FGDP(UK) to publish implant dentistry standards

The work is being led by Professor Cemal Ucer, a former president of the Association of Dental Implantology, together with co-authors Simon Wright and Andrew Shelley, and will be widely consulted on before it is finalised.

FGDP(UK) already publishes Training Standards in Implant Dentistry, which is used by the General Dental Council to define the training that should be undertaken to carry out implant dentistry in the UK, and the standards which should be met by training courses.

The Faculty also delivers the highly respected FGDP(UK) Diploma in Implant Dentistry, having taught almost 600 students in London, Leeds and Hong Kong since 2003.

Professor Ucer and Dr Wright are directors of the Implant Centres of Excellence (ICE) Postgraduate Institute and Hospital, and academic leads for the MSc in Dental Implantology at Edge Hill University, and Andrew Shelley is a specialist in Prosthodontics, and honorary research fellow at the University of Manchester.

Due to be published in the second half of 2018, Standards in Implant Dentistry’s evidence-graded recommendations will be categorised using the Faculty’s ‘ABC’ (Aspirational, Basic, Conditional) notation.