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Continuum Overview
Implant therapy has become dentistry’s superior tooth loss restorative option. Patients are increasingly electing this choice; therefore, dentists would be well served to expand their implant capabilities to meet growing public expectations. Dr. Hopkins wholeheartedly believes implant placement is an attainable addition to every general dental practice’s scope of treatment. Dr. Hopkins and his team perform the full spectrum of implant procedures with a conscious patient and contends the vast majority, if not all, implant surgical procedures can be performed in the typical dental practice without expenditures for general sedation credentialing.
To this end, Dr. Hopkins has created the Implant Restorative Success series. It is designed to initiate or enhance understanding of dental implant science, procedures, protocols, and skills necessary for a comprehensive foundational knowledge. Attending all the courses will provide a sound scope of information, protocols, hands on opportunities, observation of live procedures, and on-site vendor interaction. This allows doctors to confidently establish or improve upon existing experience that will grow their practice implant scope. Each session builds upon the preceding sessions to create a broad-spectrum exposure of the details that accelerate the trajectory for improved patient acceptance, dentist confidence, and successful outcomes. Whether you attend all or elect to pick and choose, you will gain detailed insight into this exciting field of dentistry.
Dr. Hopkins contends that behind every successful dentist has a highly educated dental team. We not only welcome but highly encourage doctors to bring support staff to any of the CE offered for an additional $50.00 per team member per day. We can assure you, having a team who understands the next procedural step, its reasoning, and ability to perform such at an advanced level is invaluable. We also offer courses for you and your clerical team which cover topics from dental implant promotion through patient payment.
J Eric Hopkins, DDS, DABOI/ID, FAAID
Dr. Eric Hopkins is a University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry graduate and general dentist who has performed thousands of dental implants and implant surgical procedures during his implant career which began in the mid 90’s. He completed Dr. Norman Cranin’s implant Maxicourse at Brookdale hospital in New York in 1999 and has since become an accredited Diplomate of American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry and Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. He serves on committees for the AAID and the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry. All these organizations and many associated individuals within have provided paths and introductions to the best oral implantology training in the world. Their further encouragement and support have continued in his launching Hopkins Dental Implant Institute’s continuum programs. Dr. Hopkins believes it is his obligation share the pearls of his training and experience on behalf of those who so generously instilled their best in his implant career.
Loree Hopkins – The Practice Management Side of Implant Dentistry
Loree Hopkins is Dr. Hopkins wife, Office Manager, Implant Coordinator, Infection Control Coordinator and holds dental assistant certifications. The combination creates a unique comprehension from the perspective of practice ownership as well as management and team member. She has been by Dr. Hopkins side since before dental school absorbing as much as possible vicariously when not in actuality participating in various education programs. What she feels sets her somewhat apart is her interaction with global doctors and implant professionals, legislators, legal departments, state and national organizations and their boards, insurance provider relations department heads, and regulatory entities with regularity. She has never hesitated to head straight to the source for answers, solutions, to lobby, or in advocation of the issues that impact practices. While she contends each of these entities would be forthcoming to any office managers inquires, her courses integrate the dividends attained throughout three decades of finding solutions. Loree has been speaking on various practice management topics since 2016. Her courses primarily provide guidance for consultation skills through implant compensation, but also integrate various aspects of dental practice management and Q&A on various topics.