What You Will Learn

This participation study group will maximize practitioners learning experiences while minimizing time away from practice. The program is designed to provide practicing dentists up-to-date science, technology, methods and techniques using a small seminar format. Update your skills as a clinician, diagnostician and learn about new and innovative methods in clinical dentistry. The techniques presented will allow you to expand your current services in restorative dentistry.

Faculty experts present new techniques and skills in a collaborative atmosphere and you will be able to bring useful new skills to the office the very next day. This study group will give you an opportunity to network with others and develop professional friendships. Whether you are just out of dental school or have been running a multi-location office for 25 years, there is great benefit from this educational experience. Enrollment is limited in order to permit direct interaction with the speakers and study group members as the material is presented.

Lecture Objectives:
Participants will be able to:

• Design successful access cavities
  
  
• Find all root canals using a microscope
  
  
• Become more effective in addressing issues and problems with patients
  
  
• Decrease stress in your practice
  
  
• How to present dental/periodontal therapeutic needs to the patient
  
  
• Current treatment recommendations for major medical complications
  
  
• The benefits and significant impact Invisalign can have on your practice
  
  
• Types of malocclusions that can be successfully treated with the Invisalign appliance
  
  
• How to determine the most appropriate dental restorative materials when patient needs and circumstances vary.
  
  
• Specific properties of dental materials and appropriate clinical uses.
  

Faculty and Topics:


October 9, 2009
Implications of Systemic Diseases on Clinical Periodontal Implant Practice
Joan Otomo-Corgel, DDS

The connection between periodontal disease and systemic infection is of increasing interest to the dental profession. Periodontal diseases and oral infections have been linked to systemic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, adverse pregnancy outcomes, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and osteoporosis. This course will review the recent research relating these conditions with periodontal diseases. Clinical applications of this information will be related to  treatment planning, options, and therapeutic approaches.



January 8, 2010
Restorative Dentistry for the Pediatric Patient
8:30 am – 12:00pm
David Rothman, DDS

Dr. Rothman will present many issues in pediatric restorative dentistry and review some of his successes and failures using various techniques and materials. He will discuss how to select and use the most appropriate restorative materials for the very young as well as the marginally cooperative patient. Various anesthetic techniques and new insights into pulp therapy will be presented, breaking down myths that have been passed on for years.  Behavior management techniques including both pharmacologic and  nonpharmacologic techniques appropriate for the child, the parent and the practitioner will be presented.

Current Review of Invisalign
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
David Boschken, DMD

This course will present the scope of orthodontic treatment that is possible using the new Invisalign appliance. Dr. Boschken will discuss when and when not to use Invisalign and review the periodontal advantages of Invisalign including the orthodontic-periodontal connection.  The presentation will also include a review of internal and external marketing for building the ideal Invisalign practice. Documented cases will be presented and discussed.



March 12, 2010
Making Rotary Endodontics Safe and Efficient: A mastery level workshop
John West, DDS, MSD

Rotary endodontics is here to stay. However, if you have tried rotary shaping, you probably found it challenging. What, then, is the best application of this technique? What is the “progressively tapered advantage?” How do I use time tested principles with new technology to achieve simplicity and efficiency? When am I safe to use rotary? This hands-on workshop is taught by one of the world’s premier clinical endodontic teachers. Learn how each element of system thinking and technique merges together to intuitively generate a seamless flow from cleaning and shaping to easy and predictable 3-D obturation. This program will help you to master the mechanics of endodontics.



May 7, 2010
Ownership: The Missing Ingredient in Practice Success
Mark Cooper, DDS
Ownership, what is it? Where did you learn how to be an owner? What are the owner’s responsibilities in operating a practice? The more effective you are as an owner, the more successful your practice. The more you understand and apply your rights as an owner, the higher will be the performance of practice. The better you can fulfill your accountability as an owner, the greater financial success you will achieve.

This interaction will educate, train and develop participants to be effective owners. Participants will be able to immediately return to their practice and apply the knowledge gained so that the quality of actions, the level of results and the return on investment are markedly enhanced.