Implant dentistry is a major ambition for some clinicians, with the complex workflows allowing individuals to treat a wider variety of patients with care that is effective and long-lasting. To embark on this journey, and actively learn from some of the most respected professionals in dentistry, look no further than the MSc in Dental Implantology from the ICE Postgraduate Dental Institute.
The course is perfect for those looking to make their start in implant dentistry, and already have some post-qualification experience in a hospital service or general dental practice. It teaches the skills needed to confidently and safely carry out each step in the implant workflow. This includes everything from treatment planning and implant placement to restoration.
Hands-on learning
The way you learn new skills can impact how you process information, and eventually use it in your own care. With the MSc in Dental Implantology, you engage with the theory in an active, hands-on manner, because we feel there is no better way to fully comprehend the core surgical and restorative skills needed for implant dentistry.
Throughout the course, you will be supported with high-quality tools, patients and direction from world-class mentors that allows you to treat a diverse range of implant cases. Delegates can work on pig and deer heads (optional) as well as model heads, before placing a minimum of four implants in live patients throughout the course. Dependent on your prior experience and performance during the course, this could be more.
Each aspect of the theory and clinical support provided to delegates is grounded in evidence-based learning, and the course thoroughly explores current knowledge and practices in implant dentistry. This includes new technologies such as minimally invasive guided surgery and CAD-CAM restorative treatment techniques. Alongside this, topics like infection control, medico-legal and ethical considerations, as well as human factors will all be discussed in depth.
Tutors you can trust
The virtues of the MSc in Dental Implantology expand to its mentors, like Specialist Oral Surgeon, Professor Cemal Ucer. Since the 1990s, Professor Ucer has provided advanced training programmes in bone and soft tissue grafting for comprehensive dental implant and jaw rehabilitation, and has become a recognised authority for teaching dental implant workflows. In fact, he has personally trained and mentored more than 1,000 clinicians in implant dentistry, making him one of the leading providers of implant education in the UK.
As a past president of the Association of Dental Implantology (ADI), Professor Ucer has always been passionate about progressing implant dentistry, and helping the clinicians that he works with grow as both people and professionals.
Improvements across the board
Dr Fatima Soussi of mydentist, Wimbledon, worked closely with Professor Ucer when she undertook the MSc in Dental Implantology, and spoke of how he helped her learn new techniques.
“They offered us some shadowing days with Professor Ucer, and I went and spent a full day placing implants with him. For him, placing an implant as common nature as taking a tooth out! He made everything straightforward, and he uses the most up to date techniques. Professor Ucer is clearly very experienced, and does a lot of 3D digital planning. He showed us a lot of the computer work, and how we can make digital workflows easier, which was very helpful.”
Dr Soussi was still looking for the right place to learn the implant placement workflow after trying other course providers. She spoke about how the hands-on approach to the MSc in Dental Implantology made the difference for her.
“I tried another course on implants, and I was not very happy with it. I did my research for a few different universities, and Salford had a really good reputation. I chose this course because I wanted to do something more than just placing implants.
“I was really happy with this course, and I can tell that this one gives you the most experience. By that I mean it incorporated clinical days with actual patients, and that’s what I enjoyed the most. Every month we had clinical dates, letting us start to place implants safely very, very soon.
“This is the whole point of it, no matter how much you study – and this applies to all of dentistry, but especially with implants as a surgical field. If you don’t try it when training, then you don’t really know anything about it.”
The MSc in Dental Implantology is comprehensive in its teachings, and Dr Soussi was delighted with the variety of skills learnt from it. She said, “I learnt a lot more regarding extractions and the healing process. Also, I am now able to raise flaps easily – I couldn’t do it as well before, I was very scared because you don’t do much of it at university.
“The course made my surgical skills a lot better. Not just in placing implants, but in general.”
To learn more about the MSc in Dental Implantology at the ICE Dental Institute and secure your space, get in touch with the team today.
Please contact Professor Ucer at ucer@icedental.institute or Mel Hay at mel@mdic.co
01612 371842
Professor Cemal Ucer (BDS, MSc, PhD, Oral Surgeon, ITI Fellow)
