Code with Confidence

With recent changes in the healthcare industry, it is important for dental staff to understand insurance coding and become familiar with ICD-10 (diagnosis) and CPT (medical procedure) codes to ensure proper billing.

“Meeting the Challenges of Dental and Medical Coding with Confidence” gives dentists and dental team members an overview of changes in healthcare brought about after the introduction to the Affordable Care Act, proper diagnostic coding for dental and medical claims, and ways for staff to file claims with confidence.

Without proper training, misfiled claims can result in lost profits for the practice or even legal action. Ensure you and your team are fully trained on how to bill insurance accurately and efficiently by signing up for this course today.

Detect Oral Cancer, Help your Community

Help in the fight against oral cancer. Dr. Botko’s course, “Oral Cancer: The Silent Killer in Your Practice,” is a must for all dental professionals. More than 450,000 new cases of oral cancer are diagnosed each year worldwide and this number does not include the cases that go undetected. More than 40 percent of those who are diagnosed die from oral cancer within five years. Early diagnosis is essential to increase survival rates.

During this course you will learn advanced detection and examination techniques, current research to help detect oral cancer, how to educate your community, and coding for oral cancer screenings. This course is vital to all audiences and levels. Register today!

Using Botox in the Dental Office

This unique FACES course, led by Gigi Meinecke DMD, FAGD, offers both a clinical training as well as a cadaver anatomy review that you will not want to miss! FACES is the only training organization that regularly integrates cadaver study with live patient injections*. This dental course is jam packed with valuable information for anyone working with botulinum toxin A (Botox).

Attendees will learn:

·       How to identify the areas of the aging face and facial features that could be improved by the use of neurotoxins.

·       How to identify muscles of facial expression and mastication in a human cadaver.

·       How to explain the neurophysiology associated with neurotoxins.

·       How to conduct a thorough patient consultation to evaluate the potential need for neurotoxin treatment.

·       Be able to demonstrate the proper injection technique. 

·       Be able to avoid, recognize, and manage adverse events.

Dentists are encouraged to bring their entire dental team to sit in on this course at a lower cost. Sign up early, this will sell out quick!

*Only MA Licensed dentists are able to participating in the live injection part of this course. 

Are you Providing a 360 Experience for Dental Care?

Imagine a new patient coming into your office for the first time. This could be either a onetime visit or a lifelong patient. What makes the difference, and how do you ensure they stay? Most often it has to do with the impression they get walking through the door—is your dental assistant welcoming? Does your dental hygienist truly care? Are they all in sync on their values? Have you ever thought about the importance of their attitude? You spend each workday with these individuals and it is crucial for them to share the same passion and devotion to your practice as you do.

Your team often sets the tone for your whole office. Do you want to ensure your staff is unified and on board with your mission and focus? The 360 Experience motivates and educates the entire team, empowering them with the knowledge and skills to take your practice to the next level by increasing production, case acceptance, and improving communication for the entire office.

This full-day dental education course will be led by industry leaders in all respective fields, including Restorative DDS Speaker: Douglas L. Lambert, DDS, FACD, FASDA, FASD, ABAD, Business Team Speaker: Rhonda Savage, DDS, Assistant Speaker: Edwin "Mac" McDonald, DDS, FAGD, Hygiene Speaker: Marianne Dryer, RDH, Med.

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Dentsply Sirona is the presenting sponsor of this course