Half Day Courses

$60 

Date:

Friday, December 9, 2011

Location:

VENUE CHANGE - Gargiulo's Restaurant, Brooklyn, NY

Title:

"Bio-Functional Esthetics: Dentistry as Architecture"

Featured Clinician:

Michael Soloway, D.M.D.

Mentor, The Kois Center for Restorative Excellence

Synopsis:

Do a search for "cosmetic dentistry" on Google and you'll find somewhere north of 2,190,000 entries -- a confusing array of options for patient and clinician alike. In this day of flash and superficiality, it is easy to get caught up in the aesthetic revolution. Yet what does it take to become a serious cosmetic provider? A few courses and a new sign? Or mindful navigation through an interdisciplinary approach to comprehensive care?

The seemingly endless demand for boomer dentistry can be approached superficially or with an eye toward the underlying functional conditions. Join Dr. Soloway as he guides you through the balance of biology, function and aesthetics. In this program, he will outline the path to partnering function, longevity and appearance -- all the while helping dentists avoid the pitfalls of an incomplete approach. This is a dynamic program for serious practitioners who want to develop or enhance their clinical approach to more predictable cosmetic results.

MCEU - 3 HOURS / TIME: 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Continental breakfast included

Date:

Friday, February 24, 2012

Location:

Fort Hamilton Community Club, Brooklyn, NY

Title:

"Practice Building With Respect to Implant Prosthodontics"

Featured Clinician:

Michael B. Bruno, D.M.D.

Assistant Clinical Instructor of Prosthodontics,

School of Dental and Oral Surgery,

Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Lenox Hill Hospital

Synopsis:

As restorative dentists have provided patients with improved oral function utilizing dental implants, we have also made significant enhancements and refinements with respect to dental esthetics. Dental laboratory technicians as well have steadily advanced techniques and materials so that a superb esthetic and functional result is often possible and, in fact, is expected. As such, the resulting practice building opportunities are compelling and the attendant clinical and laboratory challenges are equally noteworthy.

This course will outline the duality of practice building and practice management as implant prosthodontics contribute substantially to our entire field. Upon successful completion of this course, attendees will have an in-depth understanding of case design and abutment selection in implant prosthodontics combined with an overview of the evolution of abutment systems and esthetic advances.

MCEU - 3 HOURS / TIME: 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Continental breakfast included

Date:

Friday, March 2, 2012

Location:

Fort Hamilton Community Club, Brooklyn, NY

Title:

"Diagnostics for Predictable Results"

Featured Speaker:

Peter Kouvaris, C.D.T., Oral Design

Founder, Peter Kouvaris Dental Studio

Synopsis:

This lecture will give participants a close look at the basic components of smile design. First, Golden Proportion, Golden Percentage and even facial asymmetry, along with possible rules in smile design that counterbalance such asymmetry, will be discussed. Next, attendees will be introduced to a comprehensive "Smile Evaluation" checklist which is a valuable adjunct in helping to develop a solid treatment plan for a prospective patient. Using this checklist will allow the practitioner to establish what is currently wrong with the patient's smile and aid in the formulation of a treatment plan that will culminate in long lasting aesthetic success. Finally, case presentation will be used to demonstrate the use of this checklist and each case will be discussed with an emphasis on the modern materials and techniques used to bring them to their ultimate functional and aesthetic conclusion.

Upon successful completion of this course, attendees will learn how to relate facial aesthetics with the dental environment to achieve predictable results through diagnostic wax-up and prototypes. In addition, attendees will learn how to handle cases with malposition, diastema closure, overcrowding and color change.

MCEU - 3 HOURS / TIME: 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Continental breakfast included

Date:

Friday, April 27, 2012

Location:

Fort Hamilton Community Club, Brooklyn, NY

Title:

"Making Sense of Dental Technology"

Featured Clinician:

Eugene L. Antenucci, D.D.S., F.A.G.D.

Former Clinical Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, SUNY Stonybrook

Synopsis:

Dramatic advancements in both technology and the applications of these technologies are occurring at a pace so rapid that it is difficult for any practitioner to keep pace. There is not a single area of dentistry that has remained unaffected, to the point that what is being taught in dental schools across the country today (and not five or ten years ago) does not at all resemble the world of possibilities that exist for practitioners. This seminar aims to make sense of the newest dental technologies and provide guidance to practitioners as to which technologies may or may not be applicable in their practices. The presentation is clinically based, providing sound strategies for selecting and implementing proper technologies with the goals of improving patient care and the efficiency and bottom line of the practice.

Topics to be discussed include digital connections in dental practice (computers in the operatories and the paperless practice), patient education, charting, treatment planning and radiography, scheduling and internet applications. The presentation will also review the various types of imaging, the use of lasers in everyday dental practice, CAD-CAM dentistry and diagnostic technologies.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will have a thorough understanding of the utilization of technology in clinical dentistry with respect to imaging technologies, CAD-CAM and computerization. Attendees will also have a complete understanding of how to evaluate technology in terms of return on investment.

MCEU - 3 HOURS / TIME: 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Continental breakfast included 

Date:

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Location:

Fort Hamilton Community Club, Brooklyn, NY 

Title:

"Periodontal Surgical Procedures to Enhance Restorative Treatment"

Featured Clinician:

Constantine G. Pavlakos, D.D.S.

Clinical Attending, Long Island College Hospital

Synopsis:

Cosmetic procedures have come to the forefront in our profession. Patients are constantly being made aware by the media and their surroundings of an esthetic smile. Achieving success in this area of dentistry requires the communication of both the restorative dentist and the periodontist in order to create natural looking restorations.

This program will focus on how periodontal surgical procedures such as subepithelial connective tissue grafts, esthetic crown lengthening, ridge augmentation and immediate implants can help create esthetic restorations. The focus of this presentation is to give attendees the information and skills they need to achieve the most favorable outcome. Upon successful completion of this course, attendees will learn to identify periodontal surgical procedures that can be utilized to enhance restorative outcome.

MCEU - 2 HOURS / TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Beverage service only

Date:

Friday, May 18, 2012

Location:

Hilton Garden Inn, Staten Island, NY

Title:

"Digital Implant Dentistry: Where Biology Meets Technology"

Featured Clinician:

Ronald M. Margolies, D.M.D.

Clinical Director, Cyberdontics

Synopsis:

This lecture will demonstrate the benefits of guided implant surgery and how digital technology has altered the way we treatment plan simple and complex implant cases, perform the surgery and restore the osseointegrated fixtures.

New technology alone, however, is not the answer. Consider that patients come to dentists for improved cosmetics or to replace failing or missing teeth, not for implants. Basic principles of aesthetics and function must apply to every restoration. Implants need to be inserted to support where the teeth have to go, regardless of the available bone. Implant dentistry is, and has always been, a prosthetic discipline with a surgical component.

The key is the ability to interpret the data, apply these universal principles of aesthetics and function to prosthetic case planning to choose the appropriate implant locations and then accurately transfer this information to the surgery -- to blend biology with technology. This course will present a protocol for guided implant surgery that fills the gap between case design and surgical placement. Participants will learn:

• A blueprint for digitally planned and guided implant surgery, step-by-step, including the new roles and responsibilities of the implant team -- restorative doctor, surgeon and laboratory technician:

  • Determining tooth position based on aesthetics and function

  • Radiographic guide construction

  • 3-D cone beam scans

  • Planning software and online planning conferences

  • Surgical guide construction (and ordering)

  • Guided surgery protocols

  • Case fabrication/provisional and final restoration

• 3-D cone beam scans

  • What is CBCT (3-D imaging) and how does it work? How does it differ from medical CAT scans?

  • How to incorporate 3-D imaging into your implant practice

    • Become familiar with the terminology of 3-D imaging

    • How and where to order a 3-D scan

• 3-D viewing and planning software

  • What is DICOM?

  • Understand the difference between viewing and planning software

  • How to interpret 3-D images and manipulate planning software

  • Virtual radiographic guides from a digital library

  • How to participate in a web planning conference to design the case and order the fabrication of a surgical guide

MCEU - 3 HOURS / TIME: 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Continental breakfast included

Date:

Friday, June 8, 2012

Location:

Fort Hamilton Community Club, Brooklyn, NY

Title:

"Bisphosphonate Therapy and Osteonecrosis: What Dentists Need to Know"

Featured Clinician:

Kenneth E. Fleisher, D.D.S.

Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University College of Dentistry

Synopsis:

Bone health and maintenance of bone integrity are important concerns during comprehensive cancer care and management of osteoporosis. Bisphosphonates (BP) are widely used for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and skeletal complications associated with metastatic cancer and multiple myeloma. Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) is most frequently defined by current or previous treatment with a bisphosphonate, exposed bone in the maxillofacial region for more than eight weeks and no history of radiation therapy to the jaws. However, a universally agreed definition for BRONJ has not been established and the term osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) may be more accurate when considering the occurence of osteonecrosis associated with non-bisphosphonate medications. A causal relationship between BPs and ONJ has not been established and current information on incidence and prevalence is inconclusive.

The significance of antiresorptive therapy is most apparent when considering breast cancer is a leading cause of death among women worldwide and 10 milllion Americans have osteoporosis, which is recognized as one of the major public health problems facing postmenopausal women and aging individuals of both sexes. We can anticipate greater concerns related to oral health and antiresorptive therapy based on reports that characterize the efficacy of these drugs for metastatic disease and osteoporosis, the expanded use of BPs as preventive therapy, the increased life expectancy of patients who use these drugs, improved quality of life and recent evidence of osteonecrosis associated with other non-BP antiresorptive medications.

Concerns of ONJ may have a broad health impact. Dilemmas arise because discontinuing BP therapy prior to dental procedures does not prevent or improve ONJ and poor oral hygiene or periodontal disease may not correlate with risk assessment. Patient management is further complicated because recommendations have focused on avoiding dental extractions while other reports suggest that BRONJ may be triggered by infection. Treatment regimens for ONJ are not well established and while non-surgical conservative therapy such as oral rinses, antibiotics, analgesics and discontinuing BP therapy have been suggested, patients may not respond to these approaches.

Upon completion of this course, attendees should be able to:

• Understand the rationale for bisphosphonate therapy and describe new bone-sparing medications used for osteoporosis, multiple myeloma and metastatic disease

• Recognize various clinical presentations and early ONJ lesions

• Identify risk factors for ONJ

• Understand and manage common dilemmas related to:

• CTX testing

• Biopsy

• Histopathologic changes

• Differential diagnosis (e.g. bone exposure without bisphosphonate therapy)

• Antiresorptive drug holidays

• Avoiding dental surgery

• ONJ that does not respond to conservative therapy

• Living with exposed bone

• Understand current research that supports the pathogenesis of ONJ

• Describe innovative management strategies for patients with ONJ or requiring dental treatment

Attendees will also understand the paradigm shifts that are developing related to understanding this condition and alternative treatment options for osteonecrosis of the jaw. This presentation will focus on case-based presentations that address common clinical problems and review in vitro and clinical data supporting innovative management strategies to facilitate antiresorptive therapy while maintaining oral health.

MCEU - 3 HOURS / TIME: 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Continental breakfast included

Date:

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Location:

Fort Hamilton Community Club, Brooklyn, NY

Title:

"ABCs of TMJ and OSA: Connecting the Dots in Clinical Practice"

Featured Clinician:

Michael L. Gelb, D.D.S., M.S.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, New York University College of Dentistry

Synopsis:

At least fifty percent of every dental practice population has bruxism, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), snoring and TMD. The relationship of centric relations, occlusion and posture will be explained, as well as dental sleep medicine. Diagnosis will be emphasized as well as a thorough discussion of oral appliances.

Upon successful completion of this course, attendees will:

• Understand breathing related sleep disorders and the role of the dentist

• The current definition of bruxism

• The relationship of TMJ to sleep

MCEU - 2 HOURS / TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Beverage service only

Friday, September 14, 2012

Fort Hamilton Community Club, Brooklyn, NY

"Computerized Restorations: Abutments, Ceramics and Occlusion"

Featured

Clinician:

Dean C. Vafiadis, D.D.S.

Associate Professor of Prosthodontics, New York University College of Dentistry

CAD/CAM technology has the advantage of reduced clinical chair time and reduced laboratory costs. The accuracy of these techniques has improved to the point where they are now comparable to conventional techniques. This presentation will review the current technology which allows the fabrication of an implant abutment without a fixture level impression. In addition this impression does not require the removal of the healing abutment. The fabrication of ceramic full coverage restorations and veneers, with an in-office technique, will also be demonstrated. Occlusion principles will be discussed as they relate to new materials and their application in private practice.

OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this lecture, participants will understand the advantages and disadvantages of:

1. Computer generated abutments

2. Ceramic full coverage for teeth and implants

3. Occlusion principles with all ceramic restorations and implants

4. Implant abutment fabrication without a fixture level impression

5. Complete CAD/CAM implant abutments and restorations

MCEU - 3 HOURS / TIME: 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Continental breakfast included

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Hilton Garden Inn, Staten Island, NY

"Osseous Grafting Techniques for the Dental Implantologist"

Featured

Clinician:

Georgia Kougentakis, D.D.S., M.S.

This course will begin with a review of the biology behind osseous regeneration. Participants will be shown case presentations which show grafting about immediate implants and during sinus lifts. Ridge augmentation in preparation for implant placement will be discussed and a detailed description of the materials currently used will also be given.

Upon successful completion of this course, attendees will have learned the latest techniques and materials available for grafting implants leading to successful osseointegration.

MCEU - 2 HOURS / TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Beverage service only

Friday, November 9, 2012

Hilton Garden Inn, Staten Island, NY

"Surgical Treatment Planning Strategies with Aesthetics in Mind"

Featured

Clinician:

Edgard S. El Chaar, D.D.S., M.S.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics and Implant Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry

In the past 25 years, the focus in dentistry has changed gradually from the business of repair to very sophisticated comprehensive treatment which is more focused on aesthetics. As we know, aesthetics relates psychologically to a patient's mind as beauty. Knowing the parameters of aesthetics by a surgeon is crucial in order to provide the restorative dentist an adequate result to build on, particularly for dental implants in the anterior. The latter requires different philosophies in treatment planning that mix aesthetics, function, well being and psychological demand tailored for each patient individually. Short of studying and understanding the case, the results can be disastrous clinically.

This course will review fundamental esthetic principles that are crucial for surgical planning and provide in-depth coverage of the various modalities, such as grafting, as well as new technologies that can optimize clinical esthetics and outcomes. Participants will learn about esthetic criteria, esthetic crown lengthening, soft tissue coverage, bone grafting material and immediate implant placement. Complex cases will be reviewed and attendees will also learn a predictable technique in soft tissue management combining soft tissue to hard tissue augmentation, either for conventional esthetic dentistry or for ideal implant placement.

MCEU - 3 HOURS / TIME: 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Continental breakfast included