In the previous blog I talked about fifty implants per year and the benefits of familiarity. In this blog I would like to talk about the disadvantages of not achieving familiarity.
Throughout the past twenty years I have the privilege and pleasure to watch many newly started implant surgeons work and to watch where the problems and difficulties can arise at the early stages of implant careers. There are three main issues related to familiarity which cause significant roadblocks or problems in peoples development:
- Lack of familiarity of surgical skills
- Lack of familiarity of implant systems
- Lack of the team familiarity with the procedure overall
A breakdown in any of these three areas can lead to catastrophic effects and can turn people off entirely in implant dentistry.
The way to overcome the first problem of lack of familiarity with surgical skills is to practice surgical skills! You can academically teach surgical skills and you can read the research in flap design and surgical procedures but without the practical application it’s useless. This comes through courses with hands on experience and with mentoring schemes.
Familiarity with the system is a similar process – sticking to a single system that you’ve chosen and you like gives you the opportunity to learn quickly, much more quickly than you would if you were spread across several systems for several indications. The confusion from different implant systems, even for the most experience, can be enormous so for people in the early stages of their career it can be disastrous.
The final issue though is for your team to understand dental implants, from the point of view of setting up a surgery to provide it to the point of how reception talk to people in implant dentistry who may be interested; generating material and processes in the practice to assist patients in deciding whether or not it’s the best option or not is critical.
These are the processes we look at to discuss and develop on our year-long course which starts at the end of January 2017. We have a stated commitment to try and move as many of our delegates through a learning process to fifty implants per year and beyond. We have already achieved this in many cases.
This is a process of academic learning, practical application and logistics combined with mentoring and a close knit community of people who understand the importance of this process for the benefits of patients in the long term.
If this is something that you’re interested in then please let us know, places are really limited now - 0115 9823919 | info@campbellacademy.co.uk
Blog Post Number: 1156
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