Dental News - EAO Junior Committee presents guidelines for development of implant dentistry in the next decade

Dental Tribune International

Thu. 11. October 2018

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SANT HILARI SACALM, Spain: The third summer camp of the Junior Committee of the European Association for Osseointegration (JC EAO) brought together 40 scientists and clinicians in the field of dental implantology. The aim of the meeting was to discuss four major topics concerning the development of the discipline: certification, societies and associations, continuing education and innovation.

Four working groups outlined the present state and problems of the respective area with the objective of recommending solutions to be implemented in the following ten years.

Since the evolution of new dental treatment techniques and modalities has led to the development of various dental specialties, recognition and certification of dental specialties are important in order to ensure educational standards and clinical skills. Therefore, the JC EAO has proposed the establishment of a certification programme for implant dentistry and the accreditation of training programmes. These regulations would lead to an improved quality of care, benefiting patients.

Concerning dental associations and societies, the JC EAO has suggested improvements in communication with dental students, professionals and patients. The guidelines furthermore involve the development of a positive partnership between dental associations and enterprises to ensure transparent communication, and increased support of independent research, the promotion of oral health and standard of care.

In order to ensure continuing dental education, a European dental board should be established and assume responsibility for supervision of continuing dental education, as well as continuing professional development. The board would establish a continuing dental education quality assessment, while junior committees of various societies could contribute to the process of annual consensus on new treatment techniques and relevant scientific outcomes.

The JC EAO found that dental professionals currently have limited tools for dental procedures and these do not guarantee predictable results. Therefore, future innovations should focus on less-invasive techniques that make use of improved biomaterials and medications with local effects. The role of digital dentistry will be strengthened in the future, according to the committee, because increased efficiency in diagnosis and treatment will help to lower the costs of the healthcare sector.

The full recommendations, titled “Guidelines for development of implant dentistry in the next 10 years regarding innovation, education, certification, and associations”, were published in the June 2018 issue of Clinical Oral Implants Research.

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