(SIUE) School of Dental medicine - Dental Research Organizations

(SIUE) School of Dental medicine
Dental Implant Clinic
The Dental Implant Clinic, an integral part of Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine, is dedicated to providing high quality, comprehensive educational opportunities in the placement and restoration of dental implants for our undergraduate and postgraduate students and for area practitioners.
Through a variety of educational programs, the Dental Implant Clinic functions as a training center as well as a regional support network for the advancement of dental implant studies and practice in southern Illinois and the surrounding region.
The 8,000 + square foot complex, located in University Park on the main campus of SIUE, houses state of the art treatment, teaching, research and conference facilities.
Implant Studies

Educational Programs:
Fellowship in Implant Dentistry
The Fellowship in Implant Dentistry is a one-year, clinically oriented program in which implant fellows perform all phases of implant dentistry. Fellows are selected for training each year from a nationwide applicant pool. The responsibilities of the fellows include, but are not limited to:
Зѓў Performance of advanced patient care in implant dentistry and related clinical disciplines under supervision of the faculty of the implant program.
Зѓў Clinical supervision of implant procedures performed by AEGD graduate students and undergraduate students.
Зѓў Organization and facilitation of journal reviews and seminars in implant dentistry.
Зѓў Participation in clinical and/or laboratory research in implant dentistry leading to publication and/or presentation.
Зѓў Participation in didactic and preclinical laboratory education in implant dentistry for undergraduate students.
Ongoing Educational Opportunities
The Dental Implant Clinic sponsors an ongoing schedule of continuing education opportunities:
* Full day courses featuring local, national and international lecturers.
* Clinical Courses
* Multiple Day Scientific Meetings

Research Commitment
We at the Implant Clinic believe that it is not only our goal, but our duty as an educational institution to continually search for and attempt to provide significant advancements in the field of implant dentistry through ongoing research efforts. This facility is dedicated to the exploration of both basic and applied research that will refine biomaterials and techniques, thus improving the long-term stability, function and esthetics of dental implants and related prostheses.
Mini-residency in Oral Implant Therapy
The mini-residence in Oral Implant Therapy is an intensive, hands-on course offered by the faculty of the Dental Implant Clinic. The course is an adaptation of the "Synergy Training Program", which was created by a team of implant experts and has been highly successful in training restorative implant dentists throughout the country. The course consists of 75 contact hours of didactic, laboratory, and clinical training.
This course, unlike most extended courses or mini-residencies in implant dentistry, allows the participants to present and treatment plan their own patient cases in conjunction with the course faculty and other participants; assist in surgery on their own patient; and restore their patient's case under the guidance of the course faculty. Participants will have the opportunity to assist and/or observe one another during the restorative phase of treatment in order to increase their contact time with a variety of prosthetic treatment options. Intermixed with the clinical training will be lecture and laboratory sessions dealing with all phases of implant therapy.
Following successful completion of the mini-residency, practitioners may continue to utilize the resources and faculty of the clinic in treating implant patients in order to gain further expertise. This training may be arranged individually with clinic personnel and is on a fee for service basis.

For more information, contact:

Dr. James Lin, DMD
Acting Director
Dental Implant Clinic
Southern Illinois University
School of Dental Medicine
195 Research Park Drive
Box 1112
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1112
Phone: (618) 474-7164
E-mail: cschaef@siue.edu
FAX: (618) 474-7249