6th Annual CEA Dental
Edward J. Zuckerberg, D.D.S.
SAN DIEGO DENTAL CONVENTION
Dr. George Freedman
Dr. Michael J. Morgan
Dr. Gregori M. Kurtzman
Dr. Michael Koceja
Dr. Howard Farran, MBA Founder & CEO of Dr. Robert H. Gregg II
Dr. Fay Goldstep
Kerry Straine
Dr. Alex Touchstone
Dr. Anthony R. Cardoza
Flossie Riesner
Dr. William R. Gianni
Dr. Fred W. Hammond
Dr. Marvin A. Fier
Kathy Dennis
Dr. Robert Ibsen
Debbie SeidelBittke, R.D.H.
Garrett B. Gunderson Wells Fargo
Dr. Peter Nordland
Dr. Rebecca Monroe
DentalTown
Amber Dawn Riley-Burns
Dr. William Paveletz
Dr. Tim S. Smith
Dr. Allen L. Schneider
Brian Bradley, Egoscue Clinic
Dr. Lawrence Addleson
Sally McKenzie
Chris Ippolito, Founder CEA Dental
Christine Taxin
Dr. Douglas Carlsen
NOVEMBER 16 & 17, 2012 7:45 AM - 6:00 PM MARINA VILLAGE CONFERENCE CENTER
CA Dental Practiced Act CA Infection Control Price :+$45 Friday (Class 101) & Saturday (Class 401) 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Price:+$45 Friday (Class 201) & Saturday (Class 501) 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
CPR Price:+$60 Friday (Class 301) & Saturday (Class 601) 3:00 PM - 6:00PM
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*Additional Fees for #101,201,301,401=$45 each *Additional Fees for #301, 601 =+$60 each *Class#100 and #400 = Staff $495, Dr.$595 Total Cost
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SAN DIEGO DI EGO DENTAL DENTAL CONVENTION Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the success of over 40 dental events. I appreciate the 150 plus Speakers that have dedicated their own time to educate those in San Diego. Since 2005, over 4000 dental professional have completed their dental continuing education requirements and contributed to the success of CEA Dental, a Chris Ippolito production . Please contact me or your local Henry Schein representative for more information about all future Continuing Education Adventure Dental events. Regular Pricing for Event:
Dentist 2-Day Pass: Dentist 1-Day Pass: Staff 2-Day Pass: Staff 1-Day Pass:
$299 $199 $159 $89
*Additional Fees for #101,201,301,401=$45 each *Additional Fees for #301, 601 =+$60 each *Class#100 and #400 Laser Laser Certification = Staff $495, Dr.$595 Total Cost
Sign Up Before and Save: Save: Sept 15=-$25, Oct. 1=-$20, Oct. 15=-$15, Nov. 1=-$10 Group Discount: Sign Up 3 Staff and 1 Dentist, Get $50 Off Total Amount
-CA Dental Practiced Act
Price :+$45 Friday (Class 101) & Saturday (Class 401) 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM - CA Infection Control
Price:+$45 Friday (Class 201) 201) & Saturday (Class (Class 501) 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM -CPR
Price:+$60 Friday (Class 301) & Saturday (Class 601) 3:00 PM - 6:00PM
Join us for a wine and cheese tasting that will teach teach you to distinguish the various scents and flavors of both white and red varietals. accompanying the wine CEA Dental will offer an excellent selection selection of unique cheeses that will pair perfectly with each wine. Friday and Saturday: Saturday: 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
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EVENT DETAILS Friday Nov. 16 7:45 PM - 6:00 PM Saturday Nov. 17 17 7:45 PM - 6:00 PM PM
-Free Parking -Complimentary Daily Breakfast & Lunch -Fun Prize Giveaways -Wine and Cheese Social
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THE DENTAL ROADSHOW 9:00 am-4:45 pm
7CE Credits
(20 MAX PARTICIPANTS Hands-on) -Learn laser-assisted procedures and techniques to make your investment in lasers more comfortable for you and your patients. Attendees will learn laser tissue interactions, Safety & Regulations, Set-up, Maintenance, Tip Selection & Initiation, and Soft Tissue Procedures with Hands -on training. We will review laser periodontal, curettage, in office laser whitening, TMJ and pain management treatment utilizing (LLT) Low Level Laser Therapy and learn insurance codes.
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THE DENTAL CODE PPO and HMO Power Training Training
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Do you want to Increase your income? Do you want to save the headaches of learning how to bill and track HMO and PPO Insurances? Learn the interworkings of insurance companies and get paid on the claim the first time. You will learn the claims process and learn never before billed cdt codes. Insurance Coding Part 1 8:30am-11:30pm We will cover: How to negotiate fees, the appeals process, Insurance payment regulations, Standard Coordination of Benefits, and the Differences in insurances Insurance Coding Part 2 12:15pm-3:30pm We will cover: Restorative Coding, Preventive Coding, Crown Coding, Onlay Coding, and Missed Codes .
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100 - Diode Laser Certification $595 Doctor, $495 Staff “ Includes Admission” Michael Koceja D.D.S. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 9:00 AM - 4:45 AM AM Price: $595 Doctor, $495 Staff Credits: 7.00 101 - "CDPA", California Dental Practice Act Friday +$45 Cary Schaffner Image Builders International
Synopsis: A required course for all California licensed dental professionals, this needs to be taken every 2 years. This course deals with how to keep your license and how not to lose it (by unethical or illegal treatment of your business or your patients). It will explore how the California Dental Board is set up, and what its powers are. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Price: $45.00 Credits: 2.00 102 - Dental CAD/CAM: The Single Most Significant Development in Dentistry in 100 Years Alex Touchstone, D.D.S. Synopsis: Dr. Alex Touchstone will demonstrate how CAD CAM is now central to all facets of successful prosthetic and implant implant dentistry. The benefits to both the patient patient and the dental dental practice are such that resistance to embracing embracing this technology is akin to to prepping a tooth with a belt-driven handpiece. During this course, video, clinical photos, software demonstrations, practice analysis and market trends will be utilized to defend this assertion. Dr. Alex Touchstone is recognized as a pioneer in CAD/CAM dentistry, having taught thousands of dentists dentists worldwide how to integrate CAD/CAM into their practices. He has utilized CAD/CAM in his private practice for the benefit of his patients patients for 18 years. As the creator and chief chief contributor to the CADCAMCan.com CADCAMCan.com online CAD/CAM learning center, he continues to have to privilege of sharing his knowledge and experience. "My goal is simply this: To elevate you to the level of excellence to which you aspire." Dr. Touchstone can be reached at
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[email protected] Date: Friday, November November 16, 2012 8:00 AM AM - 11:30 AM Credits: 3.50 103 - "The Dental Code" PPO and HMO Power Training Insurance Coding, Part 1 “See Class #403 for part 2” Kathy Dennis Synopsis: How to negotiate fees, the appeals process, insurance payment regulations, standard coordination of benefits, and the differences in insurances. Do you want to Increase your income? Do you want to save the headaches of learning how to bill and track HMO and PPO Insurances? Learn the interworkings interworkings of insurance companies companies and get paid on the the claim the first time. You will learn the claims claims process and learn never before billed CDT codes. Kathy Dennis is dentistry’s leading authority on California coding Strategies and Insurance Billing Techniques. Kathy has consulted and trained thousands of dental professionals across the State of California for the past 17 Years. Date: Friday, Friday, November November 16, 2012 2012 8:30 AM AM - 11:30 AM Credits: 3.00 104 - Your Hygiene Department: Aligning Principles With With Profits Is The The Foundation Of Financial Financial Intelligence. Kerry Strain Synopsis: The Most Successful Dental Practices Grow From The Inside Out: Do The Right Things Now. Learn how to develop a step-by-step protocol that will guide your team in the implementation of your periodontal philosophy. philosophy. Learn how to manage manage multiple hygienists, hygienists, enabling more patients patients to receive the treatment they want and need, and ensuring a more predictable flow in the doctor’s schedule.
Objectives: Learn how many patients each hygienist can manage without compromising your standard of care. Learn how to develop a plan to transition from a “prophy palace” to a periodontal -driven hygiene department.. Learn the significance significance of managing your patient patient count every day. Kerry K. Straine, President and CEO, graduated from California State University at Sacramento with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting in 1979 and has been in business and financial management for more than thirty years. Kerry is a Certified Straine Management Management System™ Consultant as well as a Certified Professional Professional Behavioral & Values Analyst. It was Kerry's education and experience in accounting that led to the development of The Straine Management System™, the premier platform that provides strategic planning, leadership and team development, policy and management system design, training, monitoring and coaching for dental professionals throughout the United States and Canada. Kerry also developed the Straine Practice Analysis™ as the first tool used by the dental industry more than 25 years ago to illustrate the opportunities that exist in a dental practice. Kerry's mission has always been to advance the understanding, practice, and development of leadership for the benefit of all professionals in the dental industry. Kerry's approach is unique in that he does not limit his vision to dental practices, but rather links the role of education and leadership to every aspect within the dental industry. In 2001 Henry Schein Dental selected Kerry as an instructor on leadership, laws of teamwork, communication, and practice management for its advanced professional education programs at Career Development. "Leadership develops daily, not in a day." Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 8:15 AM - 11:15 AM Credits: 3.00 105 - Practice Makes Perfect…. Leading Your Team to the Dental Practice Super Bowl Join us to Build onto Your Knowledge of The The Business Side of Dentistry Garrett B. Gunderson, Wells Fargo Synopsis: Learn how to make your bank your true business partner and use their analysis to build on your practice strengths. Eliminate the weaknesses beyond business checking accounts or practice finances. Learn the full full scope of your bank’s bank’s programs and and products to help your business thrive. thrive. Eliminate Fraud and Embezzlement through internal control and learn how your bank can help protect you. Which debts do you you pay pay off first? Learn about faster verification of benefits, benefits, and get faster faster payments. Review strategies to fastest and most effective way to become debt free. Garrett Gunderson is a financial advocate. advocate. Through the value of Soul Purpose, he empowers empowers people people to build sustainable wealth wealth consistent with their passion, passion, purpose and knowledge. knowledge. Garrett is a winner of the SBA's Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. He founded Freedom FastTrack, as an expression of his Soul Purpose, which has been the fuel for a growing message that took the company to the Inc 500 in 2007. Through his Living Wealthy Initiative Initiative he inspires others to love life, live better and make purpose profitable. Garrett is the author of the revolutionary financial financial book Killing Sacred Sacred Cows, a New York Times bestseller and the New Rules to Get Rich with Nightingale Conant. Garrett lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and two crazy boys! Date: Friday, Friday, November November 16, 2012 2012 8:30 AM AM - 11:00 AM Credits: 0.00 106 - Adhesives, Composites, Cements & More: Eliminating Sensitivity with Predictable Procedures George Freedman D.D.S. Synopsis: Dental sensitivity can be totally eliminated and prevented with recently available materials and techniques! Dental bonding bonding is simplified with with 7th generation adhesive adhesive materials and the latest
innovations in composite and glass ionomer technology have made conservative esthetic procedures very predictable. Etch, bond and desensitize in a single step! Intra-oral cameras make diagnostics and marketing a snap. Tooth-friendly, minimally-invasive minimally-invasive Fissurotomy burs offer an, anesthetic-free approach to early caries caries restoration and repair. repair. Novel matrix systems provide provide perfect proximal contact 106 Continue...and Continue... and contours every every time. Indirect procedures procedures are simplified by newer, easier easier to use, impression materials as well as one-step resin cements. One-step post cementation and core build-up techniques and materials are the norm. Innovative carbide crown and bridge preparation (GW Ultra) is faster with constant torque high-speed electric handpieces. Tooth whitening has become standard practice in today’s dental office. Numerous techniques and materials materials are available to the practitioner. Affordable soft-tissue lasers are are a must in every operatory. operatory. Maintaining Maintaining a healthy oral oral environment ensures ensures a lifetime of oral oral health. Dr. George Freedman is a founder and past president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, a co-founder of the Canadian Academy for Esthetic Dentistry and a Diplomate of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry. His most recent textbook, “Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry is published by Elsevier. Dr. Freedman regular columns, columns, First Impressions and and Buyer Guides appear appear regularly in Dentistry Today. Today. He is the author or co-author of 12 textbooks, more than 700 dental articles, and numerous webinars and CDs and is a Team Member of REALITY. He lectures internationally on dental esthetics, adhesion, desensitization, composites, impression materials and porcelain veneers. A Diplomate of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry and Visiting Professor, Universita di Firenze, Florence, Italy, Dr. Freedman maintains a private practice limited to Esthetic Dentistry in Toronto, Canada. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM Credits: 3.50 107 - The LANAP® protocol: Evidence-based Laser Periodontitis Treatment Robert H. Gregg II, D.D.S. Synopsis: Although approximately 80% of Americans suffer from some form of gum disease, about 97% of those with moderate to severe periodontitis are not being treated. Learn how to take control of periodontal disease in your patients with an evidence-based laser periodontitis treatment with high patient acceptance and proven ROI. Robert H. Gregg, DDS, co-inventor of the LANAP protocol, will give a brief overview of how the LANAP protocol works, discuss clinical case results and share how the LANAP protocol can benefit your practice with positive ROI. About the LANAP protocol: The LANAP protocol is the original laser periodontitis treatment – and the only laser periodontitis treatment with guaranteed clinical results. The unique properties of the PerioLase® MVP- 7™, a True Pulsed Nd:YAG laser designed specifically to support the LANAP protocol, selectively targets diseased or infected pocket tissue and strips necrotic epithelium away from the connective tissue at the histologic level of the reté ridges away from the underlying connective tissue. Two university-based human histology studies and 20 years of clinical results support the efficacy of the LANAP protocol. Learning Objectives: Understand laser application application for the LANAP procedure. procedure. Learn why it works and how to make it work for you, your patients and and your referral base. Learn how periodontal periodontal disease has been conventionally conventionally treated over time and the benefits of the LANAP protocol as a no cut, no sew, se w, no fear laser alternative for the treatment of periodontal disease. disease. Learn how to build on the the periodontal success for your patients patients as a strategy for practice success.
Dr. Robert Gregg is a former faculty member at the UCLA School of Dentistry. He has been using lasers clinically since 1990, including CO2, free-running pulsed (FRP) Nd: YAG, both single and variable pulsed; FRP Ho:YAG, surgical Argon, CW diodes and Er: YAG. He has given lectures both nationally and internationally on the subject of clinical laser applications, and conducted seminars for the UCLA Department of Continuing Education. In addition to authoring several peer-reviewed articles on the clinical applications of FRP Nd:YAG for endodontic and periodontal uses, he is an author of the 107 Continue...Curriculum Continue... Curriculum Guidelines and Standards for Dental Laser Education, versions 1992 and 1998. Dr. Gregg has obtained his Mastership and Educator’s Certification in the Academy of Laser Dentistry as provided for in the Laser Curriculum Guidelines. He was appointed as a peer-review member of the Dentistry Today CE Editorial Board to review all CE articles related to the topic of lasers. He was a co-developer of the FDA-cleared PerioLase MVP-7 pulsed Nd:YAG laser, and a founder of Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc. Dr. Gregg also co- developed the LANAP periodontal protocol, for which he holds a patent. He maintains a private practice where he sees patients and may be reached at:
[email protected] [email protected].. Date: Friday, Friday, November November 16, 16, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:15 AM Credits: 3.50 108 - Principles and Techniques of Noninvasive Additive-Adhesive Veneer Restorations. Dr. Robert Ibsen D.D.S., OD, FIADFE, FACD, FICD, FAAGP, FADI, FAIDS, FADM, FAGD Synopsis: Employing porcelain laminates to improve strength, function and esthetics of healthy but neglected smiles without pain, injections or removal of sensitive tooth structure, with an emphasis on porcelain-to-porcelain porcelain-to-porcelain bonding and color modification that preserves preserves tooth tissue. Learn how you can can halt and restore multiple structural, functional, and cosmetic deteriorations using prepless veneers without injections or anesthetic and while preserving natural dentition and providing a simple, painless, and healthy solution for patients. During this eye-opening presentation, Dr. Robert Ibsen will reveal the techniques of Smile Simplicity and demonstrate how you can achieve chairside color correction without any pain, anesthetic, or invasive removal of sensitive tooth structure. These methods result in preserved dentition, virtually perfect shade matching, a natural-looking white smile, and a growing, loyal patient base. He will also focus on avoiding needless remakes and removal of clinically sound crowns through porcelain-to-porcelain bonding. Dr. Ibsen will reveal how to create successful adhesion between a porcelain veneer and a porcelain crown in order to restore esthetic e sthetic consistency within the upper arch. If the prosthesis is clinically sound, this alternative option both prevents the potential for iatrogenic disturbance and saves the patient the time and discomfort of undergoing the removal and placement of a new crown. In your practice is an abundance of patients with healthy mouths who would love to enhance their smiles…if accomplished painlessly and noninvasively. noninvasively. In this practice-building, practice-building, two-part two-part presentation, presentation, adhesive restorative restorative dentistry pioneer Dr. Robert Ibsen will demonstrate how to use veneers to create radiant smiles, strengthen teeth, and improve function without anesthetic injections or contravening your commitment to preserving teeth. Objectives: 1. Gain a foundational foundational understanding of the principles of adhesion, adhesion, with an emphasis on how to achieve successful bonding of a porcelain veneer to a porcelain crown. 2. Discover how to use veneers veneers to achieve perfect color matching of a single, severely discolored tooth at the time of placement without removing any sensitive tooth structure. 3. Find out how margin-free, shoulder-free restorations are not only possible but enable you to eliminate the necessity for injections and anesthetic, preserve natural dentition, and protect pulp.
Robert Ibsen, DDS is a graduate of the USC School of Dentistry and Southern California College of Optometry, and has been an internationally recognized authority and lecturer on dental adhesion and preservation of tooth structure for over four decades. He co-wrote one of the first textbooks on the principles of adhesion titled Adhesive Adhesive Restorative Dentistry Dentistry and published published in 1974. Also in 1974, after after years of dissatisfaction with the dental materials available on the market, Dr. Ibsen founded Den-Mat 108 Continue...Corporation. Continue...Corporation. He began to formulate well-known bonding and restorative materials. Ibsen pioneered the first whitening toothpaste, developing the ground-breaking Rembrandt® line of oral care products. He also invented a patented, high-strength porcelain that reproduced the appearance and translucence of enamel in order to create revolutionary LUMINEERS® porcelain porcelain veneers. With over 30 years of lecturing to the dental community, his passion is educating dentists about minimally invasive techniques. Having worked with countless patients who feared invasive, painful dental methods, Ibsen was inspired to develop simplified veneer techniques called SmileSimplicity® procedures. These procedures enable dentists to painlessly and noninvasively enhance the strength, function, and appearance of healthy but neglected smiles through restorations that are durable, stress-resistant, and non-microleaking. No longer affiliated with Den-Mat Holdings, LLC, or any other dental manufacturing firm, Ibsen is fully committed to teaching the design and placement methods of SmileSimplicity. S mileSimplicity. He is a Fellow of the International Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics, American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists, American Academy of General Practice, Academy of Dentistry International, Academy of International Dental Studies, Academy of Dental Materials, and Academy of General Dentistry. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 8:00 AM AM - 11:00 AM Credits: 3.50 109 - New Advances in Implant Overdentures: Happiness Through Simplification Allen L. Schneider, Schneider, D.D.S., D.D.S., FAGD, DICOI DICOI Synopsis: Attachment retained and bar-retained implant overdentures are one of the most successful, not to mention cost-effective, methods of treatment available for edentulous patients. Course attendees will learn how to diagnose, treatment plan, fabricate surgical stents, implant impression techniques, customize a fee schedule so you never lose economics, as well as how to work with overdenture attachments. Participants will learn how to easily change attachments in 7 seconds or less. This course focuses on all implant designs utilizing the revolutionary Locator Attachment assembly from the Zest Corporation. Each doctor in attendance will receive teaching manuals, which they will be allowed to keep after the seminar is over. Morning Course Topics: Treatment Planning, Single Tooth to Full Reconstruction, How to Decrease Office Overhead, Making Implants More Profitable, Office Implant Emergencies Lunch: 11:15pm - 12:15pm Afternoon Course: 1:00pm - 4:30pm Wine & Cheese 2:00-2:30 Q&A Period: As Long As People Want Seminar attendees earn 7 CE credits. CALL TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT! Allen L. Schneider, D.D.S.,FAGD, D.D.S.,FAGD, DICOI is an adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Consultant, Consultant, Martins burg, Veteran’s Veteran’s Administration Hospital; Lecturer, Lecturer, AGD Mastership Program; Private practice emphasizing implant dentistry, Springfield, VA. Dr. Schneider has risen through his profession to become an eminent clinician and a sought-after lecturer. His work in the emerging field of implant dentistry has earned him the accolades of his contemporaries and assured him a place among today’s finest practicing dentists—in fact, he is featured in the Guide to America’s Top Dentists. Date: Friday, Friday, November 16, 2012 8:15 AM - 4:45 PM Credits: 7.00
201 - California Infection Control, Friday Kathy Dennis, Guiding Light Dental Consulting & Cary Schaffner, Image Builders International Synopsis: A required course course for all California licensed licensed dental professionals. professionals. This needs to be taken every 2 years. Like blood borne pathogens, it deals with diseases that can be spread in the workplace; but unlike blood borne pathogens, Infection Control deals with more than blood borne diseases and is concerned with how not to spread disease to your patients. Date: Friday, Friday, November November 16, 16, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Price: $45.00 $45.00 Credits: 2.00 202 - Digital CAD/CAM Dentistry Materials with Ivoclar Vivadent: William R. Gianni D.D.S. & Min Kim, Dental Technician, Ivoclar-Vivident "See Class 302 Hands-On" Synopsis: Learn from the materials materials experts in Digital Dentistry! Dentistry! You will be learning learning about the different materials available for Digital Dentistry and what new things are coming from Ivoclar Vivadent. We will also be learning about the clinical research behind these materials along with their indications. To ensure long term clinical success, you learn how to properly treat and bond your digital CAD/CAM restorations. William R. Gianni D.D.S., D.D.S. , a graduate of the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry. He is a unique unique blend of clinical pioneer, pioneer, technological innovator, and passionate teacher. He is an active member of the Academy of Laser Dentistry, a past faculty member of PAC-live and Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies. Dr. Gianni Gianni and his technological technological developments developments have been featured on national and international media, such as “ABC World News Tonight,” and “The peer-reviewed articles and reports on lasers and implants. implants. His Doctors.” In addition, he has published peer-reviewed current passion is preserving the art of dentistry, dentistry, with a professional aim is to gain gain as much as he gives. Min Kim is the new generation of dental technician. He embraces modern technology and materials materials while achieving a high level of excellence in aesthetic dentistry. dentistry. He has studied under world world renowned ceramist and attended Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies. His skills have fabricated thousands of IPS e.max restorations and presented workshops to share his methodologies. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.00 203 - Dental to Medical Cross Code Billing "Part 1" - "Section 1" Christine Taxin See "Class # 303 for Section 2 and Saturday part 2 Classes 503, and 603" Synopsis: Maximize treatment acceptance with your patient’s medical benefits. Day 1: Introduction to Medical Billing for the Dental Office. The Dental office staff will learn that billing certain dental procedures to medical insurance has multiple benefits to both patients patients and dental practices. Patients will enjoy better better dental and overall health, while while dental practices will see an increase in case acceptance, production and referrals. Objectives: Establish basic knowledge knowledge of both dental and medical billing. Determine why, and what, dental offices offices can bill to medical insurance. insurance. Teach participants participants how to work with medical medical insurance companies companies and work with team members. To get optimal cross-code billing results for patients and the practice. Christine Taxin has over 25 years experience as a practice management professional and provides private practice consulting services, delivers continuing education seminars for dental and medical professionals and serves as an adjunct instructor at the New York University (NYU) Dental School and
203 Continue...Resident Continue... Resident Programs Programs for Maimonides Hospital. Hospital. As a provider of continuing dental education, Ms. Taxin has been a guest speaker for Henry Schein, Kodak Dental, Sirona and Goetze Dental. She has presented programs to the American Association of Dental Office Managers, the Pennwell Dental Group and the New York Academy of General Dentistry. The AGD has approved her company Links2Success as a national provider of PACE continuing education credits. Since she collaborates collaborates with many of the country’s top management management consultants and lecturers, lecturers, Ms. Taxin’s powerful networking ability directly benefits her clients and seminar attendees. She stays well informed on key issues at the forefront of dentistry and medicine and passes this information on to her clients. Ms. Taxin received certified training training from the Las Vegas Institute Institute (LVI) and and the Coach Training Alliance. She is a proud member of the following industry organizations: Speaking Consulting Network, American Association of Dental Office Managers, The Academy of Dental Management Consultants, National Dental EDI Council and The International Association of Comprehensive Aesthetics. She also, has privilege of being a board member for Store-A-Tooth: Stem Cells For Life. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.00 204 - Are You a Tooth Carpenter or a Tooth Fairy? How to Treat Periodontal Disease in Your Practice and Get Paid for It! Flossie Riesner, BA, MA Riesner Consulting PC Synopsis: Do you ever wonder why many dental journals and consumer magazines say that more than 75% of all the adults in the US have gum disease but you are not billing for it in your office? This course for dentists and staff members will present a step-by-step approach to expanding the hygiene services you perform in your office on your new patients and your established patients as well, by implementing a soft tissue management program in your office. Since periodontal disease has been linked to heart attacks, stroke, osteoporosis and more, you will be able to help bring about better overall health for your patients by minimizing inflammation in their mouths. You may even save lives! The entire staff needs to be trained to understand the importance of this treatment to be able to communicate it properly to your patients. The course will present a philosophy of developing a “partnership” with the hygienist – valuing them, giving them more responsibility in the treatment of patients, and compensating them fairly. We will explore how the use of a hygiene assistant can vastly increase the productivity of the hygienist and open up more time in the schedule for the treatment of periodontal disease. We will discuss educating your patients, treatment planning, financial arrangements, scheduling and more. Also included will be a discussion of the protocol of billing and the submission of insurance claims for the periodontal treatment. Once you implement this program, you will be amazed at the increase in your hygiene productivity! Stop doing prophy after prophy for patients with inflammation and instead declare war on gum disease in your practice! Educate your staff and patients in the value of scaling and root planing to treat periodontal disease and learn how to best utilize your hygienists and assistants to become more productive and profitable for the practice. Learn how to treatment plan, bill and schedule these the se services. Objectives: 1. Develop a soft tissue management system to treat periodontal disease. 2. Increase the productivity and profitability of your hygiene department. 3. Help save your patients’ lives by making them healthier! Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.00
205 - Retirement 101: Your “Number” How You Can Personally Get There Quicker, and Strategies from Wealthy Dentists Douglas Carlsen, D.D.S. Synopsis: Participants will calculate their personal “retirement number” and find their yearly savings necessary to retire at the lifestyle of their choosing. They will next find ways to increase their savings per year, utilizing their budget from the retirement number session. No preparation is necessary. No receipts or Quicken spreadsheets please! Time permitting, Dr. Carlsen will provide debt and savings strategies from actual dentists that have acquired wealth, not counting their home, of between $4,000,000 and $10,000,000 before retiring early on their terms. Please bring a calculator or smart phone. Objectives: Devise a retirement budget, then use tables to calculate a retirement savings goal. Learn personalized immediate steps to increase personal yearly savings dramatically. Learn of savings and debt strategies utilized by dentists that achieved true wealth at an early age. Douglas Carlsen, DDS, DDS, has delivered independent financial education to dentists since retiring from his private practice in 2004 at age 53. Dr. Carlsen currently writes monthly financial columns for San Diego County Dental Dental Society Facets and Dentaltown Magazine. Magazine. He has over 40 articles published published nationally in Dentaltown and Dental Economics. He lectures yearly for CEA and has presented to Star of the South Meeting, AGD Annual Meeting, and many study clubs and societies. Date: Friday, November November 16, 2012 12:30 PM PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 0.00 206 - Lost Patients… How Dentists Lose Patients Everyday Sally McKenzie, CEO of McKenzie Management Synopsis: 78% of 128,000 general dentists in the U. S. are solo practitioners. Considering the length length of of time in practice, 15 to 30+ years, years, why is there only enough work to keep one dentist busy? Because you are losing more patients patients out the back door than are coming coming in the front door. door. Dentists lose patients every day, and don’t know why it’s happening. You will learn how poor customer service, poor hiring techniques, lack of employee training, lack of job descriptions, lack of accountability, priority confusion and ineffective systems become the main impetus behind why patients leave. Objectives: What makes up your active patient base. Why patients do not return to the practice. The operational business functions and their impact on service s ervice to patients. What causes the recall system to break down. How to provide better customer service to patients. Communication techniques with patients focused on patient retention. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 0.00 207 - Fabricating Provisionals- A Quick and Aesthetic Approach Hands-on Workshop "Limited to 20" William Paveletz, D.M.D. Voco Synopsis: Simplifying the fabrication of single and multiple unit provisionals compared to the traditional ways. With the increase in cosmetic dental procedures performed clinically, provisional restorations have become highly involved procedures. Learn immediate provisional techniques using
207 Continue...new Continue... new technology and advanced advanced products. Highlighted Products: Products: Structure Premium, GrandioSO, GrandioSO Heavy Flow, GrandTec and Dimanto Limited to 20 attendees Dr. William Paveletz, DMD graduated from Temple University School of Dentistry. He completed his AEGD residency at University of Pittsburgh Dental School. Dr. Paveletz continued postgraduate work in prosthetics at the University of Pittsburg Pittsburg Dental School. For the past eight years Dr. Paveletz Paveletz has been with VOCO America, Inc. He has experienced every aspect of Voco, from basic sales strategy to regional management. This has provided him with the qualifications to train sales staff in every aspect of their job description from retail applications, explanation of specific technical components, and procedural application for the entire Voco Product compilation. Dr. Paveletz presently holds a Clinical Educator position at Voco America. He speaks to dental retailers, dental societies, teaching institutions, and at conventions. His subject material focuses on dental materials, clinical solutions, clinical applications, and dental chemistry. He also is concentrating on lectures and developing ‘hands on “mini workshops. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.00 208 - Likeable or Not, Social Media in Dentistry is Here to Stay! Today, a Truly Effective Marketing Strategy for Dental Practices Must Include Social Media. Edward Zuckerberg D.D.S. Synopsis: Social media provides us with a modern way of attracting new patients, creating stronger relationships with existing patients, reactivating old patients and marketing our use of technology. Content is key, and with consumer-focused, regularly updated content you will be able to engage patients, not only building up those relationships, but also your search engine ranking as well. You will also learn how Likable can help you provide engaging content posted to your Facebook page DAILY to ensure likes and comments and help increase your search engine e ngine rankings. Objectives: A step by step guide for Facebook and your practice. Why using this technology is critical to your practice and important to keep your patients engaged with your practice. New ways to motivate your current current patients, boost revenues during slow months months and use technology to more effectively market market your practice. How to totally enhance your existing Facebook page in a way that will make a huge difference for patients who are in need of, but are hesitant, to commit to a more involved treatment. Dr. Edward Zuckerberg is a 1978 Graduate of NYU College of Dentistry and has been in private practice in Dobbs Ferry, Ferry, NY since 1981. He has always been an early early adopter of technology, technology, introducing his first PC in the office in 1986 and and networking PCs at the front desk and and all operatories in 1996. He has been using intraoral cameras since 1987, air abrasion since 1991 and digital radiography since 1998 including digital panoramic panoramic added in 2007. His office has been completely paperless paperless since 2006 and in 2009 he introduced E4D CAD/CAM Dentistry Dentistry to his patients. His practice in uniquely based based in his home and features an aquarium motif throughout highlighted by a 200 gallon salt water aquarium in the wall between 2 of the 3 operatories. The practices gives special attention attention to Dental Phobics of all ages ages and truly “Caters to Cowards.” The technology continues throughout the house with full network integration in all the rooms including the kids' bedrooms, which helped launch his son, Mark, the founder of Facebook's interest in computers. With his wife of 32 years, years, Karen, they also have 3 daughters, Randi, Donna & Mark. Dr. Zuckerberg now regularly lectures nationally nationally and internationally internationally on technology integration and Social Media Marketing for Dentists in addition to maintaining his private practice. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.00
301- CPR Friday +$65 Certified CPR Instructor Synopsis: This course will provide CPR Lecture, hands on training and American Heart Association’s CPR examination. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Price: $60.00 Credits: 3.00 302 - Learn From the Experts, Make Your Digital Restoration Beautiful: Learn From the Lab! Hands-On-Staining Hands-On-Staining Class "Limited to 20" William R. Gianni DDS, Ivoclar-Vivident Min Kim, Dental Technician Synopsis: This will be a hands on course instructed by the Technician, teaching you how to make your digital restorations of lab quality, limited seats available, so register quickly!!! Synopsis and Biography: See Course # 202 Date: Friday, November November 16, 2012 3:00 PM PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00 303 - Dental to Medical Cross Code Billing "Part 1", "Section 2" Christine Taxin, See "Class #503, and and 603 for more Sections." Synopsis and Biography: See Course # 203 Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00 304 - “Delivering Extreme Hygiene. Uncovering Your Hidden Profit Potential” Debbie Seidel-Bittke, R.D.H., BS Synopsis: Just Just as optimum teamwork across the entire dental office is critical to running a well-oiled business machine, teamwork teamwork within the hygiene hygiene room is equally as as important. Completing a patient patient hygiene appointment with quality, efficiency, and good customer service often requires more than one person -- but since your colleagues have their own tasks to do, everyone in your office must be on the same page. Find out how to get there in this this course. Plus, get all the tools tools you need for your your practice to reach the next level of optimal care your patients deserve. Then, you’ll see how collaborative efforts can make for a happier workplace workplace and a satisfied patient patient ready to spread the word. Together this all creates your highest profit potential. Objectives: What to address in a brief morning “huddle” to attain productivity all day. Uncover hidden profit opportunities during a dental hygiene appointment. Special techniques to use with patients so they walk out with something of value. Gather the latest product savvy for your practice toolbox. A minute-to-minute worksheet of what you should accomplish during each hygiene visit. Understand the true profit potential in your dental de ntal hygiene department. Debbie Seidel-Bittke, R.D.H., BS, is an international speaker, author and one of Dentistry Today’s 2012 Leaders in Dental Consulting. She is president of Dental Practice Solutions, a dental practice management business specializing in patient-centered solutions, uncovering hidden office potential and maximizing profits. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00
305 - Forensic Odontology and the Dental Auxiliary Amber Dawn Riley-Burns Riley-Burns R.D.H., R.D.H., BA Synopsis: Participants of this course will gain an introductory knowledge of the science of forensic odontology; it’s history and how the law dictates a forensic identification. A brief review of the history, evolution and scope of forensic odontology will be presented to the audience as well as an introduction of the nomenclature commonly used in this field. Death investigation systems (Coroner/Medical Examiner and their differences) will be explained. A step -by-step exploration of a comprehensive dental autopsy will be presented, including physical examination, forensic photography, forensic radiography and evidence management needs of varying postmortem states including skeletonized, fragmented, decomposed and burned. Objectives: Improve appreciation appreciation for the forensic forensic value of accurate accurate dental records. Recognize how to cooperate with the legal system. system. Understand the role of a forensic dentist and forensic forensic dental auxiliary auxiliary in scientific human identification and in multiple fatality incidents. Amber Dawn Riley-Burns R.D.H., R.D.H., BA earned her RDH in Ohio graduating in 1998 from Sinclair College and completed her Baccalaureate Baccalaureate at Wright State University in 2001. 2001. She lives and practices in Southern California and and is a clinical dental hygiene board board examiner for eighteen states. She is a Board Member Member and the Education Chair of the American Society of Forensic Odontology (ASFO), and an Associate Member of the American American Academy of Forensic Forensic Sciences (AAFS). Amber was appointed appointed to the dental team of the Disaster Mortuary Operation Response Team (NDMS/DMORT) Region Ten in 2006 and she is the Chief Forensic Dental Autopsy Technician serving San Diego County and Imperial County California. She is a Member of the California California Dental Identification Team (CalDIT) and credentialed by the FBI/CJIS Division in dental coding for NCIC Missing and Unidentified Persons (MUPS). Date: Friday, November November 16, 2012 3:00 PM PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00 306 - What’s New With Bone Fred W. Hammond, D.D.S., Tim S. Smith, D.D.S., Robert H. Riding Jr, D.D.S. Synopsis: This presentation will cover all aspects of bone graft reconstruction of the jaws including ridge preservation with with socket grafting. Also an update on the latest bisphosphonate bisphosphonate studies will be reviewed. Attendees will learn learn learn how to manage manage patients who who are taking taking Bisphosphonates Bisphosphonates and recognize and treat Bisphosphonate Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaws (BRONJ). Dr. Fred Hammond professional interests lean toward dental implants and bone graft preparation for dental implants. He also enjoys orthognathic surgery and jaw reconstruction as well as more routine dental oral surgery surgery such as wisdom wisdom teeth and dental dental extractions. He is a member of the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, the California Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Dental Association and the California Dental Association. Dr. Hammond loves loves his profession and especially enjoys enjoys the many wonderful wonderful patients patients for whom he is privileged to care. Dr. Tim Smith is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and the National Board 0f Dental Anesthesiology. He is a Fellow of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. He is a member of numerous professional organizations. His special area of interest is major reconstructive maxillofacial surgery, including comprehensive implant rehabilitation, bone grafting procedures, orthognathic surgery and temporomandibular joint surgery, surgery, encompassing arthroscopic, reconstructive and total joint joint replacement. replacement. Date: Friday, November November 16, 2012 3:00 PM PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00
307 - Nano Base Composites Hands-on Workshop Workshop "Limited to 20 Doctors" Doctors" William Paveletz, D.M.D. Voco Synopsis: Does size matters… using nano base composites in today’s dental restorations? Attendees will be introduced to nano based bonding agent, packable / flowable composites and how they are applied in dental restorations. Biography: See Course # 207 Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00 308 - Likeable or Not, Social Media in Dentistry is Here to Stay! Today, a Truly Effective Marketing Strategy for Dental Practices Must Include Social Media. Edward Zuckerberg D.D.S. Synopsis and Biography: See Course # 208 Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.00 400 - Diode Laser Certification $595 Doctor, $495 Staff “ Includes Admission” Michael Koceja D.D.S. Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 9:00 AM - 4:45 AM Price: $595 Doctor, $495 Staff Credits: 7.00
401 - "CDPA", California Dental Practice Act Saturday +$45 Cary Schaffner, Image Builders International Synopsis and Biography: See Course # 101 Date: Saturday, Saturday, November 17, 2012 2012 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM AM Price: $45.00 Credits: 2.00 2.00 402- Dental CAD/CAM: The Single Most Significant Development in Dentistry in 100 Years" Alex Touchstone, D.D.S. Synopsis and Biography: See Course # 102 Date: Saturday, Saturday, November November 17, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM Credits: 3.50 403 - "The Dental Code" PPO and HMO Power Training Insurance Coding Part "2" Kathy Dennis Do you want to Increase your income? Do you want to save the headaches of learning how to bill and track HMO and PPO Insurances? Learn the interworkings of insurance companies and get paid on the claim the first time. You will learn the claims process process and learn never before billed CDT codes. Synopsis: Learn how to negotiate fees, The appeals process, Insurance payment regulations, Standard Coordination of Benefits, and the Differences in insurances. Biography: See Course # 103 . Date: Saturday, Saturday, November November 17, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM Credits: 3.00 404 - Practice Makes Perfect…. Leading Your Team to the Dental Practice Super Bowl Join us to Build Build onto Your Knowledge of The The Business Side of Dentistry Garrett B. Gunderson, Wells Fargo Synopsis and Biography: See Course # 105 Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Credits: 0.00
405 - Anterior Implants: Soft Tissue Predictability is Coming Closer Lawrence Addleson, D.D.S., FAACD Peter Nordland, D.M.D., MS Synopsis: Attendees will learn: New techniques in extracting anterior teeth. New techniques in placing the implant. New techniques in provisional crowns. New techniques in provisionalizing provisionalizing abutments. The general dentist’s role in refining gingival tissue contours and matching natural teeth with porcelain. Dr. Larry Addleson practices reconstructive reconstructive dentistry with an emphasis on aesthetics. He earned Accreditation and is one of fewer than 65 professionals who have completed the challenging Accreditation requirements to earn Fellowship in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD), the largest organization in the world dedicated to the art and science of cosmetic dentistry. Dr. Addleson is a Board Examiner for Accreditation and Fellowship of the AACD and has served on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Educational Task Force Committee. He has been Chairman of Education and Credentials and served two terms as Chairman of the Board of Governors. Dr. Addleson was elected to serve as as President of the AACD AACD in 2004-2005. He is a Director and Cosmetic Dentistry Consultant for the San Diego Advanced Study Group. W. Peter Nordland D.M.D., MS is one of the few Fellows of the prestigious American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and the only member from San Diego. He is president and co-founder of the International Society Periodontal Plastic Surgeons, an international academy welcoming periodontists and oral surgeons with with an interest in esthetic surgery. surgery. With his development of this plastic plastic surgery sub-specialty, he is considered an expert in the field of Oral Plastic Surgery. Dr. Nordland has introduced many new surgical procedures and and has developed his own microsurgical microsurgical instrumentation. He enjoys teaching and is the director of the Oral Microsurgical Residency Program at the Newport Coast Oral-Facial Institute, is an Assistant Professor of Periodontics at Loma Linda University and has taught at almost every US dental school. Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Credits: 3.00 406 - What Patients Want and What Dentists Want: Easy, Predictable and Profitable Healing Dentistry! Fay Goldstep D.D.S. Synopsis: Today’s dental patient is well informed and concerned more than ever with their health and healthy options. Oral-Systemic Health Dentistry Dentistry is becoming the driving force for dental patients the way cosmetic dentistry was in the past. Direct restoration repair instead of indirect replacement is a “patient friendly” minimally invasive option. Predictable direct restorative procedures are the backbone of the general dental practice. Keep it simple. simple. News Flash! Flash! Today’s flowables can be as strong as hybrids and have easy handling properties. The diode laser has become the essential soft tissue hand piece for the dental practice. practice. User friendly laser technology keeps periodontal treatment in the general dentist’s office. New caries detection systems and remineralization therapies, including glass ionomers and Giomers, enable the dentist to PROACTIVELY treat caries. No more “watch and wait”. Treat medically and scientifically. scientifically. See how to use these “dentist friendly” materials and provide your patients with simple, maintainable, healing dentistry.
Dr. Fay Goldstep has been an ADA Seminar Series Speaker, and has lectured at the ADA, Yankee, AACD, AGD, and the Big Apple dental conferences. conferences. She has lectured nationally and internationally internationally on Minimally Minimally Invasive Dentistry, Healing Dentistry, Innovations in Hygiene, Dentist Health Issues and Office Design. Dr. Goldstep has served on the teaching faculties of the Post-graduate Programs in Esthetic Dentistry at SUNY Buffalo, Universities of Florida (Gainesville), Minnesota (Minneapolis) and UMKC (Kansas City). Dr. Goldstep sits sits on the Editorial Editorial Board of of Oral Health Magazine (Healing/Prev (Healing/Preventive entive Dentistry) Dentistry) and Dental Tribune US Edition. Edition. She is a Fellow of the American College College of Dentists, International International Academy of Dental-Facial Esthetics and and the Academy Academy of Dentistry International. International. Dr. Goldstep Goldst ep has been a contributin c ontributing g author to 3 textbooks and has has published more than 20 articles. articles. Dentistry Today has listed her as one of the leaders in Continuing Continuing Education since 2002. 2002. Dr. Goldstep is a consultant consultant to a number of dental dental companies and maintains a private practice in Toronto, Canada. Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM Credits: 3.50 407 - From C to Shining C ~ Composites, Cancer, & Case Presentation Marvin A. Fier, D.D.S., FASDA, ABAD Advisory Board Member: DENTISTRY TODAY, REALITY Diplomate, American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry Executive VP, American Society for Dental Aesthetics Synopsis: There are many technological advances to help us provide better diagnoses and care for our patients. Dental companies companies are constantly striving to give give us more lifelike materials materials we can use to restore teeth. They are also working hard to develop new equipment for early detection of diseases including oral cancer, cancer, which is on the rise. What your patients patients tell others about your practice is still the best way to get referrals. referrals. Comprehensive examinations examinations and predictable predictable treatment results will will make your practice more profitable, profitable, less stressful, and generate more referrals. referrals. This program will will update you on some of the newest materials, equipment, and techniques that will make your practice stand out and have others talking. In addition, addition, a better way way of motivating patients to accept treatment treatment recommendations will be discussed. Objectives: To demystify adhesion. To diagnose soft tissue pathology at its earliest stages. To simplify and save time by using chameleon composites. To enhance case presentation skills and treatment plan acceptance. Dr. Marvin A. Fier is a full time practicing practicing clinician. He received his DDS degree degree from NYU in 1971. 1971. He served as a dentist in the US Navy and is a highly respected lecturer in the US and internationally on multiple topics. He is the executive executive vice-president of the American Society for Dental Aesthetics, Aesthetics, a Fellow of the American Society for Dental Aesthetics and a Diplomate of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry. Dentistry. He has been been honored with Fellowships Fellowships in the International International Academy Academy for Dental-Facial Esthetics, the Academy of Dentistry International, the American College of Dentists, and the International College College of Dentists. Dr. Fier has been a consultant consultant to the American Dental Dental Association on patient education materials, has appeared on the cable TVs series FEELING GOOD and helps manufacturers develop new products for dentistry. dentistry. He is an adjunct professor professor at the dental schools of the University of Minnesota and Arizona, Loma Linda, New York University, UCLA, New Jersey Dental School, and other prestigious prestigious universities throughout the world. Dr. Fier is a contributing editor for REALITYand an Advisory Board Board member for DENTISTRY DENTISTRY TODAY. TODAY. He publishes regularly, regularly, and his contributions to the literature have been in the areas of aesthetics, restorative dentistry, hypnosis, and how dentistry affects affects the quality of life. For the past twelve years, years, he has been listed in DENTISTRY DENTISTRY TODAY’S list of the best lecturers, “Leaders in Continuing Education.” Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM Credits: 3.50
408 - Likeable or Not, Social Media in Dentistry is Here to Stay! Today, a Truly Effective Marketing Strategy for Dental Practices Must Include Social Media. Edward Zuckerberg D.D.S. Synopsis and Biography: See Course # 208 . Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Credits: 2. 5 501- California California Infection Infection Control, Saturday Kathy Dennis, Guiding Light Dental Consulting , Cary Schaffner, Image Builders International Synopsis: See Course # 201 Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Price: $45.00 Credits: 2.00
502 - Digital CAD/CAM Dentistry Materials with Ivoclar Vivadent: William R. Gianni D.D.S., Min Kim, Dental Technician, Ivoclar-Vivident "See Class 602 Hands-On" Synopsis and Biography: See Course # 202 Date: Saturday, Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.00 503- Dental to Medical Cross Code Billing "Part 2, Section 1" Christine Taxin See "Class # 603 for Part 2, Section 2." Synopsis: Advanced Medical Billing for the Dental Office Maximize treatment acceptance with your patient’s medical benefits. Day 2: Advanced Medical Billing for the Dental Office Once dental offices understand the concept and benefits of cross-code billing, this advanced course answers how specific treatments can be billed to medical insurance, how to identify patients who will benefit from this strategy and how best to communicate with patients about tapping into their medical benefits. This new frontier for dental dental offices requires an action plan plan – this course provides it! Objectives: First Steps: Review your patient health histories and build communication skills. Electronic billing: Why must it be done this way? Medical Billing for: Dental Implants, Periodontal Treatment, Sleep Apnea and TMD. Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.00 504 - Dr. Farran’s One Day Dental MBA Howard Farran D.D.S. MBA MAGD Synopsis: This course will provide the tools needed to help build a great, meaningful and profitable dental office. Applying these tools provides the ultimate staffing formula to create high energy for performance under stress and still achieve daily goals. In addition, teaching how to control your account receivables with bonuses, how to separate the main business strategies of market differentiation, cost leadership, and target marketing so you can acutely focus your business while turning your patients into raving fans. Objectives: Basic business fundamentals, Dental Practice profitability with diminished stress, Staffing formula for a highly motivated team , Profitable practice marketing Learn to manage; people, time and money. Dr. Farran’s “One day Dental MBA” lecture shows how you can help build a great, meaningful and profitable dental office that will make a difference to your community. Spend the day learning practical hands-on applications, not fluff or superfluous fanciful theories.
Howard Farran D.D.S. MBA MAGD, is a noted international international speaker speaker on practice management. management. He graduated from UMKC dental school in 1987, earned MAGD in 1998 and MBA in 1999. Founder and publisher of Dentaltown, Orthotown Magazines and www.towniecentral.com www.towniecentral.com.. He has written/produced written/produced multiple dental articles and video series for practice management Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.00 505 - Simplified Steps for Direct Resin Success Michael Morgan D.D.S. Synopsis: Direct resin has become the restorative material of choice in both general and high-end esthetic practices. The explosion of demand by patients for esthetic dental services has led to an array of new dental products and treatments for practitioners to choose from. Direct resin pearls and composite gems gleaned from across the globe will be shared with attendees. Procedures discussed will include simplifying Class IV composites with life-like esthetics, predictable multiple Class II resins and decreasing chair time needed to complete excellent Class I direct composites close to that of amalgam. Both basic and advanced aesthetic restorative treatments and pearls will be discussed, as well as marketing tips for attracting esthetic oriented patients. Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.0 0 506- - “It’s More Than Just a Prophy. The Missing Link to Millions…” Debbie Seidel-Bittke, R.D.H., BS President: Dental Practice Solutions Synopsis: Are you scaling more than twenty twenty minutes during during hygiene appointments? appointments? Do you find find yourself turning up the speed on the dental treadmill and stressing yourself out because a patient’s dental hygiene appointment appointment is taking long than expected? As dental professionals most of us have been here and it is not fun. Why do we feel stuck doing the scheduled Prophy when patients patients need more? Good news: You no longer have to feel helpless against against convincing a patient patient to come in for non-surgical non-surgical periodontal therapy or other services beyond a prophy. During this course you will find find numerous tools to get you through your day at the dental office with ease, team harmony, and enjoyment! enjoyment! Your patients will leave the office happy they came, and they will return sooner than later for that diagnosed treatment you just communicated they so desperately need. Objectives: When is it a prophy and when is it a perio patient? How to get off the prophy treadmill when you know a patient needs more. Time-saving tips to sync your doctor and hygiene exams. Communication tools to provide patients with “A-HA!” moments. Leave with a minute-to-minute worksheet on how to complete a hygiene appointment without speeding up the treadmill. What is the cost to the patient and the practice for providing optimal optimal care? Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Credits: 2.00 507 - Improving Implant Prosthetics Prosthetics in Your Practice Practice Gregori M. Kurtzman, D.D.S., MAGD, FPFA, FACD, FADI, DICOI, DADIA Synopsis: Dental implants are quickly quickly becoming an integral integral part of the dental practice. practice. Learn how to provide better implant prosthetics with a greater degree of precision and less stress on the practitioner using new advances in dental technology. Cad/Cam technology will be discussed with regard to to fixed prosthetics and overdenture bars.
507 Continue… Objectives: Cad/Cam implant prosthetics for removable and fixed bridges. Free-standing verses Bar over-dentures: When, Why and How. Incorporating implant attachments for removable applications. Fixed vs removable implant prosthetics: Decision making and planning. Position teeth for more esthetic dentures and implant planning. Improving lab communication for removable prosthetics. Improving impressions and verification stents for accurate implant restorations. Treatment planning: How to determine fee’s based on lab costs.
Dr. Kurtzman is in private general practice in Silver Spring, Maryland and is a former Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Maryland, Department of Endodontics, Prosthetics and Operative Dentistry. He has lectured both nationally and internationally on the topics of Restorative dentistry, Endodontics and Implant surgery and prosthetics, removable and fixed prosthetics, Periodontics and has over 250 published articles. He is privileged to be on the editorial board of numerous dental publications, a consultant for multiple dental companies, a former Assistant Program Director for a University based implant maxi-course he has earned Fellowship in the AGD, AAIP, ACD, ICOI, Pierre Fauchard, Academy of Dentistry International (ADI), Mastership in the AGD and ICOI and Diplomat status in the ICOI and American American Dental Implant Association Association (ADIA). Dr. Kurtzman has been honored honored to be included in the “Top Leaders in Continuing Education” by Dentistry Today annually since 2006. He can be contacted at
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[email protected].. Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:15 PM - 5:45 PM Credits: 5.50 508 - Twenty-first Century Laser-Assisted Dentistry WORKSHOP Rick Cardoza D.D.S. & Amber Dawn Riley-Burns R.D.H., BA Synopsis: This presentation and workshop will contrast the daily challenges faced in the conventional delivery of a variety of dental procedures against the solutions offered through laser-assisted dentistry. This lecture is for the dentist/dental hygienist and covers various laser applications. These applications include cavity preparations, various soft tissue procedures, endodontic preparation, and bony procedures such as crown lengthening and tori reduction. In addition, laser dental hygiene applications will be discussed as well. Procedures using a diode laser and a hard tissue laser will be shown. Objectives: Take your practice to a higher level integrating new laser and visualization technology. Improve your clinical and aesthetic results, while increasing your production, bottom line, and patient satisfaction. This program covers laser applications, safety, physics, and visualization. Participants will experience hands on lasers and enhanced visualization, (magnification loupes and white light technology) during the hands on session. The program brings together today’s technology and recognizes the direct link between oral health and total health, and includes the patient education which can be the essential linkage creating the value to, and commitment from your patients. Objectives: Understand basic laser safety and physics. Learn clinical applications of dental diode lasers. Use the laser (hands on) in a simulated dental soft tissue environment. e nvironment. See Course #305 for Ambers Speaker Biography Biography Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:15 PM - 5:45 PM Credits: 5.50
601-CPR Saturday +$60 Certified CPR Instructor Synopsis: This course will provide CPR Lecture, hands on training and American Heart Association’s CPR examination. Date: Saturday, Saturday, November 17, 2012 2012 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM PM Price: $60.00 $60.00 Credits: 3.00 602 - Learn From the Experts, Make Your Digital Restoration Beautiful: Learn From the Lab! Hands-On-Staining Class "Limited to 20" William R. Gianni DDS, Ivoclar-Vivident Ivoclar-Vivident , Min Kim, Dental Technician Technician Biography: See Course # 202 . Synopsis: This will be a hands on course instructed by the Technician, teaching you how to make your digital restorations of lab quality, limited seats available, so register quickly!!! Date: Saturday, Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00 603- Dental to Medical Cross Code Billing "Part 2", "Section 2" Christine Taxin Advanced Medical Billing for the Dental Office Maximize treatment acceptance with your patient’s medical benefits. Synopsis: See Course # 503 Biography: Biography: See Course # 203 . Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00
604 - Dr. Farran’s One Day Dental MBA Howard Farran D.D.S. MBA MAGD Synopsis and Biography: See Course # 504 Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00 605 - Conservative Esthetic Solutions in the Young Adult Patient Michael Morgan D.D.S. Synopsis: This presentation will provide clinicians with the knowledge and skills to comfortably and predictably restore even the most extreme cases with materials that require little or no tooth preparation. Subjects discussed will include simplified shade selection, natural layering, class IV composites, direct resin veneers, posterior composites, and advanced aesthetics. Come discover new avenues to market your practice and attract an untapped cosmetic patient base. Date: Saturday, Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00 Low rates do not always mean big savings with credit card processing.
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606 - The Balancing Act: Finding Harmony & Results with Instrumentation. Liz Cappelli Burian R.D.H. Synopsis: You will Learn Challenges with instrument selection, instrumentation and set ups. Strategies for time and space management. The power and hand instrumentation options and innovations that are available to make your job easier. Strategies to assist you in obtaining the necessary instrumentation that you need to practice efficiently. Free Ever Edge for each R.D.H. participant. Liz Cappelli Burian is currently the Regional Account Manager for Southern California and Hawaii, representing Hu-Friedy Hu-Friedy Dental Manufacturing. Manufacturing. With a career career in dentistry dentistry that has has spanned four decades, she has held professional positions in private practice, research, education, and sales and is active with dental missions groups. groups. Her career started in Albuquerque where where she graduated from University University of New Mexico. She enjoyed private practice as a perio hygienist for 29 years, while gradually expanding into education and sales. Liz worked dental conventions and with with dental and dental hygiene schools throughout the world on behalf of American American Eagle Instruments for six years. She lectured for several years years in Japan, Korea and Thailand on periodontal periodontal instrumentation and sharpening. sharpening. She joined Hu-Friedy in 2001 and is a specialist in perio, perio, implantology, orthodontics and instrument instrument management. She brings knowledge, knowledge, enthusiasm and many HF door prizes to her presentations! Date: Saturday, Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00 607 - The 4-Cs in Solving the Caries Puzzle: CAMBRA Caries Detection & Assessment System (ICDAS) Case-based protocol Calcium Phosphate & Fluoride Rebecca Monroe D.D.S. Synopsis: This program introduces a suggested “caries risk assessment” survey to identify individual patient risk level for dental caries. Mapping a treatment plan is only successful when the dental team understands all factors that influence the caries pattern and prevalence based on medical history, lifestyle changes, behaviors and disease factors. The program will preview several case studies that begin with CAMBRA and design a mapping to incorporate appropriate therapies and patient-applied practices to reverse early carious patterns. At the final segment of this seminar, the discussion will encourage the participants to inquire and share their successes with all latest remineralization products and how they plan to improve their day to day practice using evidence-based science will be outlined in detail. Objectives: Engaging in this program, the participant will be able to: Execute a CAMBRA (risk assessment) within their practice protocol Utilize a Caries Detection System (according to the International Caries Detection Assessment System) to assess stages of the caries lesion Analyze Cases to individualize their risk level to guide appropriate therapies Implement and recommend a Calcium Phosphate Fluoride plan.
Dr. Rebecca Monroe received a Bachelor of Science degree from West Texas State A&M and went on to complete her DDS at the University University of Texas Health Science Science Center in Houston. Following several years years in Private Dental Practice, Dr. Monroe moved into corporate positions where she provided training and educational materials for Dental Universities, Dental Dealers and Representatives, and the Dental Community. Her responsibilities responsibilities took her to Japan, Singapore, Germany, Germany, France, France, and London. London. She has published articles in Dental Journals and presented Symposiums and Scientific Papers domestically and internationally. Dr. Monroe Monroe has also also been fortunate to be involved involved in Humanitarian projects abroad. Her “amalgamation” of education and private dental practice along with her experience in University and Corporate training allows Dr. Monroe a unique perspective and awareness of each member of the dental team. Date: Saturday, Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00 608 - Low Back and Neck N eck Pain: The True Cause and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Condition vs. Position Brian Bradley, Vice President of Therapy Protoco, At the world renowned renowned Egoscue Egoscue Method Synopsis: Three Spinal Curves and You Walk…Without Them, You Don’t How’s your back? Not good? Why not find out why it remains chronic and eventually could put you out of business? The balancing act of standing upright on two feet isn’t easy. It is a major feat of engineering. Balance is everything. To achieve it, the body’s major posture joints, or load joints— the ankles, knees, hips, and shoulders—are stacked one atop the other. There are eight of them in pairs of four on each side of the body. Gravity presses down, and there is a vertical load-bearing. Furthermore, to balance the load between two feet, the load joints are in horizontal parallel alignment from left to right. You MUST achieve this balance… especially after working from the same side of the chair all day. Brian Bradley is the Vice President of Therapy Protocol at the world renowned Egoscue Method, headquartered in San Diego, Diego, CA. He is an Athletic Trainer/Exercise Trainer/Exercise Physiologist and has authored authored three best selling DVD's on posture and pain, pain, Pain Free Free Workouts (Vol. 1 & 2) 2) and Posture Solutions. Solutions. With over 18 years in the rehabilitation and fitness fields, Brian is recognized as an expert on posture, pain, and performance. He has been featured on NBC’s Today Show, Good Morning Texas, and currently writes for PEAK Running Performance, the Titliest Performance Institute, MAXOUT Golf, PTontheNet.com, and the American Fitness Professionals and Associates. Brian is a special consultant to thousands of rehabilitation, fitness, and strength/conditioning professionals, certified by Egoscue as Posture Alignment Specialists (PAS) and specializes in enhancing specific performance performance issues by focusing on the biomechanics and the mentality the the athlete is taking to their sport. He is a presenter at numerous health and fitness industry annual conventions including the AFPA, IHRSA, Fitness Resources, Resources, the Snake River Medical Forum, Forum, and the Seattle Seattle Study Club. His clientele reads like a Who’s Who in professional sports and with 24 U.S. locations, Egoscue services thousands of athletes for chronic pain symptoms and performance issues. Date: Saturday, Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Credits: 2.00
