Dental Tribune U.S. Edition

tal Assistants’ Association, whose 2011 annual meeting runs concur- rently with the ADA Annual Session, worked with the ADA to develop a dental assistant track featuring 18 courses. There also are courses and events focused on all other positions within a typical practice, includ- ing hygienists, who can use course attendance toward license-renewal requirements. World Marketplace Exhibition The World Marketplace Exhibition hosts more than 500 of the industry’s leading suppliers of dental products and services. But there’s far more than just shopping going on. The Annual Session’s education theme is heavily represented in the market- place, too, confirmed by The LOC (Learn, Optimize, Connect) and its 50,000 square feet devoted to explor- ing the latest tech trends in dentistry. Highlights include: • The Laser Pavilion gives you the opportunity within a single work- shop to touch and compare virtually every laser on the market while you learn basic laser physics and other fundamentals. • Pride Institute Technology Expo features best-of-class high-tech prod- ucts identified by Pride Institute’s “Tech Expert Leadership Council.” • The 3-D Imaging Center, pre- sented in cooperation with The American Academy of Oral and Max- illofacial Radiology, offers hands-on firing of various CBCT machines, with a comprehensive overview of CBCT principles and practices. • The CAD/CAM Stage features 45-minute company presentations and full demonstrations of the mak- ing of a crown from prep to delivery on a typodent. • Open Clinical and Science Forums, hosted by the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs and the Journal of the American Dental Association, give scientists and opinion leaders a platform to present sometimes con- troversial and always thought-pro- voking concepts in a lively discuss- and-debate format. • And back after its successful 2010 debut, the New and Emerging Speaker Stage gives on-the-rise edu- cators a one-hour lecture platform to present courses on some of the industry’s most important topics. Education in the Round Sponsored by Philips Sonicare and developed in cooperation with the American Dental Education Asso- ciation, these diagnosis-to-treatment scenarios put you in a real-time, live learning environment. Six live- patient procedures are performed in a fully functional operatory, enhanced with the display of close- up, high-definition images of the procedures, step-by-step. The cours- es are: • Live Surgical Demonstration of an Extraction/Ridge Preservation Procedure • Active Clinical Treatment: The Art and Science (new-dentist track) • Live Patient, Seeing is Believ- ing: From Evaluation and Treatment Plan to Completed Prosthesis • Live Surgical Demonstration of Root Coverage Grafting of Multiple Teeth in the Maxillary Arch • Minimally Invasive Dentistry: Solving Anterior Esthetic Problems with Composite Resin • Live Patient Biomimetic Den- tistry — A New Generation And plenty of fun But this is Las Vegas. So you’ll need to break up your education focus with a few opportunities for fun. Among the many lighter-side activi- ties sponsored by the ADA is the Pawn Stars Gold & Silver Roadshow, which brings us back to Chumlee (Austin Russell). From 2–4 p.m. Tuesday on the LOC Main Stage in the World Marketplace Exhibition, you’ll get to see the stars of the wild- ly popular HISTORY Channel show. Rich Harrison, Richard Harrison (Old Man), Corey Harrison and his pal Chumlee will appraise hand- held items brought to the stage by a limited number of $49-ticket hold- ers. That could lead to an actual sale transaction at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, site of the breakout reality show. It’s another opportunity to pay for your entire four days in Vegas. Never heard of “Pawn Stars” and have no interest in changing that? No problem. There are countless other opportunities vying for your attention at that same time. All you have to do is pick one. DT ADA Meeting Preview DENTAL TRIBUNE | September 201116A AD f DT page 15A TripAdvisor.com calls it the premier pool experience in Las Vegas. The 11-acre Mandalay Bay Beach boasts a wave pool; a winding, lazy river; three swimming pools; jogging track; and 2,700 tons of beach sand. (Photo/MGM Resorts International)