Various dental surgeons and dentists are able to perform replacing a missing or broken tooth with a dental implant. Although there are different dental specialties, no one specific specialty focuses on dental implants. In some states it can be either allowed or not allowed to even use certain terms around dental implants. Since specialty includes a focus on dental implants, it is important to seek out advanced or third-party training and credentialing.
There are two main associations that identify a more focused knowledge, experience, and training in dental implants. Those are The American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry (ABOI) and The American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID). When a dentist is identified by these organizations, it shows a higher focus, skill, and ability in Dental Implantology. Going far beyond the education dental school provides every type of dental specialty and even medical school for oral surgeons.
A membership in just one of these organizations puts a provider lengths beyond others performing dental implant surgery. Dr. Gendler holds membership status with both which is incredibly rare across the entire country. This makes him a top expert in dental implants for Minnesota and it’s surrounding states.
Dr. Joseph Gendler is both an AAID Associate Fellow, an AAID Fellow and an ABOI Diplomate. According to these organization sites, he is one of the few implant experts to have these three separate identifications. Making him one of the highest credentialed dental implant experts in Minnesota, and the only one in the Twin Cities area.
Let’s look at what each of these organizations are about!
