This FULL DAY, 2 PART course is for Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistants
Course Description:
AM Session 9:30a to 12:30p: Geriatric Dentistry
With patients entering their 8th and 9th decades of life and even more, our role as health care providers continues to face new challenges in treating this population. As these patients walk into our offices, they present challenges that are often unique and require customized approaches to their care.
Highlights:
- Prevention is for all ages and doesn’t stop here!
- Why this patient population loves our in-office: PREVENTION PLAN
- Customizing your approaches for plaque, xerostomia and so much more
- Reparative dentistry, when, where and why and what materials are best to utilize
- Customized periodontal protocols that go beyond brushing and flossing
- Advanced restoratives technique for: post and cores, deep class 2’s, “elevating the margin” technique, perio-splinting, choosing the right cement
LUNCH BREAK 12:30pm - 1pm
PM Session 1:00pm to 4pm: Diagnostic Driven Dentistry
In dentistry, superior diagnostics relates to creating more efficient methodologies to result in better decision making and ultimately a higher quality of care and long-term success. Ultimately these diagnostics can actually lower the costs to the patient by creating far more customized approaches to their dental care and equally create the ideal treatment plans for long term success. This course will take the attendee into modern day general dentistry and demonstrate why the GP must be in control in how they integrate treatments with their specialists. Throughout the day, the business of dentistry will be presented, integrating the latest in software technologies and “actionable analytics” to demonstrate clear pathways in creating office/hygiene growth. This is a great team course and is designed with common sense approaches to drive your office forward.
Highlights:
- Creating the ideal initial exam, customized per patient and how it intertwines with your in office dental plan
- How transillumination, fluorescence, digital imaging and CBCT technology truly supplement your explorers and 2D x-rays
- Today’s recall exam, why it becomes the health of your practice
- New protocols that truly challenge traditional dentistry
- Today’s initial exam and why CBCT imaging will be replacing the FMX, and it will!
- Truly Personalizing your communications, why it is not an option!
- The latest in clinical treatments that include: treating refractory periodontal disease, selective caries removal, digital scanning, and a novel approach to implant restorative single units
- Why KPI’s are becoming essential to your practice and which analytics are the keys to your office’s growth
Speaker:
Dr. Graham is an internationally recognized lecturer extensively involved in continuing education for dental professionals. His lectures focus on incorporating current clinical advancements through “conservative dentistry.”
He emphasizes the same concepts he practices: dental health diagnosis, treatment plans for medically compromised patients, conservative treatment, cosmetic dentistry, and customized approaches to periodontal care, implants and laser dentistry.
Dr. Graham is the founder of the Catapult Education, a continuing education company whose philosophy and programs use contemporary, interactive formats to integrate time-proven conservative dentistry with 21st century materials and techniques. Dr. Graham is a published author in many leading national and international dental journals.
He is a member of the American Dental Association, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Academy of General Dentistry, Chicago Dental Society and Illinois Dental Association. Dr. Graham a graduate of Emory Dental School. He is the former Dental Director of the University of Chicago's Department of Dentistry.
He enjoys providing dental care at his multi-specialty private practice group, University Dental Professionals in Chicago, IL.
