While many excellent dental implant education courses and institutes exist, some clinicians are frustrated with trying to find a practical dental implant training program that works. Some dental implant training courses are taught by multiple faculty members who have differing opinions on implant procedures. This will often confuse the beginning implant surgeon. Other dental implant training institutes offer a consistent message, but no clinical opportunities to learn in a mentored environment. Still others offer a clinical opportunity, but only if you bring your own patient. Other courses ask you to leave the country to work in areas of unknown security, vague legal systems, and unfamiliar oral care delivery models.We made strong efforts to build a dental implant continuing education program that offers all the crucial elements necessary for effective learning: strong didactic education, hands-on skill builders, and valuable mentored clinical experiences. Because we include live patient surgery in our courses, our groups are small, generally less than 20 clinicians. Our courses are taught in a relaxed and caring environment, and the small group size offers plenty of opportunities to ask questions, interact with other clinicians, and develop friendships within the group. Patients are aware this is a teaching facility, and not surprised to see interaction between our faculty and course clinicians.We provide the patients and manage follow-up care with you...