Skokie Implant Dentist
A short five miles from Skokie, the Glen Dental Center with Dr. William Cohen is prepared to provide world class dental implants treatment and cosmetic dentistry.
 Skokie area implant dentist Dr. William Cohen |
Dr. Cohen has served in prominent positions in the Chicago Dental Society and has been on the international Board of Directors for the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. In fact, in 2002, he was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Cosmetic Dentistry award by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, which is given to only one person in the world each year. But you wouldn't know that when you meet him. He is very unassuming and his patients know him as simply someone who cares deeply about what he is doing and cares for each of them as an individual. |
Browse through this website and see his beautiful work, and read the impressive testimonials. Ask other area dentists - he has a strong reputation among his peers.
Professional Preparation to be a Skokie Area Implant Dentist Background
He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry in Chicago, and then served in the US Army for two years. Upon returning to the United States, he taught at his dental school and has practiced ever since in the Chicago area. He has practiced in South Chicago and also in the Northern Suburbs.
In the mid-1980s, he joined the newly formed American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and was quickly drafted to serve on their board. He decided to apply to take their stringent accreditation examination and passed becoming one of the first 40 accredited cosmetic dentists in the world.
He continued serving on their International Board of Directors for a number of years, and then in 1995, with the formation of the Chicago Chapter of the AACD, he became its president and has served in that capacity for a number of years.
During his over 25 years of practice in the Chicago area, he has created beautiful smiles for media personalities and models, and has restored teeth in both adults and children. He recently founded Glen Dental Center, a new cutting-edge dental practice in the Chicago suburb of Glenview, Illinois.
Training as a Skokie Implant Dentist
Dr. Cohen has been trained by some of the world's leading implant dentists. This training began in the 1970s, in the early days of implant dentistry, and includes:
- Implant courses at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meetings - 1970-present
- Implant courses from Dr. Leonard Linkow starting in 1972
- Implant courses at the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Annual Scientific Sessions - 1990-present
- Various courses at the Misch Dental Implants Institute - 1990-present
- Various courses given by Dr. Frank Spear - 1990-present
- International Congress of Oral Implantologists courses - 2006, 2007
- Training from Nobel Biocare on the use of the Nobel Guide for dental implants placement
- Training from Nobel Biocare on Teeth in an Hour - 2008
- Training in the placement of Mini Implants, from Sterngold - 2008
Professional Memberships
To protect yourself against substandard dental implant treatment, look for a dentist with strong implant dentistry credentials. Here are Dr. Cohen's professional memberships:
- The American College of Oral Implantology
- Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity - Division of Implants
- Pierre Fauchard Honorary Dental Fraternity
- The International Congress of Oral Implantologists
- The Implant Prosthodontic Section of the ICOI
- Fellow and Emeritus Member - Academy of General Dentistry
- Accredited Member - American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
- The Crown Council
- The American Equilibration Society
- American Dental Association
- Illinois State Dental Society
- Chicago Dental Society
He has also been included several times in Who's Who in Dentistry.
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