Our Staff

At Simply Secure Dentures, we have developed a teaching program that goes beyond, hands-on learning. Our unique approach was developed so that you may be confidently placing implants the next day following your training. We work with the ERA Overdenture abutment system, because we have found it to be the most user-friendly, and reliable system available. This system is being used in the United States, Central and South America, China, and throughout Europe.

Please use the information below to learn more about our instructors.

Joe L. Carrick DDS, FAACD, is the designer and CEO of Simply Secure Denture system. He also produced the prototype of what is now the ERA Implant for Sterngold. Dr. Carrick has given numerous seminars and lectures nationally and internationally on prosthetic and implant interrelationships as well as facial esthetics. Dr. Carrick has authored numerous articles on implants and cosmetic dentistry. He was past president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, editor of the Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry, as well as an examiner for that organization. He has been on faculty at the University of Texas Baylor, Minnesota, U. of Pacific and Florida as Adjunct Professor and is presently at the University of Buffalo serving as co-director of their five month Masterly Level Prosthetic course.

EDUCATION

• U.C.S.D., San Diego, California, Facial Pain Clinic, 1980-1983
• U.S. Navy Rotating Internship, Post Graduate Appointment, 1979-1980
• D.D.S. Degree, University of Texas, San Antonio, 1977
• B.S. Degree with Honors, West Texas State University, 1973

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

• American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, President-Elect 1997-1998
• Dental Link (Implant Esthetics) - Consultant, 1993-Present
• Examiner for Accreditation in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentists (American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry),
1989-Present
• American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Board of Directors, 1992-1993
• American Red Cross, San Diego, California, Instructor Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, 1989-Present

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Dental Society
• San Diego Dental Society
• California Dental Society
• American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
• American Academy of Osseointegration
• American Society of Osseointegration
• American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• International Congress of Oral Implantology

PUBLICATIONS

• "Utilizing Sound Dental Principles to Salvage the Compromised Implant Case": Current Science, To Be Published
December 1998
• "The Dental Component in Facial Esthetics": AACD Journal, Spring 1997
• "Implant Esthetics - A Case Report": Practical Periodontics, May 1995
• "Spark Erosions and E.R.A. Attachments Clinical Review": Current Science, 1993
• "Implants and Esthetics": San Diego Magazine, 1989-1993
• "Single Tooth Replacement": Aesthetic Update, 1992
• "Implant Supported Fixed Bridge and Case Report": AACD Journal, 1992
• "Implants and Active Seniors": Senior Life, 1991
• "Implant Esthetics Partially": Dentistry Today, 1991
• "Endentulous Patients": Dentistry Today, 1991
• "Implants and the 90's": Senior Life, 1990

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Fellow American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, 1994
• Diplomate International Congress Implantology, 1993
• Fellow International Congress Oral Implantology, 1991
• American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Accreditation, 1989
• Academic Scholarship, University of Texas Dental School - U.S. Navy, 1973-1977

MILITARY

• U.S. Navy, 1977-1980