2024 Updates in Clinical Dentistry - Long Beach, CA
- DateAugust 23, 2024
- DateAugust 23, 2024
- DateAugust 23, 2024
What is a workflow and why do we seem to hear about it so much when people talk about digital dentistry? A workflow is defined as the processes we use to accomplish any given procedure. In many ways, digital dentistry has reimagined those processes to be more efficient for the dentist and more comfortable for the patient. In this presentation, Dr. Mennito will discuss the pros and cons of different pieces of technology and how utilization of these tools in defined workflows has transformed the way he provides dentistry for his patients.
Objectives
- Learn how intraoral scanning can help build your practice.
- Discover the benefits of bringing the lab inside your office.
- See how digital tools can help increase case acceptance and profitability.
Speaker
Anthony Mennito, DMD - DateAugust 23, 2024
- DateAugust 23, 2024
Acknowledging safe dental unit water as a fundamental standard of care marks a critical evolution in dentistry. This presentation addresses this emerging imperative, underscoring the necessity for dental practices to elevate their protocols to meet these minimum standards. It outlines the essential steps for ensuring water safety, including proper testing, treatment, and shocking procedures tailored for dental settings. This presentation stresses the importance of designating an infection control coordinator to spearhead these initiatives, ensuring that dental care providers not only meet but exceed the expectations in patient safety and care.
Objectives
- Define the proper protocol for safe water for dental procedures
- Decide on the proper testing, treatment, and shocking protocols for your dental practice
- Review current protocols and standard operating procedures
- Review the importance of assigning an infection control coordinator
Speaker
Michelle Strange, RDH - DateAugust 23, 2024
- DateAugust 23, 2024
Hygiene Revolution: New Technology Aids in the Battle Against Biofilm
For decades, dental professionals have been practicing preventative techniques to combat the underlying etiology to our patients' oral disease - biofilm. With volumes of research solidifying the oral/systemic health connection, the rationale to focus on biofilm control has never been more paramount. And yet, technology in preventive dentistry has yet to adequately provide us with the tools needed to win the battle against biofilm.
Times have changed.
Technology has finally entered the arena of preventive dentistry and nonsurgical periodontal therapy providing a revolutionary systematic approach to oral hygiene treatment that provides safe, painless, and efficient treatment that will forever change the way we treat oral disease - and our patients' view of the “dental cleaning”.
Objectives
- Learn why the dental hygiene visit is the most important, yet most undervalued service we offer in our practices.
- How the traditional model of biofilm control is inadequate for our patients in the modern age.
- Fast, Painless, and Profitable - Why the newer method is a Practice Gamechanger
- Why patients visit us, why they avoid us - and how this different approach changes their mindset.
- How incorporating the modern hygiene method into your practice model increases hygiene and practice profitability
Speaker
Michael LeFebvre, DDS - DateAugust 23, 2024
- DateAugust 23, 2024
Clear aligner therapy is a treatment that can benefit many different patients, and there are various considerations for clinicians to keep in mind, working from nose to gut. This webinar will explain how “the nose knows,” as 60% of airway issues have a nasal component. “Tiger tongue” can also be a factor, as described by Dr. Felix Liao. And you’ll also want to “GERD your loins for expansion,” because it's going to be a spicy night.
Objectives
- Describe how airway issues and nasal breathing impact clear aligner therapy.
- Explain the role of the tongue on successful treatment.
- Discuss gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Bernoulli's principle, and the perceived difficulty of expansive orthodontics.
Speaker
Grant Smith, DDS - DateAugust 23, 2024
Unlocking Financial Success and Safeguarding Your Dental Practice
Empowering Doctor with Art McOmber's Expert Insights on Tax Optimization, Business Structure, and Asset Protection.
Are you overpaying your taxes? Is your business structure truly benefiting you or exposing you to unnecessary risks? And most importantly, is your family adequately protected in the face of unforeseen circumstances? Join us for a captivating session with former FBI Special Agent Art McOmber as he unveils the hidden costs of ignorance in tax law, lawsuits, and probate.Objectives
- Explain the key principles of tax optimization and identify strategies to minimize tax liabilities as a dentist.
- Recognize the importance of a solid business structure and learn techniques to mitigate risks and protect personal and professional assets.
- Gain insights into asset protection strategies and identify effective methods to safeguard against potential lawsuits and creditor claims.
- Explore the essentials of estate planning and develop a comprehensive plan to protect and transfer assets while minimizing probate costs.
- Acquire practical knowledge and actionable steps to implement tax optimization, business structure, and asset protection strategies in your own practice.
- Enhance your financial literacy and empower yourself to make informed decisions that will positively impact your financial well-being as a dentist.
- Incorporate lessons from the expertise and experience of former FBI Special Agent Art McOmber, gaining valuable insights and real-world examples.
- Identify the value and limitations of liability insurance (i.e. potential pitfalls that arise because of policy exclusions and payout caps).
- Practice legal strategies that actually discourage lawyers from ever filing a suit against you or your business.
- Know how a settlement from your Malpractice Insurance will trigger a report to the National Practitioners Data Bank (NPDB).
- Discern the negative effects of your name being on the NPDB.
- Take ongoing steps to protect your Medical License and your good name.
- Comprehend how the financially independent like Warren Buffett set themselves apart using Tax Strategies.
Speaker
- DateAugust 23, 2024
- DateAugust 23, 2024
Patients are often present with misaligned, chipped, or discolored teeth, but are fearful to have their teeth “drilled”. Because of false representation via social media, patients seem to be reluctant to having treatment. It is the clinician’s responsibility to communicate clearly and educate patients on the most conservative approaches in restoring the form, function, and esthetics of their smiles. The first step is re-aligning the teeth to the correct position in regaining proper function and to assist in creating good esthetics. Step two is assessing and mapping out what is needed to optimize the esthetics of the newly aligned teeth. Step three is executing and mastering an effective and replicable approach in the sequence of direct bonding techniques to achieve predictable results. Direct composite bonding can be a highly effective, minimalistic, and replicable approach to restoring a patient’s dentition with predictable results versus a more aggressive approach such as porcelain veneering or full porcelain coverage. This course will provide the attendee with a practical approach to biomimetic dentistry and show a variety of examples with proven success.
Objectives
- Determine how tooth alignment and occlusion affect final esthetics and longevity of direct restorations
- Learn how to match composite shades to existing teeth properly
- Learn how to execute an effective and replicable, sequential process of direct bonding procedures from start to finish
Speaker
Dimple Desai, DDS - DateAugust 23, 2024