It is not a secret that patient expectations for dental implant therapy are getting higher. The challenges in implant dentistry have shifted from osseointegration to the pink and white parts of dental implants. Dentists in the United Kingdom have a great opportunity to gain sound grounding in aesthetic implant dentistry by joining the one year part time 'Evidence Based & Clinical Course in Implant Dentistry' by The British Academy of Implant & Restorative Dentistry (BAIRD Academy) which is run under the direction of Professor Marco Esposito. Marco is the Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Oral Implantology in addition to a group of prominent national and international speakers and mentors.

This private comprehensive course is designed to provide dentists with the highest level of knowledge and skills related to the placement and restoration of dental implants. Dentists will learn the biologic and clinical principles that are the basis of the discipline. This evidence-based course provides a rich clinical experience that will allow participants to assume a leadership role within the world of dental implantology.

Practitioners are clinically trained via basic and advanced didactic evidence-based seminars, hands-on workshops and clinical sessions (on patients provided by the course). All topics pertinent to surgical and prosthetic dental implantology are covered: eg diagnosis and treatment planning; surgical protocols (3D implant placement, sinus grafting, guided bone regeneration, soft tissue grafting, prosthetic protocols); implant and abutment level procedures; screw vs. cement retained; prosthesis design; fixed vs. overdentures; and aftercare. Clinical procedures include all of the aforementioned protocols performed on course patients under the supervision of experienced mentors at the faculty of BAIRD Academy.

This Leeds-based, one-year, part-time course is running for the sixth year with very good feedback from previous graduates. The course is beginning on 25th September 2015 and continues until the end of May. The course comprises of seven modules, each of them delivered over a long weekend once a month, followed by a case presentation and theory exams in June 2016. Upon completing the course and successfully presenting the training portfolio, course participants will be awarded a Certificate of Evidence Based & Clinical Implant Dentistry. Successful candidates will also have the opportunity to accredit their training towards the Post Graduate University Implant Diploma at San Raffaele University in Milan.

For more information and course application form, visit www.baird.uk.com or contact us at admin@baird.uk.com.