field. Implant dentistry tools and techniques that are popular today may become obsolete tomorrow. Dentists should commit to continuous learning. The right implant restoration CE course can help you learn about emerging trends in implant dentistry and become familiar with advanced dental implant instruments and techniques.

Here are some things to check when selecting an implant training course.

Hands-on Training

The best implant restoration CE courses give equal weightage to classroom and training sessions. Before enrolling in a course, check the number of hours dedicated to classroom sessions and training sessions.

 At RDI, we firmly believe in the effectiveness of learning by doing. In addition to attending lectures, RDI students assist their mentors during implant surgeries. Training sessions allow students to gain first-hand experience in performing complex surgeries. They learn best practices for performing surgeries and ways to prevent and manage complications by watching their mentors.

Student-to-Mentor Ratio

An overcrowded classroom can overwhelm even the most experienced educator. In a jam-packed classroom, both the educator and students may have difficulty staying focused. Educators often struggle to get their point across and cannot give individual attention to every student in crowded classrooms.

To create a conducive learning environment, we maintain a healthy student-to-mentor ratio of 2:1. A low student-mentor ratio allows mentors to cater to the diverse learning needs of their students.

Mentors

Before enrolling in a CE course for practicing dentists, check the qualifications and experience of course mentors. An experienced and qualified mentor is equipped to help their pupils become future-ready. They understand the nature of problems that can arise during complex dental implant procedures and know how to manage them to prevent complications.

RDI mentors bring decades of collective experience of performing implant surgeries to the table. They are trained in the use of dental implant instruments and have an in-depth understanding of best practices for placing dental implants correctly.

RDI mentors are passionate educators. They have an unparalleled ability to explain complex topics and concepts effectively and use a wide variety of teaching methods to make their classes more engaging for students.

Bifurcation Into Courses

Consider a CE program that includes multiple courses, allowing students to first build a knowledge base and gain skills and then apply the gained knowledge to real-life situations.

Regardless of which stage of your learning journey you are in, RDI’s CE program can meet your learning needs. Our program consists of two courses – the Core Series and the Master Series. In the Core Series, students learn important concepts related to bone preservation and bone healing dynamics and also assist their mentors during live surgeries. In the Master Series, program participants learn to plan surgeries and ways to increase tissue thickness and prevent complications.

Have questions about our CE program? Call (715) 962-8454.

What to look for In a Dental Implant Course

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If you’re searching for the best dental implant course, how do you know who to trust? There are literally thousands of programs out there that attempt to teach you all there is to know on the subject. Not to mention, they vary hugely in learning content, price, and reputation. If you make a wrong decision, there’s a good chance you’ll learn something that will misguide you instead of the material that will help you. So, how do you choose? In this blog post, we have outlined some important information and questions that will guide you through your decision-making process.

5 Questions to Ask Before Enrolling in a Dental Implant Course

How many hours of implant training does a person need?

This is a crucial question to ask, as it all depends on your experience and your goals. Some courses require less than 40 hours of training, while others can range up to 100 hours or more. The more hours, the better! The number of hours required for a dental implant course depends on your objectives, the certification you seek, and the requirements for continuing education credits. We recommend that new learners enroll in a course with at least 60 to 80 hours of content.

Will I be able to use my training immediately in my practice?

To help determine what kind of training suits your needs best, think about how soon you want to start using implants in your practice. Some courses offer hands-on training where you can practice placing implants on patients under the supervision of an instructor. Other programs might require you to travel overseas to only experience implant placement on patients. If this is important for you, make sure that any program you choose offers a well-rounded experience from implant placement to restorative, so you can apply what you have learned immediately after completing the course and have happy patients as a result.

What happens when I finish the course?

Once you have completed the course, it’s important to get your team together and make sure that you are all on the same page. Look at your patient protocols, dental insurance codes and have a discussion regarding how to best educate patients based on the additional services you are offering.

What are the course’s accreditations?

Accreditation is important when choosing a dental implant course. It indicates that an institution has met specific standards of compliance. So, if you’re going to spend money and time on a training program, make sure it’s accredited by a well known organization.

Who conducts the course?

When looking at different dental implant courses available, it’s essential to know who will be conducting them. A dental implant course is usually taught by faculty members who have many years of experience in teaching dentistry students and practicing dentists alike. Also it would also be helpful to find out what kind of experience they have had with dentistry in general.

What are the course fees and schedules?

Not all dental implant courses are priced the same way. Some may have fixed costs, while others will have variable costs based on location, duration, and type of the program being offered. So, it is vital to do your research beforehand so you know what to expect when enrolling in a particular program.

Whether you’ve more questions about a dental implant course or thinking about getting yourself enrolled in one, Restorative Driven Implants can help. Reach out to us at (715) 962-8454.

What You Will Learn in Your Implant Placement Course

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Want to improve your surgical skills and learn about new, emerging trends in implant dentistry? Enroll in a continuing dental education course. An implant placement course can equip a practicing dentist with the advanced skills that they need in order to plan surgeries and prevent and manage complications. The best implant courses encourage course participants to think differently to develop innovative solutions to complicated problems that can occur during and after dental implant surgeries.

Restorative Driven Implants is committed to revolutionizing dental education. Our CE program is designed with the constantly evolving learning needs of students in mind. We regularly evaluate program design and tweak it when required to keep it relevant.

Our CE program in implant dentistry consists of two courses – the Core Series and the Master Series. Both courses are further divided into six modules (three modules each).

What You Will Learn in the Core Series

 

Core Series 1: Embark on Your Learning Journey (Duration: 2 days)

You will start by learning principles of implant dentistry, best practices for performing atraumatic extractions, the right way to classify extraction sockets, and bone preservation and suturing techniques. On the second day, your mentor will discuss guided and non-guided surgery, one and two-stage surgery, and incision design considerations.

Core Series 2: Advance Your Journey (Duration: 2 days)

During the two-day training session, you’ll deepen your knowledge and skills gained in Core Series 1. You will learn more about bone healing dynamics, bone preservation techniques, and best practices for placing implants immediately. On day 1, you will practice extractions, grafting, and suturing on models. On day 2, you will use drills and place implants in mandibular bone models under your mentor’s guidance.

Core Series 3: Elevate Your Knowledge (Duration: 16 hours)

In Core Series 3, you will assist your mentor during live patient surgeries and learn effective ways to improve patient experience.

What You Will Learn in the Master Series

 

Master Series 4: Take Your Learning Journey to the Next Level (Duration: 2 days)

Master Series 4 lasts two days. During these two days, you will observe your mentors perform live patient surgeries and learn more about shorty implants, crestal lifts, and lateral windows. You will also learn ridge augmentation techniques.

Master Series 5: Dive Deep Into Important Topics (Duration: 2 days)

Over the course of the next two days, you will watch your mentors perform different types of procedures and learn how to increase tissue thickness, plan implant placement in anterior aesthetic areas, preserve soft tissue around dental implants, and lower the risk of complications.

Master Series 6: (Duration: 2 days)

Apply the skills gained in Master Series 4 and 5 to real-life situations under the guidance of Dr. Adam Kruger and Dr. Jan Bublik.

Have questions about our CE program? Call (715) 962-8454.

Take Your Dental Practice to the Next Level With Advanced Implant Training

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Implant dentistry is a highly specialized and ever-evolving field. Popular techniques and tools used by surgeons to place dental implants today can fall out of favor tomorrow. Practicing dentists should commit to lifelong learning. If you have just set up your practice and want to hone your skills, enroll in a continuing education course. An advanced dental CE course can equip you with specialized skills, helping you become future-ready.

Dental Implant Courses by RDI

Want to acquire new skills and learn effective ways to run your practice more efficiently? Restorative Driven Implants has got you covered. We are committed to revolutionizing dental implant training. Our dental CE courses explain the latest dental implant placement techniques and technologies in detail. They are designed to help practicing dentists acquire an in-depth understanding of the principles of implant dentistry and best practices for performing dental surgeries.

Program Structure

Our dental CE program consists of two courses – the Core series and the Master series (each divided into three modules).

Core Series: In the Core series, course participants learn the skills required to place dental implants flawlessly. The Core series discusses important topics related to bone preservation, incision design, guided and non-guided surgery, and bone healing dynamics. Students place implants into mandibular bone models using drills.

Master Series: In the Master series, students get opportunities to apply the skills they learned in the Core series to real-life situations. They help RDI mentors plan implant procedures and observe them as they perform live surgeries. Course participants also assist their mentors during live surgeries.

RDI mentors teach their students effective ways to increase tissue thickness, plan complex procedures that involve placing implants in anterior aesthetic areas, and prevent complications.

Learn From Industry Experts

RDI mentors bring decades of collective experience in performing dental implant surgeries to the table. They have the skills and expertise to plan and perform complex procedures. RDI mentors are revered educators. They use various methods to impart advanced implant training. Their ability to think outside the box and develop innovative learning solutions sets them apart from their peers.

RDI mentors use various teaching methods to effectively explain complex topics, ideas, and concepts. They have their students’ best interests at heart and go the extra mile to ensure their learning needs are met.

Ideal Student-Teacher Ratio  

Crowded classrooms tend to be noisier and are filled with distractions. Often, students and teachers in crowded classrooms have trouble focusing and concentrating. We maintain a healthy 2:1 student-to-mentor ratio so that mentors can give their students individual attention.

Have questions about our dental CE program? Call (715) 962-8454.  

Dental Implant Placement Courses For General Dentists

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We cannot emphasize enough the importance of continuing education for practicing dentists. Implant dentistry is rapidly evolving. An advanced dental implant course can equip you with advanced skills and knowledge, helping you become future-ready. 

RDI has revolutionized continuing dental education. Developed by industry experts, our CE program provides practicing dentists with the tools they need to level up their careers. 

Program Modules 

RDI’s CE program consists of two courses – the Core series and the Master series. The Core series educates course participants about emerging dental implant technology trends. It is designed to help practicing dentists hone their skills and equip them with new advanced skills. In the Master series, participants get numerous opportunities to apply the skills they have learned in the Core series to real-life situations. 

Learn From the Best

We have assembled an A-team of mentors. Every RDI mentor has years of experience under their belt and an in-depth understanding of the principles of implant dentistry. With their trained eyes, they never miss a detail. RDI mentors realize the importance of knowledge sharing. They’re always eager to share their knowledge and are open to learning from their students. 

RDI mentors use various teaching techniques to engage their students. Their unparalleled ability to simplify complex topics and ideas sets them apart from their peers. They often use case studies and examples to challenge their students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Mentors encourage course participants to question everything and think outside the box.

The Right Balance Between Theory and Practice

We realize the power of learning by doing. Students learn more and also retain more information about a process or technique/tool used during a procedure when they perform it.  

Our courses include classroom sessions plus practicals/live training sessions. During hands-on training sessions, course participants perform surgeries under the guidance of their mentors. Training sessions open doors to new learning opportunities. Course participants learn effective techniques to prevent and manage complications.  

Healthy Pupil-Teacher Ratio

An overcrowded classroom can hamper the learning process. In crowded classrooms, teachers may fail to communicate their point and often struggle to pay individual attention to their students. 

We are committed to ensuring that real learning happens in our classrooms. For every two RDI students, there is a mentor. Mentors have meaningful one-on-one interactions with their students. As they spend more time with their students, RDI mentors develop a better understanding of their learning styles. A smaller class size allows mentors to adapt their teaching methods to meet the diverse learning needs of every student.  

Need help enrolling for a course? Call (715) 962-8454.

Hands-on Dental Implant Course

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Want to give wings to your career? Enroll in an advanced dental CE course. A comprehensive dental CE course can equip you with advanced skills. A well-designed course discusses the latest trends in implant dentistry and emerging dental implant technologies. After completing a continuing dental education course, you will have the technical knowledge required to perform dental implant surgery flawlessly.

RDI is Re-imagining Continuing Dental Education

RDI offers a comprehensive continuing dental education program consisting of two dental implant courses – the Core series and the Master series. The Core series is designed to help course participants learn new advanced skills. In the Core series, practicing dentists learn best practices for placing dental implants correctly and preventing complications. They assist their mentors during live surgeries. Hands-on training allows course participants to observe their mentors while they’re performing complex procedures and learn from them.

After completing the Core series, students advance to the next level (the Master series). In the Master series, course participants further develop their skills. The course introduces them to best practices for planning procedures, increasing tissue thickness, and preventing and managing complications.

Unparalleled Commitment to Excellence

Implant dentistry is a rapidly evolving field. Continuing dental education courses should be updated regularly or they may lose their effectiveness. We revisit our courses at regular intervals and tweak them when necessary to ensure they discuss the latest topics, surgical instruments, and techniques.

RDI Mentors

RDI mentors bring decades of collective experience in performing complex dental implant surgeries to the table. Their vast and rich experience enables them to maintain their composure during surgeries. RDI mentors have an in-depth understanding of the principles of implant dentistry. They plan every surgery down to the last detail to prevent confusion and complications.

RDI mentors are passionate educators. They adopt a flexible attitude, which allows them to adapt their teaching style to meet the diverse learning needs of their students. RDI mentors use different tools and methods to effectively explain complex topics and ideas and to get their point across. They are lifelong learners and are always eager to learn. RDI mentors use case studies regularly to facilitate the understanding of dental implant techniques.

Balancing Theory and Practice

Our dental implant courses include classroom sessions and hands-on training sessions. Students learn ways to plan implant procedures and prevent complications in class and then apply the knowledge they have acquired to real-life situations when assisting their mentors during surgeries.

Small Class Sizes

Smaller classes are conducive to learning. For every couple of RDI students, there is an RDI mentor. A healthy student-teacher ratio allows mentors to give personalized attention to their students, which improves learning outcomes.

Have questions about our continuing dental education program? Call (715) 962-8454.

Live Patient Implant Course

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Whether you want to learn new skills or polish your existing skills, enroll in a continuing dental education course. The right continuing dental education course can equip you with skills for tomorrow, helping you become future-ready. It discusses the latest trends in implant dentistry and best practices to prevent complications.

Why Enroll in RDI’s Continuing Dental Education Program?

RDI is committed to revolutionizing dental education. We realize the importance of hands-on training. Designed by industry experts, our continuing dental education program lays equal emphasis on classroom sessions and practical sessions. It consists of two patient implant courses: the Core Series and the Master series.

During the course of their study, RDI students learn effective ways to plan dental implant procedures, increase tissue thickness, and prevent and manage complications. They assist their mentors during live surgeries. Course participants gain invaluable knowledge by observing their mentors as they perform surgeries. They learn about issues that can arise during surgeries and best practices for managing them.

Our patient implant courses aim to equip practicing dentists with the skills to perform surgeries in the most effective manner. We evaluate our courses and tweak their structure regularly to maximize their effectiveness and keep them up to date.

RDI Mentors: A Cut Above the Rest

Every RDI mentor has years of experience in performing complex procedures. They have mastered different methods for placing dental implants correctly. Their in-depth understanding of the principles of implant dentistry sets them apart from other practicing dentists.

RDI mentors stay on top of industry trends and are always eager to learn about breakthroughs in the field of implant dentistry. Every mentor on our team is an eminent educator. They use effective ways to explain complex ideas and topics. Though experts in their field, RDI mentors consider themselves lifelong learners and grab learning opportunities with both hands.

The Right Balance Between Theory and Practice

Both theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge are important. We believe in the power of learning by doing. Our courses include classroom sessions as well as training sessions. Course participants learn important concepts in the classroom and implement the knowledge they have gained during class sessions to real-life situations when assisting their mentors during live surgeries.

We Maintain a Healthy Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Crowded classrooms can negatively affect learning outcomes. Students and teachers in a crowded classroom can get distracted easily and may struggle to stay focused and get their point across. We maintain a healthy student-mentor ratio of 2:1. A low student-mentor ratio allows mentors to meet the learning needs of their students.

To inquire about our courses, call (715) 962-8454.

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