03.29.23 |
8:00 PM ET |
Sleep Apnea |
Courtney Lavigne, DMD |
Become Airway Aware: How Your Dentistry May Affect How Your Patient Breathes and Sleeps |
Become Airway Aware: How Your Dentistry May Affect How Your Patient Breathes and Sleeps
Credits: 1.5
Cost: Free
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Learning objectives:
– Learn an easy-to-implement adjunct to your current periodic and new patient exam to understand how to find signs and symptoms of airway issues
– Understand how to avoid doing the type of dental intervention that can negatively affect the airway, as well as what interventions can improve breathing
and sleep
– Gain a new referral network: understand when and who to refer to when the solutions to the signs and symptoms a patient presents with are outside of
your scope of practice
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03.07.23 |
8:00 PM ET |
Endodontics |
William Nudera, DDS, MS |
Understanding Prognosis from the Endodontic Perspective |
Understanding Prognosis from the Endodontic Perspective
Credits: 1.5
Cost: Free
Time: 8:00 PM ET
It doesn’t matter how good your root canal looks if you’ve treated the wrong tooth, treated the wrong problem, or if tooth survival is unlikely. Gaining a deep understanding of long-term prognosis is traditionally developed over the lifetime of practice— where prior clinical experiences and observations help guide future decision-making. But what if there’s a way to shorten this learning curve?
Systematic pathways have been developed to assist in decision-making for the pulpally compromised tooth from the endodontic perspective. Every aspect you need to know to understand prognosis has been mapped out into easy-to-follow and easy-to-understand flowcharts, using three independent and intertwining
variables. Learn exactly what these variables are and how these pathways can help you improve your prognostic confidence.
By the completion of the course, attendees should have a better understanding of
• The dominant variables that need to be considered when making endodontic treatment recommendations.
• How evidence-based systems can be used to develop a thorough understanding of long-term prognosis
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02.22.23 |
8:00 PM ET |
Practice Management and Human Relations |
Cally Walker |
Discover the Top 3 Areas of Dental Marketing: Conversion, Measurement, Content Creation |
Discover the Top 3 Areas of Dental Marketing: Conversion, Measurement, Content Creation
Credits: 1.5
Cost: Free
Time: 8:00 PM ET
In this easy to implement session, Cally will cover the key focuses of your marketing with key tips on conversion, measurement and content creation.
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02.15.23 |
8:00 PM ET |
Implant Dentistry |
Sammy Noumbissi, DDS |
Ceramic Implants: Myths, Realities and How Far Have We Come |
Ceramic Implants: Myths, Realities and How Far Have We Come
Credits: 1.5
Cost: Free
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Ceramic implants have been in clinical use for over forty years. They had difficult beginnings mostly due to limitations of the materials used in the early stages but also because of early designs that were not adapted to ceramics. Their superior biocompatibility however was never put into question. The last twenty years the manufacturing protocols of load bearing ceramic such as zirconia have made significant progress in terms of the mechanical behavior of zirconia when used as an implant material. The last decade has been one where we have witnessed an “explosion” in the use of zirconia in dentistry. Along with this phenomenon the manufacturing protocols and advanced formulas of zirconia have been created which have led to zirconia
becoming a stable, biocompatible, bioinert and structurally stable implant material. Today load-bearing implant bioceramics can be categorized in two major groups, namely Yttria Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia (Y-TZP) and Alumina Toughened Zirconia (ATZ). Thanks to these improvements, clinicians now enjoy increase flexibility and a wider range of applications for ceramic implants as the one-piece implants are now available in two-piece configurations similar to conventional implants. Therefore, cementable and screw-retained prosthetics have become possible in a broad range of edentulous situations. Questions have been raised and remain about their osseointegration and long-term performance under function in the oral environment. This presentation will present case selection, clinical and systemic patient management and case planning workflows that contribute to the long-term success of ceramic implants in different
scenarios and levels of complexity of oral rehabilitation.
Objectives:
-The evolution of zirconia as a load-bearing bioceramic
-Case selection and treatment planning
-The biological behavior of zirconia in the oral environment
-Minimizing the occurrence of complications
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02.08.23 |
8:00 PM ET |
Restoration |
Greg Campbell, DDS |
Introduction to Advanced Adhesion Minimally Invasive Dentistry, How to Elevate Your Practice |
Introduction to Advanced Adhesion Minimally Invasive Dentistry, How to Elevate Your Practice
Credits: 1.5
Cost: Free
Time: 8:00 PM ET
This course will introduce and discuss simple but advanced clinical techniques for direct & indirect restorations that can have a dramatic effect on clinical outcomes in your practice on a daily basis. The key research papers that give scientific support to these techniques will also be reviewed and discussed. The first of these papers was published in 1994 on the immediate sealing of dentin & then resin coating. In the 28 years since the introduction of this clinical technique there have been numerous research papers confirming a dramatic increase in dentin bond strengths, as well as partial coverage restorations. Additional studies have also shown that the pulp is insulated and protected from bacteria, temperature and electrical conductance more than even a natural tooth.
Learning Objectives:
• How to perform immediate dentin sealing & resin coating with direct and indirect restorations
• How to perform deep margin elevation
• How to bond and seal dentin after RCT to help prevent retreatment (leakage)
• Technique for bonding partial coverage restorations after IDS & Resin Coating
• Temporization techniques after ID
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01.25.23 |
8:00 PM ET |
Basic Sciences |
Robert Martino, DDS |
Oracare™: The Professional Alternative to Chlorhexidine |
Oracare™: The Professional Alternative to Chlorhexidine
Credits: 1.5
Cost: Free
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Why you should Stop using Chlorhexidine and the alternatives.
You hate that it stains and builds up calculus but using Chlorhexidine can be much worse. Find out all the side effects and contraindications for using this antiquated product. Discover an alternative, designed specifically to replace Chlorhexidine, that does not stain, can be used daily and has a high patient compliance.
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01.11.23 |
8:00 PM ET |
Practice Management and Human Relations |
Ryan Morrison, DDS |
Helping the staff support the dentistry of their provider |
Helping the staff support the dentistry of their provider
Credits: 1.5
Cost: Free
Time: 8:00 PM ET
We live in a TikTok world. Patients often go to social media platforms not to be social but to search. Patients go home, process the treatment plan given to them, often with their significant other, and then try to understand what procedure they need and why they need it. Frequently, the patient will call the office to ask about the procedure expecting someone with clinical knowledge to answer. With the changing landscape in staffing, Dental offices need new strategies and workflows to help increase treatment acceptance by guiding the patient through their procedure and how this procedure will improve their overall health and avoid more costly procedures in the future.
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12.14.22 |
8:00 PM ET |
Implant Dentistry |
Robert Slauch, DDS |
Dental Cements Debunked |
Dental Cements Debunked
Credits: 1.5
Cost: Free
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Have you taken the time to understand the rationale for the temporary and permanent cements you use in your practice? This presentation will dive into the different classifications of cements, their indications and contraindications based upon biomaterial choice and when bonding vs cementing is indicated.
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11.30.22 |
8:00 PM ET |
Implant Dentistry |
Emmanuelle Zennie, DMD |
Preparing the Prosthetically Driven Implant Placement Site: Combining Autologous & Allogenic Materials for Ridge Preservation |
Preparing the Prosthetically Driven Implant Placement Site: Combining Autologous & Allogenic Materials for Ridge Preservation
Credits: 1.5
Cost: Free
Time: 8:00 PM ET
In this course, the attendees will review the principles of socket preservation after minimally traumatic extractions. They will be exposed to simple techniques for horizontal ridge augmentation.
There will be a review of prosthetically driven implant placement and treatment planning, techniques for minimally traumatic extractions, full thickness and split thickness flaps. There will be an overview of the principles behind the use of autologous blood concentrates (PRp, Prf) and their use in socket preservation and ridge augmentation, combined with mineralized freeze dried bone, and layered combinations of pericardium, collagen and PTFE membranes.
Course Objective:
-After this course the attendee should feel knowledgeable to explain the rationale of socket preservation and ridge augmentation to the patient.
-The attendee should be able to properly plan the position of an implant as well as a minimally invasive extraction of the offending tooth.
-The attendee should have a good understanding of the combination of autologous blood materials with bone and membranes, and the logic in the layering techniques which offer the most predictable results for the patient.
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11.16.22 |
8:00 PM ET |
Cosmetic Dentistry |
Lisa Germain, DDS, MScD |
The Abundant THERAPEUTIC Uses for Botox (botulinum neurotoxin) Injections in the Dental Office |
The Abundant THERAPEUTIC Uses for Botox (botulinum neurotoxin) Injections in the Dental Office
Credits: 1.5
Cost: Free
Time: 8:00 PM ET
The use of botulinum neurotoxin in the dental office to treat facial pain and other oral-facial pathology has taken a back seat to its cosmetic usage. Yet this neuromodulator has enormous value when used to alleviate TMD symptoms, orthodontic relapse, reduce heavy bite forces associated with failed implant integration and can aid with denture comfort and fit. This webinar will explore the multiple ways botulinum neurotoxin can prove invaluable when used to treat the symptoms of various oral-facial pathologies.
Learning objectives:
- Discover how botulinum neurotoxin can provide relief for patients that have suffered for years with TMD pain.
- Identify landmarks for placement of injections for maximum benefit in all 4 major muscles of mastication.
- Learn how botulinum neurotoxin injections have the potential to aid with orthodontic relapse, denture comfort and fit, implant integration and trigeminal neuralgia.
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