Our Courses

The world around us is changing at pace that most people never imagined and many are uncomfortable with. In many ways, what was once science fiction is now becoming reality. As health care providers, we must take an active role to understand the changes that are occurring around us so that we can prepare for the threats as well as potential opportunities.

The generation of children born since 2008 are growing up in world of constant access to information and on demand services. This generation will have different expectations of their healthcare providers and we must prepare for this changing world. This webinar will provide examples of this potential new world; however, more importantly it will show how we must think differently to capitalize on these disruptions.

Objectives:
1. Understand the growth of an on demand economy
2. Gain a sense of how big data will influence health care
3. Be exposed to new health care delivery model that are becoming possible as a result of technology innovation.

On March 26, 2018, the American Dental Association (ADA) announced a new policy on opioids supporting mandates on prescription limits and requiring all dentists take continuing education to maintain a license to practice. Inherent in the 2018 resolutions is the encouragement to minimize the use of opioids. In dentistry, pain control would revolve around optimal use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen. However, there are still circumstances where opioids are believed to be necessary.

This session is designed to use case examples to help illustrate the appropriate way of managing opioid prescription in order to minimize abuse.

Learning Objectives:

This will provide 1.5 credit hours that will satisfy the new requirements by addressing the following issues:

1. Prescribing Controlled Substances
2. Understanding Amount of Opioids Prescribed (Morphine Milligram Equivalent MME)
3. Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)

n this presentation, Dr. Nick Fahey will tie the theory together from the previous presentation, to show how easily he can plan more complex cases in day to day practice. He will also show how easily this pays dividends when they perform the immediate loading surgery.

Course objectives:
-Build on the first presentation “Stone Age – Part I” to further
highlight how digitisation is changing the face of implant dentistry and how these “new” technologies can be harnessed to streamline treatment and increase profitability.
-Discuss and demonstrate how digitization helps with more complex treatments such as immediate loading, intra-oral welding and full mouth reconstruction.
-Discuss some short falls in digital implant dentistry and answer the question… “Is it time to move out of the Stone Age with complex implant dentistry?”

Slow continued tooth movement is one of dentistry’s biggest blind-spots. The long term aesthetic and functional effect of this can be devastating but also can be treated simply and early. This seminar will show how carrying out simple planned orthodontics can provide safe aesthetic and functional dentistry which is accessible to many more patients. It will cover the principles of the alignment, bleach, bonding concept creating simpler safer and more affordable realistic options for many more patients and which can be carried out by any dentist.

Aims and Objectives

• To understand the effect of dental tectonics
• To highlight the planning protocols of simple occlusion- driven anterior alignment methodology using digital arch evaluation and 3d printing
• To consider the protection of guidance and the long term function via planning and retention methodology.
• To outline the use of edge bonding as a viable non-invasive aesthetic and functional tool for cosmetic dentistry and occlusal treatment via the Dahl principle.
• To understand how align bleach and bond can totally change the way we approach all cases not just cosmetic ones.

Anticipated outcomes:  

• Participants will understand how case planning and appropriate treatment can help all dentists carry out simple anterior treatments that not only have aesthetic but clear and long term functional benefits.
• They will see how cosmetic dentistry can actually be far more functionally driven and this applies to vastly more patients than traditionally believed.
• They will understand how safe and systematic driven approach to restoratively focused orthodontics can provide results that are achievable and last for years.

In speaking with my colleagues and addressing what situations are increasingly seen in my office and theirs, at the top of the list is root resorption. Root resorption has many different presentations with even more treatment options and prognoses. This webinar will provide the clinician with a concise strategy for identification, treatment, and most importantly prognostic conversations with our patients.

Whether you have been practicing for 5 or 25 years, the increase in the number of resorption cases seen in our offices is truly undeniable. We have to be prepared to address short term and long term treatment concerns. Most often the patient presents completely asymptomatic. This leaves the patient and the clinician dumbfounded when it is finally discovered. If this is a long term patient, the conversation can be even more uncomfortable. Also if you’ve been unlucky enough to begin excavation of a “carious” lesion and then suddenly have what appears to be a very shallow “pulp exposure” this webinar is for you. If this has never happened to you then consider yourself lucky and watch this webinar to get avoid getting into this situation.

Course Objectives

– Overview of the different types and presentations of root resorption

– Clinical and radiographic methods for proper classification

– Treatment options and prognosis of root resorption

– Discussing and problem solving resorption with patients

Advanced imaging modalities and a shift in treatment recommendations have left most providers in the dark. Knowing how to identify and classify resorption is paramount in treating (or not treating) these lesions. Attending this webinar will ensure you are prepared for the next time you are dealing with root resorption…trust me it’ll be sooner than you think!

On March 26, 2018, the American Dental Association (ADA) announced a new policy on opioids supporting mandates on prescription limits and requiring all dentists take continuing education to maintain a license to practice. Inherent in the 2018 resolutions is the encouragement to minimize the use of opioids. In dentistry, pain control would revolve around optimal use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen. However, there are still circumstances where opioids are believed to be necessary.

This session is designed to use case examples to help illustrate the appropriate way of managing opioid prescription in order to minimize abuse.

Learning Objectives:

This will provide 1.5 credit hours that will satisfy the new requirements by addressing the following issues:

1. Prescribing Controlled Substances
2. Understanding Amount of Opioids Prescribed (Morphine Milligram Equivalent MME)
3. Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)

On the 19^th April 2018 Dr Neil Counihan, one of the UK’s leading orthodontists stood on the “Top of the World”, the geographic North Pole. He and 10 strangers, made up of leaders in special forces, sport and business, came together in a very short time to ski to the North Pole in extreme conditions of up to -45°C. They had to quickly bond as a team to ensure safety and success. The course will describe in detail how this was achieved, how they joined to support each other in an ultimate team to raise over £1million for charity.

The course will also enable individuals to understand what it takes to build a great team through different techniques and give them the skills to establish a common purpose that a team can unite behind. Whilst some leadership styles favour an aggressive approach to managing team situations, it will be identified how ‘leading from the back’ is not only an effective team building tactic, it also promotes cohesion and bonding. Overall, the type of leader can impact on the ability to ensure a successful team environment. Allowing for personal development and key techniques to improve and individual’s ability to be a great leader.

Learning Objectives

1. Uniting behind a common purpose
2. Leading from the back
3. How to build a team
4. How to transform from rugged individual to team leader

Cracked tooth “syndrome” is one of the most frustrating presentations we currently have in dentistry. It often leaves the patient and the provider feeling utterly useless and sometimes even deceived. This webinar will help you accurately diagnose these cases and ultimately allow you and the patient better control of this often uncontrollable presentation. After this webinar you will feel supported and ready to assist your patients in finding relief and understanding.

A new patient to your office describes intermittent tooth pain of several years duration. She has a fairly unremarkable dental history but has been noting increasing pain to biting that’s become a constant nuisance for her. Her prior dentist has tried several restorations and adjustments to no avail. She comes to you hoping you can fix her problem after completely losing faith in her previous provider’s abilities. This is presentation is a common occurrence for most practitioners and immediately our radars and red flags are going crazy. After this webinar you will have a precise and systematic approach to win over this patient and immediately start addressing her concerns.

Course Objectives:

-Understand the base etiology and pathogenesis of CTS

-Diagnose CTS based on history, examination, and radiographic methodology

-Treatment options for CTS based on accurate diagnosis and patient presentation

-Patient management strategies related to CTS and its often persistent symptomology

This webinar is a “must attend” for any practitioner seeing adult patients. Undiagnosed and poorly managed CTS will result in a loss of patient’s trust. This will lead to negative outcomes, lousy reviews, and ultimately patient attrition. This webinar will undoubtedly assist you in building the patient’s confidence in your abilities and prevent the unwarranted cost to your bottom-line and peace of mind.

There are millions of patients out there looking for a Dentist they can trust, and the Smile Virtual Consult process helps you connect with them and offer them your services.  Dr. Harris will walk you through his process so you can stop using worn out marketing methods and waiting for patients to come to you….go to them!

This is a lecture on the basics of bone grafting for the general dentist.  The purpose of the lecture is to introduce the science of bone grafting, why it works, how it works, and when it is appropriate to graft.  We will cover fundamentals of site preservation, bone grafting during immediate implant placement, when site preparation moves onto a more advanced stage and how you know ahead of time that the easy graft will not be so easy. Selection of graft materials, appropriate instrumentation and technique will be covered.

Participants will Learn:

• Types of bone graft materials
• Armamentarium for grafting
• Basic techniques of bone grafting
• When to graft and when to refer.