Implant centre launch in Liverpool

October 8^th is an important date in Liverpool andon that day in 2013 it was the launch of the first ICE clinic in Rodney Street and, the introduction of ICE Foundation Course for GDPs in Implant Dentistry.

The Implant Centres of Excellence or ICE, is the brainchild of three of the UK’s most experienced implant educators and clinicians; Prof Cemal Ucer, Simon Wright and David Speechley. ICE consists of three separate groups; regional ICE clinics which provide clinical treatment and support to referring practitioners,  the ICE Association (ICEa) that provides the peer interaction and support, and the back bone of the organisation, the Institute (ICEi) providing structured, accredited clinical training and education to team members at all levels; from nurses to referring GDPs, to newly qualified dentists wanting to pursue a career in implant dentistry by following accredited training such as ICEi PG Diplomas/MSc. At the backbone of ICEi is the newly launched mentee school which will provide systematic patient-centred supervised clinical training at ICE central hub and regional clinics.