The reality is that if the dental practice isn’t bringing more money in, the doctor/CEO cannot afford to hand more money out – no matter how “hard working and loyal” you and your colleagues might be. But that doesn’t mean you have no control over your income potential. In fact, just the opposite is true. Employees, especially the office manager and business staff, have a profound impact on the profitability of the practice and can directly improve their income potential provided they keep a laser focus on one critical area of the practice: overhead. Learn what being on the frontline means for you and the practice.
Want to refine your heat curing or packing technique? Unsure about why you may be getting porosity in some cases and not others? Maybe you would like to inject but aren’t sure about p/l ratios. Attend this webinar presented by Thomas Zaleske AS and learn the nuances that assure trouble free packing and processing results. After 28 years working as a removable prosthetic technician and as a dental product manufacturer’s consultant, Zaleske has a few tricks and tips he would like to share.
From anesthetizing a single tooth to the entire quadrant, what techniques and agents can be used to achieve quality anesthesia in the maxilla? This CE webinar will review the specific techniques, from simple infiltrations to intraligamentary (PDL) and intraosseous techniques, through regional blocks such as the infraorbital, AMSA, and ASA, and complete maxillary division nerve blocks. Recommendations for selection of anesthetic agents based upon the currently available evidence will also be discussed.
Upon completion of this CE webinar, the student will learn:
1. The best methods to debride and disinfect complicated root canal anatomy
2. Efficacy and purpose of different endodontic irrigants
3. The most current disinfection protocols pertaining to endodontic treatment
4. Ideal properties of an endodontic irrigant
5. Different irrigation devices and techniques
The future is now for revolutionary non-surgical periodontal therapy. A definition of the parameters for use of several advanced technologies will be discussed in this presentation, including periodontal endoscopy, piezo micro-ultrasonic’s, host modulated therapy, and regenerative proteins. Take a peek into the future of innovative periodontal therapy as these technologies are pulled together in a ‘3-pronged approach’ with a demonstration of case studies in Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy (RPE). See first-hand what the future holds for the dental hygiene and/or dentist practitioner in non-surgical regeneration. These evidence based techniques, protocols, and technologies will get you excited about the essential paradigm shift already underway.
The goal of this program is to feature simplified dental dam application techniques that expedite dental dam placement.
Basic techniques discussed during the presentation include:
• Guidelines for dental dam and clamp/retainer selection
• Winged Technique-A combined-step method
• Modified Winged Technique-The wingless alternative
• Clampless Technique-An alternative to using clamps
• Loop Technique-A method to expedite dam placement through tight contacts
As dentists we are challenged with and an increased complexity of our restorative treatments. In addition, our material choices continue to evolve and increase. This webinar will review practical and current options for treating many of the everyday challenges we encounter in practice.
Keep your kids IN your practice. This course will give you practical points on how to treat your little patients well. Effective behavior guidance and simplified procedures go hand in hand. Learn to use glass ionomer materials to your advantage. You've heard it before - treat your kids well and your practice will soar.
Dentinal hypersensitivity is a chronic problem that plagues many patients and is consistently under diagnosed. A comprehensive assessment is essential, as is appropriate treatment to relieve discomfort. With the help of the latest technology, you can provide your patients with instant and long-term relief from their suffering and pain of dentinal hypersensitivity.
During this CE webinar, the student will learn:
1. How to identify the signs of dentin exposure
2. Run tests to determine what the true cause of the sensitivity is, and how to effectively treat it in the dental practice and home
Given the crowded market of cement choices and the multitude of restorative options (metal; Porcelain metal: all ceramic Zirconia or Lithium Disilicate), cementation choices are critical to long term results. This CE webinar will help you make the best choice of cement for various clinical applications.
Polishing is a staple of dental hygiene practice. Dental hygienists polish teeth with little thought about products or technique, and there have been a number of changes in polishing over the last few years, including finding benefits for air polishing.
In this webinar Dr. Flucke will discuss materials & methods to make adhesive dentistry predictable and efficient. Dr. Flucke will share real world ways to make these procedures less stressful for both the team and the patient as well as providing tips & tricks for efficiency. A combination of the science to discuss the "why's" and recommendations for better results will be a big part of the presentation.
Functionality and esthetics are key considerations in patients requesting, and orthodontists recommending, orthodontic treatment. However, patients may elect to forego orthodontic treatment due to the cost, discomfort and duration of treatment. Dr. Straty Righellis will review the research on accelerated tooth movement and demonstrate the clinical efficacy of pulsatile forces in accelerating treatment with the AcceleDent® Aura device.
Predictable placement of posterior composites requires proper management of the adhesive interface and a precise clinical protocol. Upon completion of this CE webinar, students will:
1. Learn how to improve efficiency for placement of direct posterior composites based on the very latest research and materials.
If you are not offering direct restorative options to your patients, you are missing out. Current economic conditions demand that we provide affordable cosmetic oriented options. This course will show simplified techniques for predictable outcomes when performing direct restorative procedures.
In today's busy dental practice we have many options for cementation of laboratory and chairside manufactured restorations. Whether they be made of gold, PFM, lithium disilicate or zirconia, dentists need a predictable and reproducible way to permanently cement crowns, bridges, onlays and veneers. This will be a fast moving and informative webinar that addresses concerns for practitioners every day.
Implant-retained overdentures will enhance the quality for life of a fully edentulous patient. New advancements in technology and products enhance function and create the illusion of reality in patient smiles. Participants gain a higher level of technical knowledge and will be motivated to achieve a new level of care.
An important factor for a successful indirect restoration is the quality of the final impression. The choice of impression materials and procedure can positively impact office productivity and patient comfort through reduced crown adjustment and seating time.
This webinar aims to update the dental hygienist on the local anaesthetic agents that are currently available in order to encourage safe and effective practice in local anaesthesia for dental treatment within the scope of practice for dental hygienists.
The goal of this program is to introduce the participant to the use of micro-ultrasonics in periodontal disease prevention and biofilm management therapy. The history and evolving development of ultrasonic instruments, ongoing science and information to facilitate the successful procedural applications of ultrasonics in your practice will be explored in a fun, upbeat interactive format.
The traditional patient exam is changing. Technology and new techniques lead to better diagnosis and even better doctor/patient communication.
Upon completion of this CE webinar, the student will have covered:
1. The new patient exam: How photos and clear images can lead to better communication.
2. Digital X-rays- Sensors, Plates: Which is right for my practice?
3. High Tech caries diagnosis
As dentists, you are increasingly challenged with the duality of your career choice. As a life-long learner, you are challenged with making choices based on quality, but also EFFICIENCY, so that you can deliver gold-standard quality dental care, while protecting your business bottom line.
As dentists we are challenged with and an increased complexity of our restorative treatments. In addition, our material choices continue to evolve and increase. This webinar will review practical and current options for treating many of the everyday challenges we encounter in practice.
Finishing and arch coordination at the end of treatment can often prove to be the most difficult, time consuming and frustrating aspects of a case. The brackets, wires, and arch forms of the MBT™ Versatile+ Appliance System were specifically designed to make finishing and arch coordination as straightforward as possible. It this CE webinar, Dr. John McDonald discusses common problems with proper finishing of a case and shows, with a variety of case examples, how the MBT System of brackets, wires and mechanics can solve these issues. Dr. McDonald shares how using these concepts and techniques has improved not just difficult cases, but all of his cases.
The management of dental trauma will be evaluated and techniques to manage incomplete root formation will be discussed. Internal and external resorption will be also reviewed and its relationship to trauma will be highlighted.
Today’s direct restorative materials have vastly improved physical properties and uses that can significantly improve the restorations we place today. They also enable us to perform more minimally invasive procedures since following the “rules” set up by G.V. Black for cavity preparation are not readily needed when using today’s high tech direct placement materials. However, we must still fully understand the benefits and drawbacks of even these superior materials: where they are called for, what they can do to benefit the restorative process and where they can fail.
This CE webinar will focus on evidence based research on sealing the root canal system with respect to obturation in three dimensions and restoration of the endodontically treated tooth. Focus will be on the Continuous Wave of Condensation.
This CE webinar will discuss the what, why and how of fluoride varnish:
• What is fluoride varnish?
• Why should I use fluoride varnish?
• How do I incorporate it into my practice?
This CE webinar will cover a topic which often confronts family dentists but which was probably not taught well, or at all, in dental school - pediatric pulp therapy. Dr. Milnes will discuss, with the aid of evidence-based practice guidelines, the basics of pediatric pulp therapy, tried and true methods to aid the dentist in making an accurate diagnosis for a child with tooth pain. As well, he will discuss the management of pediatric pulp pathoses taking into consideration important criteria such as age, behaviour, dental development and the strategic importance (or lack thereof) of certain primary teeth and, last but not least, the materials available today- both old and new - for treating pediatric pulp tissues.