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Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Making Accurate Impressions - Success Lies in the Details
Presenter: Dr. Frank Milnar
Sponsor: GC America
Thu  2/2/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Fri  2/3/12    0:00 AM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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This CE webinar gives a step by step approach to achieve accurate impressions with its multiple interrelated steps to insure clinical success. The chemistry of different impression materials will be discussed, including a new VPES (EXELance) from GC America, Inc.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
On the Level: The New ASTM F2100 Mask Performance Rating
Presenter: Kathleen Stoessel, RN, BSN, MS
Sponsor: Kimberly-Clark Dental
Tue  2/7/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Wed  2/8/12    0:00 AM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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In the healthcare setting, choosing the appropriate face mask is a key component in minimizing the spread of potentially infectious diseases. This CE webinar will review mask recommendations for dental professionals and to discuss the roles of the FDA and ASTM as relates to medical face masks. The new ASTM F2100-11 mask performance rating will be described with a review of how this new rating can assist with appropriate mask selection.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Practice Profit Killer – High Overhead
Presenter: Sally McKenzie
Sponsor: Practice Management
Thu  2/9/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Fri  2/10/12    0:00 AM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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Watch this CE webinar and learn the industry guidelines for healthy overhead and the #1 category that causes most doctors not to be as profitable – Payroll. Learn how to determine how many employees you need, productive job descriptions as well as how much of a raise you can afford.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Making the Difficult Situation Routine: Tips and Tricks for Maximum Efficiency
Presenter: Dr. Ron Kaminer
Sponsor: VOCO America
Mon  2/13/12    8:00 PM ET    5:00 PM PT
Tue  2/14/12    1:00 AM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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During this CE webinar we will discuss new materials and techniques that take difficult situations and make them routine. Topics to be covered include: • One step bonding for a variety of procedures. • A quick and simple Post and Core Technique. • What’s new in flowables and why heavy flow flowables fill a big void in our armamentarium? • A splinting material like no other ! • Picking up overdenture components made easy.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Discover a Refreshing Approach - Painlessly, Conservatively Transform Beautiful Smiles into Radiant Smiles
Presenter: Dr. Robert Ibsen, DDS, OD, FACD, FICD, FAGD
Sponsor: Smile Simplicity
Wed  2/15/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Thu  2/16/12    0:00 AM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
During this free, live continuing education webinar, you will witness how the long-proven techniques of SmileSimplicity were used to transform seemingly perfect but lackluster teeth into a vibrant, stunning smile without a single anesthetic injection and with only minor enamel contouring.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
An Introduction to Integrating Dental Sleep Medicine Into Your Practice 2/15/12
Presenter: John Tucker, D.M.D.
Sponsor: Henry Schein Total Health
Wed  2/15/12    8:15 PM ET    5:15 PM PT
Thu  2/16/12    1:15 AM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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Dental Sleep Medicine is an exciting new field in the dental profession. Participants will be given a brief overview of human sleep and how it is adversely affected by Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Dr. Tucker will discuss the health risks associated with OSA and its prevalence in the general population as well how it can impact a dental practice.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Indirect Anchorage Using the Palate: A Unique Application of the Unitek™ Temporary Anchorage Device
Presenter: Mohammad Razavi, D.D.S.
Sponsor: 3M Unitek
Fri  2/17/12    12:00 PM ET    9:00 AM PT
Fri  2/17/12    5:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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Various sites have been advocated by numerous authors as the “ideal placement site” for mini-screw implants (MSI). Many publications have documented the bone quantity and density in the more popular interdental sites for MSI placement. The palate, on the other hand, can also provide a versatile location that could be used for most anchorage sensitive cases. In this CE webinar, Dr. Mohammad Razavi reviews a step-by-step protocol in palatal MSI placement and the fabrication of a transpalatal arch designed to be used for the Unitek™ Temporary Anchorage Device.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Whiter, Brighter, Healthier Teeth
Presenter: Ms. Shannon Pace
Sponsor: Heraeus
Tue  3/6/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Wed  3/7/12    0:00 AM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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The CE webinar will cover practical techniques for in-office and take home whitening. Fulfilling the desire and demand to have a bright and white smile is the ultimate goal for every dental practice. A bright smile not only presents a healthy and beautiful impression, but also increases one’s interest in oral hygiene, allowing the patient to have more social self-confidence and self esteem. Before the patient can go through the whitening process, we must have a proper whitening consult to understand the patient and their desires.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Posterior Composites: A Practical, Efficient Technique
Presenter: Dr. Ron Jackson
Sponsor: Kerr Dental
Wed  3/7/12    6:00 PM ET    3:00 PM PT
Wed  3/7/12    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
In this CE webinar, Dr. Jackson will show a new, practical placement technique for the Class II direct resin restoration using SonicFill (Kerr). Dentists will discover that this system not only delivers a fast, easy and efficient true bulk fill aesthetic restoration, but one with superior density and adaptation.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Unlocking Your Production Potential
Presenter: Sally McKenzie
Sponsor: Practice Management
Wed  3/7/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Thu  3/8/12    0:00 AM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
This CE webinar takes a close look at systems that harbor dormant production, patient retention and hygiene. Learn how to uncover thousands of dollars in missed revenue opportunity and obstacles that prevent you from achieving your true potential. Watch this webinar and learn how to increase your production today!


Live Webinar

2 CE Credits
The “Dahl Concept” - Current Concepts in the Management of Tooth Surface Loss
Presenter: Dr. Ian Cline
Sponsor: Dentsply UK
Thu  3/8/12    2:30 PM ET    11:30 AM PT
Thu  3/8/12    7:30 PM UTC
CE Credits: 2 Interactive CEU
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Dr. Ian Cline in this webinar will present: • Understanding the multifactorial nature of tooth surface loss. • Diagnosis & Treatment planning of the worn dentition. • Step by step “Dahl buildups”, how to do a case. • An overview of smile design principles. • Mistakes we make and how to manage them. • Information for patients and success rates.


Live Webinar

2 CE Credits
All-Ceramic Crowns: Restorative Principles, Types and Preparations
Presenter: Dr. Nicolas Martin
Sponsor: Dentsply UK
Thu  3/15/12    3:30 PM ET    12:30 PM PT
Thu  3/15/12    7:30 PM UTC
CE Credits: 2 Interactive CEU
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This webinar will discuss why it is important to balance tooth destruction and preservation of structure and vitality. Preservation of pulp vitality is essential - you will learn how to achieve this and understand why tooth preparation relates to material selection. A demonstration of a preparation for an all-ceramic anterior crown will be shown and you will understand the need for attention to detail in this multi-stage procedure


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Variations in Forsus™ Class II Correctors - Part IV: Controlling the Maxillary Vertical Dimension and Utilizing the Forsus Appliance for Dental Distalization
Presenter: Dr. Lisa Alvetro
Sponsor: 3M Unitek
Fri  3/23/12    12:00 PM ET    9:00 AM PT
Fri  3/23/12    4:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
By popular demand, Dr. Lisa Alvetro extends her Class II Correction CE webinar series to demonstrate minor variations in Forsus corrector installations that enhance vertical control in patients with vertical growth patterns. The same variation can be used to turn a Forsus corrector into an effective dental distalization appliance.


Live Webinar

2 CE Credits
Temporisation and Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth – Principles and Materials
Presenter: Dr. Giles Round
Sponsor: Dentsply UK
Thu  3/29/12    2:30 PM ET    11:30 AM PT
Thu  3/29/12    6:30 PM UTC
CE Credits: 2 Interactive CEU
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This webinar will discuss strategies how to restore teeth after root canal treatment depending on the grade of loss of tooth substance. Also, the best materials for this indication will be demonstrated including the DENTSPLY Core & Post System and the new and strong glasionomer ChemFil Rock.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Productive Scheduling
Presenter: Sally McKenzie
Sponsor: Practice Management
Wed  4/11/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Wed  4/11/12    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
Watch this CE webinar and learn how to schedule and learn how not to schedule. Learn protocol and guidelines to setting and achieving scheduling production goals. Learn how to take control of the schedule instead of the schedule controlling you. Understand how to prevent “up and down” fluctuating production and controlling open time.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Lost Opportunities in Hygiene
Presenter: Dr. Lee Ann Brady
Sponsor: Heraeus
Tue  4/17/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Tue  4/17/12    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
A vital active hygiene department is a key to practice success, maintaining health for our patients, driving the treatment we complete and being a productive component of our business. Maximizing all three of these areas is about creating and maintaining solid systems and minimizing lost opportunities. In this CE webinar we will discuss a variety of ways to reinvigorate your hygiene practice and have it become a key ingredient in practice success.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Recruitment Testing and Hiring
Presenter: Sally McKenzie
Sponsor: Practice Management
Thu  5/17/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Thu  5/17/12    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
This CE webinar will guide you to employment ads and techniques that will get you the “right hire”. Learn the right questions (based on the job description) and testing to ensure the applicant is the best fit for the job. Learn how to reduce turnover. Don’t miss this webinar!


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Esthetic Dentistry for Tots and Teens
Presenter: Dr. Fred Margolis, D.D.S.
Sponsor: Heraeus
Tue  5/22/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Tue  5/22/12    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
Today's parents demand the restoration of their children and teen’s teeth for function and esthetics. Self-image of our patients is very important. Glass ionomers, resinomers, flowable composites and bulk composites will be illustrated. In addition various types of crowns will be shown that are available to restore more severe caries on children and adolescents. Esthetic facings for stainless steel crowns will be illustrated and the chairside steps necessary will be given.


Live Webinar

2 CE Credits
Posterior Restorations – How to Make Your Life Easier with New Materials and Equipment
Presenter: Dr. Louis MacKenzie
Sponsor: Dentsply UK
Wed  5/30/12    2:30 PM ET    11:30 AM PT
Wed  5/30/12    6:30 PM UTC
CE Credits: 2 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
All the latest restorative filling materials for posterior teeth will be discussed and demonstrated with a special focus on the circumferential matrix system Automatrix and the new sectional matrix system Palodent Plus.


Live Webinar

2 CE Credits
Simplifying Dental Radiography – Latest Developments from DENTSPLY Rinn
Presenter: Barbara Lamb
Sponsor: Dentsply UK
Wed  6/6/12    2:30 PM ET    11:30 AM PT
Wed  6/6/12    6:30 PM UTC
CE Credits: 2 Interactive CEU
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Within this webinar radiographic techniques will be demonstrated with a special focus on newly developed equipment. Barbara welcomes all questions you might have regarding detailed techniques.


Live Webinar

2 CE Credits
Impression Techniques
Presenter: Dr. Nicolas Martin
Sponsor: Dentsply UK
Wed  6/27/12    2:30 PM ET    11:30 AM PT
Wed  6/27/12    6:30 PM UTC
CE Credits: 2 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
This webinar will discuss different types of impression material and their relative uses. Effective techniques for impression taking in fixed and removable prosthodontics will be shown. You will learn how to optimise the use of addition-cured silicone materials.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Premium Esthetic Dentures- The Science Behind the Results
Presenter: Dennis Urban, CDT
Sponsor: Heraeus
Tue  7/24/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Tue  7/24/12    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
This CE webinar will cover the essentials for the fabrication of Premium Esthetic Dentures, focusing on the best techniques to achieve the ultimate in function, esthetics and patient satisfaction.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Bonding For Phased Treatment
Presenter: Susan Hollar, D.D.S.
Sponsor: Heraeus
Tue  8/14/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Tue  8/14/12    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
Have you seen patients that desperately need help, but their life circumstances prevent them from affording ideal dental care? Bonding can be the answer, to get them through life looking nice until their situation improves. The techniques used in this CE webinar allow the dentist to restore anterior teeth with composite in order to phase the comprehensive treatment plan.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Increasing Case Acceptance from Whitening to the Esthetic Dental Procedures
Presenter: Ms. Shannon Pace
Sponsor: Heraeus
Tue  10/16/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Tue  10/16/12    11:00 PM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
As clinical procedures in aesthetic dentistry continue to expand and improve, the dental assistant’s role continues to evolve as well. As we connect with the patient and understand their desires, it allows them to become more open and honest with their expectations. Increasing case acceptance is easy when we know what to ask and say. This CE webinar takes the dental assistant through proper records gathering, treatment planning and case acceptance and how to include whitening and esthetic dental treatment.


Live Webinar

1 CE Credit
Dental Trilogy - The Art of Oral Health
Presenter: Gwen Smukowski, RDH, BS, MBA
Sponsor: Heraeus
Tue  11/6/12    7:00 PM ET    4:00 PM PT
Wed  11/7/12    0:00 AM UTC
CE Credits: 1 Interactive CEU
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(No charge for this webinar)
A trilogy is defined as a set of three works of art that are connected. Connecting the periodontal, dental and epithelial aspects creates the art form of oral health. Today’s health oriented world is keenly aware of the intimate connection between oral health and overall health. As a dental community, it falls upon us to provide current guidelines and tactics to aid our patients in attaining and maintaining oral health.



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