Dental Implants

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Dental Protection is not the arbiter of clinical opinion, or of the adequacy of training courses in this or any other field. But as with all procedures, members should ensure that they are suitably trained and experienced before undertaking these procedures without supervision.

 Dental Protection strongly advocates the use of mentoring as a key part of a structured implant training programme. The Israel Association of Implantology, which is affiliated with the international Association of Implantology, provides a structured Membership and Fellowship arrangement which gives dentists the opportunity to learn from colleagues and advance according to experience and proficiency.

Placing implants outside the UK

When setting subscription rates, there is no cross-subsidy between medical and dental rates, or between members working in different countries. Subscription rates in each country are set on expert actuarial advice and they aim to be fair and equitable across the whole membership. In some international jurisdictions, where Dental Protection membership is available, a disproportionate share of the total case-related expenditure is incurred in connection with dental implants. In these countries (for example, Hong Kong, Israel and some countries within the Caribbean region) additional subscription rates are payable by any clinicians who have any level of involvement in implant dentistry.

Israel has a high level of litigation compared to most other countries and dental implants and prosthetics on implants have resulted in a disproportionately large number of claims in negligence. Furthermore, it is the nature of these claims that they are much more expensive to handle and settle than claims relating to non-invasive dentistry.

Reviewing our rates and categories

Dental Protection's membership categories are continually under evaluation and the subscription rates are reviewed in April of each year. If there is any future change to our policies in relation to implant dentistry, it will be reflected in an updated version of this position statement in due course.