Estate Planning Course Director: Spahn, Matt
 We know you love those people close to you and you want to make your death or incapacity an event they can mourn while celebrating your life. You don’t want them to have to spend all the fruits of your labor on attorneys, court costs and others. You don’t want them to curse your name for failing to do something so simple, yet so powerful. So, have a relationship with lawyers you like to work with, lawyers you’ll call friends and you’ll trust to create and update with you the best estate plan for you and your family. Not only will you save those you love time, heartache and headache, you may be able to save huge sums of money. ...more/preview |
Extraction Site Grafting for Future Implants Course Director: Finlayson, Richard S.
 OVERVIEW
This lecture will present different techniques and grafting materials for socket preservation following tooth extraction. Also, techniques of soft tissue management for papilla preservation or formation following extraction. will be reviewed. The purpose of socket preservation will be to provide a proper foundation for future implant placement as well as maintain soft tissue and bone aesthetics in the area of the extraction.
OBJECTIVES
Participants will learn how, when and why to use socket preservation materials and membranes following extraction of teeth. Surgical/clinical techniques will be presented to perform socket augmentation as well as techniques to preserve the gingival architecture following extractions. ...more/preview |
Implants & Diabetes Course Director: Oates, Thomas W.
 Too many of our patients have diabetes, and more are coming! As we become more comfortable with the therapeutic benefits of dental implants, we need to understand the implications of diabetes, and appreciate the potential benefits this treatment option offers to our patients with diabetes. ...more/preview |
Interdisciplinary Ortho Course Director: Pavlin, Dubravko
 Orthodontic treatment is becoming increasingly important in interdisciplinary cases and is opening new opportunities for other dental disciplines. Several aspects of utilization of orthodontics in interdisciplinary patients will be discussed, as well as the importance of including all relevant disciplines in the initial planning of treatment. ...more/preview |
Intraoral Appliance Course Director: Wright, Edward F.
 This clinically oriented one hour presentation will first discuss recommended mandibular positions to be used when adjusting intraoral appliances. The various physical variables of intraoral appliances will be presented, which includes the choices of a full or partial coverage appliance; maxillary or mandibular appliance; and the appliance being fabricated from a hard, intermediate, or soft material. Additionally, recommended techniques for adjusting intraoral appliances and a preferred initial occlusal scheme will be presented. ...more/preview |
Keeping UP-TO-DATE with Biomedical Information Course Director: Rugh, John
 This program provides practitioners strategies and specific information technology skills to keep up-to-date with new innovations and clinical biomedical literature. It provides strategies to deal with the explosion of new marketing information (and misinformation) and make evidence-based decisions about new products and procedures. ...more/preview |
Lawsuits and HIPAA Course Director: Waller, Edward P.
 This course is designed to assist dental practitioner in minimizing their chances of a lawsuit and expanding their scope of understanding of current HIPAA requirements. ...more/preview |
Mini-Implants Course Director: Olvera, Norma
 - Immediate loading status post multiple extractions
- Immediate prosthesis wear post graft or implants
- Inadequate width of alveolar ridge
- Inadequate inter-dental space
- Atrophic / narrow posterior mandibular ridge (IAN issues)
- Orthodontic anchorage
- Medically compromised
- Financial challenges ...more/preview |
NeXsmile Procedure Course Director: Littlestar, Mark
 The surgical placement of implants always affects the restorative outcome for better or worse. CT scans and 3D imaging now enable surgeons to get it right. Surgical guides can be fabricated from CT and scanned dental model data that will provide the correct trajectory and also indicated when and where bone should be removed. Without these two components, implants frequently end-up violating the restorative space. Dr. Young developed the surgical approach to the NeXsmile procedure and can show you why it is always better to transition patients to implants who have teeth (even poor ones) rather than first taking them through a complete denture phase. ...more/preview |
Occlusion Made Simple Course Director: Shirley, Jack I.
 - CR vs. CO.
- What is adequate anterior guidance?
- The significance of incline interferences.
- Should we be concerned with condylar guidance?
- How to recognize occlusal disease and what to do about it.
- How to equilibrate and who to equilibrate.
- Splint construction and adjustment.
- Verbal skills that will help you with patient education.
- How to make sure those big veneer cases are functioning properly.
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Oral Cancer updates Course Director: Huber, Michael
 The purpose of this course is to update the practitioner on recent scientific advances addressing our understanding of oral cancer risk and the value of risk reduction strategies. An objective discussion of new and future diagnostic adjuncts for mucosal assessment will also be provided. ...more/preview |
Pediatric Dent Refresher Course Director: Hackmyer, Steven P.
 Review current basics and concepts of four essential areas of clinical everyday Pediatric Dentistry
- Prevention/Anticipatory Guidance
- Behavior Management
- Pediatric Restorations
- Pediatric Pulp Therapy
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Pedo Dental Trauma Course Director: Mabry, Jeffrey
 his lecture will review he epidemiology of dental trauma, prevention of trauma, diagnostic trauma work-up, Common reactions of the pulp to trauma, management of trauma to the primary dentition, management of trauma to the supporting structure and potential damage to the permanent dentition ...more/preview |
Triazolam Sedation Course Director: Finlayson, Richard S.
 This course will be to familiarize the practitioner with oral sedative drugs as well as give treatment regimens for the use of the oral sedative, Triazolam. ...more/preview |
Truth about Zirconia Course Director: Olvera, Norma
 - Describe and define zirconia
- Explain mechanical properties of zirconia
- Dental zirconia in 2011
- Discuss advantages and disadvantages
- Clinical management of zirconia
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Wisdom Teeth Management Course Director: Roberts, David L
 OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course participants will understand:
- To discuss the age and tooth position criteria for treatment
- Have a better understanding of how to evaluate radiographic findings
- Management of complications related to third molars ...more/preview |
