About Our Doctor
Dr. George Beck brings over 40 years of experience to his dental practice. His compassion and expertise make him the right dentist to handle all your general and implant dentistry needs.
About the Practice
About the Practice Colorado Springs
Our Dedication
Our entire practice is devoted to providing personal, comprehensive dental care, establishing the highest level of oral health possible for each patient. This means giving you the kind of personal attention that you expect from a trusted team of professionals. We treat you as we would treat our family and friends. Our staff takes the time to thoroughly evaluate everything that affects your oral health: including your teeth, overall mouth structure, gums, and jaw. Instead of quick fixes or patchwork, we look at the big picture and help you understand your best long-term options.
A Dental Practice Built on Education, Experience, and Science
An example of our commitment to prevention is our special focus on dental implants for alternative tooth replacement. Dr. Beck has taken the initiative to seek out the required training, achieve manufacturer’s approvals, and obtain ongoing continuing education. His credentials have enabled him to gain Diplomate status with highly respected implant-related national professional organizations including the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. Dr. Beck is also a credentialed Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. This makes Dr. Beck one of the few dentists in the state of Colorado with this level of experience and training.
About our Staff
Our staff has over 55 years combined experience working with Dr. Beck.
- Cynthia Beck - Office Manager / Chairside Assistant
- Karen Ayala - Registered Dental Hygienist
- Shari Lee Heun - Registered Dental Hygienist
About Dr. George Beck
Dr. George Beck is native to Pueblo, Colorado where he has been practicing since 1972. Dr. Beck graduated from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska providing expertise in general dentistry and emphasizing implantology. His implant practice has grown over the past 15 years to make up approximately 75% of his practice.
Dr. Beck graduated from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska providing expertise in general dentistry and specializing in implantology. Dr. Beck has lectured and provided technical training locally and abroad. He was recently awarded Diplomate status with the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry, May 1999. He also has Diplomate Status within the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, and is a member of the The American Academy of Implant Dentistry. Dr. Beck has been on the staff at the Misch International Implant Institute for the past 12 years. Dr. Beck has also been selected as a lifetime member of the Who's Who in Dentistry.
Dr. Beck was allowed to place the first two implants ever done at Creighton University, because of his preceptorship training in periodontics and oral surgery, including repair of 12 fractured mandibles. Those implants were placed by Dr. Beck in 1971 as a dental student. He has received training from implantologists from both the USA and Europe including: Dr. Daniel Patrick, Dr. Ralph Roberts, and especially Dr. Hilt Tatum and Dr. Carl Misch at their dental office giving hands on, one-on-one, training in implant, block intraoral grafts and iliac crest grafts. In 1987 Dr. Beck went through the Misch Institute.
Dr. Beck has approximately 3500 to 4000 hours of A.G.D. approved courses, including 8 days of I.V. Sedation, 25 days of the Denary S.O.S. occlusal course, to include many hours of hands on training in Crown and Bridge and Periodontics. Dr. Beck receives a minimum of 150 hours and as much as 500 hours per year through teaching and study at The Misch Implant Institute. This training includes all phases of implant dentistry, (i.e., surgery, prosthetics, pharmacology, hygiene, etc.). Dr. Beck is also involved with research in the development of the BioHorizons implant and one of the seven centers that is participating in the FDA five-year study.
Dr. Beck is a co-author on THE BIOHORIZON DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEMS: Stage I Implant Placement Surgery and Stage II Abutment Connection A Preliminary Report, March 1997, and A BONE QUALITY BASED IMPLANT SYSTEM: A Preliminary Report of Stage I and Stage II, IMPLANT DENTISTRY/VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1 1998. Dr. Beck also published an article in the September 1998 issue of Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry.
He also co authored an article in Dentistry Today, March 1998 issue, RIDGE AUGMENTATION FOR TREATMENT OF SEVERE PREMAXILLARY ATROPHY: A Surgical Technique and GRAFTING FRESH EXTRACTION SOCKETS: A case study. He also helped in the design for the delivery system for Perma Ridge in reference to this same article. In 1999 he lectured with the Perio Institute on bone grafting for the general dentist. Prior to dentistry, Dr. Beck was a plumber and pipe fitter for seven years. He attributes his analytical, mechanical, and engineering view point in Implant Dentistry to his previous years as a plumber and his involvement with the construction business. Dr. Beck is married to Cynthia and has a daughter, Sable.