The unique hands-on interactive training programs from Smiler Implant Team Seminars (ITS) foster a supportive and team-oriented relationship between the restorative doctor, surgeon, and laboratory technician. After its inception in 1984, ITS quickly grew into the premier implant training program in North America. Dr. Dennis Smiler, DDS, MScD, founder of ITS, is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. He is an internationally recognized expert and innovator in implant dentistry and bone grafting and has presented hundreds of lectures worldwide. He is considered to be among the finest and most popular teachers of implant dentistry in the world. Dr. Smiler has trained and mentored numerous general practitioners and specialists in the art and science of implant placement techniques and bone graft surgery. As one of the first to establish an international implant seminar and the implant team concept, Dr. Smiler has been teaching implant dentistry and the science of bone grafting for over 25 years.Dr. Michael Smilanich, DDS, is a nationally renowned educator, has presented numerous seminars and lectures on advanced reconstructive techniques, aesthetic implant rehabilitation, computer assisted implant prosthetic design, as well as the behavioral side of implant case acceptance and case closure. Dr. Smilanich has successfully restored thousands of implants and maintains a private practice focusing on aesthetic and functional rehabilitation. His work with prosthetic systems includes: immediate fixed provisionalization, implant treatment sequencing, and innovative framework design; which has been published and presented in lectures, hands-on workshops, and residency formats.