EDward M. Amet, DDS, BS, MSD, FACP

EDward M. Amet, has a Bachelor of Science, BS degree from the University of Puget Sound, and received his Doctor Dental Surgery, DDS degree in 1969 from Northwestern University Dental School. In l974, he received Master of Science, MSD degree from the University of Missouri with a Certificate in Prosthodontics. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry.  His training includes I.V. Conscious Sedation Anesthesia and Advanced Cardiac Life Support.  He placed his first implant in 1974 and has extensive training and experience in both the surgical and prosthodontic phases of therapy, with skilled and talented onsite dental staff and technicians.

DEGREES & TRAINING

• University of Puget Sound -  BS 1965

• Northwestern University – DDS 1969

• United States Air Force dental corps– Captain 1969-72

• United States Army Reserve dental corps – Captain 1972-76

• University Missouri Kansas City –MSD Degree 1974

• University Missouri Kansas City – Certificate Prosthodontics –1974

• Maxicourse in Oral Implantology–Externship Program, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center 1989-90

• Midwest Implant Institute – Externship Program, Implant training 1991-93

ACCREDIDATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Missouri State Dental License, 1973 & Prosthetic Specialty License 2008-2012

• Kansas State Dental License, 1974 & Prosthetic Specialty License 1992-current

• Level 2 Anesthesia Permit-Kansas Since, 1991-current

• ACLS Certified 1993 and Recertified 95-97-99-10

• BLS for CPR & AED & ACLS 1993-current

• Kansas Prosthetic Specialty Board, 1992-current

• Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry, 1992-current

• Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, 1994-current

• Recertification American Board of Prosthodontics: 2004-Current

• Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, 1983-current

• Fellow of the Midwest Implant Institute, 1993-current

• Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, 1994-current

• Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontist, 1994-current

• Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration, 1998-current

• Honored Fellow of the AAID, Selected by AAID, 2006

• Life Membership in ADA Granted June 11, 2008 Starting January 1, 2009

• Emeritus Membership in AGD Granted, Starting January 1, 2009

• Active Life Membership in American College of Prosthodontists Granted, Starting January 19, 2010

• Life Fellow Membership Status in Academy of Osseointegration Granted, Starting October 2011

PROFFESIONAL POSITIONS

• Started private practice Missouri, member of the Greater KC Dental Society-1975-1990

• Second Dental Office private practice Kansas, Fifth District Dental Society, -1990-current

• Staff privileges Overland Park Regional Medical Center, 1985-2004

• Editorial Board, Journal of Oral Implantology, 1993-2011

• Started Reconstructive & Implant Dental Center, Director, Overland Park, KS, 1988-Current

• Started Reconstructive & Implant Dental Center Laboratory Director, OP, KS, 1994-Current

• ABOI/ID certification examination Selected to serve AAID panel of diplomates to revalidate Examination -1994

• Kansas Specialty Board, impute questions for testing 1995

• Contribution to the 7th edition of the ACP Study Guide for Board Certification-1995

• Attended AO Consensus Development Conference-Sinus Grafting-1996.

• Chairman Clinical Innovations, Academy of Osseointegration, 1996-2008

• Midwest Implant Institute, teaching Implants & Prosthodontics at UMKC 1998

• Assistant Clinical Professor, Graduate Prosthodontics UMKC, 2000-02

• Faculty Member, University of Missouri at Kansas City Dental School, 2000-2011

• Beta Site Tester, Dentrix Software, 2000-05

• Member of Advisory Council of Brown Mackey College-2001-02

• Chairman Lunch and Learn Academy of Osseointegration-2001 & 2002

• ACP  Implant Special Interest Group Coordinating Committee:  Chairman-2004

• Editorial Board, Journal of Prosthodontics, 2005-2011 & 2012-current

• Kansas ACP President 2002-Current

• Charter Member, SimPlant Academy, 2005

• Affiliate Alumnus of A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry, 2006-Current

• Board of Directors, Osseointegration Foundation, Academy of Osseointegration, 2007-2012

• Selected to serve AAID panel of diplomates, revalidate the ABOI/ID certification examination-2007 & 2009

• Vice President, Osseointegration Foundation, Academy of Osseointegration, 2010-11

• President, Osseointegration Foundation, Academy of Osseointegration, 2011-12

• Editor Newsletter PCSP, Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontics 2011-2012

• Asked to participate on the Annual AAID Meeting Planning Committee 2012-13

DENTAL & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Sigma Chi Life Member: Since  1965-Current

• University Puget Sound Alumni Organization: Since  1965-Current

• American Dental Association ADA:  Since  1967-Current

• NUDS G.V. Black Dental: Since 1967-69

• Psi Omega Dental Fraternity: Since 1967-69

• UMKC Alumni Association: Since 1974-Current

• Academy of General Dentistry; Since 1976-Current

• Greater Kansas City Society; 1975 -1990

• Missouri Dental Association: 1975 -1990

• American Academy of Implant Dentistry, Associate, Member Since 1982, Fellow: 1994, Honored Fellow-2006

• American college of Prosthodontists, Associate, Member Since-1985, Fellow: 1994 -Current

• Rotary International 1986-98

• Academy of Osseointegration, Associate, Member Since-1989, Fellow: Since  1998-Current

• Kansas Dental Association: Since  1990-Current

• Fifth District Dental Society: Since  1990-Current

• Midwest Implant Institute: 1990-1991

• Chicago Dental Society: Since  1991-Current

• Member - International Congress of Oral Implantologist-1991

• Academy Computerized Dentistry Charter Member, (started“CERAC”1993) 1993-1998

• The Kansas Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped-1996-current

• Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontics, Guest:1999-2009 Associate Member July 4, 2009-Current

• American College of Prosthodontist, Educational Foundation, ACPEF: Since  2000-Current

• Simplant Academy Charter Member: Since  2005-Current

• Member, The American Legion & VFW: 2008-Current

• Member Titanium Society, Academy of Osseointegration: Since 2008-Current

• Member (ADSA) American Dental Society of Anesthesiology: Since 2011-Current

AWARDS

• Paul Harris Fellow Award, 1992

• Presidential Award, Midwest Implant Institute – Implant Training, 1993

• Acknowledgment, AO Newsletter "Volunteer Profile" EDward M. Amet, Academy of Osseointegration, 1997

• Life Membership, Awarded in National Registrar of Who’s Who, 1999

• Strathmore’s Who’s Who, 2004-2005 Edition

• Honored Fellow of the AAID, Selected by AAID, 2006

• Asked to be an affiliate alumnus of A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry-2006

• Cambridge Who’s Who, Executive & Professional Registry, 2006

• Awarded one of Top 2-3% of Dentists in U.S.A., www.bestofus.com, 2006, 2007

• Super Dentist of Kansas City, Selected by other K.C. Dentists & Key Media, 2006, 2007

• Awarded Best of Overland Park Prosthodontists,  KS 2008-09-10-11-12

• Asked to be the AO Representative to the PROSTHODONTIC FORUM-2008

• Hamilton who’s who, Selected to be in, Executive & Professional Registry, 2008

• Life Membership in ADA Granted June 11, 2008 Starting January 1, 2009

• Marquis Who’s Who Publication, selected biography for inclusion in the Who’s Who In America 2012( 66^th Edition) September Issue 2011

• Emeritus Membership in AGD Granted, Starting January 1, 2009

• Asked to consider being a candidate for the position of ABP Examiner, 2009       

• Active Life Membership in American College of Prosthodontists Granted, Starting January 19, 2010

• Asked to participate the Academy of Osseointegration Silver Anniversary Summit: Impact of Biological and Technical Advances on Implant Dentistry: August 2010, with over 100 of the world’s leading thought leaders in implant dentistry

• Vice President of the Osseointegration Foundation of the AO 2010-11

• Acknowledgement by Kansas Dental Association in JKDA as Vice President of the Osseointegration Foundation of the AO and for selection to participate with 100 of the world's leading thought leaders in implant dentistry at the Academy of Osseointegration's Silver Anniversary Summit: Impact of Biological and Technical Advances on Implant Dentistry in Oak Brook, Illinois August 5-8, 2010.

• President of the Osseointegration Foundation of the AO 2011-12

• Life Fellow Membership Status in Academy of Osseointegration Granted, Starting October 2011

• Marquis Who’s Who Publication, selected biography for inclusion in the Who’s Who In America 2012( 66^th Edition) September Issue 2011

• Editor Newsletter PCSP, Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontics 2011-2012

• Selected as a 2013 recipient of Sigma Chi's highest recognition, the "Significant Sig Award" for life time achievement in professional career and civic endeavors

PROFESSSIONAL DENTAL PRESENTATIONS

• Seventy Six (76) invited presentations

• Started UMKC Alumni Annual/ ACP Regional Meeting with Dr. Cynthia Petrie @ UMKC March 27, 2009, honoring Dr. Philip M. Jones

DENTAL PUBLICATRIONS

• Seventy (70) published articles and abstracts

• Column in Kansas City Star “Health Talk” 1991-2007

• Abstracts Prepared JOI 1993-98

• Developed concept of “Patient Acceptance Prosthesis” for implant dentistry-1997

• Editorial Board, Journal of Oral Implantology, 1993-2011

• Editorial Board, Journal of Prosthodontics, 2005-2011

• Guest Editorial, Journal of Prosthodontics, A Continuing and Emerging Diagnostic Problem. April, 2011

• PCSPNewsletters Published online Fall & Spring, 2011-12

• Clinical Technique Feature, AO Newsletter,  The Value of Virtual Surgery and Digital Implant Planning, December, 2011

 

DENTAL TECHNOLOGY ONSITE

• Six handed Dentistry-1976-Current

• Digital X-rays “VixWin” & Digital Photographs,  Operatory Computers, 1998-Current

• DentaScan used medical grade CT for implant placement-1989-2003

• CAD/CAM technology for one appointment subperiosteal implant placement, 1989-96

• Onsite Dental Technicians 1989-Current

• Pentron Pressed Ceramic Unit , for onsite Empress Crowns & Veneers, 1989-current

• I.V. Conscious sedation started, 1991-Current

• Radio Frequency Surgery with 3.8 Hz (4.0) is ideal, 1991-Current

• First Generation, Siemens “CERAC” machine, CAD/CAM operatory technology 1993-98

• “Simplant” Software for implant planning and placement, 1993-Current

• Advance Web Site for learning and patient communication 1996-Current “dr-amet.com”

• Rotary endodontics started, 2000-Current

• Oil-Less compressor acquired, 2000-Current

• Digital dental charts and office, 2004-Current

• All electric NSK hand-pieces for operatory, 2004-Current

• I-CAT machine for CBCT 3D Radiograph, 2006-Current

• DENTSPLY “Cercon” zirconia unit onsite, CAD/CAM Technology for laboratory, 2008-Current

• Started Use of e-MAX with Dilithium Silicate for crowns & veneers in prosthetic dentistry, 2009-Current

DENTAL INNOVATION ONSITE

• First Subperiosteal Implant placed, two stage surgery, 1974

• Crown preparations and Restorative Dentistry completed with Rubber Dam, 1978-Current

• Advanced Bone Regeneration Techniques for teeth with advanced periodontal bone loss, 1980- Current

• Immediate placement and loading of dental implants after extraction, 1989-current

• CAD/CAM technology for subperiosteal implant placement, 1989-96

• Implants placed with bone expansion & membrane grafting and maxillary sinus grafting 1991

• Testing and developing bone expansion instruments for Steri-Oss Implant Company-1994

• First Generation, Siemens “CERAC” machine, CAD/CAM operatory technology (850 Placed)1993-98

• Developed Technique for predictable positioning of Ramus Frame Implant 1996-98  Computerized Tomography with CT Models For Contemporary Ramus Frame Implant Planning and Construction J Oral Implantol 1998; 24:152-158.  

• Metal Reinforced provisionals, designed reinforced prosthesis & published article, JOI 1996.

• Surgical/Prosthetic Correction of Combination Syndrome, 2004-Current

• Reconstruction of the Severely Atrophic Mandible, 2004-Current

• Immediate loading of the edentulated maxilla after surgical reconstruction using alveoloplasty- compaction and grafting, 2004-Current

•  Immediate Implant  Placement & Loading After Benex Extraction 2009-Current

• Use of rh BMP-2 for bone regeneration-2011-current

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