Upcoming Medical Conferences in Gainesville

Fundamentals of Dental Assisting is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held from Jul 13 - 14, 2019 at University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 contact hours. Audience: Pre-dental students and/or individuals seeking an entry-level dental assisting position or pursuing dental auxiliary certification training. Prerequisites: CPR American Heart Association two-year BLS (Basic Life Support) certification can be obtained through the American Heart Association BLS training program for health professionals at Santa Fe College, or any other training program which offers the American Heart Association two-year BLS (Basic Life Support) certification. Course Description: This course provides an introduction to basic dental assisting theory and skills for pre-dental students planning to participate in the UFCD Dental Clinic Volunteer Program; and for individuals seeking an entry-level dental assisting position in a dental office. This is a hybrid course that includes self-study via required text, workbook, DVD and completion of the prerequiste online courses below, PLUS one weekend of classroom, lab, and clinic instruction and practice. The course includes certification in OSHA, Bloodborne Pathogens, Infectious Waste Management, and HIPAA. Course Objectives: At the completion of the course participants will be able to: • Participate in the UFCD Dental Clinic Volunteer Program • Seek an entry-level dental assisting position in a dental office • Meet pre-requisite for registering for Expanded Functions Dental Assistant and Radiology certification courses Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

User-Friendly Crown Lengthening Procedures to Enhance Excellent Restorative Dentistry is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Jul 26, 2019 at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: 7 CEUs. Participation Course Description: Subgingival margin placement can be a challenge for the restorative dentist, including patient satisfaction with esthetic appearance. We overcome the limitations by providing the confidence to provide an array of straightforward surgical procedures with patient comfort and acceptance as a priority. In this hands-on workshop, experience manipulation of gingival and boney margins to obtain satisfying restorative results with defining end points and providing essential biologic width. We incorporate all techniques from traditional flaps to today’s micro invasive dental lasers. Billing and coding is reviewed to ensure effective reimbursement with case acceptance. Course Objectives: • Collect data to determine case selection and choose appropriate surgical techniques • Define anatomical limitations of surgical restorative access • Determine case selection and choose surgical flap/laser techniques to achieve restorative access including flap manipulation, closed laser and suturing methodologies • Investigate laser utilization including wavelengths and respective techniques • Review indications for mucogingival augmentation including attached gingivae and ridge anatomy • Develop post-operative evaluation protocols assessing wound healing and complications Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Management of Ridge Deficiencies: Graft and Graft-less Options is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Aug 03, 2019 at University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: 8 CEUs (Participation) Course Description: This lecture will focus on modern treatment options for management of deficient alveolar ridges, aimed to maximize tissue quality at the implant interface with the oral cavity and creation of a stronger biologic seal, more resistant to peri-implantitis. Alternative implant options, graft materials, and instrumentation techniques will be discussed, including Osseodensification. Unlike traditional bone drilling technologies, Osseodensification does not excavate bone tissue. Rather, it preserves bone bulk so bone tissue is simultaneously compacted and auto-grafted in an outwardly expanding direction to form an osteotomy with compacted dense layer of bone tissue along its walls. Scientific literature has suggested that dense compacted bone tissue produces stronger purchase for dental implants, higher initial implant stability, higher insertion torque values, and may facilitate faster healing. Furthermore, Osseodensification can also be used for alveolar ridge expansion and crestal sinus floor elevation. This CE course combines didactic lecture and hands-on workshop to cover a broad range of applications of Osseodensification in Implant Dentistry. Course Objectives: At the end of this course clinicians should be able to: • Understand the importance of implant design and selection for deficient ridges • Learn the rationale and science behind Osseodensification • Identify indications and contraindications for treatment • Practice Osseodensification, ridge expansion, and crestal sinus floor elevation

The Program for Distressed Physicians is organized by University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine and will be held from Aug 14 - 16, 2019 at UF Health Springhill 2, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Target Audience: Physicians Accreditation: The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 47.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 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.

Maximizing Important Information Seen in Panoramic Radiographs is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Aug 17, 2019 at University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units 6 Contact hours Course Description The panoramic imaging physics, indications, basics principles of interpretation, panoramic anatomy, technique errors and their correction will be discussed. Development of a differential diagnosis and the rationale for need of additional imaging or referral will also be included. Several cases will be discussed in an interactive session to introduce a critical thinking component with examples of pathoses observed in daily radiographic practice. Course Objectives This course will enable participants to understand the following: • Principles of panoramic image formation • Basic interpretation of panoramic radiographs • Recognition of important anatomic landmarks • How to distinguish normal from abnormal • Normal anatomic variants • Technique errors and artifacts • Radiographic features of different lesions • Development of a differential diagnosis • Rationale for requirement of additional/advanced imaging Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

4th Annual Practice Management Symposium and EPM Alumni Reunion: Today's Most Effective Dental Social Media Marketing & Reviews Strategies for Growing Your Practice 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.

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.