Dental photography - in office team training - 6 CE credits

Sarah Prkusic

High-end photography in aesthetic dentistry is a paramount to clinical record taking, lab communication and practice marketing. For those offices that may struggle to capture the highest quality images, this program is designed for you. This course will cover the basics of camera equipment and their use, the foundations of clinical and portrait photography, and help your team develop an eye for aesthetics. We will help you set up a photo studio and provide you with the expertise to fully utilize it.

Course Objectives:

• Interactive Learning: Each team member will have the opportunity for hands-on experience with the camera, ensuring full comprehension of techniques.

• Equipment Essentials: Discover the necessary tools and accessories for achieving professional-grade dental photography.

• Studio Setup: Learn how to use your space for a functional studio.

• Personalized Guidance: Our instructor will provide tailored recommendations for photography supplies and assist with setup.

• Full Day Course: We dedicate ample time to ensure every participant leaves feeling confident in their photography skills.

To Register: Contact Sarah at 330-808-1068 or sarah@dentalceramicsusa.com to reserve a date.

The Zygomatic Patient Treatment Protocols for Immediacy - 6 CE Credits

with Dr. Edmond Bedrossian

Friday, June 7, 2024 from 8:00am-4:00pm

Tuition - $995.00 per attendee

Location - The Center at Dental Ceramics

Course Description - The evaluation of patients for immediate loading who have terminal dentition, especially in the maxilla, may at times be challenging. This presentation and hands-on course will discuss and showcase simple pre-operative techniques to predictably evaluate the type of final prosthesis needed for this group of patients. Patients generally are presented with treatment plans to undergo removal of their teeth followed by several months of wearing a nonfunctional full denture as the alveolar ridge heals. This is an uncomfortable phase of their treatment and therefore, many patients who may be presented with this treatment option chose not to have any form of treatment performed. In this presentation, several cases will be shown to demonstrate the efficacy of immediate loading the terminal dentition patient eliminating the denture wearing phase. This presentation will outline an efficient and predictable treatment protocol allowing for a higher case acceptance by the patient with terminal dentition.

Learning Objectives -

• Understanding the pretreatment evaluation protocol for the patient with terminal dentition.

• Understanding the preoperative discussions with the laboratory for the fabrication of the immediate denture needed for the conversion to a fixed provisional prosthesis.

• Understanding the sequence of the surgical treatment for immediate implant placement including tilted and the Zygoma implant.

Functional & Aesthetic Foundations - Utilizing 100% Digital Workflows - 40 CE Credits

with Dr. John C. Cranham

Pre-Course Virtual Session - July 19, 2024 from 12:00pm-3:00pm Eastern

Prep Session - August 22-24, 2024

Seat Session - October 4-5, 2024

Location - The Center at Dental Ceramics

Tuition - $13,500 per attendee and one assistant including lab fees up to 14 units.

Course Summary- For the first time in his career, Dr. John Cranham, in partnership with The Center at Dental Ceramics, is leading a live patient, hands-on course. Participants will have the opportunity to bring a patient, and a team member to plan, prepare, and deliver an aesthetic reconstruction at The Center’s incredible facility outside of Cleveland, Ohio. This two-session, five-day course will solidify their confidence to deliver high end esthetic dentistry, with mild to moderate occlusal complexity. Participants will learn to create optimal occlusal/labial contours and do so while utilizing exclusively digital workflows. Through pre-course online training, lecture, hands-on exercises and live patient experience, each of the 12 participants will learn not only from their own case, but from the other 11 being completed. Live patient education is your best opportunity to challenge yourself, experience incredible growth, and take your practice to the next level.

Course Objectives -

• Solidify your understanding of aesthetic & occlusal goals, and how to best apply them to any complex cosmetic/esthetic case.

• How to use online communication to work with a qualified dental laboratory to harness the power of virtual articulation and digital planning/design and why this is a game changer.

• How to scan for a variety of treatment positions, and to choose the appropriate one for your patient.

• How to know when to open the vertical dimension, and how it can be done conservatively.

• How to prepare teeth for a variety of esthetic restorations, crowns, veneers, mini-crowns.

• How to verify your preparations with a variety of prep-reduction guides, to optimize your preparations, every time.

• Retraction techniques for optimum intraoral scanning, and how this differs from analog impression techniques.

• Direct and 3D printed techniques for provisional restorations, and when each should be considered.

• Laboratory communication tools, so the lab has all the information they need to create an ideal incisal edge, esthetic contours, lingual/occlusal contours (for optimal function) and shade (chroma, hue, value, characterization).

• An efficient adhesive/cementation and case finishing technique.

• How to dial in the final occlusal result.

• The role and importance of dental photography in an esthetically driven general practice.

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Aesthetic Excellence Fall 2024 - 40 CE Credits - Spots are limited!

Course Director: Dr. Rhys Spoor

Pre-Course Virtual Session: September 13th, 2024 from 12:00pm-3:00pm ET

Photo/Prep: October 10th-12th, 2024

Seat: November 8th-9th, 2024

Location: The Center at Dental Ceramics

Tuition: $13,500 per attendee and one assistant including lab fees up to 14 units.

Hands-on, live patient treatment - Advance your clinical skills and knowledge with predictable systems and results in aesthetic treatment planning. Take your practice to the next level with excellent aesthetic restorations and professional photography, demonstrated by respected dentist, Dr. Rhys Spoor, FAGD, DDS.

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Aesthetic Excellence 2.0 Fall 2024 - 59 CE Credits - Spots are limited!

Course Directors: Dr. Kurt Doolin & Dr. James Harding

Session I - Remote session via Zoom - August 2nd, 2024 from 12:00pm - 3:00pm EST

Session II - In Person - September 13th-14th, 2024

Session III - In Person - October 10th-12th, 2024

Session IV - In Person - November 8th-9th, 2024

Session V - Remote session via Zoom - January 10th, 2025 from 12:00pm - 3:00pm EST

Location: The Center at Dental Ceramics

Tuition: $22,500 per attendee and one assistant with lab fees included. Course fees are due upon registration and cover one team member.

This course was designed for doctors who have attended our first Aesthetic Excellence course. Participants will learn how to treat full-arch and dual-arch cases and learn to understand predictable protocols and logistics necessary to successfully stage more complex aesthetic cases.

Course Objectives:

• Treating full-arch and dual-arch cases

• Identifying and correcting occlusal plane discrepancies

• Identifying occlusal wear and bite collapse

• Utilizing bite deprogrammers and bonded orthotics

• Recreating a comfortable, functional maxillomandibular posture

• Understanding predictable protocols and logistics necessary to successfully stage more complex cases

• Management of occlusion during all phases of treatment and beyond

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