Frequently Asked Questions

The American Academy of Implant Dentistry's Maxicourses are globally recognized for their exceptional quality and quantity of implant education. Completion is an impressive accolade on a resume and is a substantial verification of your level of dental implant training. The tuition includes your first year membership in the AAID which is a generous mentoring and continuing education association.  Additionally, it is difficult to find a comparable caliber of instructorship at this cost per credit hour. 

Immediately upon completion of this course, students will have met the prerequisite qualifications of 300 hours to apply to take the Associate Fellow written examination, Part 1.

Similar to most continuing education programs, while we are fortunate that OUHSC allows our program to be presented within the university, we are not a college course with an admissions process. Being a recognized licensed dentist, or a select 4th year dental student with a written letter of recommendation from the dean of your current dental institution, is the only prerequisite.

In fact, you are qualified as long as you have retained your dental license or your Board of Dentistry remains open to consideration for reinstatement of privileges &/or of lost dental license. Some states recommend or accept the completion of a Maxicourse as a method for reinstatement toward good standing. Obviously this would require a much more in depth conversation and written documentation from your governing board. 

Considering nine of the ten modules of the overall curriculum offer hands on &/or surgical aspects in addition to the didactic, it is imperative there be a personal commitment to on site attendance. We do already have an aspect of digital learning that occurs over the span of the nine months in between each module which makes up the equivalent of the tenth module. These are aspects that can be well accomplished remotely. But we do not have a method to repeat or provide alternatives to replace the lost opportunities for personal instruction with instructors, vendors, & hands-on activities coordinated with the guided procedural, instrumentation, equipment, and surgical experience we bring to the course. 

We do appreciate that life can throw an occasional curve ball. Under unique circumstances remote didactic could be considered via digital participation. This requires prior approval and additional digital coordination which would be approved on a case-by-case basis. But nothing takes the place of being in the room with these level of instructors and being able to ask questions pertinent to your individual cases. To have conversations with the highly sought after individuals who have literally written the books is an invaluable opportunity and a major advantage of this course. 

Completing all modules are mandatory to achieve the minimum of 300 credentialed hours independent of outside hours to qualify to take the AAID Maxicourse Associate Fellow written examination on the last day of the Maxicourse.

Yes. We require a $2,500.00 deposit to reserve your seat. The remaining balance can be divided into monthly installments not to exceed the month of the 5th Module. The further in advance you enroll, the more budget friendly the installment payments. 

Also, FirstUnited Bank offers a tuition loan program specifically for our program that can distribute the balance for multiple years. You can find their contact information under the Tuition & Enroll tab.

If your must withdraw after enrollment but prior to the beginning of the course, we will refund the paid tuition less applicable processing fees listed on the Tuition & Enroll page. Unfortunately, there are no refunds once the course begins, but your balance paid to date could be applied toward a prorated tuition balance to attend the course the following year. If there are multiple years before you are able to reapply, unfortunately, you would be required to start fresh in both enrollment and tuition.

Yes. Several in fact! These are provided on the Tuition & Enroll page. 

Any 4th year dental student, graduate program dental student, or practicing dentist will gain expanded implant knowledge and improved success by completing the Maxicourse regardless of their existing level of expertise. 

Our course is designed for: 

• The dentist where the ink is barely dry on their license but know dental implants will be important to launching their career.
• The dentist who wants to confidently restore the implants placed by colleagues. 
• The dentist who has been practicing general dentistry and wants to integrate dental implant placement into his span of treatment options. 
• The dentist who has been placing implants but is dissatisfied with either their personal confidence or their success ratios.
• The dentist who feels they are successful in their implant abilities, but wish to validate such with recognized credentialing.

Yes. You need a patient's case to work up the multitude of considerations of a case. You should arrive on day one with multiple case considerations of potential single or double implant sites requiring extraction or a completed extraction that exceeds three months prior to the surgical module in May. Between the first and second module, you will schedule a time to discuss the cases and determine the optimal case. Your case must be submitted and approved no later than the last day of the second module.

Typically each dentist will bring qualifying patients from their personal practice. This can potentially pose a challenge &/or be cost prohibitive for our dentists who travel from beyond Oklahoma's boarders to attend. We make every effort to retain a pool of potential local patients that can satisfy the course surgical placement aspects.  Utilizing a patient from the patient pool does entail an additional time requirement for the review of transmitted digital documentation and on site physical examination of the patient.  

Our Program Coordinator welcomes your call for a conversation if you have reservations concerning the patient selection considerations.  

No. We do not require every student to perform a live surgery, but it is HIGHLY encouraged. We believe one-on-one case work-up analysis, surgical auditorium guidance, the ability to ask questions of experts in real time, plus support, tips, & in the moment modification instruction are all much better served in a teaching venue than solo in a dental practice.

Regardless of weather a patient were to no show, the planned course of treatment became contraindicated, a qualifying patient was not attainable, or you elect not to perform a surgery, all course doctors will be present on surgical dates in the capacity of performing personal cases, assisting another's case, or observing.

Yes, but depending on the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry's meeting schedule and the standing of your license, it can take several weeks. Therefore, it is important to begin the application  process for an Oklahoma Volunteer License through our Program Coordinator no later than the last day of the first module. She will serve as the intermediary to ensure expediency in petitioning the Oklahoma Board requesting a Volunteer License that will encompass all live patient modules. A Volunteer License IS REQUIRED FOR ALL OUT OF STATE dentists regardless of if you intend to perform or assist surgical procedures. 

A dentist with a reprimand(s) on their record can still pursue a Volunteer License but, depending on the circumstance, may be asked to present their case before the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry in person. 

You will not be able to pursue a Volunteer License if you have not completed the requirements of the application process by the last day of the second module. If this were to occur, you can only observe live patient procedures.