Dental Tribune U.S. Edition No. 1, 2018

A4 EVENTS Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | January 2018 “ ROAD, page A2 but with bridges, inlays, onlays, partials, aligners, ortho appliances and more. It’s all about “simplifying your workflow and making your office more efficient,” Du- plantis said, commenting on the process used to determine how and when to keep control in house or when to tap into ad- ditional expertise from the lab. Tim Kosinski, DDS, MAGD, a general dentist in Bingham Farms, Mich., pre- sented “Esthetic Implant Success.” Kosin- ski, who is an adjunct clinical professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, used a show of hands to de- termine that nearly half of the general dentists in the audience were placing implants. He quickly covered one of his recent cases involving a fractured tooth in a patient with very thin facial palatal bone. The case involved immediate im- plant placement with a Hahn Tapered Implant, graft material and a custom temporary abutment from Glidewell Dental Laboratories. “Visualize the case finished before you ever start,” Kosinski said, when sharing his thought process from initial scanning through follow-up. “Every single one of you should be do- ing sleep dentistry,” advised Suzanne Haley, DMD, in presenting “Prevent- ing Sleep Divorce.” The sleep dentistry and general dentist who practices in AD St. Simons Island, Ga., emphasized that dentists only screen and treat (or refer) — leaving diagnosis to physicians. Not- ing that research shows that snoring and other sleep disorders have a bigger nega- tive impact on lifespan than smoking, Haley said, “You can save a marriage. You can save a life. You can change a life.” She explained in detail how she heavily relies on a number of Glidewell’s sleep-dentist- ry products. Presenting “Quality Provisionals for Esthetic Success,” Steven Barrett, DDS, shared an emotionally charged video capturing his patients’ reaction upon first seeing their smiles following his placement of BioTemps Provisionals. Bar- rett is partner and clinical director with Greenberg Dental and Orthodontics, which has more than 70 offices and 240 practitioners across Florida. He outlined in detail how he approaches various cas- es and works closely with Glidewell lab professionals. “My goal is for my patients to pick up a mirror and say they love their provisional,” Barrett said. Introduced as the “Father of Implant Dentistry,” Jack Hahn, DDS, delivered the event’s closing keynote, “The Emer- gency Implant.” Hahn, who maintains a private practice in Cincinnati, quickly and self-deprecatingly guided the audi- ence through the earliest days of his 45 years of experience in placing dental Suzanne Haley, DMD, presents ‘Preventing Sleep Divorce.’ Raymond Choi, DDS, presents ‘Indications for Small-Diameter Implants.’ implants. Today Hahn is perhaps best known for his involvement in the design of the Hahn Tapered Implant System. With a clinician’s eye, Hahn outlined in detail the latest thinking in evaluating and successfully performing immediate implant placements. Other speakers included Anamaria Muresan, DMD, ME, CDT, on “New Tech- niques for Successful Veneers”; Carrie Webber on “Getting Your Patients to Say ‘Yes’ to the Big Cases”; Justin Chi, DDS, CDT, on “The Reengineered PFM”; Raymond Choi, DDS, on “Indications for Small-Diameter Implants”; Paresh Patel, DDS, on “Monolithic Zirconia from Sin- gle Crowns to the Full Arch” and Charles Schlesinger, DDS, on “Ridge Preservation Protocol for Success.” Many of the presenters teach con- tinuing education course at the Glide- well International Technology Center, a 2,800-square-foot, state-of-the-art train- ing, education and demonstration center that for years has provided comprehen- sive programs on all aspects of implant and restorative dentistry. The Dallas event represented the first time the company has packaged a full symposium of such training outside of its Irvine base. The $125 preregistration tuition included breakfast, lunch and a closing cocktail event. You can monitor or sign up for notifica- tions at glidewellsymposium.com to learn about a planned 2018 symposium.

Dental Tribune U.S. Edition No. 1, 2018

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