Louie Al-Faraje, DDS, is a private practitioner as well as the founder and director of the California Implant Institute, which conducts a one-year fellowship program in implant dentistry. Since 2001, more than 600 dentists from 20 countries have received training at the Institute. Dr Al Faraje studied dentistry at the Kiev Medical Institute and at Loma Linda University in California. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and a diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and the American Board of Oral Implantology. Dr Al-Faraje lectures nationally and internationally.