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What’s New in Continuing Education? by Howard M. Goldstein, DMD, Director of Continuing Education

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What's New in Continuing Education?
by Howard M. Goldstein, DMD, Director of Continuing Education
Get your 2013 CE credits completed now! We have some great new courses worth checking out even if you don't need the credits.

Fundamentals of Veneer Preparation by Dr. David Hornbrook

Being a pioneer in live-patient treatment courses, Dr. Hornbrook has mentored thousands of dentists chairside as they have prepared and placed porcelain veneers on their patients. The fundamentals of correct veneer preparation are rarely addressed in dental school and even skipped over in many of the cosmetic courses on smile designs and full-mouth rehabilitations. A thorough understanding of how to correctly prepare the teeth for veneers is as equally important as understanding ceramic materials and correct adhesive principles. Improper preparation can certainly compromise the aesthetics and functional final results.

Dr. Hornbrook has often stated in lectures that too many dentists "prep and pray" for a predictable result and do not take the time to design the smile and utilize this design to prepare teeth correctly. In this presentation, he discusses the use of a wax-up done by the laboratory and the use of preparation matrices to ensure predictable and repeatable results. He also discusses detailed preparation designs including correct margin placement, how to alter preparation with diastemas, and how to address existing Class III composites and interproximal caries. A special section discusses preparation design for premolars with existing restorations and the use of three-quarter reverse crowns to provide conservative, long-lasting restorations for our patients.

Small Diameter Implants for Removable Prosthetics by Dr. Paresh Patel This presentation demonstrates how the use of small-diameter implants offers the opportunity to provide implantretained overdentures, without additional surgery, to patients who would otherwise require surgical procedures to augment bone prior to implant placement. Success rates, potential patient benefits and patient satisfaction are discussed. This minimally invasive solution is a great place to start for general practitioners who wish to add implant placement to their practice. Practical tips will be provided to allow the viewing dentist to feel confident in using these techniques immediately. CBCT use to facilitate the fabrication of a surgical guide will be introduced as well as two cases where a surgical guide is used to place the mini implants for an overdenture in thin atrophic bone.

And don't forget, Dentaltown is hosting Dr. Carl Misch on his first-ever online CE course!

Rationale for Implants: Complete Edentulism

The goal of modern dentistry is to return patients to normal function, aesthetics, speech and health. The completely edentulous patient is more in need than any other patient. Yet, less than three percent of a dentist's time is spent treating this section of the population.

There are 30 million people in the U.S. that are missing all their teeth (in at least one dental study). Once the teeth are lost, not only are function, speech and health reduced, there is loss of bone. The bone loss after tooth loss might be more than 20mm in height of bone in each jaw. As a consequence, facial aesthetics are severely compromised.

Dental implants stimulate bone and prevent the gross bone loss after tooth loss. As a result, facial aesthetics are maintained since muscle attachments are not affected and atrophy of bone and muscle does not occur. Hence, dental implants not only return a patient to normal function and improved speech, dental and facial aesthetics are vastly improved as a result of dental implants in the complete edentulous patient.

This program reviews the benefits of implant treatment for edentulous patients. The dental team should be aware of the consequences of complete tooth loss and the benefits of dental implants.

Eight CE courses from Townie Meeting 2013 are available on Dentaltown.com. Next year we plan on many more! If you were at the Townie Meeting, there is no cost to view any of them, which is more incentive to go to next year's Townie Meeting! Sign up this month and receive 30 percent off tuition for 2014 Townie Meeting. For those of you who were not at this year's Townie Meeting, we are offering each course for the low price of $18 to view (or $126 for all eight courses).

And, of course, available here on Dentaltown is Dr. Howard Farran's One-Day Dental MBA. Dr. Farran shares his proven techniques to increase your productivity, boost your bottom line and build your business. Don't miss his live and unfiltered insights on dentistry and business along with an insider's view of his dental practice.

Enjoy learning from the comfort of your home!

Townie Meeting 2013 Lecture Series
  Townie Talks 2013 - Practice, People, and Economic Management
by Dr. Howard Farran, Dr. Joe Steven, Garrett Gunderson, Fred Joyal, Dr. Mark Murphy and Dr. Mark Troilo
Townie Talks 2013 - Increasing Clinical Production, Quality, and Fun
by Dr. Rich Rosenblatt, Dr. Tarun Agarwal, Trisha O' Hehir, Dr. LeeAnn Brady and Dr. Michael DiTolla
Fascinating Facts About Saliva, Seven Strategies for Xerostomia Management and the Future of Saliva Testing
by Linda Douglas, RDH
Adhesives - Is it Time to Switch?
by Dr. Paul L. Child
Prosthetically Driven Implant Planning, Placement and Restoration with CEREC
by Dr. Darin O'Bryan
Root Canal Anatomy Dictates Treatment Objectives
by Dr. Scott Weed
The Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth: Begin with the End in Mind
by Dr. Glenn Doyon
Emerging Trends in Implant Surgery
by Dr. Brady Frank
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