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Wondering what it means to be a patient in a dental training course? The dentists are licensed practitioners, not students, and the first step is a $39 exam. Here is what to expect.

Without dental insurance, the cost of implants can be hard to plan for. Here are your realistic options in North Carolina, including how implant care works at Local Start Dental in Durham.

Most dental professionals entered this field to help people. Volunteering at Local Start Dental puts your skills directly in service of patients who have no other option. Here's how assistants, hygienists, GPs, and specialists can get involved.

When you donate to Local Start Dental, your gift helps fund care: a procedure, a denture fitted, an implant placed. Here's how a nonprofit dental clinic puts donations to work for patients in North Carolina.

Local Start Dental does more than provide care to people who can't afford it. Through SIDE, the Southeast Institute for Dental Education, we train practicing dentists from across the country. Here's how the service-and-training model works.

Four years ago, Local Start Dental opened a single clinic in Durham. Today, we've delivered $15.8 million in donated dentistry to 3,570 patients across 78 of North Carolina's 100 counties. Here's how a single clinic became a statewide institution.

Discounted dental implants don't mean settling for less. Learn how dental schools, provider models, and nonprofit clinics like Local Start Dental in Durham, NC can make implant care more affordable, and which shortcuts to avoid when cost is a factor.

Local Start Dental partners with SIDE in Durham, NC to offer dentist continuing education courses for North Carolina dental professionals, with live patient training and hands-on dental implant programs for beginning through advanced practitioners.

A guide to choosing dental CE courses, with an overview of hands-on implant training with live patients at the Southeast Institute for Dental Education (SIDE) in Durham, NC. From beginner single implant placement to advanced full-arch rehabilitation, SIDE provides hands-on programs. Call 919.569.5533 or visit side-dental.org/courses.

Dental implants have become increasingly popular over the years, and for good reason. They provide a long-lasting, natural-looking solution to missing or damaged teeth. At Local Start Dental, we understand the importance of staying current with implant technology and techniques, so we offer implant courses for general dentists and practitioners. If you want to learn more about our upcoming implant course or getting dental implants in North Carolina, contact us. We are always