Marketability of endodontist with formal implant training

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What do you guys think is the marketability of an endodontist with formal implant training. Both from the perspective of the referring general dentist and the public.

From the POV of a GP, I would never refer to Endo if I knew they placed implants.

Originally Posted by koobpheej

What do you guys think is the marketability of an endodontist with formal implant training. Both from the perspective of the referring general dentist and the public.

POV General public: Who cares just fix me!

POV Gereral Dentist: Sounds oddly like a MD that was a funaral director before med school.

Originally Posted by koobpheej

What do you guys think is the marketability of an endodontist with formal implant training. Both from the perspective of the referring general dentist and the public.

That depends on you:

- Your clinical skills. Are you able handle all complex cases ? such as full mouth, anterior tooth implant, cases that require bone graft and/or sinus lift etc.

- Your communication skills. Are you willing to spend time (outside of your office) to help the GPs with the tx planning and restorative processes? You are wrong to think that your job is done when the implants are placed.

- Your fee. If the patients can't afford your expensive fee, then the GP will refer the patients to another specialist who is just as good and charges lower fee.

The general public don't usually know what the prosth, perio, OS, and endo do. They come to see you because they trust their GP's judgment about you and your clinical skills.

I would imagine an endo with such training would inform the GP of their training, and they would be wise to fully inform the GP that they would place the implant ONLY if the GP request that they do it. Many GP's place their own implants, and do not want a failed root canal done by an endodontist to be followed up by implant placement by the same endodontist. But if i was a GP and wasnt comfortable with a tough endo case and didnt do implants, i'd be fine referring it to an endodontist with proper training.

What is "formal implant training"?

University or hospital based training with lit review, etc, etc--would have to include restorative training, grafting training--there are implant certificate programs at a few of schools

What's the point if you aren't placing the crown. I would just stick to endo. If you want to expand your scope of practice then go the direction of laser gingivectomies and tooth exposures.