Pav Khaira - Just Implants E146

DENTOLOGY - The Business of Dentistry

Our guest on Dentology this week is Pav Khaira, dentist, and CEO of the Academy of Implant Excellence.

In this episode, Pav talks about his time at dental school, his early career days and working as an associate.

He goes on to explain about the extensive training he has undertaken in prosthodontics and his focus on implants that has resulted in him being referred to as ‘The Titani-Nerd’, the Chat GPT of implants and the Wikipedia of Implantology!

He explains what drew him towards this element of dentistry and shares his thoughts on how he thinks the world of implants has progressed.

He goes on to talk about his current clinical work and his role as the CEO of the Academy of Implant Excellence. He discusses the approach the UK has taken to implants and explains about some of the common hurdles that you come up against when focussing on implants and the methodology used to manage this.

Topics:

- Early career days

- Were there other options beyond dentistry?

- Your time at dental school

- How did your dental career start?

- Your training in prosthodontics and implants

- What drew you in to this element of dentistry?

- How far into the evolution of digital dentistry has the world of implants got so far?

- The Academy of Implant Excellence: Why did this come about and who is it aimed at?

- Has the UK adopted a different approach to implants?

- Are there common hurdles that come up when focussing on implants?

- Is there a proven methodology to managing this?