Stage I
Application & eligibility.
Submit licence, degree, and five years of practice records. The Registrar verifies authenticity with the issuing institution. Eight weeks, typical.
Four classes. No honorary fellowship for sale. No founder's loophole. No complimentary entry. Every tier is earned, examined, and renewed each year against the same public standard.
The senior class of the association. Holds the post-nominal F.I.A. Awarded after ten years in the Member class with a clean record, a peer-reviewed case audit, and an oral defence.
The working class of the association. Holds the post-nominal M.I.A. Open to qualified practitioners with at least five years of post-licence practice in implantology.
For early-career practitioners within five years of licensure. A working pathway toward the Member exam, with a named mentor and observed casework.
For dental and surgical students, residents, and post-graduate trainees with an intent to practise implantology. Free of dues; limited to learning, not listing.
From application to admission, there are five stages. None of them can be shortened by acquaintance, reputation, or fee. The Council reviews the file; two Fellows examine; a third signs off.
Submit licence, degree, and five years of practice records. The Registrar verifies authenticity with the issuing institution. Eight weeks, typical.
Twelve cases with imaging of record, written rationale, and outcomes at six and twelve months. Two Fellows review; the file is sealed until Part III.
A written paper held three times a year in Madrid, Geneva, and Boston. Anatomy, materials, complications, ethics, legal. Six hours.
Forty minutes before three Fellows drawn by lot. The candidate defends a chosen case from the submitted series, and answers an unseen second case.
Successful candidates sign the Six Articles. The signature is dated, witnessed by the Secretary, and filed in the open registry.
Each year on the anniversary of admission: case log filed, CPD hours filed, disclosure filed, dues paid. The renewal is countersigned by the Registrar.
All fees in euros. Pro-rata billing on admission. No founder's discount, no insider rate. Fees support Standards, audit, and the Journal — not the association's office furniture.
| Item | Fellow | Member | Associate | Trainee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application fee · one-time | 220 | 180 | 110 | none |
| Part I examination · per sitting | — | 340 | 340 | 170 |
| Part II oral defence · per sitting | — | 480 | — | — |
| Annual dues | 820 | 540 | 280 | none |
| Audit fee · annual (included) | included | included | included | — |
| Journal subscription · print & web | included | included | included | web only |
| Annual Congress · member rate | 580 | 580 | 380 | 95 |
| Hardship reduction (means-tested) | Up to 60% on dues, by application to the Treasurer · 38 awarded 2025 | |||
Standards spending is the largest line because the Standards Council is the most expensive arm of the association — independent investigators, three Fellows drawn by lot for each hearing, legal counsel on retainer, and the public archive of rulings. Dues fund the work. The work funds the trust.
No. A practitioner with thirty years of experience and a clean record still sits the same Part I and Part II as a candidate with five. The association does not offer credit for time served or for membership of other bodies. Some senior candidates resent this; the answer is the same.
Yes. The Registrar maintains direct verification channels with seventy-four issuing authorities. A licence issued by an authority not on that list takes longer to verify — typically twelve to sixteen weeks — but is acceptable.
In 2025, the pass rate on first attempt was 41%. The rolling five-year average is 38%. The Council publishes both numbers each February alongside the Standards report.
Yes, twice. A third attempt requires written sponsorship from a Fellow and a six-month interval. Beyond that, the file is closed and the candidate is invited to reapply after three years.
A failed audit is reviewed by Standards. The first response is almost always remediation — a written plan, a mentor, a follow-up audit in six months. Removal is rare and reserved for serious or repeated breaches; when it happens, the ruling is published.
Not in Classes I or II. A non-clinical academic with a relevant research record may be admitted as a Corresponding Affiliate, a non-voting status, on the recommendation of two Fellows. This is rare.
No. Article VI requires that members decline cases beyond their competence and name an appropriate colleague — who need not be an association member. The association does not run an internal referral preference.
Because honorary fellowships are how associations get colonised by people who never wanted to be examined. The founding Council voted against them in 2007 by ten to one, and that vote stands.
A file opened today, with verified documents and a clean case series, reaches Part I in approximately eight months. There is no shortcut, and there does not need to be.