Launch Your Dental Career Down the Right Path

We’ve just added two new offerings from the Pankey Institute to the educational lineup at AGD 2016. These courses will help guide students, recent grads, residents, and new practicing dentists down the career path that makes the most sense for them.

The lecture course will be hosted by Elizabeth Martin, DDS; Richard Hunt, DDS; and Dale Sorenson, DDS. Topics include:

• Comprehensive Care — Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
• Transitioning Your Dental Practice from ‘Insurance-Based,’ to ‘Fee-For-Service’
• Excellence in Anterior Preparations: The Synthesis of Art and Science

Following the lecture, panelist will hold a brief Q&A session for attendees.

The participation course will discuss:

• Essential preparation design and techniques for creating esthetic, biocompatible and optimum-fitting restorations
• Step-by-step rationale for successful and consistent anterior tooth preparations
• Selecting the proper burs and diamonds critical to achieving success

The lecture is free to students and new dentists. Learn more about Pankey’s New Dentist Symposium and Excellence in Anterior Preparations: The Synthesis of Art and Science.

Live Patient Surgical Demonstrations

Engel Institute founder Todd B. Engel, DDS, will present two surgical demonstrations performed on live patients at AGD 2016. Dr. Engel’s Thursday course, “Predictable Socket Grafting for the General Dentist,” will discuss socket grafting for ridge preservation for the general practitioner and conclude with a live socket graft surgery. On Friday, Dr. Engel will open his course, “Implant Cases Tailor-Made for the General Dentist,” with a discussion of implant surgery for the general practitioner and conclude with a live implant placement surgery.

Dr. Engel will be demonstrating on live patients to ensure attendees receive in-depth knowledge on socket grafting and implant placement. This course is unique to AGD 2016 and a must see for all general dentists. These courses will sell out quickly, so register today.

Vatech America, Inc. is the Presenting Sponsor of this course.

Sponsored in part by Kettenbach LP

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. 

Incorporating Veneers into your Practice

Boston native, Gerard Kugel DMD, MS, PHD, designed the “Do's and Don'ts of Porcelain Laminate Veneers” course to help dentists seamlessly incorporate veneers into their everyday dental practice.

This dental education course will ensure dentists are confidently creating treatment plans and case selections for patients requiring veneers. Participants will study clinical cases to demonstrate preparation and cementation pitfalls, as well as the most common problems that can occur when working with porcelain veneers and how to prevent them.

Dental participants will also receive a step-by-step review of the preparation, temporization, and cementation processes during a hands-on portion of the class.

This course is a must see for all general dentists, so sign up early!