{"id":925,"date":"2026-05-28T09:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/?post_type=article&#038;p=925"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:00:06","slug":"the-status-of-continuing-professional-development-in-implant-dentistry-for-the-general-dentist-in-europe-1804","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/article\/the-status-of-continuing-professional-development-in-implant-dentistry-for-the-general-dentist-in-europe-1804\/","title":{"rendered":"The Status of Continuing Professional Development in Implant Dentistry for the General Dentist in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"article-type":[5],"forum-tag":[256,258,101,257],"class_list":["post-925","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article-type-feature-article","forum-tag-continuing-professional-development-cpd","forum-tag-general-dentist","forum-tag-implant-dentistry","forum-tag-postgraduate-dental-education"],"acf":{"feature_topic":1456,"authors":[1172,1138],"read_time":"10 min","publication_date":"20171124","doi":"10.3290\/iti.fi.45672","excerpt":"In Europe, there is enormous diversity in regard to undergraduate and postgraduate dental education programs. 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