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Continuing Education Update by Howard M. Goldstein, DMD

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by Howard M. Goldstein, DMD, Director of Continuing Education

There are great beers and brats being released right now for Oktoberfest. There are also great CE courses being released on Dentaltown. Watch a course and celebrate the fall season! Sounds like a plan.

Townie Meeting 2015 Lecture Series
We can't bring you all the action from our annual Townie Meeting in Las Vegas, but we can certainly share some of the top-notch education that was presented there. This month, we are releasing our Townie Meeting 2015 series containing courses from Lee Ann Brady, Ara Nazarian, Mike Melkers, Bruce Baird, Mark Hyman, Neal Patel, Dale Miles and many more. You now have access to more than 22 hours of excellent education in both clinical dentistry and practice management.

As part of the registration fee for Townie Meeting, all 2015 attendees have access to these courses for free. Miss the meeting? Don't worry; it's only $225 to view for those who were unable to attend. (But be sure to sign up for Townie Meeting 2016!)

Success in Endodontics 
by Dr. Jeff Krupp
Jeff Krupp's Success in Endodontics is an evidence-based, four-part course in endodontics. What is amazing about this program is that it offers comprehensive, start-to-finish instructions on all aspects of endodontics in a precise and easily understood manner. 

 Dr. Krupp worked with top animators in the field, and the animation video results are remarkable. In addition, he took crystal-clear microscopy videos to show exactly how endodontics is done. Saying that this is a complete online endodontic textbook with nothing missing is probably the best description of this course. We do not believe that there is a more thorough and usable online endodontic tutorial available.

 Any dentist who does endodontics, or is thinking of doing endodontics, knows that there are curveballs coming from patients and their teeth—curveballs such as root morphology, tooth access, restorations, attitudes, infections, and numerous other variables. If one wants to do predictable and successful endodontics, one has to overcome all of these obstacles. Success in Endodontics shortens the learning curve!

Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics
by Dr. Lane Ochi
The long-awaited masterpiece by Townie superstar Lane Ochi is now out! Successfully treating our patients with fixed prosthodontics mandates that we have a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of it.

In no other field in dentistry can real improvement in outcomes be as directly attributed to attention to detail and execution. Details such as preparation design and margin configuration, the use of a core buildup or post, and our luting-agent selection are critical to the final result.

At the end of the day, we cannot afford failures in our treatment. Costs lost to time, remakes and loss of patient confidence are direct hits to the budget our practices don't need.

After viewing this course, you will be able to identify the causes of failures so you can prevent them.

Selective Root Retreatment: A Conservative Alternative Begin with You
by William J. Nudera DDS, MS.
It's accepted as a new normal in surgical endodontics that only the diseased root(s) should be addressed via root-end resection and root-end filling. Knowledge gained from CBCT imaging has introduced a new, reasonable treatment option for endodonticaly treated teeth presenting with post-treatment disease. This new concept allows the clinician to make predictable treatment decisions based on the periapical status of an individual root(s), rather than make assumptions about the tooth as a whole. A selective root retreatment combines the approach of an orthograde retreatment with the selectivity of a retrograde surgical root resection. Retreatment could be limited to the single root (or roots) that clearly demonstrate periapical pathology, while leaving the root(s) with no visible or perceived pathology untouched. This exciting new way of retreating “failed” root canals is thoroughly explained in this CE course.

Anterior Aesthetic Techniques and Materials. Filmed Live at Townie Meeting
by Dr. Lee Ann Brady
This three-hour course (with 3.5 CE credits) was Dr. Brady's excellent CE presentation at the last Townie Meeting. In this course, one sees that accomplishing exquisite anterior restorative results is a combination of preparation technique and materials selection. This program presents an approach to plan margin placement and tooth reduction to accomplish the proposed tooth position, contour and color of the new restoration, as well as assuring functional success. It is challenging to select from one of the many choices of aesthetic restorative materials that are available. Discussed are the aesthetic and functional parameters of each material to facilitate appropriate material selection. An efficient and effective process for streamlining tooth preparation is also presented. 

Practical Grafting Techniques
for the General Practitioner by Dr. Timothy F. Koskinski
In this course, more than 300 clinical images and illustrations demonstrate step-by-step practical techniques to achieve predictable grafting results. In addition, this course features real-time clinical video showing discussed techniques, easy-to-follow clinical instructions on what materials and instrumentation to use for grafting to have predictable results with one's patients, and why grafting is important for one's patients. In addition, the course covers how to easily explain such procedures to patients during treatment-planning discussions.

Everyone can—and should—offer practical grafting procedures to patients, and this course will get participants started with the basics.

Enjoy learning from the comfort of your home!



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