2024 Michigan Dental Association (MDA) Spring Scientific Session

2024 Michigan Dental Association (MDA) Spring Scientific Session is organized by Michigan Dental Association (MDA) and will be held from Mar 08 - 10, 2024 at Great Wolf Lodge Water Park | Traverse City, Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America.

Friday, March 8, 2023
Clinical Decision Making in the Periodontally Compromised Patient
Description:
One of the most-common dilemmas that dentists and patients alike face in clinical practice is whether to treat, maintain, or extract a tooth. This has become even more apparent with the significant increase in popularity of dental implants. Although implants are highly predictable and have become an integral part of oral rehabilitation, they are not immune to complications.

Learning objectives:

• Learn important prosthodontic and periodontal considerations to make the best decision.
• Present an algorithm addressing clinical deductive reasoning, based on the scientific literature.
• Examine multiple clinical cases.

Saturday, March 9, 2023
Effective Marketing that Turn Clicks into Patients
Description:
This presentation will help you develop a framework for an effective marketing strategy to grow your practice. With case studies, an interactive quiz, and a list of 20 immediate action items, this course is designed to be practical and interactive. This presentation also helps answer key financial questions on marketing budget allocation — from how much is the bare minimum to when you are overspending on marketing. Walk away with actionable items to implement immediately.

Learning objectives:

• Learn how to select the right marketing channels.
• Understand when/how a marketing channel is working.
• Learn what is a meaningful return on marketing investment.

Sunday, March 10, 2023
Infection Control, Dental Ethics, and Jurisprudence
Description:
This course will update your compliance knowledge based on OSHA/CDC requirements. It will also review dentistry’s obligation to society to adhere to high ethical standards.

Learning objectives:

• Understand current OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens.
• Identify patient and employee safety hazard(s).
• Discuss differences/similarities of ethics, jurisprudence and law.
• Know the ADA Code of Professional Conduct.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.