Upcoming Medical Conferences in Gainesville

4th Annual Practice Management Symposium and EPM Alumni Reunion: From Associate to Partner and Beyond... is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Aug 24, 2019 at University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: 6 CEUs. Lecture. Course Description: Social media marketing for dentists has grown up. And while specific tools and tactics are always changing, the principles that drive effectiveness remain the same. Jack Hadley will lead you through a lively, highly visual journey to your own practice’s social media marketing nirvana. Whether you’re just getting started, or you’re already a social media maverick, you’ll leave this course with a crystal clear understanding of how social media marketing works for dental practices, along with tons of actionable takeaway ideas you’ll use immediately in your own practice. Topics Covered: • Digital Dental Marketing: Where it is and where it’s headed. • Online Reputation Management: Why it matters and what to do. • Effective Social Media: It starts INSIDE your practice. • Tools & Platforms: Which ones work best, and why. Course Objectives: • Start creating “share-worthy” content that helps new patients find you. • Implement simple methods for getting great reviews (and more of them). • Empower team members with participation skills that work. • Effectively manage your limited marketing time. • Better retain existing patients using case study examples. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

15th Annual Dental Hygiene Symposium is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Aug 24, 2019 at HPNP (Heatlh Profession, Nursing, Pharmacy) Building, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: 6 contact hours. Lecture Course Description: This popular program will give you new and practical information on a broad range of topics of specific interest to dental hygienists. Brought to you by an outstanding panel of dental educators in a lively multi-topic, multi-speaker format, you will receive unbiased, evidence-based information in an engaging and concise one-day program. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

15th Annual General Dentistry Symposium & CDP Reunion is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Aug 24, 2019 at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: 6 contact hours. Lecture Course Description: This popular program includes new, practical information on a broad range of topics of specific interest to dentists. The course shares unbiased, evidence-based information in an engaging and concise format presented by an outstanding panel of dental educators. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Multidisciplinary Esthetic Resolutions for Anterior Dentition: Integrating Science and Art is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Sep 06, 2019 at University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: 6 CEUs (Lecture) Course Description: This course is designed to provide practitioners with a broad understanding in how different specialties can work together for successful esthetic resolutions, using scientific evidence as an objective means to develop reproducible protocols. The program will include esthetic principles, treatment planning among the different specialties, preparations, bonding and luting procedures, light-curing protocols, and complete workflow for optimal esthetic resolutions. Course Objectives: • Learn about current techniques and workflows that are used in the anterior esthetic region • Learn how to communicate with other specialties and patients for your desired outcome • Identify the new restorative materials and how to make the best material selection for each case • Develop bonding and luting protocols to ensure durable restorations. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Local Anesthesia for Today's Dental Hygienist: Certification Course is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held from Sep 13 - 15, 2019 at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

An Update on Oral Pathology is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Sep 20, 2019 at University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units 6 CEUs. Lecture. Course Description Using an interactive audience participation platform and case presentation format, this seminar will present a potpourri of interesting case studies in oral and maxillofacial pathology covering a variety of conditions encountered in general and specialty dental practices. The presenter will utilize an Audience Response System which will enable participants to anonymously respond and interact with the presenter. In addition, the lecture will be customized by the audience responses and questions to better facilitate learning. Emphasis will be placed on lesions and conditions commonly seen in dental practice, especially those difficult to diagnose and/or manage newly diagnosed conditions, and pre-malignant or malignant lesions. The topics will include new understanding of oral cancer, burning mouth, clinical characteristics of oral cancer, evidence-based evaluation of new oral cancer diagnostic tools, osteochemonecrosis of jaws, reactions to medications, unusual soft and hard tissue oral lesions, commonly missed entities in oral pathology, etc. Management strategies of many common oral pathologies will be covered. Course Objectives Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to: • Recognize and understand numerous oral soft and hard tissue lesions and the implications of these lesions in dental practices. • Understand the underlying pathogenesis, signs and symptoms of various reactive oral lesions. • Develop a differential diagnosis for both soft and hard tissue lesions of the oral cavity. • Better recognize when and how to biopsy, improve diagnostic skills and management strategies of oral ulcerative and non-ulcerative oral lesions. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Restorative Dentistry Update: From Conventional to Digital Dentistry is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Sep 27, 2019 at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: 6 CEUs (Lecture) Course Description: This course will provide a comprehensive overview of innovations and essential techniques for success in restorative dentistry. A significant amount of material will be presented focusing on the “pearls” we all strive to glean from clinically based presentations. In addition, the course will include an update on dental materials, CAD/CAM and digital workflows in restorative dentistry. Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • Understand the medical model on management caries lesions • Discuss recent advances in Adhesive Dentistry • Understand the latest ceramic materials and their clinical applications • Recognize the preparation design differences between E.max and Zirconia restorations • Understand variations in Veneer preparations and their clinical application • Select the appropriate cement for most clinical situations • Understand the concept and history of CAD/CAM technology and digital dentistry • Understand the criteria for material selection in digital dentistry • Understand the difference between chair-side and laboratory fabrication of restoration • Critically appraise the evidence in the literature for use of the systems discussed in the course • Better oral health care for older adults in long-term care settings Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Cone Beam Computed Tomography: Interpretation Clerkship is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held from Oct 03 - 04, 2019 at UF College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: 16 contact hours. Participation. Course Description: This course offers a 2 day clerkship opportunity to observe and learn the basic principles of CBCT imaging in dentistry and interpretation, including live lectures by Board Certified Oral & Maxilofacial Radiologist, Prosthodontist, and Endodontist. The clerkship will provide a general overview of the interpretation process through hands-on experience with several maxillofacial CBCT cases. Participants will be trained on the use of software and become competent in the reformation of images in multiple planes and cross-correlation of anatomy and variants. Participants will be trained in interpretation using several cases with a variety of maxillofacial and related pathology, including TMD. This is a radiology interpretation experience, no specific training in implant placement will be provided. The clerkship includes lectures on the physics and biology of radiation, basics of interpretation of maxillofacial pathology, CT anatomy, variants, artifacts, protocols, indications, contraindications, doses, and position papers from different specialty groups. Participants may bring up to two anonymized cases each for discussion, following informed consent from the patient. This will be the participants’ responsibility. Following self-interpretation, over-reads will be done by radiologists as a team-effort. Course Objectives At conclusion, the attendees will: • Be familiar with basic radiographic anatomy and anatomic variants • Understand rationale for using CBCT and specific protocols for specific diagnostic tasks • Be able to provide basic interpretation of CBCT data • Be able to use two different types of client viewing CBCT software • Understand the advantages and disadvantages of CBCT • Understand the capabilities of different imaging units and limitations • Understand radiation safety as it pertains to the use of CBCT, doses, guidelines for use

Biologic Complications in Implant Dentistry is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Oct 04, 2019 at University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: 6 CEUs. Lecture. Course Description: Dental implants are increasingly being used as the primary choice to restore function and esthetics in our patients. With this, clinicians are seeing an increase in biologic, mechanical and technical complications associated with these rehabilitations. This presentation will focus on the biologic situations, by presenting a structured, evidence-based approach into the diagnosis, management and prevention of these complications. Several questions will be answered during this lecture: How do we perform an examination of a dental implant and restoration? What is the difference between mucositis and peri-implantitis? Are there any risk factors for getting peri-implantitis? When is an implant considered failing? • What are the treatment options for a failing implant? • When do we “hang it up” and start over? Course Objectives: • Be able to diagnose and describe the etiology of peri-implantitis • Understand the risk factors, prevention and treatment of peri- implantitis • Understand the options for treatment of peri-implantitis • Become familiar with the procedures for implant removal Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The Program for Distressed Physicians is organized by University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine and will be held from Oct 09 - 11, 2019 at UF Springhill Health Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 47.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Target Audience: Physicians Description: The Program for Distressed Physicians is a three-day CME course (with three additional 1-day follow-up sessions) developed to address the specific needs of physicians whose workplace behavior has become problematic. This course combines didactic presentations, role-play with focused feedback, group feedback from peers and colleagues, plus review of workplace/family complaints. Participants will receive training in alternative behaviors and explore cognitive distortions that relate to their problems. The course will focus on the problems identified by specific complaints. The solutions are reinforced by role-play, feedback, testing, and group accountability. This three day course includes components examining: • Teach new skills in the recognition and expression of emotions that lead to disruptive behavior. • Provide a syllabus of selected readings and resources for the distressed physician. • Teach the range of disruptive behavior. • Provide strategies for the prevention of inappropriate behavior. • Provide follow-up and support in maintaining behavior changes. • Evaluate the effectiveness of the course based on feedback from the workplace monitoring system. Objectives: Upon the completion of this program, the participant should be able to: • Know and understand the issues around disruptive behavior and promote prevention treatment of physicians. • Discuss healthy boundaries and appropriate expression of emotions among staff colleagues and patients. • Identify the risk factors and development of the distressed physician. • Understand the socialization of physicians and medical school and residency that contribute to maladaptive behavior patterns. • Identify family or origin issues that may contribute to behavior problems. • Identify personal risk factors by completing assessment instruments. • Identify relapse prevention strategies. • Discuss disruptive behavior from the viewpoint of staff, patients, colleagues, and administrators.