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Dental pain is one of the main reasons patients will seek out dental treatment. An unscheduled dental emergency can greatly disrupt the normal office flow and create stress within the dental practice. Understanding how to manage these types of patients by developing a systematic and methodical approach can have a positive impact on the local community and your dental practice.

The overall philosophy of dentistry promotes the preservation of the natural dentition. Often, patients will present with with emergency dental pain which can drastically impact their immediate decision to retain or extract a tooth. The goal for managing emergency endodontic treatment is to gain control over the acute symptoms so that proper treatment planning and decision making can be accomplished at a later date without pain as an influencing factor.

Upon completion of this course, the practitioner should have a better understanding of the following:
– The rationale for emergency dental pain.
– Criteria that can be used to determine the proper treatment direction.
– Endodontic diagnosis.
– Proper isolation techniques.
– Local anesthetic strategies
– Basic emergency endodontic technique

Having a working knowledge of how to manage emergency dental pain while establishing proper team and treatment protocols will have a positive impact of the growth of your practice. This presentation is designed to give the dental team working knowledge on how to predictably manage the acute pain patient, while promoting tooth retention when possible.

Anterior and posterior crowns are predictable restorations when there is adequate prep height for resistance and retention. However, there are times axial wall height may be limited for a variety of different reasons and “out of the box” thinking about prep design may be necessary. How can we improve the resistance and retention of crowns by modifying the tooth? Can we improve our restorative prognosis by selecting the appropriate biomaterial and cement for the case? Do we always need to replace an existing foundation restoration if it’s present? This presentation will dive into these concepts and provide clinical recommendations you can use in your practice to improve outcomes in your natural tooth crown and bridge cases.

Learning Objectives:

-Learn tips and tricks to increase retention and resistance to crowns with limited resistance and remaining tooth structure
-Discover the clinical scenarios where choosing a certain biomaterial or cement choice may improve clinical outcome
-Explore ways to speed up the crown insertion appointment.

In the last several years dentists have been paying more attention to full arch dental implant rehabilitation. Coined as the “All-On-4® ” by Nobel Biocare 18 years ago, the traditional FP3 appliance continues to gain in popularity among specialists as well as general dentists. The concept of using 4-6 implants and a bridge type immediate load appliance has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals.

The GP dentist has traditionally shy’d away from full arch implant cases for many reasons. Lack of understanding, unpredictability, challenging lab steps, high costs, and overall complication of the workflows. These have kept the average GP from feeling comfortable with the process.

For dentists with surgical dental implant experience and the desire to take their implant practice to the next level, there is a practical, predictable, and profitable way to do so. The stackable full arch dental implant guide can provide outstanding results for your patients and increase your confidence as a clinician.

After watching this FREE webinar sponsored by DC Clinical you will:

-Have a better understanding of the benefits of a stackable full arch dental implant guide system
-Become familiar with the components and workflow
-Be able to communicate with your laboratory without confusion about the process
-See the advantages of using a stackable implant guide system
-Understand the benefits of a guided process over “free handing”it.
-Learn how to profit from offering full arch surgery in your practice
-Get more predictable surgical results for your patients
-Have more confidence in your ability to provide full arch options to your patients
-Explore how you can be competitive with Big Box implant companies.

Stackable full arch dental implant guides have revolutionized my approach to full arch dentistry and allowed me to practice at a higher standard of care for my patients. Our practice has become more profitable and team driven and it has allowed me to provide a one stop shop for fixed full arch soluti

Clinicians are increasingly confronted with Tooth Wear and complex dental issues that require an interdisciplinary mindset. How can we use new diagnostic tools and digital planning software to view our patients differently. What does a digital risk assessment involve? How does the digital new patient experience differ from an analogue one? Dr. Shepperson will share some new strategies for using technology to plan cases, boost productivity and get great patient engagement.

Learn how to:
-Use IOS to visualize wear and functional issues.
-Design and analyze digitally – seeing more and delivering inter-disciplinary solutions.
-Communicate virtual possibilities with patients who can see the end point before you start.

This program will outline how to simplify cosmetic case communication and procedures to get more patients to move forward confidently with treatment. A step by step discussion of the communication process from mock-ups, to preparation design accuracy, laboratory communication, temporization to final restoration delivery.

Learning Objectives:
-Enhanced Case Communication Skills
-Systematic Approach to Preparation and Temporization
-Achieving Better Laboratory Communication