MaxiCourses®
AAID's MaxiCourses® are among the most respected and comprehensive training programs in implant dentistry. Offered in university settings throughout the U.S. and internationally, the course presenters include renowned university faculty, world-class clinicians and the country's top authorities in implant dentistry.
MaxiCourses® provide 300 or more hours of lecture, laboratory sessions, live surgical demonstrations and home/office assignments. It normally is presented in 10 parts, once a month, over a 10-month period. Dentists who graduate from an approved MaxiCourse® will meet the minimum educational requirements for Associate Fellowship in the AAID.
This course is a must for all general dentists, periodontists, prosthodontists and oral surgeons who want to be proficient in implant dentistry and a great way to begin the process of becoming an Associate Fellow Member of the AAID.
Below is a listing of all AAID MaxiCourses®, which is organized in three sections: MaxiCourses® in the United States, MaxiCourses® in Canada, and MaxiCourses® in Other Countries. The following information is provided for each MaxiCourse®: the name of the director, the person to whom questions about the program should be directed and the program's current approval period. Beginning in 2011, the length of the approval period awarded to new and existing programs was changed from five years to three.
AAID MaxiCourses® in the United States
California
Loma Linda University MaxiCourse® (2007 - 2012)
11245 Anderson Street, Suite 120
Loma Linda, CA 92350
Director: Jaime Lozada, DDS
Contact: Annabelle Galvan
Phone: 909-558-4685
Fax: 909-558-4858
E-Mail: agalvan@llu.edu
Georgia
Georgia Health Sciences University/AAID MaxiCourse® (2009 - 2014)
(formerly Medical College of Georgia)
Division of Continuing Education
Augusta, GA 30912
Co-Director: Edward Mills, DDS
Co-Director: Roman Cirbirka, DDS, MS
Contact: Lynn Thigpen
Phone: 800-221-6437 or 706-721-3967
Fax: 706-721-4642
E-mail: lbthigpen@georgiahealth.edu
New Jersey
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Dental School MaxiCourse® (2010 - 2015)
110 Bergen Street, Room B701
P.O. Box 1709
Newark, NJ 07101-1709
Director: Jack Piermatti, DMD
Coordinator: Janice Gibbs-Reed, MA, CMP
Telephone: 973-972-6561
Fax: 973-972-7741
E-mail: gibbs@umdnj.edu
Nevada
Las Vegas MaxiCourse® (2009 - 2014)
University of Nevada Las Vegas
1001 Shadow Lane
Las Vegas, NV 89106-4124
Director: John Minichetti, DMD
370 Grand Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
Contact: Lisa McCabe
Telephone: 201-871-3555
Fax: 201-871-9096
E-mail: drminichetti@englewooddental.com
Oregon
OAGD - AAID Implant MaxiCourse® (2008 - 2013)
Oregon Academy of General Dentistry
1730 SW Harbor Way, Suite 502
Portland, OR 97205
Director: S. Shane Samy, DMD
Contact: Jessica Smith
Telephone: 503-228-6266
Fax: 503-228-4838
E-mail: oragd@comcast.org
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico MaxiCourse® (2009 - 2014)
University of Puerto Rico
P. O. Box 365067
San Juan, PR 00936-5067
Director: O. Hilt Tatum, Jr., DDS
Contact: Miriam Montes Mock, BS, MSc
Telephone: 787-642-2708
E-mail: miriam.montes59@yahoo.com
AAID MaxiCourses® in Canada
British Columbia
Vancouver MaxiCourse® (2009 - 2014)
1959 152nd St., #225
Surrey, BC V4A 9E3
Director: William Liang, DMD
Coordinator: Nicole Wardstrom, CDA
Telephone: 604-531-3344
E-mail: nicole@implantconnection.ca
Ontario
Toronto Implant MaxiCourse® (2009 - 2014)
55 Bridgeport Rd E
Waterloo, ON N2J 2J7
CANADA
Director: Roderick Stewart, DDS
Contact: Chantel Furlong
Telephone: 905-235-1006
E-mail: info@ti-maxicourse.ca
AAID MaxiCourses® in Other Countries
Asia
AAID MaxiCourse® Asia (2011 - 2014)
469 Morris Ave., Suite 300
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
Director: Shankar S. Iyer, DDS, MDS
E-mail: coursedirector@aaid-asia.org
Contact: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Dr. Ninette Banday
E-mail: drnbanday@yahoo.com
Contact: Delhi, India - Dr. Brij B. Sabherwal
Telephone: +91-98111-62113
E-mail: delhi@aaid-asia.org
Contact: Bangalore, India - Dr. M. Vadivel Kumaar
Telephone: +91-98427-26095
E-mail: vadivelk@gmail.com
Iran
Iran ACECR TUMS Branch MaxiCourse® (2010 - 2013)
4 Masters Cove
Pittsford, NY 14534
Director: Frank LaMar, DDS
Telephone: 585-305-4350
E-mail: flamar@rochester.rr.com
Contact: Mohammad Ali Mostafavi, BDS, DDS
E-mail: drmamostafavi@gmail.com
Phone: +98-912-718-6724
Fax: +98-2264-2317
Contact: Majid Rahmani, DDS - ACECR TUMS Branch
E-mail: rahmani@jdtums.ir
Telephone: 88 993571-2
Korea
Korea MaxiCourse® (2011 - 2014)
Wooduk bldg., 34-7, Haan-Dong
Gwangmyeong-si, Gueonoggi-do 423-060
South Korea
Director: Jaehyun Shim, DDS
Telephone: +82-2-892-6913
Fax: +82-2-894-0350
E-mail: dental-care@hanmail.net
Spain
Escuela Superior de Implantologia de Barcelona MaxiCourse® (Spain)
(2010 - 2013)
C/Girona N 65° Local
Barcelona, 08009
Spain
Director: Nicholas Caplanis, DMD, MS
Contact: Sergio Cacciacane Entrerios, DDS
Phone: +34-93-2444089
Fax: +34-93-3472543
E-mail: dr.cacciacane@terra.es