2026 Courses and Events

Course #: 2330
Date: 11/28/2026
Time: 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Amarillis Jacobo, DDS
Fabiola Milord, DDS, MPH
Jay Skonick, DMD
Jose A. Ravelo Guerrero, DDS
Levon Nikoyan, DDS
Robert Cattoi, BS, MS
Yakir Arteaga, DDS
Emma Guzman, DDS

Topic: Current Dental Topics
Tuition: $125.00
Credits: 2

Description:

A Call to Action: Humanitarian Healthcare Missions – A Pierre Fauchard Academy Panel Discussion

This panel discussion explores the challenges and opportunities involved in humanitarian healthcare missions. Panelists share insights on delivering care in resource-limited settings, addressing health disparities, and collaborating with local providers to improve continuity of care. The discussion emphasizes cultural competence, health literacy, and the short- and long-term impact of global outreach initiatives.

Learn to:

• describe challenges in providing care in resource-limited settings
• explain the role of health literacy in delivering culturally competent care
• discuss collaboration with local providers to support continuity of care
• evaluate outcomes of humanitarian healthcare missions

Support for this program is provided by Pierre Fauchard Academy

Course #: 3480
Date: 11/29/2026
Time: 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Emma Guzman, DDS

Topic: Practice Management and Human Relations
Tuition: $295.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Students, Educator

Description:

This course is intended for Dentists with less than 10 years in practice

New dentists enter a profession reshaped by artificial intelligence, rapid diagnostic innovation, rising patient expectations, and the urgent need for sustainable career wellness. This course strengthens diagnostic confidence through modern caries detection—including AI enhanced imaging, risk assessment, and decision support tools—and shows how to translate these insights into clear, patient centered treatment plans. Through a wellness focused lens, we also examine how diagnostic misses, technology misuse, and communication gaps affect both patient outcomes and practitioner fulfillment, equipping new dentists with systems, digital workflows, and habits that support accuracy, trust, and long-term career longevity.

Learn to:

• use modern and AI supported caries detection tools to improve accuracy and early, minimally invasive care
• create clear, patient centered treatment plans that blend clinical findings, AI insights, and effective communication
• identify the clinical, financial, and emotional impact of diagnostic misses and apply systems that reduce oversight
• adopt wellness driven habits and practice structures that protect mental health and support sustainable career growth

Course #: 4360
Date: 11/30/2026
Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Emma Guzman, DDS

Topic: Current Dental Topics
Tuition: $200.00
Credits: 2
Recommended For:
Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Students, Administrative Staff, Lab Technicians, Spouse, Educator, Nurse, Doctor

Description:

Dentistry relies on protocols, sequencing, and standards of care—yet every clinician knows the real world rarely presents cases in perfect order. Patients arrive with incomplete treatment, fragmented histories, urgent chief complaints, and expectations shaped by social media, insurance limitations, or previous providers. This course challenges clinicians to confront the gap between ideal practice and daily reality through case-based discussion, legal and ethical analysis, and honest reflection. It is not a lecture about perfection, but a conversation about responsibility, judgment, and the courage to pause when the sequence breaks.

Learn to:

• review evidence based best practices for sequencing care and comprehensive treatment planning
• identify common trends and pressures that lead clinicians to deviate from ideal protocols
• evaluate the clinical, ethical, and legal implications of modifying or compromising standard treatment sequences
• strengthen clinical judgment by recognizing when to proceed, when to pause, and when to redirect care for the patient’s long term benefit

Support for this program is provided by the National Dental Association