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    “Implants are likely the biggest future trend in all of dentistry. Make your education count by gaining actual experience and skills rather than just absorbing information that doesn't grow your bottom line.”
     
    Gain the Experience You Need to Place Implants with Confidence
    by Dr. Guy Gross

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    Often, knowledge gaps and confidence issues keep us from feeling comfortable enough to add new procedures to our list of services. As a dental implant educator, I have found my realm is a scary place for dentists who want to transition from knowing how to place an implant to actually turning an edentulous space into a highly functioning tooth for a patient.

    In my observation, this is primarily because dentists don’t have the confidence they need to perform certain surgical procedures, lack experience in performing those procedures, and have a fear of the unknown. The most fear-provoking surgical procedures tend to be suturing, making incisions, drilling osteotomy sites and managing post-op healing.

    How can we address these fears? It lies in getting more hands-on training, preferably alongside our dental assistants and patient care teams, without having to use real patients.

    Filling a need

    Unfortunately, short of performing every first-time surgery on living humans, there aren’t a lot of good training options for dentists who need to gain experience and confidence. True-to-life models that actually feel like bone and soft tissue just don’t seem to exist. Drilling on plastic doesn’t feel like bone, and making incisions and suturing on rubber doesn’t feel like soft tissue.

    That’s why I created the SurgeReal 3D Hands-on Training Models. I saw the need for a better model and, after a few years of trial and error, these models were born to fill that need. The first models feature actual cortical and cancellous bone that feel natural, as well as varying densities based on location in the mouth and soft tissue that allows dentists to learn all of the scary procedures without having to practice on live patients. I am pretty pumped about these models and have now trained quite a few doctors on them. It is changing their game!

    Place implants with confidence

    With these models, doctors are able to gain experience placing 32 dental implants and learn both hard and soft tissue techniques, from drilling to alveoplasty to flap reflection to suturing. The implant placement planning and delivery process facilitates learning, enabling dentists to treat a variety of cases, including single tooth implants, multiple side-by-side implants and implant-retained dentures.

    And it gets better. This hands-on dental implant education can be completed online, from the comfort of your own office with your assistant by your side. With this training, your team members also develop the confidence they need because they too gain 32 implants worth of experience. There’s no fumbling around or being embarrassed in front of a patient. You will have it down. We can eliminate the cost of travel, reduce the cost of the course, and give you hands-on experience in a fraction of the time—and it’s all thanks to these models.

    Overcoming two main challenges

    What are the two biggest roadblocks to implementing the knowledge we gain from continuing education courses? One is quite certainly training team members. To overcome that challenge, these training models are made to complete alongside your dental assistant. The video-based education is structured so assistants can see how the chairside work is done, while clinicians see the precise surgical skills necessary for implant placement.

    The second challenge to implementation is the lack of real experience. When we haven’t done much, if any, hands-on work, we lack the perspective needed to anticipate challenges—and the fear of the unknown adds stress to the situation. When both the doctor and team members have experience before they enter an operatory with a live patient, the procedure is seamless, and no one has to know it’s a new experience. Technically, it isn't!

    You can take your practice to a whole new level with dental implants. Implants are likely the biggest future trend in all of dentistry. Make your education count by gaining actual experience and skills rather than just absorbing information that doesn't grow your bottom line. It takes confidence! It is easy to make it happen with these models. Start the journey toward closing your knowledge gaps, gain experience, and most importantly, gain confidence in your skills. You got this!

    The course

    I’m officially rolling out the course and these models after the first of the year. Interested in taking the course? Email me at GuyGrossDDS@nhdpm.com and I’ll put you on the list.

    About the Author

    Guy W. Gross, DDS earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 2002, graduating with honors from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry. He practices in Salina, Kansas, and also has a dental practice management company that operates and manages a large group of dental practices across the state of Kansas and Oklahoma. He is also a Fellow and Master of the International Congress of Oral Implantology, a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry, and a Lifetime Qualified Member of the Crown Council. In his private practice, his main focus is on dental implants and reconstructive dentistry, with an emphasis on smile design, sedation procedures, and cosmetic dentistry. He has lectured both nationally and internationally on topics such as dental implants, case planning, practice management, cosmetic artistry, and 3-D imaging. He has been a faculty member of Little Implant Co., teaching live patient surgical courses to doctors from many parts of the world, since 2014.

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    Gain the Experience You Need to Place Implants with Confidence
    by Dr. Guy Gross

    Often, knowledge gaps and confidence issues keep us from feeling comfortable enough to add new procedures to our list of services. As a dental implant educator, I have found my realm is a scary place for dentists who want to transition from knowing how to place an implant to actually turning an edentulous space into a highly functioning tooth for a patient.

    In my observation, this is primarily because dentists don’t have the confidence they need to perform certain surgical procedures, lack experience in performing those procedures, and have a fear of the unknown. The most fear-provoking surgical procedures tend to be suturing, making incisions, drilling osteotomy sites and managing post-op healing.

    How can we address these fears? It lies in getting more hands-on training, preferably alongside our dental assistants and patient care teams, without having to use real patients.

    Filling a need

    Unfortunately, short of performing every first-time surgery on living humans, there aren’t a lot of good training options for dentists who need to gain experience and confidence. True-to-life models that actually feel like bone and soft tissue just don’t seem to exist. Drilling on plastic doesn’t feel like bone, and making incisions and suturing on rubber doesn’t feel like soft tissue.

    That’s why I created the SurgeReal 3D Hands-on Training Models. I saw the need for a better model and, after a few years of trial and error, these models were born to fill that need. The first models feature actual cortical and cancellous bone that feel natural, as well as varying densities based on location in the mouth and soft tissue that allows dentists to learn all of the scary procedures without having to practice on live patients. I am pretty pumped about these models and have now trained quite a few doctors on them. It is changing their game!

    Place implants with confidence

    With these models, doctors are able to gain experience placing 32 dental implants and learn both hard and soft tissue techniques, from drilling to alveoplasty to flap reflection to suturing. The implant placement planning and delivery process facilitates learning, enabling dentists to treat a variety of cases, including single tooth implants, multiple side-by-side implants and implant-retained dentures.

    And it gets better. This hands-on dental implant education can be completed online, from the comfort of your own office with your assistant by your side. With this training, your team members also develop the confidence they need because they too gain 32 implants worth of experience. There’s no fumbling around or being embarrassed in front of a patient. You will have it down. We can eliminate the cost of travel, reduce the cost of the course, and give you hands-on experience in a fraction of the time—and it’s all thanks to these models.

    Overcoming two main challenges

    What are the two biggest roadblocks to implementing the knowledge we gain from continuing education courses? One is quite certainly training team members. To overcome that challenge, these training models are made to complete alongside your dental assistant. The video-based education is structured so assistants can see how the chairside work is done, while clinicians see the precise surgical skills necessary for implant placement.

    The second challenge to implementation is the lack of real experience. When we haven’t done much, if any, hands-on work, we lack the perspective needed to anticipate challenges—and the fear of the unknown adds stress to the situation. When both the doctor and team members have experience before they enter an operatory with a live patient, the procedure is seamless, and no one has to know it’s a new experience. Technically, it isn't!

    You can take your practice to a whole new level with dental implants. Implants are likely the biggest future trend in all of dentistry. Make your education count by gaining actual experience and skills rather than just absorbing information that doesn't grow your bottom line. It takes confidence! It is easy to make it happen with these models. Start the journey toward closing your knowledge gaps, gain experience, and most importantly, gain confidence in your skills. You got this!

    The course

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    Guy W. Gross, DDS earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 2002, graduating with honors from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry. He practices in Salina, Kansas, and also has a dental practice management company that operates and manages a large group of dental practices across the state of Kansas and Oklahoma. He is also a Fellow and Master of the International Congress of Oral Implantology, a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry, and a Lifetime Qualified Member of the Crown Council. In his private practice, his main focus is on dental implants and reconstructive dentistry, with an emphasis on smile design, sedation procedures, and cosmetic dentistry. He has lectured both nationally and internationally on topics such as dental implants, case planning, practice management, cosmetic artistry, and 3-D imaging. He has been a faculty member of Little Implant Co., teaching live patient surgical courses to doctors from many parts of the world, since 2014.

     

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