The perfect combination

Even though implant dentistry still doesn't quite carry the popularity here as it does throughout the rest of Europe (around seven times more implants are placed each year in Italy than in the UK) its attractiveness has increased significantly over the past decade. Treatment has undeniably become more affordable for patients, in no small part because of training clinics, which can offer cost-effective care on the patient's complete understanding that it is provided by qualified dentists learning new skills in a fully-supervised training environment under the watchful eyes of highly-experienced tutors.

Of course, as accessibility to dental implants continues to open up to patients, it is inevitable that more dental practices see the commercial and professional advantages of offering such treatments as part of a more diverse portfolio of provision. The Association of Dental Implantology estimates there are currently around 2,000 practitioners providing some aspect of implant dentistry, with this figure rising year-on-year. Becoming well-practised in the art of dental implants obviously requires dentists to complete further training and obtain additional qualifications to learn all of the necessary skills and techniques, something Dentale has seen firsthand, with the number of dentists successfully undertaking the 'Introduction to Implant Dentistry and Advanced Practical Implantology' courses more than trebling over the past 18 months.