Many disease processes can cause the loss of vertical dimension of occlusion. Attrition, germ, bulimia, bruxism, and acid erosion can all contribute to the process. Identifying and treating the condition requires proper diagnosis, jaw positioning, and case design. This CE webinar will give a brief overview of a number of techniques and materials that can be used to restore vertical dimension.
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Routine Cancer Screening - What it Can Do For Your Patient and Your Practice
Presenter: Dr. Ashley Clark CE Supporter: Pierrel Pharma
Catching squamous cell carcinoma before it starts is the goal of all oral health care professionals. This CE webinar will provide the general dentists with information regarding oral potentially malignant disease and oral cancer. Topics discussed in depth will include leukoplakia and squamous cell carcinoma, with a focus on oral cancer prevention.
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Bioactivity and Modern Dental Materials
Presenter: Dr. Bob Lowe CE Supporter: Bisco
In addition to the effect of fluoride on healthy hydroxyapatite, the ability of a material to contribute calcium and phosphate ions to help rebuild demineralized dentin is the new paradigm. During this CE webinar, Dr. Lowe will discuss the utilization of bioactive dental materials in various restorative applications.
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Implementing a Systematic Approach with Analogue and Digital Workflows to Create Optimal Aesthetics Outcomes
Presenter: Dr. Joyce Bassett CE Supporter: DMG America
This CE webinar will explore frequently seen problems that occur during restorative treatment. Solutions and systems will be presented that will prevent and remedy failures, clarity on how to incorporate new technologies into your existing workflow, including different approaches of utilizing traditional impressions, digital scanning techniques, lab communication and material selections for prototype provisionals. This systematic approach will expedite important decisions, provide unique patient communication options, and improve the predictability of the aesthetic outcome. There is something for everyone to learn!
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Real Talk - The Short and Long-term Effects of Vaping
Presenter: Shannon Nanne CE Supporter: VOCO America
Upon completion of the CE webinar, participants will: • Understand that vaping causes many problems in the oral cavity • Discuss harmful side effects from vaping • Explain how the aerosol is created and how it effects the oral cavity • Identify varnish for destroyed enamel • Learn about the cariogenic potential of sweet flavors in electronic-cigarette liquids • Understand the complication of xerostomia from vaping • Discuss how explosions while vaping and e-cig burn injuries can disfigure oral soft tissue
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Personal Journey and Select Craniofacial Epigenetic Cases
Presenter: Dr. Jerry Hu CE Supporter: Vivos Therapeutics
After this CE webinar, attendees will be able to: • Understand how exercise, nutrition and sleep go hand in hand with health and the quality of life (the trifecta). • Understand how craniofacial epigenetic and pneumopedic modality changes patients' lives beyond sleep. • Become more familiar with equipment and what role it has on successful airway treatment.
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The Joy of Sealants
Presenter: Dr. Joy Void-Holmes, RDH, BSDH, DHSc, AADH CE Supporter: Pulpdent
Patients that practice poor eating habits such as consuming sugary foods, fermented carbs, or too many calories, are at a high risk for developing caries. Sealants were introduced to as a preventative measure to reduce caries in young children. While sealants are more commonly recommended for children by dental professionals, they should be considered for any individual with a high caries risk. Over the past decade, dentistry has transitioned from a passive, reactive repair model to an active approach that promotes proactive care. This CE webinar will introduce participants to dynamic, bioactive materials that mimic nature and support and environment favorable of remineralization and promotes the natural healing process in the oral cavity. Participants will also learn about the importance of incorporating calcium and phosphate ions into dental materials.
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Cements, Materials & Preps: Impact on Color Outcomes
Presenter: Dr. Marshall Fagin CE Supporter: Ivoclar Vivadent
In this CE webinar, join Dr. Fagin as he shares his experiences and techniques for achieving success with all ceramic restorations and smile designs. See how he navigates treatment planning protocols with today's all ceramic material options for optimal patient care. Watch as he showcases his processes for balancing clinical efficiency with outstanding esthetic outcomes.
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Essential Diagnostic Tools for Every Practitioner
Presenter: Dr. Ron Kaminer CE Supporter: Air Techniques
Comprehensive and accurate diagnosis is the key for for every successful practice. It ensures patient trust and strengthens the doctor patient relationship. In this CE webinar, join us as we discuss the true definition of diagnostics and some state of the art technology that assures an accurate and complete diagnosis.
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Simplifying Cementation with Reliability
Presenter: Dr. Jeff Horowitz CE Supporter: VOCO America
Given the current state of health care, it has never been more important for dentists to increase efficiency and reduce overhead. One simple way to achieve this is, is by streamlining inventory to the most reliable, versatile, and cost-effective products. In the cementation world, that would mean taking a hard look at reliability and versatility. In this CE webinar, Dr. Horowitz will discuss some of the dos and don’ts with regard to cementation to different substrates. Subsequently, a strategy will be developed to limit overhead for while improving clinical outcomes.
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Do These Gums Make Me Look Fat?
Presenter: Lancette Van Guilder, RDH, BS CE Supporter: Premier Dental
Research first appeared in the 1950’s proving that oral bacteria enters the bloodstream. Today, research continues to emerge on the mouth-body connection and the critical role oral health plays in overall health and wellness. This CE webinar provides an in depth look at the many contributing factors to inflammation and specifically the correlation between obesity and periodontal disease.
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Silver Fluoride: A New Era of Caries Management
Presenter: Dr. Jarod Johnson CE Supporter: SDI
Managing restorative care for children and adolescents plays an important role in setting up children for a lifetime of oral health. Children and adolescents face a wide variety of challenges related behavior and dental anxiety. This CE webinar will review treatment protocols for permanent teeth and primary teeth with dental caries using case-based learning. Specific focus will also be given to minimally invasive dentistry for young or anxious patients with an emphasis on the newest developments with silver diamine fluoride and silver fluoride.
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The ABCs of Temporization - Easy as 1-2-3
Presenter: Dr. Martin Jablow CE Supporter: VOCO America
The process of fabricating and cementing temporary restorations can be as simple as ABC. While making it look simple, we still need to follow proper prosthetics guidelines to achieve optimal outcomes both in short and long term temporization. Material selection and cement are critical to the patient and dentist to minimize potential temporization issues.
Upon completion of this CE webinar you will: • Learn the ABCs of temporization • Review techniques on fabricating temporaries • Understand how different temporary cements factor into successful crown and bridge
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A New Generation for Composite: Delivering for the Selfie Ready Smile
Presenter: Dr. Susan McMahon CE Supporter: VOCO America
In this CE webinar, learn the secrets for fast and simple composite restorations. Create and finish anterior composites like a dental superstar. Use innovative materials to get consistent contacts and sealed interproximal boxes. As social media and selfie culture continues to influence the way patients seek treatment, convenient, cosmetic, and conservative are paramount. Direct composite checks all of these boxes.
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Bridging the Gap with Digital Dentures
Presenter: Gene Peterson, CDT CE Supporter: Sterngold
Digital technology in dentistry is here to stay and digital dentures progressing even faster than anyone can keep up. The revolution and rapidly evolving subject of digital dentures has many asking, “where do I start?”, “which digital denture system is the best for me?”. In this CE webinar, you will learn the evolution of digital dentures, the software, the technologies involved and how to make the best choice of how to enter the digital denture revolution. You will learn how to apply what you already know about dentures and how to use this knowledge to ensure success in the digital denture world. Finally, you will learn about the current digital denture materials and equipment available today.
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Easier, Better, Faster: Endo Tips for GPs, From a GP
Presenter: Dr. Douglas Ness CE Supporter: J. MORITA USA
In this CE webinar, we will explore how the combination of making good endodontic technology choices along with good diagnostic and technical knowledge will streamline your endodontic procedures. Taking a systematic approach, as our specialist colleagues do, in case planning and the actual operative procedure flow, will skyrocket your productivity and success in endodontic therapy for your patients.
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Curiosity Revived the Cat: Digging into the Most Important Trait for Patient Communication and Career Fulfillment
Presenter: Amanda Hill, RDH CE Supporter: Young Innovations
We are born curious but at some point, along the way, we learn that curiosity gets us in trouble. We stop asking why, put our heads down, and focus on “getting it done.” In that space, we start to lose connection with our profession, our patients, our team, and ourselves. We fall into victim mode and forget what we are all about. This CE webinar will explore the five pathways to get curious about and how to tap into our power to ignite our patients, practice, profession, and us! Discovering that curiosity actually revived that cat!
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Increase Productivity and Aesthetic Outcomes from Everyday Dentistry
Presenter: Dr. Mark Kleive CE Supporter: GC America
This CE webinar will review the latest product developments in the CAD/CAM ceramic and resin-ceramic categories and how they can impact productivity and esthetic outcomes in the general practice. Attendees will learn about the physical properties of new ceramic and nano-ceramic materials, cementation protocols, and the various indications for use with patients. Additionally, there will be a focus on chair side characterization to customize restorations directly in the mouth.
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OSHA and CDC: The Latest Guidance and How It Affects Your Practice
Presenter: Dr. Karson Carpenter CE Supporter: Cranberry
This CE webinar will update participants on the most recent OSHA regulations and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Infection Control guidance. In addition, best practices for efficiently achieving compliance by utilizing a proven methodology will be reviewed.
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Post and Core, Build Ups, and More - State of the Art Materials for State of the Art Results
Presenter: Dr. Ron Kaminer CE Supporter: GC America
The under-structure of a crown and bridge is vital to the long term success of the restoration. Many materials have been used throughout the years from amalgam, to composite and everything in between. In this CE webinar, join us as we review some old principles in regard to buildups and posts as well as the introduction of newer materials that lead to outstanding success.
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Mobile and Teledentistry Goes Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly
Presenter: Sonya Dunbar, RDH CE Supporter: VOCO America
Corporate mobile dentistry is on the rise, and brick-and-mortar dental offices now have a mobile and teledentistry arm outside their offices that have proven productive. There are many innovative ways to weave mobile and teledentistry into our daily dental practice and make it effective. However, it is essential to understand mobile and teledentistry and some of the different platforms. This CE webinar will discuss how mobile and teledentistry are entwined and separate at the same time.
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Rapid Impressions and Durable Provisionals
Presenter: Dr. Ian Shuman CE Supporter: DMG America
This CE webinar will teach the techniques and concepts behind the “cordless” impression technique and the use of a new provisional material for long lasting restorations of up to five years.
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Managing, Altering and Improving Vertical Dimension - An Overview
