Diplomate Application

Due to each countries' educational environment, the requiremensts for credential programs may be different.

Requirements:

Pre-requisite: Active ICOI Fellowship or Mastership. Must attend at least two ICOI/IPS sponsored or co-sponsored meetings in the preceding five (5) years.
Who can apply: All members who place implants, restore implants and/or fabricate implant prostheses.

Diplomate Application / Payment:

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Diplomate Application

 

(1): Application Fee

$1000 USD Dentist

(2): Handling charge

$100 USD (please pay to local office when you attend the interview)

(3): Submit a current Curriculum Vitae


(4): Provide a listing of completed implant cases

Please document sixty (60) completed implant cases on this form for Diplomate credentials.

Candidates who place implants:
Your cases must include two hundred (200) or more individual implants or ancillary procedures all of which must be at least one (1) year old.

Candidates who restore implants:
All of which must be at least one (1) year old,Your cases must include restoration of one hundred (100) or more implants.

Candidates who restore and place implants:
Your cases must include seventy-five (75) or more individual implants or ancillary procedures with restorations all of which must be at least one (1) year old. Document sixty (60) cases and submit with the application. The twenty cases should be detailed individually as follows: Ten (10) cases should be at least five years old and show some diversity in implant selection or ancillary procedures, restorative design and\or materials. Ten (10) cases should be of an advanced nature such as treatment of narrow or shallow ridges or utilizing advanced restorative procedures and techniques. Copies of pre-operative and post-operative x-rays are the minimum requirement for case documentation. Further documentation may include patient slides or photographs, CT scans, pre-operative evaluation and planning forms, treatment consent forms, etc. to further detail a case. All materials may be submitted digitally. The committee will choose three (3) of the submitted cases that have been in function at least three (3) years and ask the candidate to bring those three cases as well as one recently completed complex case to the oral interview. At the oral interview, these three cases will be discussed. Please bring only these three complete case files to your interview.

(5): Provide documentation of continuing implant education hours

Provide documentation of at least one hundred and fifty (150) continuing implant education hours in the preceding five (5) years

(6): Serve on ICOI committee

Having served on an ICOI committee for a period of at least one (1) year or be willing to do so.

(7): Authored or co-authored articles or case reports on implant dentistry

Submit evidence of having completed one of the following: Authored or co-authored at least three (3) articles or case reports on implant dentistry, one (1) of which must have been submitted or published in one of ICOI’s publications, Implant Dentistry or the International Magazine of Oral Implantology (IMOI).

(8): Submit evidence of lectures, table clinics or poster presentations

Presented at least three (3) lectures, table clinics or poster presentations at implant meetings within the last five (5) years, two (2) of which must have been at an ICOI or IPS symposium.

(9): Provide a letter of recommendation

Provide two (2) letters of recommendation from ICOI Diplomates or members of ICOI’s Advanced Credentials Committee attesting to your knowledge of implant prosthodontics and/or implant surgery.

(10): Participate in a regional ICOI Diplomate examination

Participate in a regional ICOI Diplomate examination. These will be offered during all ICOI sponsored or co-sponsored symposia. Once your application has been received, a study guide will be provided. Examinations will be both in written and oral interview formats with three (3) examiners from ICOI’s Advanced Credentialing Committee or ICOI Diplomates.

Diplomate's Maintenance Requirements:

1. All ICOI Diplomates must maintain their membership in good standing and must attend at least two ICOI/IPS sponsored or co-sponsored meetings every three (3) years. 2. All ICOI Diplomates must also accumulate one hundred fifty (150) hours or more of “implant education” within five (5) years of becoming an ICOI Diplomate. These hours may be fulfilled through:c Attending implant symposia or completion of on-line courses. Implant lectures, seminars or table clinics. Each lecture, seminar or table clinic given at an ICOI or IPS sponsored or co-sponsored symposia will be credited on a 4:1 ratio (i.e. a two hour lecture will generate 8 hours of CE). A 2:1 ratio will be used for all non-ICOI programs. Published implant articles in recognized journals. Each article and/or case report published in an ICOI publication, Implant Dentistry and/or the International Magazine of Oral Implantology, will be credited 20 hours of CE. Each implant published article in a recognized journal will be credited 10 hours of CE.

Mailing address

ICOI AP Section Head Office
Room 801, New World Center
No 6009, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen City
People's Republic of China
Zip Code: 518026
Telephone: + (86)755-23980400
E-mail：bellechan1207@gmail.com

Fellowship, Mastership and Diplomate applications and documentation should be sent to:
ICOI AP Section Head Office, Department of Advanced Credentials Committee

Clinical Cases Form

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Attention:

Credentials MUST be awarded at an ICOI sponsored or co-sponsored symposium.