Michael E. Pruett, DMD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Restorative Sciences at the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University, where he directs the general practice residency program, and codirects the Augusta University American Academy of Implant Dentistry maxi-course and other continuing dental education courses. Pruett is a diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, and a fellow in the International College of Dentists and Pierre Fauchard Academy.