2022 Courses and Events

Course #: 2020
Date: 11/26/2022
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Arnold Weiss

Room: 1E19
Topic: Pediatric Dentistry
Tuition: $275.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Students, Administrative Staff, Spouse, Educator

Course Material:

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Description:

The clinician shares concepts that made his practice grow with four full-time pediatric and orthodontic associations, FTE, six hygienists, and a team of 35. The primary reasons for success were office systems and caring properly for the children and their parents. This program takes you down a path of behavior guidance with excellent videos that worked well with the kids, impressed the parents, and became the culture that contributed to the practice’s success. The philosophies and systems developed for the Team, new patient visits, interactions with the kids and parents, and how the practice was well run and successful.

Learn"

• the pearls of pediatric dentistry
• a proven system to see children from age 1-21
• personalized systems for your dental practice

Course #: 2030
Date: 11/26/2022
Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
David Rothman

Room: 1E19
Topic: Pediatric Dentistry
Tuition: $275.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Students, Administrative Staff, Spouse, Educator, Nurse, Doctor

Description:

This program includes a look at commonly held, but not scientifically based myths in kid’s dentistry that have been perpetuated by dentists and the “lay” media for years (and many old wives’ tales). These include local anesthesia, restorations and crowns, endodontics and preventive dentistry, growth and development, and behavior management. This seminar includes a discussion on the difference between common sense, science, and factless fantasy.

Learn:

• how to read and evaluate literature
• to critically assess what we have been taught
• to incorporate valid science into our treatment planning and procedures

Course #: 3030
Date: 11/27/2022
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
David Rothman

Room: 1D05/06
Topic: Pediatric Dentistry
Tuition: $275.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Students, Administrative Staff, Educator, Nurse, Doctor

Course Material:

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Description:

An emergency can throw your whole schedule off. Review the most common dental emergencies (and not emergencies) in children and examine screen-ing protocols. Office set-up, rapid neurological assessment, treatment, and follow-up protocols for what you think is an emergency and what mom and dad think are emergencies are also discussed.

Learn:

• to develop office protocols for screening patients
• a rapid neurological assessment and whether you should treat
• to evaluate which radiographic series is necessary for the emergency
• to determine when to do palliative versus definitive treatment

Course #: 3040
Date: 11/27/2022
Time: 9:45am - 12:45pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Arnold Weiss

Room: Exhibit Floor - Hall A - Glass Classroom #3
Topic: Pediatric Dentistry
Tuition: $410.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Educator

Course Material:

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Description:

This hands-on workshop uses video, lecture, and a hands-on portion to present Class II composites to pulp therapy, including pulpotomies and stain-less-steel crowns. To successfully practice, every dentist needs to know how to care for children effectively. In this hands-on session, attendees learn how to prepare primary teeth and get tips and secrets from giving local anesthesia to isolating and preparing primary teeth that you never were taught in school. In addition, attendees receive many pearls in diagnosis, technique, and tips on managing children’s behavior.

Learn:

• how to ideally prepare primary teeth for restorative
• to assess and design a primary tooth for pulp therapy 
• to become more comfortable in caring for children

Course #: 3050
Date: 11/27/2022
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Arnold Weiss

Room: Exhibit Floor - Hall A - Glass Classroom #3
Topic: Pediatric Dentistry
Tuition: $410.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists

Course Material:

DOWNLOAD HANDOUT

Description:

This hands-on workshop uses video, lecture, and a hands-on portion to present Class II composites to pulp therapy, including pulpotomies and stain-less-steel crowns. To successfully practice, every dentist needs to know how to care for children effectively. In this hands-on session, attendees learn how to prepare primary teeth and get tips and secrets from giving local anesthesia to isolating and preparing primary teeth that you never were taught in school. In addition, attendees receive many pearls in diagnosis, technique, and tips on managing children’s behavior.

Learn:

• how to ideally prepare primary teeth for restorative
• to assess and design a primary tooth for pulp therapy 
• to become more comfortable in caring for children

Course #: 4040
Date: 11/28/2022
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Richard Marn

Room: 1E09
Topic: Pediatric Dentistry
Tuition: $245.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Students, Administrative Staff

Description:

Are you properly prepared for a medical emergency in your dental office?  Do you want your team to better support you during an emergency?  Do you desire a significantly better “peace of mind” when performing dentistry on a sedated child?  Learn how to align your entire pediatric dental practice in properly managing the most common medical emergencies (both for sedation and non-sedation cases).  Our interactive seminar will keep you engaged and excited to start implementing several excellent ideas the very next day with your team.

Learn:

• the most essential components of your emergency kit
• the most common medical emergencies in a pediatric dental office
• the latest “crisis resource management” tools used in the best hospitals, and how to apply it to your dental practice
• to create an emergency plan for your dental practice

Course #: 4030
Date: 11/28/2022
Time: 9:45am - 11:45am
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Lawrence Kotlow

Room: 1E18
Topic: Sleep Apnea
Tuition: $245.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Students, Administrative Staff, Spouse, Educator, Nurse, Doctor

Course Material:

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Description:

Dentistry and medicine are equal partners in helping infants grow up healthy. As dentists, even age one may be too late for the first oral examination to intercept or prevent many medical problems that originate with tethered oral tissues that develop into adulthood, where issues are now only managed. Brain development and good breathing are critical in infants’ first 90 days. The clinician discusses various co-morbidities such as obstructed sleep apnea, air-induced reflux, and how we wear many hats and provide care that is missed by the medical profession.

Learn:

• why RTOTS need to be corrected as soon as possible
• how RTOTS can influence brain development
• how the dentist needs to examine infants, toddlers, and older children for RTOTS
• how ADHD is it due to the failure to open airways

Support for this program is provided by

Course #: 4050
Date: 11/28/2022
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Lawrence Kotlow

Room: 1E18
Topic: Pediatric Dentistry
Tuition: $245.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Students, Administrative Staff, Spouse, Educator, Nurse, Doctor

Course Material:

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Description:

Revising infant restrictive tethered oral tissues (RTOTS) is not just for breastfeeding. The clinician addresses the need for early intervention of restricted tethered oral tissues (RTOTS) in infants to prevent comorbidities such as infant air-induced reflux, sleep-disordered breathing, and how this can lead to the misdiagnosis of ADD or ADHD.

Learn:

• to properly examine a child for RTOTS
• to understand RTOTS can affect an infant though adulthood
• the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of infant ROTS

Course #: 5030
Date: 11/29/2022
Time: 9:45am - 12:45pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Divya Khera
Kimon Divaris

Room: Exhibit Floor - Hall A - Classroom #5
Topic: Pediatric Dentistry
Tuition: $245.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Hygienists, Students, Educator

Description:

DIVYA KHERA, D.D.S.

TECHNIQUES FOR CARIES REVERSAL AND ARREST 

Minimally invasive dental treatment and its application in a pediatric care setting for caries reversal and arrest continues to be a trending topic. This course will review the science and indications of various modalities, including Silver Diamine Fluoride, MI Paste, and Resin Infiltration. Learn about the evidence behind such agents and how to implement them for individual patients.

Learn:

• the evidence behind minimally invasive dental treatments
• the mechanisms of action and application of caries reversal and arresting agents
• case selection and implementation of non-invasive agents in practice

KIMON DIVARIS, D.D.S., Ph.D.

PRECISE CLASSIFICATION OF PEDIATRIC DENTAL CARIES

The seminar presents the latest advances in developing precise person-level classifications for early childhood caries. The program offers evidence from large-scale epidemiologic and clinical studies, genomics, and other multi-omics investigations. Information and envisioned practical applications in precision health are also discussed.

Learn:

• the clinical and etiologic heterogeneity of early childhood caries
• the evidence supporting the existence of person-level (clinical) subtypes of pediatric dental caries
• genomics and multi-omics investigations that support the existence of clinical subtypes of ECC
• the current and future utility of approaching pediatric oral health with a precision health mindset

Support for this program is provided by

Course #: 5040
Date: 11/29/2022
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
David Avenetti
Travis Nelson

Room: Exhibit Floor - Hall A - Classroom #5
Topic: Pediatric Dentistry
Tuition: $245.00
Credits: 3
Recommended For:
Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Students, Educator

Description:

DAVID M. AVENETTI, D.D.S., M.S.D., M.P.H.

CONSERVATIVE PEDIATRIC PULP THERAPY

This program provides an update on the evidence supporting conservative pediatric pulp therapy. It reviews the indications, discusses clinical techniques, and discusses materials used in both primary and immature permanent teeth.

Learn:

• the evidence for conservative pulp therapy in primary and immature permanent teeth
• an overview of materials and techniques used in conservative pulp therapy
• the rationale and success rate for conservative pulp therapy

TRAVIS NELSON, D.D.S., M.S.D., M.P.H.

ADVANCES IN MATERIALS FOR CARIES MANAGEMENT

This program provides an overview of contemporary materials and techniques for caries management in pediatric patients. The clinician discusses practical risk assessment strategies and restorative and non-restorative treatment. 

Learn:

• how current research on dental materials and techniques affects your practice 
• to implement best practices for minimal intervention dentistry in pediatric patients 
• to how techniques like imterim therapeutic restorations and the Hall Technique enable patient-centered care 

Support for this program is provided by