Dental Implant Training FAQs — Answers for Attending Dentists

Our courses are built for licensed dentists practicing in the United States. For any course in which you treat live patients, you must hold an active U.S. dental license in good standing. General dentists make up the core of every cohort, and prosthodontists, periodontists, and oral surgeons regularly attend to add cadaver repetitions, full-arch workflow training, or supervised sinus augmentation experience to an existing surgical skill set.

Yes — and you're exactly who our Level 1 Dental Implant Cadaver Course was written for. The lectures assume no prior implant surgical training, and every hands-on exercise — flap design, suturing, extraction, grafting, and implant placement — is performed on surgical models and cadaver specimens with an instructor guiding you step by step. No live patients are treated, so no Arizona licensure is required. It is the intended first step in our training progression.

That depends on where you want your practice to go next:

• Full-arch treatment — our All-on-4® Surgical & Restorative Course with Cadaver Training: observe a complete live All-on-4® case, then perform the surgical sequence on mandibular and maxillary cadaver specimens.
• Supervised live-patient surgery — our 3-Day Live Surgical Implant Course with Cadaver Training: progress from cadaver lab and digital planning to placing implants on live patients under direct instructor supervision.
• The posterior maxilla — our 3-Day Live Surgical Sinus Lift Course: perform lateral window sinus lift procedures on live patients, in the smallest surgical cohort we run.

If you're unsure which fits your experience, call us at (602) 730-1676 and talk it through with our team. We'd rather place you in the right course than the next course.

Both formats exist — and we're direct about which is which. In our cadaver-based programs (Level 1 and All-on-4®), all attendee hands-on work is performed on models and cadaver specimens. In our live surgical programs (the 3-Day Live Surgical Implant Course and the Sinus Lift Course), qualified attending dentists perform surgery on live patients under direct instructor supervision. Observation seats are also available on the live surgical courses for dentists who want the full educational experience — lectures, planning, cadaver training, and case review — without live-patient participation.

Intentionally small — this is boutique surgical education, not a conference. Our cadaver courses are capped at eight dentists. The 3-Day Live Surgical Implant Course is capped at six operating dentists, with one instructor for every two dentists during live surgery. The Sinus Lift Course runs just two surgical seats per course. When we say an instructor will be at your station, we mean it literally.

Yes — and it's one of the most valuable things you can do for your practice: your clinical team learns the surgical workflow, setup, and protocols alongside you, so implementation starts the Monday you return. If you're attending a live surgical course and treating patients, one dental assistant may attend with you at no charge. Assistants are also welcome at the Level 1 and All-on-4® cadaver courses for a $500 fee — arranged by phone; call or text us at (602) 730-1676 when you register. Each of those two courses is capped at eight dentists and four assistant seats, so assistant spots are limited and filled in registration order. And on the All-on-4® mentorship program, one assistant accompanies you at no charge.

Only if you're treating live patients and aren't already licensed in Arizona. Here's the breakdown:

• Cadaver courses (Level 1, All-on-4®): No Arizona license required — you treat no live patients.
• Live surgical courses (3-Day Live Surgical Implant, Sinus Lift): Dentists licensed outside Arizona must obtain a temporary Arizona dental license before the course.
• Observation seats: No Arizona license required — observers treat no patients.

We walk every registrant through it, and the process has three steps: complete the application (we'll send it to you via Adobe Sign), submit it by email to the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners, and arrange for a letter of good standing from each state in which you hold a license to be mailed directly to the Board at 1740 W. Adams, Suite 2470, Phoenix, AZ 85007. The Board can be reached at 602-542-4430 with questions about your application status.

Plan on a minimum of 60 days, and allow up to three months. This is the single most important logistical detail in your registration timeline: the practical deadline to register for a live surgical course is two to three months before the course date. Start your application the day you register — we'll help you get it moving.

No. Dentists with an active Arizona license are ready to operate — just register.

Register directly on each course page, or call or text us at (602) 730-1676 and we'll take care of it with you. Seats are filled in order of registration, and because our cohorts are small by design, courses do sell out.

Yes. We split tuition into monthly installment payments on our multi-day programs, because we'd rather work with your cash flow than have cost delay your surgical training by a year. The available plan for each course is shown on its course page, or call us and we'll walk through the options.

Yes. We believe the best time to build a surgical foundation is early in your career, and we support new graduates in getting there. Email Scott Lauer at scottlauer@implantedco.com for current new-graduate pricing.

The same policy applies to every course: cancel 60 or more days before your course start date for a refund. Inside 60 days, tuition is non-refundable — our small class sizes mean a late cancellation is a seat another dentist couldn't take. If something changes, call us as early as possible and we'll work with you.

For the Level 1 and All-on-4® cadaver courses, yes — dentists may transfer their registration to a later course date. Call us and we'll move you to the date that works.

For the live surgical courses, transfers are possible up to 60 days before your course start date, but not inside 60 days — and we want you to understand why, because it isn't arbitrary. By that point, we're actively acquiring and treatment-planning the patients you'll treat, and the temporary Arizona dental license takes a minimum of 60 days to process — so a replacement dentist couldn't be licensed in time to take your seat. Plan your live surgical registration around a date you can commit to, and start your license application the day you register.

Every program includes your full didactic and hands-on training, CE credit, and breakfast and lunch each day. Course-specific inclusions — cadaver specimens, live surgical sessions, take-home consent forms and patient education materials — are detailed on each course page.

Most course days begin at 8:00 AM with breakfast. Live surgical days may start earlier — your confirmation materials will include the exact schedule for your course.

Breakfast and lunch are provided every day of your course. Have a dietary restriction or preference? Contact us before your course and we'll take care of it.

Very little — we supply the instrumentation, materials, and surgical supplies. If you wear loupes or a headlamp, bring them; you'll want to work the way you work at home. Everything else is waiting for you at the training center.

In the 3-Day Live Surgical Implant Course with Cadaver Training, attending dentists should place four implants on live patients — in addition to the implants placed during cadaver training. In the Sinus Lift Course, surgical-seat dentists perform on average four lateral window procedures across the two surgical days. One honest caveat, because live-patient education depends on live patients: circumstances vary, and Implant Education Company does not guarantee the number of implants or procedures each attending dentist will complete.

No — and there's a good reason. Our team recruits the patients and builds treatment plans that are right for the course curriculum, then every case is reviewed and approved by the instructors before surgery. That case-selection discipline is itself part of your training: choosing the right early cases is what keeps implant dentistry predictable when you're back in your own operatory.

An instructor is at your side — not across the room. During the live surgical portion of the 3-Day Implant Course, we maintain one instructor for every two operating dentists. In the Sinus Lift Course, with only two dentists operating, supervision is effectively one-on-one through every case. Each surgical day opens with a structured case review, so you enter the operatory knowing the plan, the anatomy, and the contingencies.

Our two-day Level 1 program provides 16 CEUs, and every other course provides 24 CEUs. That includes observation-seat registrants on our live surgical and sinus courses — you earn the same 24 CEUs as the dentists in surgical seats. Implant Education Company is an approved AGD PACE provider (AGD Provider Code 316714), so the credit you earn here is credit your career can use. CE hours are also listed on each course page.

Our training center is at 12320 N. 32nd Street, Suite 2/3/4, Phoenix, AZ 85032.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) — the training center is about 13 miles from the terminal. We recommend Uber or Lyft for getting around during your stay; a rental car is not necessary.

We recommend the Embassy Suites by Hilton Phoenix Scottsdale, 1.2 miles from the training center. Book with our corporate code 0003262168 for preferred pricing — the booking link is on our Travel page, along with everything else you need to plan your trip.

Course days start at 8:00 AM (earlier on surgical days), so plan to arrive in Phoenix the evening before your course begins. Your confirmation materials will include the full daily schedule so you can book your return flight with confidence.

Call us — (602) 730-1676. Not a call center; our team. Tell us where you are in your implant journey and where you want your practice to be, and we'll tell you honestly which course fits, including when the answer is "start with Level 1 and come back for live surgery next year." Observation seats on our live surgical courses are also a genuine way to experience the training — lecture, cadaver lab, case reviews, and surgical observation — before committing to a surgical seat.