xxx xxPacific Dental Conference — March 10, 2011 speakers 3Pacific Dental Conference — March 7, 2014 About the Publisher Tribune America, LLC Phone: (212) 244-7181 Fax: (212) 244-7185 E-mail: info@dental-tribune.com www.dental-tribune.com Publisher & Chairman Torsten Oemus t.oemus@dental-tribune.com President/Chief Operating Officer Eric Seid e.seid@dental-tribune.com Group Editor Kristine Colker k.colker@dental-tribune.com Managing Editor/Designer Robert Selleck r.selleck@dental-tribune.com Editor/Designer Sierra Rendon s.rendon@dental-tribune.com Online Editor Fred Michmershuizen f.michmershuizen@dental-tribune.com Product/Account Manager Canada Will Kenyon w.kenyon@dental-tribune.com Product/Account Manager Humberto Estrada h.estrada@dental-tribune.com Marketing Director Anna Kataoka a.kataoka@dental-tribune.com Accounting Assistant Nirmala Singh n.singh@dental-tribune.com Education Director Christiane Ferret c.ferret@dtstudyclub.com Published by Tribune America © 2014 Tribune America, LLC All rights reserved. today Pacific Dental Conference appears during the Pacific Dental Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 6 and 7, 2014. 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AISLES 7 from page 1 5 In booth No. 928, Carestream U.S. Regional Product Manager Joe Andrasko provides details about the company’s newly launched CS Solutions. ‘Occlusion is for everyone’ Key principles equally applicable to single crowns or full-mouth restorations Here at the PDC Dr. John Kois will present “Functional Occlusion” on Satur- day from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., continuing at 1:30–4 p.m., in VCC Ballroom B. John Kois, DMD, MSD, receivedhisDMDfromtheUniversity of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine and Certificate in Periodon- tal Prosthodontics with an MSD from the University of Washington, School of Dentistry. He is co-editor in chief of The Compendium of Continuing Edu- cationinDentistryandpastpresident of the American Academy of Restora- tive Dentistry and American Acad- emy of Esthetic Dentistry. He has a private practice in Tacoma, Wash., andworkswithrestorativedentistsat theKoisCenter,adidacticandclinical teaching center in Seattle. 5 Dr. John Kois Addressing only the mechanics of occlusion instead of larger dynamics can put restorations at risk. Top, before, and bottom, after direct composites on #13 and #14; single implant replacing #34 and two porcelain bonded onlays on #36 and #46. (Photos/Dr. John Kois) Many dental professionals when hearingtheterms“occlusion”or“occlusal dysfunction” immediately think of full- mouth reconstruction, rehabilitation or some other intensive case. John Kois, DMD,whohasearnedaglobalreputation for his knowledge of and teachings on occlusaldysfunction,wantstoendthat. “The problem is,” Kois said, “that patients who receive that level of dent- istry are a small percentage of a typical practice’s patients. In reality, occlusal conceptsapplytoallofyourpatients.” Simplyput,Koissaid,“Occlusionisfor everyone.” And that’s the heart of his presenta- tion,“FunctionalOcclusion,”onSaturday from10a.m.to12:30p.m.andcontinuing from1:30to4p.m.Koisspokewithtoday priortohisPDCpresentation. Canyousummarizeyoursession? The core of the presentation involves shifting perception to understand that emphasis needs to be on the physiology of the occlusion, not on the mechanics. Once we understand this, and what we are really trying to treat, there may be some simpler solutions we can generate. A big problem is that most dentists were trainedtodiagnoseocclusalproblemsby lookingonlyatpatientmorphology. My presentation highlights the dif- ference between a morphologic occlu- sion and functional malocclusion. Just because the occlusal relationships do not appear to be ideal, that doesn’t mean a patient can’t have a healthy functional occlusion. Treatment can achieve what seemstobeamorphologicallyidealocclu- sion,butthepatientendsupbeingmiser- able, with discomfort and instability in toothposition.Whyisthis?Mypresenta- tionanswersthatquestion. So,sometimeswhatseemstobedys- functionalocclusionisbetterleftalone, andwhatappearstobeacceptable occlusionmightnotbewhatitseems? Whatwearedealingwithisasystemthat does four things: It chews. It swallows. It speaks, and it’s involved in breathing. When there’s a problem with any one of those four things, the system has to adaptorworkaroundtheproblem.Inthe process of adaptation, the patient may develop symptoms — or ways of compen- sating for the problem that are normal to the body but abnormal in the way we examinethepatient. Sowhatwe’rereallytryingtodowhen weseeocclusalproblemsisreduceadap- tation or the rate of adaptation, which represents compensation by the body. When we look at it this way, often these are not true diseases; they are what the body does to make the system work bet- ter. The human body is always trying to heal itself. That’s what homeostasis is all about. You’re always trying to correct things so that you can function in a more protected way. Weightlifters get callouses on their hands. That’s not called callous disease. That’s a response to the roughened equipment and doing things in a different way that prompts a response from the body. You may not like callouses, but they’re not a disease, they’renormal. With occlusion problems, it’s very By Robert Selleck,Managing Editor 8 see OCCLUSION, page 4 Be sure to find Blue Apple Health in booth No. 1551 (in the corner near the exhibitor’s services area). In just 20 minutes, you can get a compliment- ary and potentially life-saving health screening with complete biometrics, includingbloodworkthatissenttothe prestigious Cleveland Heart Lab. Your full report using the lab’s proprietary early detection technology will be sent to you within two weeks. For a real “wow-factor” demonstra- tion, be sure to visit National Dental Inc. in booth No. 1319, where Annette Tindall,withZeiss,willhelpyoutestout the Cinema ProMED, powered by the Zeiss cinemizer OLED. The 3-D multi- media video glasses can help reduce anxiety in your patients and improve their overall experience visiting your practice.Andtheywouldbeprettycool, too, for your flight home. 5 Victor Bianchi, president of OCO Biomedical, booth No. 1444, is ready to tell you about a ‘breakthrough’ system that provides a patient with implants, followed by dentures custom-fitted onto them — all chairside in two hours.