Guides for Dentists

Practical, independent-minded guides for UK dentists thinking about implant training or developing their implant practice. Written by the team at Guy’s College, where Dr David Guy teaches implant dentistry at 18 Wimpole Street, London.

• All-on-4 for General Dentists: What Full-Arch Implant Treatment Involves
  The All-on-4 concept explained for UK dentists: tilted implants, immediate loading, patient selection, the treatment steps and the skills you need first.
• Socket Grafting and Ridge Preservation: A Guide for Dentists
  Why the ridge shrinks after extraction, when to graft the socket, the core principles of ridge preservation and how to learn predictable socket grafting.
• Starting Implant Dentistry as a General Dentist: A Step-by-Step Guide for UK GDPs
  Training, mentoring, indemnity, equipment and case selection: the practical steps for a UK general dentist adding implants to their practice.
• Guided Implant Surgery Explained: Surgical Guides vs X-Guide Dynamic Navigation
  How static surgical guides and X-Guide dynamic navigation compare, and when a general dentist should learn each.
• How to Choose a Dental Implant Course in the UK: 8 Questions to Ask
  A practical checklist for UK dentists comparing implant courses: training standards, live patients, mentoring, group size, cost and progression.