GPR doesn't place implants...red flag?

[crooked castle]

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This GPR does plenty of fixed, endos, and OS. Also good amount of removeable. Seems like a well rounded program, but residents do not place any implants. I don't think they get to restore any either. Is this a big deal?

Lots of patients these days are interested in implants, and I feel that without any experience placing and restoring, I might be at a big disadvantage and may lose patients once I start practicing. Thoughts? Can I really learn this via CE..doesn't seem ideal though.

 

[setdoc7]

I think the myth of GPR's learning to place implants needs to be somewhat dispelled. Especially in a larger program, you would need to have an enormous patient pool in order to teach placement to competency. The placements would have to take place almost immediately, and would preclude the necessity of grafting, which could slow the entire process down. Most implants placed after April would not be restored by the placing resident anyway. I do think that all GPR's should be taught to restore implants with both fixed and removeable prostheses. Simple placement as an introduction would be appropriate, but the description simple can be deceiving.
The one year GPR is not meant to be the end of formal training, rather an opportunity to refine already learned skills and accumulate new ones. Given the amount of time required for off service rotation, (ED and Anesthesia),
paid holidays off (10?) and 4 weeks of vacation, there are really only 42 weeks in the dental clinic, excluding any rotations within that to say OMFS.
There is just not enough time to do everything. That is why there are 2 year implantology fellowships.
Just my own thoughts about this.