The 9.3 μm CO2 laser cuts enamel, dentin, decayed hard tissue, and bone at drill speed and without anesthesia. It also enables soft tissue procedures that are blood-free and suture-free with minimal post-op discomfort and remarkably rapid healing. This all-tissue laser can take your CAD/CAM practice to the next level by making you more efficient, allowing you to perform procedures you previously referred out, enabling better clinical outcomes and dramatically increasing new patient flow.

Educational Objectives:

1. Learn why CAD/CAM and the 9.3 μm CO2 laser is a perfect combination for same-day dentistry
2. Discover how using the 9.3 μm CO2 laser improves scanning clarity and can eliminate the need for packing cord
3. Understand the science behind the laser’s efficient cutting
4. Learn about reliably anesthesia-free applications for osseous, hard, and soft tissues

This webinar was the fifth of five presentations delivered as part of the GC America World Tour - USA Symposium entitled "Minimal Techniques to Maximize Esthetic and Functional Restorations." This program was presented by Pamela Maragliano-Muniz, DMD. Dr. Maragliano-Muniz, is the editorial director for DentistIQ.com Pearls for Your Practice and faculty member at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. She also is an international lecturer and maintains a private practice in Salem, MA. After Dr. Maragliano-Muniz's presentation questions from the audience were address in a live Q&A session.

Educational Objectives:

• Gain practical tips for identifying high risk patients and implementing caries management protocols into everyday practice
• Learn a practical and predictable approach for aesthetic composite restorations
• Learn when to consider indirect vs. direct restorations

This webinar was the second of five presentations delivered as part of the GC America World Tour - USA Symposium entitled "Minimal Techniques to Maximize Esthetic and Functional Restorations." This program was presented by Brian B. Novy, DDS, FICD, FADI, FACD. Dr. Novy is the Chief Dental Officer at the Alliance Dental Center in Quincy, Massachusetts, and holds faculty appointments at three dental schools. He served on the ADA Council of Scientific Affairs 2011-2014 and was chair of the CAMBRA Coalition. After Dr. Novy's presentation questions from the audience were address in a live Q&A session.

Educational Objectives:

• Improve prognosis for restorative treatment
• Apply evidence-based therapy to treat/control disease
• Practice Pro-dependent Cariology

Light Curing is a complex issue. Curing lights vary by spectrum and intensity while curing times vary for adhesives and cements. In addition, varying tooth shades and incremental thicknesses require different curing requirements. Infection Control can alter light quality, and different photo-initiators and composite/tooth transmission can require various lengths of curing time. Incorrect use of the curing light can result in debonding, fracturing and discoloration as well as post-operative sensitivity, pain and escalation in care. Demystify your light and resin requirements using both quantifiable and quantitative measurements to assess that your light is being used to it’s full potential.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Enhance your knowledge base of the clinical importance of proper light curing
• Evaluate the key components to establish an efficient curing technique with LED curing lights for you and your staff
• Learn about new technology to accurately determine and monitor how your light interacts with the composites you use in your office every day

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated modifications to existing operations for dental practices throughout the U.S. Providers are tasked with reducing unnecessary contact at every point of care to meet heightened patient expectations for safety and efficiency, while simultaneously searching for immediate solutions to recover lost revenue from the slowdown in operations. Learn how to make rapid and effective improvements to your practice operations to enhance safety for both staff and patients while also maximizing patient payments, for a return to business sooner.

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Why NOW is the time to understand your practice value
What buyers/partners want, what they don’t want and why
Sell all or sell part and stay to grow?
Who are the various buyers?
What are real transaction values, not appraised values?

Educational Support Provided By: Large Practice Sales (LPS)

This course will detail the necessary steps required to work on dentures chair side. It will include relining the existing denture, repairing the broken denture and polishing. 

Educational Support Provided By: SS White

Significant changes to the way dentistry is practiced have been set in motion by two influential factors — science and evidence-based decision-making. Accurate evidence-based diagnosis is the best method to determine appropriate treatment. The question often asked is if dental or medical insurance will cover important care. Determining and documenting dental-medical necessity is the basis for all successful dental and medical coding. During this 90-minute session participants will learn the steps of determining dental-medical necessity to optimize dental benefits and medical-dental cross-coding.

Objectives:

Understand the metrics current CDT codes provides in decision-making and profitability
How to write concise Twitter-style dental-medical necessity narrative
Select the most accurate ICD-10 medical codes for use on dental claims to optimize payment and medical cross-coding

Educational Support Provided By: Lighthouse

Lighthouse: Championing Small Businesses Since 2002

We speak with hundreds of our customers every day so we know: When it’s your business, every minute and every dollar counts. That’s why the entire Lighthouse 360 team is dedicated to giving our 11,000+ customers the tools and support they need to succeed.

For more information contact:

Hannah Piland
512-774-7654
hannah.piland@lighthousepmg.com

In this insightful presentation, Dr. Roger P Levin will review the major transformations that are reshaping dentistry and how they will impact today’s practices. Using data from the Levin Group Data Center and the Dental Economics/Levin Group Annual Practice Survey, Dr. Levin will also highlight key scenarios and opportunities for dental practices to remain highly successful. In the second part of his presentation, he will reveal the 8 most important actions that every dental practice should immediately implement in order to maintain long-term success and higher production.

Educational support provided by: CareCredit

About Care Credit: When patients have a patient portion, your team can save the day and fill the schedule by letting them know you have the CareCredit credit card as a financing option — before cost can become a barrier to care. It’s a super easy and super powerful way to help more patients get care.

Ready to add CareCredit? Call 866-246-6401 or visit online at: www.carecredit.com

The detection and diagnosis of the TSC is perhaps the most difficult aspect in the management of the cracked, fissured and fractured teeth in dental practice. In this five parts series the 4Rs operational diagnosis protocol(4RsOD) is used as a best dental diagnosis practice.

The protocol was specifically developed to remedy the shortcomings of the conventional Endodontic diagnosis tests.

The protocol helps the clinician to use the skills of: hearing, seeing and acting to accurately learn the patient problem.

The(4RsOD) protocol provides the clinician with multidisciplinary, systematic approach for collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing the examination data into diagnostic, treatment planning, and prognostic decisions.

The 4Rs OD consists of the followings assessment tests:

R1: Report of the patient assessment
R2: Radiographic assessment
R3: Response testing assessment
R4: Restorative and tooth structure assessment

Clinical management of cracked teeth in dental practice is an area replete with misunderstanding and misinformation. First, the literature lacks prospective studies and clinically useful universal definitions. Second, although cracked teeth problems vary significantly in diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. The literature terminology does not specifically differentiate between “Fractured teeth”, “Cracked teeth”, “Cracked Tooth Syndrome”, “Green stick fractures” and “Incomplete coronal fractures”.

The author’s 3x3 Tooth Structure Cracks (TSC) classification, grouped the various terminologies which relate to the cracked or fractured teeth problems, under one term “Tooth Cracks”. Then defined and classified the “cracks” according to their anatomic, physical and pathologic characteristics.

Physically, “Tooth Cracks” are classified into:

• Line Cracks
• Fissure Cracks
• Fracture Cracks

Anatomically, “Tooth Cracks” are classified into:

• Marginal Ridges
• Grooves
• Surfaces

Pathologically, “Tooth Cracks “are classified into:

• Contributory
• Noncontributory
• Partially Contributory

The webinar presentation shows how to differentiate between the harmless “noncontributory crack” and the harmful “contributory crack”.

Contributory cracks cause reversible and irreversible pulpitis, pulp calcification, pulp necrosis, periapical and periradicular lesions. On the other hand, noncontributory cracks could be microscopically visible microcracks or clinically visible line. These cracks remain at the early initiation or development stages for years. They remain still and stationery, cause no pulpal or periodontal pathology as long as they are not pressured, and stressed by new forces or loads. Forces such as root filling condensation or traumatic fitting of a post.

Updated information about the etiology and initiation mechanism of tooth cracks is presented focusing on:

• Abusive restorative procedures that cause coronal cracks
• Abusive mechanical endodontic procedures that cause radicular cracks
• Abusive post placement procedures
• Dental occlusion factors

In the introduction of the program, the author reveals an alarming 24%-60% global prevalence of Apical lesions in teeth with inadequate root canal treatment. The literature’s histopathologic term used in describing these lesions is Apical Periodontitis. (AP). The statistics are alarming because the “Standard Normal” prevalence of Apical lesions in endodontically untreated teeth is 1½% - 7%.

This program stands for the management of teeth with substandard endodontic treatment failures because of the evidence-based relationship between abusive endodontic treatment, and root structure cracks initiation and propagation. Abusive endodontic treatment is one form and a principal cause of substandard endodontic treatment. More on this relationship discussed in Part III of the master class series.

The program is composed of Seven (7) Chapters planned to include the most clinically relevant facets of the inadequate or sub-standard endodontic treatment.

This program offers concepts, methods and guiding principles based on evidence, and tested clinical practices. The goal is to enhance the clinicians understanding of endodontic treatment diagnostics and the relationship between endodontic treatment and tooth structure cracks.

What story about you are they telling? During this program, we will discuss the psychology of internet reviews. We will review how our prospective patients feel about them and what literature is available from academia. A thorough discussion of which websites are most important and impactful for dental practices will occur. The group will also review the systems and scripting needed to incorporate into our practices to ensure success in getting our patients to leave positive reviews. A significant portion of the program will also be devoted to how we should handle responding to a negative review should one occur. This fast-paced, enlightening program is sure to help demystify the world of online reviews in fun & casual manner! Dental team involvement is highly recommended for this program.

Educational support provided by: Henry Schein One

About Henry Schein One: In today’s crowded dental marketplace, keeping the patients you already have, attracting new patients, and differentiating from the competition is more critical than ever. This requires precise and effective marketing, using multiple activities across different channels. Take the 5-minute Practice Marketing Assessment to identify marketing opportunities your practice might be missing out on. https://assessment.henryscheinone.com/?utm_source=dental-economics&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=practicemarketingassessment&utm_content=june2019&tname=

For more information please contact: Henry Schein One at 833.471.7253 

Integrating new technology can be a source of revenue and growth when it is done with thoughtful purpose. Dr. Sheffler shares practical insights on which technologies can help increase your revenue when focusing on the patient’s needs and wants, while discussing the key differences between increasing production and increasing profitability.

Educational Objectives

• Learn how to adopt highly profitable procedures without compromising patient care
• Review ROI of multiple technologies, including CEREC & LANAP
• Review ROI for soft and hard tissue laser procedures

Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) is a revolutionary approach to combating caries in a non-invasive manner. Following a widely publicized 2016 feature in the New York Times, there has been tremendous interest surrounding the use of SDF from patients and dentists. In October 2018, the ADA released its first ever evidence based clinical practice guideline for nonrestorative treatments for carious lesions, including SDF. Learn the principles of case selection, informed consent, treatment planning, and a clinical protocol for SDF. Find out how offering minimally-invasive options like SDF can attract new patients, improve patient satisfaction, and increase internal marketing and word of mouth referrals to your practice.

Eductional Objectives:

• Describe the evidence for using SDF to treat and prevent dental caries
• Review informed consent, coding, and billing of SDF
• Describe case selection, materials, and a clinical protocol for SDF

Today, close to 20% of the dental industry is operated by DSOs and it’s expanding rapidly: DSOs grow at an annualized growth rate of 13% while single offices are shrinking 7% each year. Single office owners are feeling the pressure on their market share -- but also seeing the opportunity. They don’t want to be a part of corporate dentistry and are hungry to grow on their own. The problem is, many launch into growth and then quickly tumble back down. They don’t know what to expect when they buy or build that second, third, fourth office. Who to hire? How to hold them accountable? What business model - partner/no partners, branded/non-branded, acquisitions/denovos? If you think you’re ready to grow, come learn what you’ll need to know before you embark on the DSO journey. What are the most common pitfalls and how do you avoid them? What tools will you need to develop and thrive? Learn the answers from an industry veteran who has grown, led and sold multiple group practices over a 20 year career.

Educational Support Provided By: Scheduling Institute

Scheduling Institute: Dentistry’s Most Experienced Team Training & Coaching Company 
Scheduling Institute exists to grow private dental practices into thriving businesses that can be kept for a lifetime of revenue or sold for maximum value. 
To learn more about how SI can help you: Go to www.SchedulingInstitute.com & Take the 5 Star Challenge, or Call (833-230-5654)

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Sleep Disorder Breathing are now recognized to be a leading cause of a number of health related issues affecting our patients.  As dentist it is not only important to understand the etiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, but it is also important to understand the effects that it has on the overall health of our patients.  Lack of sleep has a major impact on the nervous system, especially the brain.   Through this program you will learn how sleep disorder breathing can impact the autonomic nervous system and the effect that it has on brain and glial lymphatic system.  The program will also discuss various treatment options for patients related their diagnosis of Sleep Disorder Breathing or Obstructive Sleep Apnea and how you can incorporate these into your practice.

Educational Support Provided By: Carestream Dental