Dr. O'Connor has been placing and restoring dental implants since 1988. The strength and beauty of your face and smile depend upon strong bones and teeth. Dental implants are a great treatment for your missing teeth because they maintain bone, and function as a strong replacement for lost or hopeless teeth. Dr. O'Connor places and restores Nobel Biocare implants (see NobelSmile.com for more information). Dr. O'Connor is a graduate of the Misch Institute and has earned Fellowship in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. At the 2011 meeting of the ICOI Dr. O'Connor studied the utilization of growth factors and their effects upon fast wound healing and successful implant and bone graft placement. We can now use your own bone and blood products to enhance the replacement of missing teeth and bone and dramatically build upon a great history of success with Dental implants. Dr. O'Connor is also a member of the St. Louis Dental Society, the American Dental Assosciation, the American Equilibration Society, the Chicago Dental Society, and the Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation. He maintains current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support. He is a graduate of the Peter Dawson Institute, has completed Advanced TMJ education at the Piper Institute, and is a graduate of the Schuster Center in Scottsdale Arizona. Recent advanced continuing education includes study under Drs. Michael Pikos, Pat Allen, Maurice Salama, Jerome Niznik, Carl Misch, and Frank Spear. Dr. O'Connor has been associated with the Gateway Study Club and is currently a member of the Schuster-Dawson Study Club. (Implant dentistry and cosmetic dentistry are areas not recognized by the ADA and require no specific educational training to advertise these services)