Dr. James K. Bahcall		9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 3 CE Hour Technical and Scientific 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Repeat) 3 CE Hours Technical and Scientific BAHCALL Audience: D All Categories: $155 HANDS-ON ENDODONTIC TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP Sponsored by Dentsply Tulsa Dental Specialties Course Code: S1 a.m. / S2 p.m. This workshop teaches participants state-of-the-art endodontic instrumentation and obturation techniques. Attendees will use rotary nickel-titanium instrumentation and learn endodontic rotary file and warm vertical obturation techniques. AGD Code: 070 After completing this program, the dental professional should be able to: Understand current techniques in endodontic rotary file instrumentation Understand current techniques in warm vertical obturation Apply the bench-top canal preparation principles in their everyday clinical practice Jim Bahcall, DMD, MS, is an Associate Professor and Director of the Postgraduate Endodontic Residency Program at Marquette University School of Dentistry. He is a leading authority on fiber optic and endoscopic visualization and polymer instruments in the field of endodontics. He serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Journal of Endodontics and Lasers in Medicine and Surgery.
Dr. Chris Brady		8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 3 CE Hour Technical and Scientific C BRADY Audience:  D Dentist: $30 Hygienist: $25 Other Categories:  $20 CASE ACCEPTANCE IN 17 MINUTES OR LESS – GUARANTEED Course Code: S3 In this seminar Dr. Brady will teach the essentials of communication, relationship-building, leadership, and business skills which enable dental professionals to build the kind of practice and life they have only dreamed about. He shares his secrets and techniques to lower overhead, increase time off, lower stress, increase case acceptance, reduce or eliminate dental insurance, and much more. AGD Code: 550 Attendees will learn: How to achieve zero accounts receivable and schedule for profit How to implement training for the entire team: verbal skills to improve collections, case acceptance, reducing insurance, and more How to increase case acceptance for major restorative and cosmetic veneers, implants, and TMJ treatment 1:00 p.m. ­ 4:00 p.m. 3 CE Hour Audience:  D Dentist: $30 Hygienist: $25 Other Categories:  $20 SO YOU'RE A COSMETIC DENTIST? SO AM I, SO AM I! Course Code: S4 If you called 100 of your current patients and asked them if you do "cosmetic dentistry," what would they say? Yes, no, or what's cosmetic dentistry? Hopefully, you didn't give them a brochure to read, since brochures, business cards, and logos have nothing to do with practice promotion. It's all "blah, blah, blah" to your patients. And, they don't care about you...sorry, your name in lights does not increase patients, case acceptance, or your lab bill. Learn what you are really saying to your patients that keep them from choosing cosmetic and restorative treatment. AGD Code: 557 Following this course attendees will learn:  How your patients make a buying decision and how to have a patient centered practice  What you're doing to keep more new patients from coming to your office  The five biggest (and most costly) marketing mistakes most dentists make and how to avoid them Chris Brady, DDS, speaks nationally and has authored numerous articles found in publications such as Dental Economics and Contemporary Dental Aesthetics. He sits on the editorial board of Dentist’s Money Digest and currently practices cosmetic and restorative dentistry in Colorado Springs, CO.
Dr. William “Bo” Bruce II Dr. David Newkirk		8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 3 CE Hour 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Repeat) 3 CE Hours BRUCE / NEWKIRK Audience: D, H, C, L All Categories:  $165 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - SIMPLE AND PROFITABLE Limited Attendance Workshop Course Code: S5 a.m. / S6 p.m. Digital Dental Photography has become a diagnostic tool as well as a medium for communication between doctor, patient, and technician. The use of digital photography helps shift the patient’s mindset from single tooth dentistry to complete dentistry. It helps change the dental practice from a “see this problem – let’s fix that tooth” mode to a future-focused, possibility-generating mode. This hands-on program for doctors, team members, and technicians will take the mystery out of digital photography and digital imaging.  AGD Code: 13 This hands-on course is designed to improve the participants ability to: Select a digital camera system that is SIMPLE and easy to use Identify what photos you MUST take to get predictable esthetic results Identify the do’s and don’t for FLAWLESS photos Use your photography for internal marketing and help your patient say YES to quality treatment Develop a STEP-BY-STEP approach that can be used immediately upon return to your office to improve case acceptance Dr. William “Bo” Bruce II “Bo” Bruce, DMD, is a teaching faculty member at The Dawson Center for Advanced Dental Studies. His practice in South Carolina focuses on solving complex restorative and aesthetic problems. In 2003, he received the Woody Oakes Award from Excellence in Dentistry and was honored with the title of Most Outstanding Dentist in North America. Dr. David Newkirk David Newkirk, DDS, is engaged in full time private practice of Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry in Naperville, Illinois. He is a former clinical assistant professor of restorative dentistry at Northwestern University Dental School and is an instructor at the Dawson Center for Advanced Dental Studies. Dr. Newkirk is a nationally recognized speaker on functional aesthetics and occlusion.
Dr. Douglas Carlsen		8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 3 CE Hour CARLSEN Audience:  D, S Dentist: $60 Hygienist: $50 Other Categories:  $40 YOUR NUMBER NOW (RETIREMENT): A FINANCIAL RETREAT FOR COUPLES OF ANY AGE Course Code: S7 Dr. Carlsen, retired at 53 without the million-dollar practice, proclaims, ”Finances should not hurt!”  Participants will calculate their retirement budget and “number,” no receipts, printouts, or computers required. Attendees will learn concise methods to track both business and personal cash flow in less than 10 minutes per month. Strategies for eliminating debt will also be included. Finally, investment strategies and where to turn for honest, ethical advice will be presented. AGD Code: 770 Supplies Participants Should Bring: Calculator Doug Carlsen, DDS, retired at age 53 from private dental practice in Albuquerque and currently lectures at UCLA. He is a feature writer for Dental Economics. He currently lectures on Your Number Now, a retirement workshop for dentist and spouse, and Secrets to Wealth Building, 2007. He consults dentists on business and personal finance with emphasis on cash flow.
Dr. Colonel (Ret) Wendell A. Edgin		8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m 3 CE Hour Technical and Scientific EDGIN Audience:  D, H, C         Dentist: $30 Hygienist: $25 Other Categories:  $20 OFFICE ORAL SURGERY PRINCIPLES AND PITFALLS Course Code: S8 This course is designed for the general dentistry team to improve the quality and safe delivery of office oral surgery procedures. Clinical cases will be utilized to develop surgical strategies. The most common complications associated with the office-based practice of minor oral surgery and prevention and treatment will be discussed. This course will review the pertinent anatomy and treatment strategies of oral and maxillofacial infections. AGD Code: 310 Following this course attendees will: Gain expertise in diagnosis and treatment planning for minor oral surgery patients Acquire habits that will facilitate the prevention of complications Learn how to manage complications that occur in the practice of office oral surgery Update infection management and prevention strategies Wendell Edgin, DDS, FAGD, practices full scope oral and maxillofacial surgery in San Antonio, Texas as a partner in Alamo Maxillofacial Surgical Associates. He served as Associate Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Dental Branch San Antonio, TX from 2001-2006.
Ms. Niki Henson		8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 3 CE Hour Technical and Scientific   HENSON Audience:  D, C Dentist: $30 Hygienist: $25 Other Categories:  $20 DON’T LET YOUR PROVISIONALS LOOK TEMPORARY Sponsored by 3M ESPE This course is a prerequisite for course S10 Course Code: S9 This course will illustrate the purpose of provisional restorations, including tissue conditioning, space retention, and esthetics. It also includes types of materials available, a step by step guide to fabricating, adjusting, seating, troubleshooting, and tips to make great provisional restorations. AGD Code: 250   1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. 3 CE Hour Technical and Scientific   Audience:  D, C All Categories:  $125 DON’T LET YOUR PROVISIONALS LOOK TEMPORARY Sponsored by 3M ESPE Sponsored by Burkhart Dental Limited Attendance Workshop Course S9 is a prerequisite for this course Course Code: S10 This clinical workshop will allow the participants to practice the skills learned in the lecture. The course will begin with a demonstration of provisional fabrication and a question and answer session to provide each participant the opportunity to develop a good working knowledge of provisional restorations. Each participant will fabricate at least two provisional restorations with guidance. After fabrication, each provisional will be evaluated for quality, accuracy, esthetics, fit, and function. The instructor will offer additional tips and techniques to help each participant improve their final provisional. AGD Code: 250 Supplies Participants Should Bring: Instruments:     – Crown and bridge scissors     – Explorer     – Articulating paper forceps (if available)     – Bur – egg shaped carbide bur     – Bur – carbide finishing bur     – Polishing bur (for acrylic)     – Hemostats or cotton pliers Micro brush or small brush with handle (at least 4) Dappen dish 2x2 gauze (6-10 pieces) 4-6 cotton rolls 2 full size pieces of articulating paper Safety glasses Gloves (at least 2 pair) If your office makes ion crowns, and you would like help with those, bring a few ions, and IRM or jet acrylic. Niki Henson, RDA, AS, is the President of Cornerstone Dental Academy where she authored the curriculum, oversees education of dental auxiliaries, and the continuing education of auxiliaries, hygienists, and dentists. She began her dental career in 1989, and has become a published author, consultant, and a motivational speaker for both clinical and didactic courses. Ms. Henson received the 2005 “Woman of Distinction” award from Success in the City.
Dr. David Gates		8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Technical and Scientific   INVISALIGN – GATES Audience:  D    Dentist:  $350 INVISALIGN CERTIFICATION II Limited Attendance Workshop Sponsored by Align Technology Course Code: S11 Invisalign is an esthetic orthodontic technique that corrects malocclusion using a series of custom-made, removable aligners. These courses are presented by members of Align Technology’s Speaker’s Bureau, which includes clinical experts in the method. CE credit is not offered through the Star of the South Dental Meeting. This program is a hands-on workshop for Invisalign Certified general practitioners. Advanced topics and techniques using Invisalign will be presented to help doctors more effectively select and treat more advanced cases. Participants will learn how to identify and treat cases with Invisalign, advanced Invisalign diagnosis, and treatment planning, advanced Invisalign techniques including buttons, pliers, and IPR, tips and techniques from the experienced Invisalign providers, and how to use the full range of clinical support options. AGD Code:  370 Supplies Participants Should Bring: Invisalign cases for discussion David Gates, DDS, was voted Top Presenter at the Invisalign Summit in 2005.  Dr. Gates has a cosmetic, reconstructive and implant practice in Las Vegas and was the first general practitioner to be Invisalign certified in Nevada.
Dr. Arthur H. Jeske		8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 6 CE Hour Technical and Scientific JESKE Audience:  D, H, C         Dentist: $60 Hygienist: $50 Other Categories:  $40 EVIDENCE-BASED USE OF ANALGESICS AND ANTI-INFECTIVE DRUGS IN DENTISTRY Course Code: S12 The array of drugs being introduced into the marketplace today is impressive, and raises the issue of their applications in dentistry. However, “newer” does not always mean “better” and this course presents an evidence-based look at current drugs-of-choice and alternative agents in dentistry for pain control and the management of orofacial infections, as well as contraindications. Strategies to avoid adverse drug interactions will be discussed, as well as commonly encountered prescribing issues, such as antibiotic resistance and their use as prophylactic treatment. AGD Code: 016 Art Jeske, PhD, DMD,  is a professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials at the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston. Dr. Jeske served as Chair of the ADA’s Council on Scientific Affairs in 2004, and has authored numerous articles on the use of drugs in dentistry. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Mosby’s Dental Drug Consult.
Ms. Annette Linder		8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 6 CE Hour Technical and Scientific LINDER Audience:  D, H, C, A, S  Dentist: $60 Hygienist: $50 Other Categories:  $40 PERIODONTAL MEDICINE AND DENTAL HYGIENE: BEYOND A CLEANING AND A CHECK-UP – HOW TO GET A “YES” FOR PERIO TREATMENT Course Code: S13 The day of just cleaning teeth are over and with it goes the loss leader hygiene department. Current research linking periodontal health, chronic inflammation, and systemic health mandates the need for ongoing preventive and periodontal evaluation and treatment. However, getting to “yes” with the patient is not always easy. Many patients view the hygiene appointment as “just a cleaning and check-up” and it is the most cancelled and failed appointment in dentistry. The result is frustrating for the dental team, an unhealthy situation for the patient and the potential for major financial losses to the practice. From exam to insurance learn to stop giving periodontal services away and gain clinical excellence and profitability.  AGD Code: 495 Annette Linder, RDH, BS, is President of Annette Linder & Associates, providing worldwide lecture and consulting services since 1989. Ms. Linder was named one of the country’s Top Speakers in Dentistry Today Magazine. Her hygiene column is featured monthly in Dental Economics Magazine.
Dr. Ernest B. Luce		8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 7 CE Hour Technical and Scientific LUCE Audience:  D    All Categories:  $195 RECERTIFICATION COURSE IN ENTERAL (ORAL) CONSCIOUS SEDATION Course Code: S14 The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners requires that enteral (oral) sedation permit holders receive one day of continuing education every three years to maintain their permit. This course is designed to satisfy that requirement. AGD Code: 132 Over the last 20 years, Ernest Luce, DDS, has become professionally focused on the practice and teaching of conscious sedation techniques. He holds a part-time appointment in the Department of General Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and maintains a part-time private practice in San Antonio, TX.
Dr. Derek Mahony		8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 6 CE Hour Technical and Scientific   MAHONY Audience:  D, H, C         Dentist: $60 Hygienist: $50 Other Categories:  $40 TMD / VERTICAL DIMENSION LECTURE Sponsored by Orthodontic Technologies Course Code: S15 This lecture will summarize, for the general dentist, the etiology of the varying oro-facial pain disorders. There will be an emphasis on differential diagnosis between myofacial pain problems, and intra-capsular disorders. A treatment regime for both the intra-capsular and extra-capsular disorders will be presented and the dentist will learn how to evaluate and treat these problems using occlusal splints. There will be a thorough review of radiography and the pros and cons of the various types of TMJ radiographs currently available. For severe cases, an abbreviated overview of TMJ surgery will be covered, but the aim of the lecture is to prevent TMD problems from getting to the stage where such extensive treatment is required. The general dentist will leave this lecture with an understanding of how to establish their patient’s correct vertical dimension and understand the relationship of loss of posterior vertical dimension to myalgic facial pain problems. AGD Code: 180 Derek Mahony, BDS, is a visiting lecturer at the PUC-Rio University, Brazil, and practices orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics in Sydney, Australia.  He has presented over 400 lectures on orthodontic topics in more than 30 countries.  He is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists and is considered a pioneer, throughout the world, in raising dentist’s awareness of the need for early interceptive orthodontic treatment.
Dr. Jonathan A. Parker		8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 3 CE Hour Technical and Scientific J. PARKER Audience:  All   Dentist: $30 Hygienist: $25 Other Categories:  $20 SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF SNORING AND SLEEP APNEA IN THE DENTAL PRACTICE Course Code: S16 Do any of your patients have a snoring problem?  Dentists can play an important role in identifying and treating snoring and OSA. This humorous, fast-paced presentation will give an excellent overview of the practical clinical information you need to accurately evaluate the patient and effectively treat them with an oral appliance therapy program. Learn how to expand your practice into a new and fulfilling area of dentistry. AGD Code: 734 Following this course attendees will: Learn how snoring and OSA occur Know medical treatment options Be familiar working with oral appliances Learn insurance reimbursement rates Jonathan Parker, DDS, graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry where he is currently a part-time faculty member. Dr. Parker was the recipient of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine’s prestigious Distinguished Service Award. He limits his current practice to dental sleep medicine, lectures nationally, and consults.
Dr. Scott Parker		8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 3 CE Hour Technical and Scientific   S. PARKER Audience:  D, L, A         Dentist: $30 Hygienist: $25 Other Categories:  $20 INDIRECT POSTERIOR RESTORATIONS: PRESERVATION OF TOOTH INTEGRITY USING TODAY’S MATERIALS AND YESTERDAY’S EXCELLENCE Sponsored by Kerr Corporation Course Code: S17 Inlays and Onlays have been used successfully for decades. Gold in particular has proven itself against the test of time. Today we have the option of providing our patients with gold, porcelain, and resin-based restorations. This course will address issues concerning the use of gold today as well as covering the application of resin and porcelain as restorative options. Attendees will learn restorative material selection as well as techniques for successfully utilizing all three materials, an understanding of cementation and bonding techniques, and temporization for differing material. Topics to be discussed will include proper diagnosis to prepare for success, basing for the most conservative preparation, preparation guidelines, impression techniques, and temporization techniques. AGD Code: 610 Following this course attendees will: Help patients understand the benefits and limitations of indirect restorations Understand preparation techniques for each material Understand cementation and bonding technique for different materials Learn when to base and when not to Gain an understanding of making these materials disappear Understand the limitations of conservative restorations Understand principles of preparation that don’t change with materials Learn temporization for differing materials Know what patients expect   1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 3 CE Hour Technical and Scientific   Audience:  D, L, A    Dentist: $30 Hygienist: $25 Other Categories:  $20 ANTERIOR COMPOSITE LAYERING: A SIMPLE APPROACH TO ACHIEVE PREDICTABLE RESULTS Sponsored by Kerr Corporation Course Code: S18 The new millennium is well underway and has brought about a new interest by patients in cosmetic and esthetic dentistry. This course will integrate materials science and clinical tips to give participants a better understanding of how to achieve predictable results using a micro-hybrid composite. Topics to be discussed will include: new and classic definitions of esthetic dentistry, diagnosing what’s in our patient’s best interest, when and why to conserve tooth structure, applications of lasers in dentistry, review of color, opacity, translucency, and texture, angles of beveling for invisible margins, how to eliminate the gray, the importance of layering methods in placement of composite resin, how to achieve esthetic restorations with minimally invasive dentistry, achieving correct anatomical form and contacts, and achieving a lustrous polish using less time and effort. AGD Code: 780 Following this course attendees will: Understand natural tooth shading and color Gain a better understanding of adhesives and composites Gain an understanding of how micro-hybrid systems work Learn how to create a life-like restoration using different opacities of materials Learn techniques for improving finishing and polishing Gain hands on experience using today’s micro-hybrid materials Understand layering to achieve three dimensional life-like restorations Scott Parker, DDS, has been a Clinical Instructor for the Northwest Aesthetic Continuum through the University of Washington, and has lectured throughout the United States and Canada on aesthetic procedures, and dental technology. He is a consultant for several dental companies on product development and clinical testing and maintains a private practice in Redmond, Washington.
Dr. Greg Psaltis Dayna L. Dayton		8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 3 CE Hours Technical and Scientific 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. 3 CE Hours Repeat PSALTIS / DAYTON Audience: D     All Categories:  $155 STAINLESS STEEL CROWNS ARE A SNAP - WORKSHOP Sponsored by 3M ESPE Limited Attendance Workshop Course Code: S19 a.m. / S20 p.m. Do primary tooth crowns mystify you? They always sound so simple—right up until you try them on a live pediatric patient. In this hands-on workshop, attendees will learn how to properly diagnose for stainless steel and anterior composite crowns. Proper preparation and placement techniques for both (including a live demonstration) will be included. Participants will have the opportunity to place both types of crowns on typodont. AGD Code: 430 Dr. Greg Psaltis Greg Psaltis, DDS, has been a pediatric dentist for 27 years in private practice in Olympia, Washington. He is published and lectures frequently. His unique speaking style reflects his years of experience and his keen observations, thus making his programs both informative and entertaining. Dayna L. Dayton Dayna Dayton, RDH, began her career of pediatrics in 1994 after graduating from Pierce College Dental Hygiene Program.  She now consults with Dr. Greg Psaltis to provide a powerful communication success model to other dental personnel.
Dr. M. Nader Sharif		8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 4 CE Hour Technical and Scientific   SHARIFI Audience:  D, L All Categories:  $195 ANYTHING BUT THE DENTURE - ALTERNATIVES FOR THE EDENTULOUS LOWER ARCH – A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP Sponsored by Nobel Biocare Limited Attendance Workshop Course Code: S21 Extraction of the last remaining teeth in an arch is sometimes a difficult decision. The use of residual abutments to stabilize and retain a denture as an overdenture is nothing new, but often misunderstood. This course will address the option of overdenture with natural teeth or implants as the abutments. We will discuss how the number and location of abutments will influence the final design of the overdenture itself. Overdentures are different on implants than they are on teeth and a discussion on those differences and options to make them similar will be included. Each participant will learn how many implants are necessary and where they should be placed. Attachment options currently on the market will be reviewed.  Attendees will complete a pick-up of an attachment under a complete denture. The denture and model can be taken home as a demonstrator model for patient education. AGD Code: 673 Following this course attendees will Learn basic overdenture design principles: on implants and natural teeth Know how the number and location of abutments influences the outcome Know how the anatomic limitations influence the number of abutments Learn attachment options: is one better than another Identify impression techniques:  not just rubber base Incorporate prosthesis delivery and post op maintenance Supplies Participants should bring: Full syringe of PVS impression material Mixing gun Four mixing tips   1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 3 CE Hour Technical and Scientific   Audience:  D, L All Categories:  $175 IMPROVE YOUR PARTIALS: SIMPLE MATERIAL, TECHNIQUES, AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES – WORKSHOP Sponsored by Nobel Biocare Limited Attendance Workshop Course Code: S22 Restorative dentists and dental technicians will use actual patient models to design three different partial cases of varying difficulty. By incorporating basic removable partial denture design principles participants will learn the most prevalent clinical variations. Free-end saddles, tooth-borne cases, attachments, and rotational path designs will be discussed. Framework design is less important in overall case success than framework fit and saddle adaptation. Participants will move beyond framework design and use dentistry’s most familiar materials to create simple, quick impression techniques that keep cost low and increase accuracy. In addition, participants explore the difficulties of the altered cast technique. The clinical use of the altered cast is no longer necessary. An improved method of recording the free-end saddle is offered, which offers significant confidence and higher patient satisfaction. Participants leave with a greater confidence in knowing how to improve removable partial denture treatment. AGD Code: 672 iNader Sharifi, DDS, MS, currently maintains a full time private practice of adult general dentistry in Chicago. In 2007, he was honored with the Gordon Christenson Distinguished Lecturer Award. Dr. Sharifi is a former assistant professor at Northwestern University where he holds a masters degree in biomaterials.

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