Absolutely not. With dental implants it is never too late.  What we have observed, is that some of the most excited and energized dentists that have come to the WhiteCap Institute courses are those who are looking to retire in the next five years.  You may think, “Well, why would they want to do that” or “Why should they do that?”  And the fact is that is regenerates them and revitalizes them.  They have unbelievable clinical experience and it’s a great time to apply that experience.  With patient-centered care in mind, it is never too late to learn a new skill that will greatly benefit your patients and increase your overall ability as a dental professional.

Now is a great time to become an implant dentist.  As the public is becoming more educated about dental implants, they are now expecting general dentists to do dental implants.  Not only have the public become more aware, but the implant manufacturers have aligned themselves with general dentists and have accepted the fact that they are going to do the bulk of implants here in the next decade.

Our patients are ready for this standard of care and the manufactures are ready to help us provide it.  It is our challenge and obligation as dentists to become proficient at providing dental implant care to our patients just like we do any other skill set in general dentistry.

Anyone who is contemplating doing implants in their implants in their practice, there has never been a better time than now to start—your patients are ready for it. Be skeptical about attending educational centers that claim they can teach you everything about implants in a two-day course, also be skeptical of salesman teaching you dental implantology. Your implant education needs to come from clinicians who have the understanding and the competency of implant dentistry.

You should align yourself with someone who can teach you properly and who is able to relate to you. Take the time to research your educational institute, and when the time is right for you, make the investment in yourself and your patients and get the best implant education.

We frequently have dentists call into the institute with a question such as:

“I know I want to start placing Dental Implants in my practice, but what do I really need to get started?”

Great question.

Beginning to place Dental Implants in your practice isn’t as tough as you might think.  The biggest key to being successful in starting to place implants, is making sure that you have:

1. The Right Education & Training
2. The Right Tools & Equipment

WhiteCap Institute is focused around making sure that our residents are leave the WCI Implant program with training and confidence to start placing implants right in their practice.  In addition, we will give you advice on the implant system as well as all of the tools that you will need to get started.

The Right Education

The best education for beginning Dental implants is the one that gets you started successfully placing implants in your practice with confidence.

The WhiteCap Dental Implant Residency is the best way to get started placing implants (check out some testimonials).  The reason for that is that the emphasis of our courses is getting dentists…