November 2009 Course Descriptions

G-18 Implant Dentistry: Development and Current Focus

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Tuition: $265 Doctor; $135 Auxiliary/Hygienist/Staff (continental breakfast and luncheon included)
Credit: 6 Hours - Lecture
AGD Code: 690

Roya Zandparsa, D.D.S., M.Sc., D.M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Goals of this Course:

In this presentation Dr. Zandparsa will discuss the basic concepts and principles of dental implants and the new advancements in implant dentistry.  She will also discuss the use of different treatment modalities and various treatment outcomes.

This course will cover the following topics:

• What are we responsible for treating?
• Osseointegration
• Medical considerations: Contraindications
• Obstacles
• Biocompatible dental implant materials
• Implant surfaces 
• Classification of bone quality
• Classification of bone grafts
• Types of membrane barriers
• Guided bone regeneration
• Internal and external sinus elevation
• Immediate implant placement
• Distraction osteogenesis
• Complications and the three primary types of failure
• The external hexagon vs. internal connections
• Criteria for success
• Screw-retained vs. cement-retained prostheses
• Causes of screw loosening
• Provisional vs. permanent cementations
• Case presentations

 

G-19 Forensic Science

Dates: Friday-Sunday, November 6 – 8, 2009
Times: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuition: $945 Doctor $345 Auxiliary/Hygienist/Staff (continental breakfasts and luncheons included)
Credit: 21 Hours – Lecture/Participation
AGD Code: 145

HANDS-ON COURSE - CLASS SIZE LIMITED

William M. Morlang, D.D.S. Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Forensic Consultant, Armed Forces Medical Examiner, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Air Force Office of Special Investigation; Associate Clinical Professor, Wright State University School of Medicine; Faculty Member, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology; Diplomate; American Board of Forensic Odontology

This dynamic three-day workshop will provide professional training in mass disaster management, identification of human remains, bitemark recognition and analysis, expert witness testimony, and child abuse identification.  In addition, a portion of the course will be devoted to the topic of bioterrorism/biological weapons.  It is appropriate for dentists, hygienists, state, federal, and local law enforcement personnel; medical examiners; attorneys; military personnel, etc.

The initial day of lecture will cover the history of forensic sciences, forensic science specialties, mass disaster management, identification of human remains, identification of center organization and operation, total quality leadership, aerospace and forensic pathology, search/recovery, mishap investigation, forensic dentistry and radiology, stress management, registrar functions/forensic records, computer utilization in mass disasters, legal issues, and federal assistance including FAA, NTSB, NDMS, and DMORT.  Bitemark analysis, expert witness testimony, forensic photography, and child abuse will also be discussed.

Day two of the program will be a mock aircraft mishap.  Participants will work in teams to identify human remains associated with an aircraft mishap utilizing medical and dental records.  The WINID computer coding and program will be utilized.  A post laboratory conference will highlight major problem areas in this mishap and in mass disaster management.

The final day of the program will be a bitemark analysis workshop.  Participants will work in teams to analyze 10 bitemark cases.  Teams will also review more than 30 additional cases and review reports, evidence documentation, and trial exhibits.  A post workshop conference will review the case evaluated regarding evidentiary value and conclusions.

Participants will receive an extensive syllabus on mass disaster management/forensic dentistry, a bitemark analysis protocol, and a total quality leadership guide.

This course provides partial credit towards membership in the Odontology section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

 

G-20 Hornbrook Restorative Update 2009

Date: Friday, November 13, 2009
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuition: $295 Doctor, $135 Auxiliary/Hygienist/Staff (continental breakfast and luncheon included)
Credits: 6 Hours - Lecture
AGD Code: 735/780

David S. Hornbrook, D.D.S., F.A.A.C.D. Member, Editorial Board, Practical Procedures and Aesthetic Dentistry, Contemporary Esthetics, Signature; Clinical Editor, Dental Practice Report; Fellow, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry; Founder and Past Director, P.A.C.~live, and The Hornbrook Group

Join Dr. David Hornbrook as he explores how the changes in restorative dentistry and how these changes are improving and enhancing the treatment we can now offer our patients.  Dr. Hornbrook will discuss, in detail, the advantages and disadvantages of the metal-free options including step-by-step cementation of porcelain veneers, all-ceramic crowns, and aesthetic inlays and onlays.  He will also discuss his philosophy with treatment planning and sequencing full mouth rehabilitation cases, anterior wear, and the use of “deprogrammers” to ensure long term prognosis.  Learn how to avoid many of the failures that he has made over the past 20 years and how to communicate effectively with your ceramist to ensure patient satisfaction.  Understand why clinicians must offer and become proficient with ‘Prepless” and “minimal-prep” veneers and how to treatment plan and choose the correct materials to avoid the unaesthetic result that are commonly seen with these restorations. Dr. Hornbrook has an international reputation as a leader in aesthetic and functional dentistry and his passion for sharing his experiences, both successes and failures, makes him a “must see” to take advantage of what dentistry can now offer both patient and clinicians.  

Learning objectives:

• Learn the latest on metal-free alternatives and the advantages and disadvantages of each system
• Improve lab communication to enhance aesthetic and functional results
• Understand why the “newest” is not always the best with adhesion systems
• Learn why traditional philosophies with posts and cores does not apply with adhesive dentistry
• Learn step-by-step predictable cementation of porcelain veneers
• Explore the new CAD: CAM systems and how they are changing the industry
• Learn simple communication and practice enhancement techniques to increase case acceptance
• Understand why “Prepless” veneers can and should be part of your restorative armamentarium
• Learn to how to avoid failures in bonded, metal-free dentistry
• And much more!

 

This course is sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Gold Dust Dental Lab.

 

G-21 Nitrous Oxide Certification Course

Dates: Friday - Saturday, November 13-14, 2009
Times: Friday: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm,
Saturday: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Tuition: $1395 Doctor (continental breakfasts and luncheons included)
Credit: 14 Hours - Lecture/Participation
AGD Code: 132

HANDS-ON COURSE - CLASS SIZE LIMITED TO 15

MORTON B. ROSENBERG, D.M.D. Professor and Head, Division of Anesthesia and Pain Control, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Tufts University School of Medicine

C.S. MALLER, D.M.D. Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Fellow, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology; Diplomate, American Dental Board of Anesthesiology

WILLIAM A. MACDONNELL, D.D.S. Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine; Private Practice in Dental Anesthesia, West Hartford, CT

This course conforms to the ADA Guidelines for Teaching the Comprehensive Control of Anxiety and Pain in Dentistry.  It, therefore, fulfills the educational requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry.  Upon successful completion of a post-test, participants will receive documentation of course completion. 

Pre-requisite:  Participants must be certified in CPR prior to registration.

Topics will include:

• Historical, philosophical, physiological, and psychological aspects of anxiety and pain control
• Patient evaluation, selection, monitoring, and records
• The stages of drug-induced C.N.S. depression through all levels of consciousness and unconsciousness
• Review of pediatric and adult respiratory and circulatory physiology and related anatomy
• Pharmacology of agents used in inhalation sedation
• Indications and contraindications for use of inhalation sedation
• Review of dental procedures possible under inhalation sedation
• Prevention, recognition, and management of complications and life-threatening situations
• Administration of local anesthesia in conjunction with inhalation sedation techniques
• Introduction to potential health hazards of trace anesthetics
• Discussion of abuse potential and hallucinatory effects

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the basic components of inhalation sedation equipment and their functions
• List and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of inhalation sedation
• List and discuss the indications and contraindications of inhalation sedation
• List the complications associated with inhalation sedation and discuss the prevention, recognition, and management of these complications
• Administer inhalation sedation to patients in a clinical setting in a safe and effective manner
• Discuss the abuse potential, occupational hazards, and other untoward effects of inhalation agents

 

G-22 The Art and Science of Porcelain Laminate Veneers

Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuition: $425 Doctor (continental breakfast and luncheon included)
Credit: 7 Hours - Participation
AGD Code: 780

HANDS-ON COURSE - CLASS SIZE LIMITED TO 28

Samer Khayat, D.D.S., C.A.G.S. Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, Advanced Education in Esthetic Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Yongjeong Kim, D.D.S., D.M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.P. Associate Director, Graduate and Postgraduate Prosthodontics; Associate Professor, Advanced Education in Esthetic Dentistry,  Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics

Porcelain laminate veneers are one of the most esthetic restorations available today.  This course will provide attendees with the successful elements to perform this increasingly popular restoration.  The intensive hands-on model workshop will include step-by-step preparation instruction, and then each attendee will participate on preparations of 6 anterior laminates. Temporization and final cementation will be demonstrated during hands on workshop.

In order to provide the optimal learning environment, class size will be limited to 28 participants.  A list of materials and instruments required will be forwarded upon registration.

Topics will include:

• Criteria of diagnosis and treatment planning
• Color selection
• Communication with lab technician
• Preparation design
• Temporization and final impression
• Cementation and polishing
• Ceramic materials

 

G-23 Risk Management: Record Keeping and Informed Consent

Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Tuition: $65 (continental breakfast included)
Credit: 3 Hours - Lecture
AGD CODE: 550

BARRY REGAN, Claims Manager, Eastern Dentists Insurance Company, Westborough, MA

Most practitioners believe the worst thing that can happen to them is to be sued for professional malpractice.  It is not.  It is much worse to be sued for malpractice, render treatment that does not fall below the standard of care, and still lose the suit.  How can this happen?  There are several ways, including failing to give proper informed consent to a patient.  Attorneys are using informed consent counts to get patients a verdict in otherwise defendable cases.  A dentist may be found not negligent on a standard of care count in a lawsuit, but negligent on an informed consent count, and the jury will award a potentially large verdict against a defendant dentist.

A second way in which a dentist can lose a lawsuit while rendering treatment that does not fall below the standard of care is by failing to properly document a patient’s record in such a way as to defend or clarify the decision making process a dentist goes through in difficult treatment diagnosis situations.  Allegations of misdiagnosis or treatment on the wrong tooth are impossible to defend if all testing results are not recorded in the patient’s record.

Attendees of this seminar will learn:

• What constitutes proper informed consent
• How to give proper informed consent to a patient
• How to document your informed consent procedure in such a manner as to give your defense counsel the ammunition he/she needs to properly defend your case to a satisfactory outcome

The instructor will also cover the importance of proper record keeping and give valuable tips.  All attendees will receive sample consent forms that they may incorporate into their practice.

 

G-24 The Art and Science of CAMBRA: A Team Approach Using Chemical Treatments and Minimally Invasive Dentistry

Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Tuition: $295 Doctor, $135 Auxiliary/Hygienist/Staff (continental breakfast and luncheon included)
Credit: 6 Hours - Lecture
AGD CODE: 258

 

Douglas A. Young, D.D.S., M.S., M.B.A. Associate Professor, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA

Dr. Young speaks on minimal invasive dentistry, lasers, and cariology. He has been published in several peer-reviewed dental journals and textbooks.  

This course is of specific interest to all members of the dental team. Learn how to prevent and even reverse early lesions using oral disinfectants, modified sugars, fluoride, and new salivary diagnostics and replacement therapies, rather than traditional surgical techniques.  Dr. Young will also present research showing that not all caries should be treated alike and the site-specific way to manage each carious site will be presented.  The latest caries detection, and glass ionomer sealant methodologies will be reviewed as well and strategies on how they are used in practice.  Learn how important the hygiene department and dental assisting staff are to this new paradigm. 

Caries management by risk assessment (CAMBRA) is taught at all of the 5 California dental schools as well as most schools across the US.  It is considered my many as the current standard of caries management.  In fact, the “First Smiles” program is a 4-year $7 million grant to educate 47,000 dental professionals and over 9,000 medical professionals in California about this approach to caries prevention and treatment. Dental hygiene must be willing and able to accept these referrals from our colleagues, if not for the sole purpose of providing the best care possible for our patients.

Outcomes: After this presentation you will:

1) Understand CAMBRA, the newest areas of prevention and early caries management using chemical and microsurgical approaches

2) Be able to put what you have learned into practice

3) Understand why the whole dental team must participate

4) Be aware of  opportunities to collaborate with other existing CAMBRA organizations 

Learning Objectives

• The course will outline current strategies which use critical thinking and an evidenced-based decision method in managing the disease of dental caries.
• The participant will leave with practical tools needed to treat and prevent the disease of caries using a caries risk assessment and intervention protocols based on individual risk.
• The participant shall have a better understanding of the disease process as well as the science behind products and behaviors that will arrest, reverse, and prevent future disease.
• Websites will be presented where participants can keep up to date with current science on caries management by risk assessment (CAMBRA).  Participants will learn how to code and evaluate services and products used in CAMBRA to enable continuous learning and improvement.

 

This course is sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from GC America Inc.

 

G-25 Nitrous Oxide Certification Course

Dates: Friday - Saturday, November 20-21, 2009
Times: Friday: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Saturday: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Tuition: $1395 Doctor (continental breakfasts and luncheons included)
Credit: 14 Hours - Lecture/Participation
AGD Code: 132

HANDS-ON COURSE - CLASS SIZE LIMITED TO 15

MORTON B. ROSENBERG, D.M.D. Professor and Head, Division of Anesthesia and Pain Control, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Tufts University School of Medicine

C.S. MALLER, D.M.D. Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Fellow, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology; Diplomate, American Dental Board of Anesthesiology

WILLIAM A. MACDONNELL, D.D.S. Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine; Private Practice in Dental Anesthesia, West Hartford, CT

This course conforms to the ADA Guidelines for Teaching the Comprehensive Control of Anxiety and Pain in Dentistry.  It, therefore, fulfills the educational requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry.  Upon successful completion of a post-test, participants will receive documentation of course completion. 

Pre-requisite:  Participants must be certified in CPR prior to registration.

Topics will include:

• Historical, philosophical, physiological, and psychological aspects of anxiety and pain control
• Patient evaluation, selection, monitoring, and records
• The stages of drug-induced C.N.S. depression through all levels of consciousness and unconsciousness
• Review of pediatric and adult respiratory and circulatory physiology and related anatomy
• Pharmacology of agents used in inhalation sedation
• Indications and contraindications for use of inhalation sedation
• Review of dental procedures possible under inhalation sedation
• Prevention, recognition, and management of complications and life-threatening situations
• Administration of local anesthesia in conjunction with inhalation sedation techniques
• Introduction to potential health hazards of trace anesthetics
• Discussion of abuse potential and hallucinatory effects

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the basic components of inhalation sedation equipment and their functions
• List and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of inhalation sedation
• List and discuss the indications and contraindications of inhalation sedation
• List the complications associated with inhalation sedation and discuss the prevention, recognition, and management of these complications
• Administer inhalation sedation to patients in a clinical setting in a safe and effective manner
• Discuss the abuse potential, occupational hazards, and other untoward effects of inhalation agents