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Oklahoma and Oregon Dental Boards to Require Education Minimums for Dental Implant Surgery

Dentistry Today

Patients may also be damaged by a failure of the implant surgeon to appropriately plan for the level of biomechanical loading forces. Specialists licensed in oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontics, prosthodontics, and endodontics are exempted from the requirement in paragraph 1 of this subsection.