{"id":903,"date":"2026-05-28T09:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/?post_type=article&p=903"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:48:49","slug":"the-case-for-online-education-in-implant-dentistry-1802","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/article\/the-case-for-online-education-in-implant-dentistry-1802\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case for Online Education in Implant Dentistry"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"article-type":[5],"forum-tag":[240,243,101,239,242,241],"class_list":["post-903","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article-type-feature-article","forum-tag-continuous-professional-development","forum-tag-dental-team","forum-tag-implant-dentistry","forum-tag-online-education","forum-tag-postgraduate","forum-tag-undergraduate"],"acf":{"feature_topic":1456,"authors":[1170],"read_time":"14 min","publication_date":"20171124","doi":"10.3290\/iti.fi.45673","excerpt":"Implant therapy is a well-established treatment modality but global provision is still limited. As an invasive procedure, it is not without potential risk to the patient. New providers should therefore receive comprehensive education from the outset. The fastest growing group of providers are general dental practitioners who have to fit education in around their working hours in daytime practice. Online education offers flexibility with global access 24\/7 to the didactic elements of implant dentistry and with options of different formats to suit different learning styles and preferences.","references":"Al-Saud L. M. (2013) Learning style preferences of first-year dental students at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Influence of gender and GPA. Journal of Dental Education<\/em> 77<\/strong>: 1371 \u2013 1378.\r\n\r\nBoll A. &Gehrke P. (2014) Gender aspects of implant dentistry: opportunities and career paths. Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Zahn\u00e4rztliche Implantologie<\/em> 30<\/strong>: 267 \u2013 287.\r\n\r\nDawson A. & Chen S. 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Improving Surgical Training Proposal for a pilot surgical training programme. https:\/\/www.rcseng.ac.uk\/<\/a>","endnote":"OWN - ITI International Team for Implantology\r\n CI - ITI International Team for Implantology\r\n JT - Forum Implantologicum\r\n DP - 2017\r\n LA - en\r\n TI - The Case for Online Education in Implant Dentistry\r\nOWN - ITI International Team for Implantology\r\n AU - Stilwell C.\r\nAID - 10.3290\/iti.fi.45673[doi]\r\n AB - Abstract"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1849,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/903\/revisions\/1849"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forum-author\/1170"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature-topic\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-type?post=903"},{"taxonomy":"forum-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forum-tag?post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}