This course is designed to help you clarify and define your expectations for an ideal practice combined with optimum enjoyment of life for you and your family.
It will help you to analyze your current practice from a clincail and management perspective, examine how it interacts with all of the activities of life, and how to change your life activities to combine a successful business model with an enjoyable family and personal life.

Participant Objectives
On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify and list the characteristics of your ideal life expectations
• State any potential reasons that may impede your achievement of your ideal practice and life goals
• Identify and list proven leadership principles that you would like to incorporate into your life
• Define and implement the desired ethical standards for your practice
• Identify and list your ideal practice expectations
• Identify and express your overall philosophy of dental practice
• Define and make a narrative describing your plan to integrate dental practice and business and professional responsibilities with your personal and family life

• Analyze your current practice and business systems and compare them to the described “best practice” characteristics
• List at least ten clinical procedures that form the major service and financial basis of typical practices
• Identify and list the clinical areas in which you desire to expand your clinical skills and activity
• After receiving appropriate continuing education, integrate your desired new clinical techniques into your practice
• Identify and list the areas of your practice that have unrealized financial potential
• Analyze your fees, determine if they are fair and reasonable for both patients and your practice, and modify them if necessary
• Identify staff expanded functions that you want to incorporate into practice, educate staff persons, and initiate or expand this concept in your practice


Course Schedule | Credits

The number of patients presenting to dental offices with excessive loss of tooth structure is clearly increasing. This loss of tooth structure is often multi-factorial, and all potential etiologies of the wear must be considered before tackling extensive rehabilitative procedures. This presentation will analyze the various causes of tooth structure loss and present strategies to prevent further loss as well as reconstructive procedures to replace lost tooth structure.

Participant Objectives
On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Recognize the clinical signs of chemical erosion at an early stage and implement the appropriate preventive strategies
• Understand the etiology and treatment options for bruxism
• Know when and how to open the vertical dimension of occlusion for patients exhibiting extreme wear
• Understand the multifactorial etiology of non-carious cervical lesions and options for treatment when indicated
• Understand the complex multidisciplinary procedures that often must be utilized when treating patients with worn dentitions

• To identify the common "diseases" that affect a patient’s smile and function
• To differentiate between "diseases" and provide a proper diagnosis for each case type
• To construct a "disease" specific treatment plan and properly sequence the plan to minimize treatment time

The objective of this course is to provide education on how to effectively treatment plan complex anterior issues. In patients with excessive wear or problems of excessive or inadequate overbite or overjet, the treatment plan can become confusing and result in practitioners knowing what they want to do esthetically but not knowing how to make it work functionally.  This program will use a logical step-by-step process to evaluate the etiology of the patient’s current situation, identify the most common treatment options available for each situation, and determine which treatment approach will provide both an esthetic and functionally excellent result. 

Participant Objectives
On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the primary causes of deep and no overbite cases and develop a treatment plan for an excellent esthetic and functional result
• Understand the possible causes for inadequate and excess overjet and develop a treatment plan for excellent esthetic and functional results
• Understand how wear effects overbite and overjet
• Identify a range of viable options to treat problems of overbite, overjet, and short crown length
• Choose the best option to treat each of these problems
• Identify when vertical dimension needs to be altered

This course will provide fundamental, time-proven information on a variety of topics critical to consistent long-term success in conservative esthetic dentistry. The course will begin with an overview of adhesive dentistry concepts focusing on what works and what doesn't. Thereafter, a continuum of conservative esthetic treatment options will be reviewed progressing from tooth whitening and the conservative removal of tooth discolorations to esthetic recontouring and an in-depth review of etched porcelain veneers. Step-by-step procedures for achieving esthetic porcelain veneers will be covered along with innovative approaches to tooth fragment reattachment and all-porcelain bonded pontics. Fundamental artistic principles and interdisciplinary concepts will be emphasized. Numerous products in conservative esthetic dentistry will be reviewed in the context of their clinical applications and in light of the latest clinical research. 

Participant Objectives
On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Distinguish between the many new enamel-dentin adhesives, including all-etch and self-etching versions, and define the advantages and disadvantages of each.
• Discuss the various problems commonly associated with enamel and dentin bonding, and explain time-proven methods for optimizing the results with bonded restorations.
• Describe the treatment planning considerations and clinical techniques for vital bleaching, microabrasion, macroabrasion, esthetic recontouring, white spot treatment with ACP, tooth fragment reattachment, partial veneers and all-porcelain bonded pontics.
• Identify the various types of vital bleaching products and procedures (in-office, home and OTC) along with their indications, contraindications and safety concerns.
• Relate the evidence regarding the importance of utilizing intra-enamel preparations in generating etched porcelain veneers that will last.
• Describe the clinical technique involved in preparing, temporizing and delivering etched porcelain veneers.
• Discuss proper interdisciplinary treatment concepts and artistic principles to achieve optimal long-term esthetic results.

This course will provide the foundation for long-term successful relationships with the removable prosthodontic patient. The course will begin with a detailed assessment and Intraoral examination focusing on building the patient’s confidence about the dentist’s skills and to give the practitioner the tools to predict the outcome of the suggested treatment plan. Thereafter a series of steps will be described in the fabrication of both the complete and implant retained over-denture prosthesis’s. The procedures will identify the definitive impressions, casting and controlling the models for laboratory detail, taking the vertical and horizontal centric record, marking the neutral zone, mapping the individualized esthetics and finalizing the delivery.

Participant Objectives
On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Distinguish between the methods of the past and today, and define the advantages and disadvantages of each
• Discuss various problems commonly associated with the edentulous patients and methods to intercept this problem before committing to treatment of the patient
• Describe how the assessment and intraoral examination will dictate which treatment options will deliver the basic outcome
• Identify the different edentulous bone classifications and how your final prosthesis design will be affected
• Describe the tissue character and tissue mobility classification and how this relates to choosing a surgical solution or a design alteration in the final prosthesis
• Describe the clinical technique in developing the final prosthesis for the various boney and tissue edentulous conditions
• Describe how the clinical technique for the immediate denture has evolved into predictable results

Predictably successful endodontics is dependent on an accurate diagnosis, complete access, fulfilling the objectives for shaping canals, cleaning root canal systems, and three-dimensional obturation. When performing these step-by-step procedures, clinicians will, at times, experience difficulties, complications, and frustrations. This practical course is for the general dentist who
wants to consistently improve endodontic performance, learn how to manage procedural errors when they arise, and avoid frequently made mistakes. The emphasis of this program is preserving strategic teeth and creating endodontic excellence for your patients.

Participant Objectives
On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the biological and clinical factors that influence success.
• Recite the benefits of utilizing the dental operating microscope.
• Use ultrasonic technology to identify canals and finish the access preparation.
• Secure canals by creating a predictable glide path for rotary files to follow.
• Create fully tapered shapes and consistently centered preparations.
• Hydrodynamically activate intracanal reagents to "clean" root canal systems.
• Fill root canal systems using advanced warm gutta percha obturation techniques.
• Avoid iatrogenic complications, solve breakdowns, and create breakthroughs.
• Manage blocks, ledges, transportations, and broken instruments.
• Compare survival rates between the restored, retreated tooth and the dental implant.

• Understand the difference in patient flow from the hi-tech practice to traditionally managed all-paper practice
• Understand “Techsthetics”, the relationship between technology and esthetic dentistry
• Evaluate and Identify which technologies have the biggest return of investment
• Know the steps to take and in what order to add technology
• Perform hi-tech patient education and consultations
• Use digital technology to perform, diagnose, educate and motivate patients toward better esthetic dentistry

Day 2

• Understand clinical studies demonstrating the success of CAD/CAM dentistry 
• Identify the clinical applications where CAD/CAM Dentistry can be appropriately used
• Differentiate the various CAD/CAM systems available and which are clinically viable
• List the strengths and weaknesses of the materials used in the CAD/CAM process
• Compare the clinical results of a CAD/CAM vs. traditional laboratoryfabricated restorations
• Demonstrate a clinical procedure performed using a chairside CAD/CAM system
• Appreciate the financial impact a CAD/CAM system can have on a practice

• At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:
• Determine when a patient is a candidate for  immediate vs. delayed placement of dental implants
• Determine when a patient should be referred to a specialist
• Evaluate anatomic structures and bone quantity and quality utilizing panoramic and periapical radiography
• Develop a treatment plan for  a single tooth implant placement in an immediate extraction case, a delayed single tooth placement and an overdenture.
• Compare benefits of multiple different implant systems and basic surgical needs for initial surgical setup. Review basic surgical sterile preparation.
• Develop a comprehensive patient education presentation on the benefits of dental implants utilizing readily available, inexpensive flip chart, and models. 
• Understand basic surgical technique, drilling techniques, and fixture mountings for several popular implant systems.
• Compare the benefits of various surgical stent designs.
• Review suturing techniques and materials
• Understand the importance of postoperative care and patient instructions.

This one day course is designed to help you observe in a concise manner the many products and concepts available for implant surgical and prosthodontic services, compare the concepts, products and techniques, make decisions about which of them are best for your practice, and implement them in your practice.

Participant Objectives
At the completion of this course participants should be able to:

• List and compare the most popular brands of root form implants relative to implant design, implant diameter and length, abutment designs and techniques, requirement for one or two stage surgery, immediate or remote loading, and evidence available on implant success
• Compare the various implant abutment or attachment concepts for single crowns, multiple unit fixed prostheses, partial dentures, and overdentures
• Compare one component implant/abutment combinations, screw retained abutments, custom abutments of zirconia or metal, and manufacturer made abutments
• List reasons and comparisons for crown or fixed prosthesis provisional cementation, final cementation, or screw retention
• List the clinical and laboratory steps for making single tooth replacements, multiple tooth replacements for fixed prostheses, partial dentures, and complete dentures supported by implants
• Describe optimum characteristics for surgical dentist and laboratory technician interaction with restorative dentists
• Compare dental instruments, devices, and materials for implant prostheses
• Discuss and compare the indications and techniques for implant prostheses with those for conventional fixed or removable prostheses
• Discuss practice management concepts and fees for implant prosthodontics
• Discuss longevity expectations for implant supported restorations
• Compare and integrate the concepts included in the implant surgery portion of the Christensen Fellowship with information provided in this course
• Implement newly learned implant prosthodontic procedures into your practice

This course is designed to present practitioners with sound and straightforward approaches to understanding and treating the many masticatory pain problems. This course will aid the clinician in the clinical fabrication and application of occlusal appliances. In addition, new principles will be presented that will dispel many of the current myths and dogma of TMDs and occlusion.

Participant Objectives
On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Use a “science-based” method to determine the origins of pain and the therapies required
• Identify those pain disorders that will most likely respond to occlusal therapy
• Identify which patients will benefit from orthodontic and restorative
  procedures
• Identify which headaches will likely respond to occlusal therapy and dental procedures
• Understand the many problems patients have with masticatory function. Each disorder will be discussed in a logical manner and in many cases, relatively simple treatment methods will be presented.
• Understand how “new evidence” has changed our understanding of why splints are effective

The objective or this course is to present participants with guidelines for esthetic as well as fixed and removable procedures. These guidelines constitute the “current science” of what we know and why we can perform these restorative procedures successfully. The course also includes practical and logical formulas to be used in decision making and treatment planning. The principal goal of this program is to widen your range of thinking and problem solving.

Participant Objectives
On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Apply advanced problem solving skills and guidelines for fixed prosthodontics
• Successfully manage patients with TM joint problems
• Apply “decision trees”  in treatment planning anterior and posterior tooth wear
• Differentiate when broken or worn restorations are caused by “functional” or
   “dysfunctional forces”
• Apply “risk-benefit” and “cost-benefit” ratios for severely worn dentitions
• Manage occlusal forces before, during and after treatment with splint therapy.
• Understand when common sense and good science are better than expensive instrumentation

Easily Implementing Oral Medicine into Your Practice with John A. Svirsky, DDS

Course Objectives:
In this program, oral diseases are studied in depth with an emphasis on recognition, diagnosis, and treatment with conventional and non-conventional remedies.  Pre-malignant and malignant lesions are discussed along with new diagnostic techniques. Lesions that are being seen more often as “boomers” get older such as Herpes, Aphthous ulcerations, Candidiasis, erosions and dry and burning mouth will be reviewed along with current treatment modalities. 

This interactive course offers the information needed to diagnose and treat the common oral diseases encountered in our everyday practice. The primary goal is to manage commonly encountered oral pathology and oral medicine.

Participant Objectives
On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate a logical approach to the diagnosis of oral lesions and their treatment.
• Identify the common therapeutic regimens used in treating oral diseases (i.e. herpes, oral ulcerative diseases, candidiasis etc.).
• Formulate a differential diagnosis, develop a final diagnosis and determine a treatment plan.
• Manage xerostomia in our aging populations
• Interpret clinical, laboratory and radiographic findings to the extent that a differential diagnosis/diagnosis can be established.

• Differentiate between imaging modalities Use radiation safely
• Identify normal anatomical landmarks of the head and surrounding tissues
• Recognize pathology
• Understand the difference between two and three-dimensional images
• Understand the appropriate equipment for your office

This program is designed for restorative dentists who are frustrated with the outcome of their attempts to restore patients whose teeth are not in the appropriate position to achieve ideal occlusal and esthetic results.

Participant Objectives

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify which types of tooth malposition can be improved with orthodontics
• Recognize how tooth wear and overeruption can be corrected prior to restoration
•  Understand when midline deviation needs to be corrected and how
• Determine which of the four solutions for a gummy smile are appropriate for your restorative patients
• Prescribe the correct methods for resolving crown length discrepancies
• Analyze and participate in the resolution of significant occlusal plane discrepancies
• Understand the five methods for resolving “black triangles” in the esthetic zone
• Determine how orthodontics can facilitate implant site development

• Perform oral surgery according to current standards of care.
• More easily do “surgical” extractions and other related extractions like impacted partial bony third molars.
• Better control or prevent complications related to minor oral surgery.
• Perform socket bone grafting and other selected minor oral surgery procedures.

The objective is to provide sufficient information for the practicing dentist to make rational decisions relating to old and new emerging concepts and technologies and describe and demonstrate the indications, limitations, armamentarium, surgical steps and post operative care for patients undergoing crown lengthening.

Participant Objectives

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand and discuss the concept of evidence based dentistry and medicine
• Describe a risk factor and discuss how these factors are determined
• Read a dental research article and determine its relevance in terms of number of patients evaluated
• Decide the value of a new periodontal product in terms of its ability to provide a patient benefit

• Describe the concept of  biologic width
• Describe gingival and bony profiles
• Describe the ferrule and discuss its importance
• Describe the indications and contraindications for crown lengthening
• Describe the surgical steps for crown lengthening
• Discuss factors that may indicate a tooth may have a questionable prognosis

This course will emphasize the new trends and concepts in Periodontal Diagnosis and Treatment Planning. Using Biological Basis for Disease Concepts enhanced with relevant clinical publications, decisions for both non-surgical and surgical modalities of therapies can now be more predictable.

The microbiological and host response facets of periodontal diseases will be presented with extensions to systemic diseases and conditions, including myocardial infarction, cardiovascular accidents (stroke), pre-term, low birth weight babies, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcers, and others.

Advances in periodontal therapies will be included in treatment planning case presentations, periodontal surgeries, dental implant treatment planning and ridge elevation techniques.

Participant Objectives

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand biological basis for periodontal diseases
• Relate Oral Infections to Systemic Diseases and Conditions
• Describe advances in periodontal therapies
• Understand concepts of periodontal surgeries including regeneration

Monday and Tuesday
8:00 am to 5:00 pm