Marina Village Conference Center
In 2005, Chris Ippolito founded CEA Dental for the purpose of bringing fun and adventure to traditional Dental Conventions. His mission was to combine exciting and adventurous activities with continuing educational courses. Since then, CEA Dental has produced over 15 shows, held 239 lectures and accommodated 3,294 attendees.
Each year CEA Dental brought the dental world a fun and different way to learn about new technologies and dental procedures. The San Dental Expo and the San Diego Dental Convention are now annual events gathering hundreds from across the nation. In November 2009, the Third Annual San Diego Dental Convention took place at the Marina Village Conference Center where 50 CE Courses were offered, 45 companies exhibited their products and over 450 people attended each day. CEA Dental continues to bring more people to San Diego every year to experience a more dynamic educational experience.
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Our mission is to combine exciting and adventurous activities with continuing educational courses and provide the event to General Dentists, Dental Specialists, RDH, RDA, DA and Dental Staff.
Chris Ippolito
Event Producer
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Assistant Event Producer & Marketing Manager
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Chris Harold
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Exhibit Hall Coordinator
Course List
event speakers
CEA Dental proudly presents the 4th Annual San Diego Dental Convention
Event Details
Friday, November 12 7:15 AM - 5:30PM
Saturday, November 13 7:15 AM - 5:30PM
Parking, Breakfast, Lunch and Beverages included
Location: Marina Village Conference Center
1936 Quivira Way
San Diego, CA 92109
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Regular Pricing for Event and Certificate Courses
Dentist 2-Day Pass: $200
Dentist 1-Day Pass: $150
Non-Dentist 2-Day Pass: $100
Non-Dentist 1-Day Pass: $65
Dental Student: $45 each day
California Dental Practice Act: $35
CPR: $50
OSHA Compliance and Infection Control: $35
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November 12 & 13, 2010
Marina Village
Conference Center
San Diego, CA
Each year CEA Dental brought the dental world a fun and different way to learn about new technologies and dental procedures. The San Dental Dental Expo and the San Diego Dental Convention are now annual events gathering hundreds from across the nation. In November 2009, the Third Annual San Diego Dental Convention took place at the Marina Village Conference Center where 50 CE Courses were offered, 45 companies exhibited their products and over 450 people attended each day. CEA Dental continues to bring more people to San Diego every year to experience a more dynamic educational experience.
2010 Events
2011 Events
203, Twenty-first Century Laser-Assisted Dentistry (Friday, 12:30 - 2:30 pm) 303, Dentistry’s Role in Mass Disaster Scenarios (Friday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm)
Fortune Management 202, Marketing for Peak Practices (Friday 12:30 - 2:30 pm) 405, Getting Patients Predictably to YES (Saturday, 8:15 - 11:15 am)
Guiding Light Dental Consulting 107, Front Office Boot Camp (Friday 8:15 - 10:15 am) 201, OSHA Compliance & Infection Control **$35 for this course (Friday 12:30 - 2:30 pm) 301, California Dental Practice Act **$35 for this course (Friday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm) 501, OSHA Compliance and Infection Control **$35 for this course (Saturday, 12:30 - 2:30 pm) 601, Caifornia Dental Practice Act **$35 for this course (Saturday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm)
608 - Periodontal Considerations and Orthodontic Tooth Movement (Saturday 3:00 - 5:00 pm)
103, Biomimetic Dentistry: How to "Get Bonded and Stay Bonded!" (Friday, 8:00 - 11:00 am)
106, Implementing Personalized 106 & 402, Periodontal Medicine: Are You Optimized? (Friday, 8:15 - 10:15 am & Saturday 8:30 - 10:30 am) 507, Recovery From the Perfect Storm (Saturday 12:30 - 2:30 pm)
304, Protecting Your Equity (Friday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm) 408, The Last Ten Years-Maximizing Your Return On Investment (Saturday, 8:30 - 10:30 am)
208 & 402, Tooth Preparation Made Easy Workshop**$149 for the course (Friday, 12:00 - 3:00 pm & Saturday, 8:00 - 11:00 am)
108, Dispelling the “CSI Effect” Myth: An Overview of Contemporary Forensic Dentistry (Friday, 8:30 - 10:30 am)
204, Public Speaking (12:30 - 2:30 pm)
306, Taking Cosmetic Dentistry to the Next Level with VDO (Vertical Dimension of Occlusion) Correction (Friday 3:00 - 5:00 pm)
207, Lava-Cos (Friday, 12:30 - 2:30 pm)
604, Everyday Applications of Diode Lasers: See Why More and More Dentists are Realizing the Benefits (Saturday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm)
307, Enhancing Restorative Dentistry with Oral Plastic Surgery (Friday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm)
508, Successful Periodontal and Dental Implant Treatment (Saturday, 12:30 - 2:30 pm)
CEA Dental thanks and appreciates its 2010 San Diego Dental Convention Speakers for their particiaption in this years upcoming event
More Event Speakers to Come
101 - CPR Friday
Certified CPR Instructor
This course will provide CPR Lecture, hands on training and American Heart Associations CPR examination.
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Pacific Time)
Credits: 3
102 - Digital Photography for the Pixelated Professional...
Why not let an expert who has done research and training on digital photography for the dental office share his expertise before you invest any more time and money.
Len Bucko
Bucko Photography
Patients expect state-of-the-art dental care and documentation when they visit your office. Most new management software systems provide for the uploading of digital photographs for communication with the patient, referring dentists, insurance providers and others involved in the patients dental care. But choosing the right digital camera for the job is an overwhelming task and training to integrate the photographs into your patient database may be expensive and time consuming. Let an expert guide you through some of the decisions to integrate digital photography into your practice.
Some of the material to be covered during the two hour program:
• What is best for you? Point and shoot vs. Single Lens Reflex cameras
• Definitions, terms and menu settings for optimal digital photographs
• Techniques to capture a full mouth series of images or a single tooth picture and suggestions on how to edit them for patient templates and handouts
• Discussion of the latest equipment and techniques
Details
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Pacific Time)
Credits: 2
103 - Biomimetic Dentistry: How to "Get Bonded and Stay Bonded!"
David Alleman, D.D.S.
Kuraray Dental
Long term success with adhesive restorations are dependent on maintaining stable dentin bonds. Using the best materials and techniques are critical to achieve optimal results. The benefits to the patient's dental health are the conservation of the vitality and structural integrity of the tooth. Dr. Alleman presents the best evidenced based adhesive techniques to insure long term restorative success.
104-The Balancing Act: Finding Harmony and Results with Instrumentation
Marcy Cady
This seminar will introduce you to instrumentation design ideas and
technology innovations that are at your disposal today. You will learn how to optimize your clinical efficiency, enhance your ergonomic comfort level and achieve the balance & harmony you seek in the operatory.
Objectives:
• Understand the need to organize instrumentation into procedural set-ups
• Identify the many power and hand instrumentation options available to make your job
easier
• Discuss strategies to assist you in obtaining the necessary instrumentation that you need
105-One Visit Reciprocating Endodontics: Safe, Predictable, and Successful
Allan S. Deutsch, D.M.D.
Essential Dental Systems
This PowerPoint lecture will examine some of the important recent clinical and basic research advancements in endodontic treatment that have made one visit endodontic therapy a reality today. Access, canal morphology, instrumentation, irrigation and obturation will be discussed with their relationship to improved clinical success rate and one visit treatment.
This 3 hour lecture will highlight and discuss some of the most important advancements that will enable the dentist to accomplish this goal. These advancements include; faster and more accurate access without the complication of perforation when using the 7mm rule, determination of canal position and the ability to be cleansed, instrumentation of the canal in a quick, efficient and safe manor minimizing iatrogenic mistakes and instrument breakage, predictable obturation that seals the canal in a three dimensional manner without the complications and difficulty of using a thermoplastic technique.
Upon completion of this lecture the dentist will learn techniques and philosophies that will enable him to increase his clinical success rate when doing one visit endodontic therapy.
• Learn the 7 mm rule to routinely gain access to the pulp chamber without perforation of the furcation
• Understand the difference between rotation and reciprocation in regards to instrumentation efficiency, cleaning and breakage
• Clean and shape canals without distortion and instrument breakage
• Learn how to reduce the angle of instrumentation in very curved canals
• Learn the concept of straight line access and why it is so important
• Understand the whys of the time line for irrigation of the root canal for vital and non-vital cases
• Learn how to quickly and easily fit a gutta percha cone
• Learn techniques for placing three-dimensional fills in minutes
• Retain accurate placement of the prefitted gutta percha point in the canal
• Be able to perform one visit endodontics on most cases
106 - Implementing Personalized Periodontal Medicine: Are You Optimized?
Douglas G. Thompson, D.D.S.
Oral DNA Labs
This course is designed for the general practitioner who wants to experience practice growth and greater professional satisfaction by providing higher quality periodontal care. The presentation will demonstrate how the growth of a periodontal program can be tied to the recent medical interest and emphasis on the oral-systemic link. In addition to the significance of disease awareness, science has provided advanced diagnostic modalities. Salivary diagnostics and the use of the information this modality provides will be highlighted. The presentation will also discuss the challenges of implementing such a program, and the diagnostic and treatment-enhancing results that overcoming these challenges can provide.
Attendees will learn:
• The benefits of increasing periodontal awareness to the practitioner, staff, and patients
• How bacterial testing for specific periodontal pathogens can provide customized care
• The clinical application of bacterial DNA testing and genetic susceptibility testing in the care of active disease patients
• The value of the information attained through salivary diagnostic testing
• Understanding of implementation challenges and considerations in implementing a new periodontal standard of care.
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 8:15 AM - 10:15 AM (Pacific Time)
107 - Front Office Boot Camp
Kathy Dennis,
Guiding Light Dental Consulting
Cary Schaffner
Image Builders International
Course will cover how to make your office more productive. We will review ways to properly sell your treatment plans, perfect your recall system so to have all of the patients show to their hygiene appointment. Learn how to improve your insurance billing and get paid on the first submission.
108 - Dispelling the CSI Effect Myth: An Overview of Contemporary Forensic Dentistry
Janice Klim-Lemann, D.D.S., D-ABFO
Synopsis: Because of the current popularity of forensic fair in television, the general public is getting a skewed view of the true nature of forensic investigation. This issue is commonly known as the CSI effect. This seminar will dispel this myth as it relates to forensic odontology. Topics will include forensic dental identification of decedents of varying postmortem states including: skeletal, fragmented, decomposed, burned remains and pattern injuries as they relate to bite mark investigation not only in human bites but animal bites as well.
Learn the varied roles of forensic dentists
Understand the forensic value of dental records
Recognize how to cooperate with the legal system
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM (Pacific Time)
201 - OSHA Compliance and Infection Control Friday
A required course for all California licensed dental 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.
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Pacific Time)
202 - Marketing for Peak Practices
Bernie Stoltz
Fortune Management
This 2-hour seminar is anything but your traditional CE program. For starters, its FUN! Infused with high energy, it introduces FRESH marketing strategies and insights to help you BREAK OUT OF THE MOLD and increase profitability.
Course Highlights:
* BUILD a powerful, unforgetable brand for your practice
* Fill your practice wtih the type of patients YOU WANT
* Attract TONS of new patients and get them to say YES more often
* Create an experience of quality your patient has never know
203 - Twenty-first Century Laser-Assisted Dentistry
Anthony "Rick" Cardoza D.D.S.
This 2 hour presentation will contrast the daily challenges faced in the conventional delivery of a variety of dental procedures against the solutions offered through laser-assisted dentistry. These general applications include cavity preparations, local anesthetic, soft tissue biopsies, closed flap osseous crown lengthening as well as dental implants.
204 - Prevention of Oral Disease
Andrea Wiseman, R.D.H.,3M
Topics Covered:
I. Medications used for treatment and the Prevention of Oral Disease
a. Topical fluoride update (gels, rinses, pastes, foams, varnishes)
b. The differences between CHX, SnF2, NaF, APF when and where to use the medications
c. New Innovative Calcium Phosphate Technologies for Caries Prevention
d. The many benefits of Xylitol
II. Preventing and reversing white spot lesions (WSL)
a. re-current decay
III. Implementing caries risk assessments and treatment plans (CAMBRA)
a. Implementing Patient Therapies while Increasing Production. Dispensing without "selling
b. How to improve patient case acceptance and treatment compliance
c. Prescriptions versus over-the-counter treatments
d. Treatment planning in the medical vs. surgical model
205 - Impressioning Workshop
Robert J. Devine,3M
Cassy Casanova, 3M
Trouble Shooting Techniques
Laboratory concerns
VPS, Polyether and alginate replacements
Hand Mix versus Cartridges versus Penta
Pentamix 3 Automated Mixing Unit
Learn how to get the Pentamix 3 for FREE
Invisalign techniques
*Bring your impressions for discussion
206 - Bone Grafting
Arshiya Sharafi, D.D.S.
Fred W. Hammond, D.D.S.
Tim S. Smith, D.D.S.
Robert H. Riding Jr, D.D.S.
Mission Valley Oral Surgery
The focus of this lecture will be the principles and importance of bone grafting, ridge preservation and the classification of graft types. Step-by-step socket grafting techniques will be reviewed. Sinus lift, hip, block and cranial grafting cases will also be presented. Concerns of bisphosphonate-induced bone necrosis will also be addressed.
207 - Lava-Cos
Lawrence M Addleson D.D.S., Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry,Past President American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
208 - Tooth Preparation Made Easy Workshop
Isaac Comfortes, D.D.S.
Back by popular demand Dr. Isaac Comfortes shares his knowledge of an easier, faster and more predictable way to prepare teeth. The self limiting depth bur (SLDB) method can be applied to virtually any crown and bridge procedure. This workshop introduces the dentist to the concept of SLDB and subsequently the participants will have the opportunity to practice the technique on extracted teeth.
Workshop includes:
1. Tooth preparation
a. Conservative porcelain veneers
b. All ceramic crowns (LAVA) anterior and posterior
c. CAD/CAM onlays
2. Porcelain veneer provisionals for single restorations
3. Laboratory Communication
Don't miss this opportunity to refine your clinical skills!
Space is limited.
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 12:00 PM - 2:55 PM (Pacific Time)
$149.00
301 - CDPA California Dental Practice Act Friday
Kathy Dennis
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, what it does and what its powers are.
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific Time)
302 - 7 Ways Social Media Can Grow Your Dental Practice
Tyler Anderson
President of Casual Fridays, Inc
We'll cover what exactly social media is, why it's important, why you should care, and give you 7 steps to get you started now.
303 - Dentistrys Role in Mass Disaster Scenarios
If a disaster occurred in your community, would you be pre-pared? In this presentation, Dr. Cardoza discusses how you may be called upon to help your community respond to a major public health disaster and how dental professionals maybe asked to assist. Also addressed are the basic principles of forensic dental identification and how these principles are applied to a dental I.D. team in a mass disaster.
304 - Protecting Your Equity
Eugene W. Heller, D.D.S.
Henry Schein Dental
Topics to be covered...
Associates-Good or Bad Idea
Comprehensive versus Triage Practices
Impact of the New National Health Program on Dentistry
Managed Care-When Does it Make Sense
Common Mistakes to Avoid
305-Free Practical Self Defense Seminars
United States Karate Academy
• Street & Environmental Awareness
• Gun & Knife Attack Awareness
• Statistics & Information from Law Enforcement
• Practical Daily Self Defense Tips
• Practical and Easy to Learn Basic Techniques
Daily Awareness Techniques
Credits: 0
306 - Taking Cosmetic Dentistry to the Next Level with VDO (Vertical Dimension of Occlusion) Correction
Jin S. Song, D.D.S.
Ortho Organizers
Dental, cosmetic cases will be greatly enhanced if the Over-bite, Over-jet, and Vertical Dimension of Occlusion are properly established prior to the extreme dental cosmetic make-over. Simple and practical orthodontic techniques will be presented in a detailed, step-by-step manner on how to increase vertical dimension and establish a proper Over-bite and Over-jet relationships.
Learning Objectives:
* Understand that loss of VDO (Vertical Dimension of Occlusion) is a common yet neglected dental neuro-muscular pathology
* Learn how to restore VDO and establish a proper Over-bite and Over-jet relationship
* Understand that dental, cosmetic cases will be greatly enhanced if the Over-bite, Over-jet, and Vertical Dimension of Occlusion are corrected prior to the extreme cosmetic make-over
307- Enhancing Restorative Dentistry with Oral Plastic Surgery
W. Peter Nordland, D.M.D., M.S., FAAED
If the surrounding gingival tissue and bone is deficient, even the best looking dentistry can suffer. What Dr. Peter Nordland can contribute to the dental team is the coordination between the restorative dentist-periodontist-oral surgeons to allow the team the ability to achieve the highest esthetic restorative potential. Many innovations with modern pontic designs, implant esthetics, changing the gummy smile, root coverage and papilla reconstruction can improve the final restorative outcome. When Dr. Nordland presents his information, the surgeon benefits since the restorative doctors now can realize that new surgical treatments are possible and achievable. The restorative dentist benefits since the overall case outcome is enhanced and treatment satisfaction is increased. The patient is the ultimate beneficiary with a rewarding result.
Upon completion of this course, the attendee should:
• Be familiar with the variety of oral plastic surgical procedures available today
• Describe indications for oral plastic surgery
• Have a scientific basis for esthetic reconstructive surgery
401-CPR Saturday +$50
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Pacific Time
402 - Tooth Preparation Made Easy Workshop Saturday +$149
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Pacific Time)
403 - Noise Induced Hearing Loss in the Dental Practice
Dr. Jodi Little D.D.S.
Dental Ear
Educational Objectives to gain an understanding of...
The basics of human anatomy/physiology of the ear
Basic principles of sound
How noise affects the hearing mechanisms
The risks of noise-induced hearing loss in the Dental practice
The precautions and methods available to prevent noise-induced hearing loss
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Pacific Time)
404 - Patient Pleasing Provisional Crown and Bridge Made Easy
**HANDS-ON
Barbara Perlitch, D.D.S.
Voco Dental
Geared towards to the busy dental assistant, this hands-on course will discuss the ins and outs of fabricating provisional crowns and bridges comfortably and quickly while using the latest materials by VOCO. (These highly esthetic materials will be utilized by each participant to demonstrate their ease of use while fabricating in moments, beautifully functioning provisionals.)
All typodonts and materials are provided; excellent review for the RDA licensing exam.
This class fills quickly!
405 - Getting Patients Predictably to YES
In this 2-hour workshop and you will be given an unprecedented opportunity to gain information, solutions, and tools that are being used by the top practices in the country!
* How to quote fees with conviction
* How to handle common objections to treatment acceptance
* How to present elective & comprehensive treatment with confidence
* 3 types of questions you must ask every patient
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 8:15 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific Time)
406 - Lesions and Lifestyles: Oral Pathology Review and Update for Auxiliaries
Nancy Andrews, R.D.H.
Cases are presented and stories are told, as lesions are linked with lifestyles, histories, habits and outcomes. This is an interactive learning and review process to help auxiliaries perfect their methods of identifying and handling oral conditions. Attendees will sharpen their eagle eye and perfect their ability to explain record and manage oral pathologies by solving case studies in groups.
Didactic format: Slide presentation of case studies and oral conditions. Attendees use handout to participate in discovery of differential diagnosis and treatment recommendations.
Workshop format: Attendees practice using oral diagnostic / assessment technologies to confirm suspected lesion identifications. Groups collaborate to solve cases.
Attendees will review and identify...
• Adjectives and Nouns: Descriptive Terms
• Soft Tissue Enlargements
• Lesions of color
• Texture changes
• Ulcerations
• Radiographic abnormalities
• Special Topics
• Lesion detection and assessment using current technologies
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM (Pacific Time)
407 - Implementing Personalized Periodontal Medicine: Are You Optimized?
• Understanding of implementation challenges and considerations in implementing a new periodontal standard of care
408 - The Last Ten Years-Maximizing Your Return On Investment
Preparing Your Practice for Transition
When to Update/Upgrade Your Office
Strategies to Make Up to an Extra $2,000,000
501 - OSHA Compliance and Infection Control Saturday
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Pacific Time)
502 - 7 Ways Social Media Can Grow Your Dental Practice
503 - Instrument Sharpening: Never A Dull Moment
*3 hours, slide presentation, hands-on clinic, attendance limited to 30
*Bring loupes
Nancy Andrews R.D.H.
This workshop demonstrates how to preserve the original instrument design and shape while creating sharp edges, using a variety of hand and mechanical techniques and devices, loupes and lights. A slide presentation and interactive dialogue lay the groundwork for clinical instruction and participant practice, using hand sharpening techniques and several mechanical instrument sharpeners with magnification. Participants will leave with new instruments and an understanding of the key geometrical relationships between instrument surfaces and edges important for all sharpening techniques.
Learn optimal periodontal instrument designs
Understand how to preserve optimal instrument design while sharpening
Discuss objectives and goals of sharpening
Practice with and compare various hand sharpening techniques
Practice with and compare various mechanical sharpening technology and techniques.
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 11:45 AM - 2:45 PM (Pacific Time)
504- Public Speaking
Jenni Prisk
Prisk Communication
You signed up to be a Dentist; however, that doesn't just mean looking down in the mouth all day. It means getting on the podium and wowing the audience with new dental concepts, new ideas and a wake up call about the cutting edge science that is dentistry today. No need to paralyze them with PowerPoint, instead inspire them with industry knowledge and by telling them what you can do for them!
505 - Digital Photography for the Pixelated Dentist
Why not let an expert who has done research and training on digital photography for the dental office share his expertise before you invest any more time and money?
Patients expect state-of-the-art dental care and documentation when they visit your office. Most new management software systems provide for the uploading of digital photographs for communication with the patient, referring dentists, insurance providers and others involved in the patients dental care. But choosing the right digital camera for the job is an overwhelming task, and training to integrate the photographs into your patient database may be expensive and time-consuming. Let an expert guide you through some of the decisions to integrate digital photography into your practice.
Material to be covered during the two hour program:
506 - Snap-On Smile Clinic
Rob Brenneise
Denmat
Lecture covers...
Why? The most pivotal TV campaign in dentistry launches in August 2010, driving patient demand for Snap-On Smile.
Learn proper clinical technique and how to capitalize on the patient referrals from this multimillion dollar campaign
What? Learn the clinical uses for Snap-On Smile and Snap-It!, the fl ipper replacement, including Snap-On Smile and Snap-It!
Candidate selection
Case Presentation
Clinical training
507- Recovery From the Perfect Storm
Douglas Carlsen, D.D.S.
Where are we in 2010? Boomers bent on retiring in a few years now see an uncertain future. What retirement plans really work? Dentists reported gross production reductions in 2009 between 10% and 40%. 2010 has not been better for most.
What can one do for protection and growth?
An informal survey of young and old dentists at a major dental convention Summer 2010 revealed the following hot topics:
Investments: What really worked over the last ten years and what didn't. Yes, a simple method did stay well above the S&P 500.
Where does the prudent dentist go for help?
Savings: How much do I really need to retire?
Debt: How much should I have, how often?
Economy: If I need to work longer, how much longer?
New transition strategies for the next decade: Do associate buy-ins work in a troubling Economy.
Dr. Carlsen will cover the salient points above in a quick 1 hour 45 minutes with 15 minutes for questions.
Upon completion of the course, the dentist will:
Have an increased awareness of how to handle debt investment strategies that had positive gains over the last decade
Know when to buy a home and practice
Have an estimate as to how much he or she will need in total retirement savings
Know of several transition strategies with success and stress rates
508-Successful Periodontal & Dental Implant Treatment
Peter Warshawsky, D.D.S.
Depending on what study you read, it is estimated that 35% to 75% of Americans have some form of periodontal disease. A lot can be done today periodontally to optimize dental health and esthetics.
The following topics will be presented:
1) What to do about gingival recession.
2) Why is biologic width so important and how it relates to cosmetic dentistry.
3) What can be done to preserve teeth.
4) What can be done to make dental implants look as natural as possible. This will provide information regarding ridge preservation and soft tissue grafting.
Multiple cases will be presented. The various treatment options for these cases will be discussed and critiqued. Long term follow up on these cases will then be presented.
601 - CDPA California Dental Practice Act Saturday
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific Time)
602-A Breakthrough in the Science of Remineralization
***Hands On
Millie Fu, R.D.H.
GC America
Dental Hygienists play a key role in caries therapy. Learn ways to remineralize and protect enamel with RECALDENT™ technology. MI Dentistry is the modern "medical" approach to the management of decay. Three key elements of the MI philosophy of Identifying, Preventing and Restoring will be presented.
Identify risk factors for dental caries early
Eliminate or minimize these risk factors in
order to help prevent caries
The science behind Minimal Intervention
Learn how to use the latest products for
minimal intervention
Science behind glass ionomer surface
protectants/sealants
Hands On portion may be provided time permitting
603 - Lumineers By Cerinate
**Hands-On
Thousands of dentists are raving aboutLUMINEERS BY CERINATE®
Join us to learn how the LUMINEERS system is changing the way dentists practice and increase their bottom line.
Obtain the information you need to learn how to become the cosmetic center of your community.
• How LUMINEERS can increase your cosmetic dentistry bottom line
• Why LUMINEERS are for every patient
• Why contact-lens-thin veneers look natural
• Why LUMINEERS arent placed subgingivally Hands-on clinic
604 - Everyday Applications of Diode Lasers: See why More and More Dentists are Realizing the Benefits
Michael K. Koceja D.D.S.
Center for Dental Laser Education
