Specific Responsibilities

Purpose:
To develop a structured curriculum that can offer high quality implant education in the global field of implant dentistry. By implementing this program, participants would be able to attend AO approved training centers across the globe, as well as affiliated universities, to further their implant education. By the end of each training module, pending qualification of each individual, AO would provide the following certificates: AO Certificate, AO Master, AO Diplomate and AO Fellow.

Goals

• To promote high quality implant education globally
• To enhance patient care through well-educated implant practitioners
• To promote the AO brand and enhance its reputation globally
• To attract new AO members globally
• To encourage doctors to attend AO annual meetings and/or sponsored courses

The structured CE curriculum program is designed to provide high quality of training courses within 1.5 years (see attached spread sheet for details of curriculum structure for surgical and prosthetic components) and offers two different levels of AO certificates.

AO Master Certificate: Attended 50 hours of CE and 10 hours of hands-on training. (This can be surgical or prosthetic or combination of the two)

• 7 hours of AO webinars or AO approved online training courses
• Attendance to one AO Annual Meeting
• No examination or case presentation is required. Instead, submission of 2 implant cases for approval is expected
• Application fee: $300; Certification fee: $300

AO Diplomate Certificate: Attended 150 hours of CE and 15 hours hands-on training. (This can be surgical or prosthetic or combination of the two)

• 15 hours of AO webinars or online training courses
• Attendance to two AO Annual Meetings
• One-hour online examination and presentation of two implant cases at the Annual Meeting are required
• Application and examination fee: $500; Certification fee: $1,000

Training centers

• Select 8-10 leading institutions in different geographic locations (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Australia) – They will follow the established AO curriculum. Each center will have to be approved by the AO GPD committee and be run by an active AO member.
• Trial Universities may include UCLA, Loma Linda, UIC, Texas A&M, U Penn, Nova and U Michigan.

Qualifications (Minimum)

• Active Member

Composition

The committee shall be comprised of the Chair and as many members as deemed necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Committee. Members are selected by the chair in consultation with the President-elect and approved by the Advisory Committee on Committees.

Term

• Three-year, non-restrictive term for the chair
• No limit on consecutive three-year terms for the remaining members

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