Upcoming Medical Conferences in Provo

Implant Surgery - Level 1 is organized by Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses and will be held from Feb 28 - 29, 2020 at Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses, Provo, Utah, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 15 CE hours. Description: Integrating implant surgery into your practice is not difficult or threatening, and it will certainly be a positive and profitable change in your professional life. You undoubtedly already have implant prosthodontics in your practice, and this course will update and enhance your prosthodontic skills. Primarily, the course emphasizes surgically placing small-diameter implants (1.8 to 2.9 mm in diameter) in edentulous and partially edentulous patients and placing conventional-diameter implants (3mm and larger in diameter) in healthy patients who do not require bone grafting. The course includes: • Differential diagnosis and treatment planning for small-diameter and conventional-diameter implants • Anatomy essential for implant placement • Equipping your office and educating your staff for implant placement • A comparison of implant companies • Techniques for placing implants • The actual placement of implants in dentoforms • Related prosthodontic materials and techniques Both implant surgery and prosthodontics can be enjoyable parts of any dental practice after adequate education and motivation. This course provides enough information and experience for you to place and restore implants in a non-complicated patient. Behavioral Objectives: At the completion of this course, participants should be able to: • Describe the overall need for root-form dental implants • Discuss patient health characteristics necessary for uncomplicated placement of small-diameter implants(SDI) • Discuss the types of clinical indications that are best for SDI • Discuss oral anatomy related to implant placement • Describe the various types of bone in the oral cavity • Describe needed radiographs for implants • Compare clinical techniques for conventional-diameter implants with SDIs • Describe the quantity of bone needed for conventional root-form implants (> 3mm in diameter) • List and compare implant companies • Describe the clinical procedure for placement of conventional-diameter implants • Describe the clinical procedure for placement of SDIs • Discuss the use of SDIs for complete and partial dentures, fixed partial dentures and as single tooth abutments • Place SDIs

Faster, Easier, Higher Quality Dentistry 2020 is organized by Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses and will be held from Mar 13 - 14, 2020 at Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses, Provo, Utah, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 15 CE hours. Description: Do you want some guidelines for a fulfilling, happy, successful and productive professional life? The ability to successfully balance your professional life with your personal and family goals is an elusive objective. In this course, Gordon shares his knowledge on how to juggle a busy professional life while still maintaining an enjoyable and fulfilling personal life.  On completion of this two-day course, you will be able to: • Identify, describe and accomplish at least twenty essential concepts and clinical procedures for optimum practice success • Identify which techniques, materials, devices, and equipment are currently the fastest and easiest, and which will provide the highest quality results for your patients • Significantly increase your practice efficiency and expertise, allowing more time for your family and yourself • Organize and educate a clinical team with defined goals and achieve those goals • Delegate many responsibilities to motivated, educated staff greatly increasing your practice service and revenue • Determine your life priorities and eliminate the distractions • Greatly increase your enjoyment, satisfaction, and success in the profession and in your life. • We are told by past attendees that this course has changed their lives and how they practice! Behavioral Objectives: At the completion of this course, participants should be able to: • Determine your life priorities and eliminate the distractions • Increase practice efficiency and expertise, allowing time for your family and yourself • Decide which dental techniques and technologies will best serve your patients and you • Organize a genuine clinical team with defined goals and achieve those goals • Delegate responsibilities to motivated, educated staff • Broaden and update your knowledge in all areas of dentistry and decide which areas to best direct your resources • Describe and discuss the currently fastest, easiest, highest quality dental materials, devices and equipment  • Greatly increase your enjoyment, satisfaction, and success in the profession

Optimal Perio Techniques for General Practice is organized by Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses and will be held from Apr 03 - 04, 2020 at Provo, Utah, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 15 CE hours. Description: You have patients that can benefit from the addition of periodontal procedures in your practice!  Examples of simple periodontal procedures include bone grafting, ridge preservation, crown lengthening, periodontal flap surgery, and mucogingival surgery.  Incorporation of many of these procedures will increase the success of subsequent implant placement, promote retention of natural dentition where possible, and improve overall gingival esthetics. Behavioral Objectives: Attendees gain the skill sets necessary in a hands-on setting using pig jaws.  At the completion of this two-day course, participants should be able to: • List the principles of successful hard tissue augmentation • Accomplish the steps of extraction socket grafting and ridge preservation in your practice • Select the appropriate bone graft materials • List the indications and contraindications for mucogingival surgery • Discuss the importance of keratinized gingiva • Accomplish periodontal surgery • Accomplish incisions, flap elevation, flap positioning, osseous reduction and suturing in your practice • Discuss consent forms, insurance, and postoperative care. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Implant Surgery - Level 2 Course is organized by Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses and will be held from Apr 17 - 18, 2020 at Provo, Utah, United States of America. CE hours: 15 Course Description: Placing implants in healthy patients with adequate bone, and even those who require some bone grafting, is relatively simple, enjoyable, and profitable! It should be a part of the practice of any interested dentist. This course is oriented toward those dentists who have had a moderate level of surgical experience, enjoy it, and want to increase their knowledge and clinical skills in placement of implants. The following and other topics are included in the course: • Diagnosis and treatment planning for implants vs. conventional restorative prosthodontic services • Practice management related to implant placement • Indications and contraindications for implants • Essential oral anatomy • Evaluating when implant placement requires bone grafting • Bone grafting materials and techniques • Simplified sinus lift procedures • Comparison of implant companies • Implant placement techniques • Actual placement of implants in dentoforms • Related prosthodontic materials and techniques Behavioral Objectives: At the completion of this course, participants should be able to: • Determine and prioritize in which clinical situations implants are needed • Determine which clinical situations are within the range of their capabilities, and which require referral to appropriate specialists • Discuss the important physical heath requirements, oral clinical requirements, and patient psychological requirements for implant placement • Discuss the relationship of oral anatomy to implant placement • Describe bone types appropriate for implant placement • List steps and equipment and supplies necessary for patient education and adequate diagnosis • Describe adequate radiographs for simple implant placement • Discuss and compare the popular types of root-form implants • Relate the implant types and sizes to the amount of bone necessary for implant placement without grafting • Describe and list the requirements for emergency equipment when placing implants • Discuss surgical principles related to implant placement • List appropriate dentist and staff responsibilities for implant placement • Discuss appropriate operatory set-up for implant placement • Describe necessary anesthetic procedures, analgesics, and antibiotics • Describe and list typical surgical equipment and instrument needs • List the steps, techniques, and instruments needed for typical root-form implant placement, including soft-tissue management, osteotomy, implant placement, grafting if necessary, one appointment or two appointment surgery with implant exposure, loading of implants, implant maintenance • Describe implant failures and how to prevent them • On returning home, place implants in healthy patients who have adequate bone • Have the desire for further education/training in implant dentistry

Restorative Dentistry 2 - Fixed Prosthodontics is organized by Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses and will be held from May 01 - 02, 2020 at Provo, Utah, United States of America. CE hours: 15 Course Description: Our goal is to help you make fixed prosthodontic procedures faster, easier, and more predictable! 30% of your practice revenue is fixed prosthodontics. You cannot find a more practical, immediately useful course than this one. Join Gordon for this popular “bread and butter” hands-on course and increase your quality and quantity in fixed prosthodontic procedures. Many participants report that after attending this course, they have enhanced their fixed prosthodontic quality, doubled their fixed prosthodontic activity and increased practice enjoyment. Go home with the most updated knowledge on: • Easy, fast preps • The best build-up techniques • The strongest and fastest posts and cores • Selecting and getting the most from your cements • Proven all-ceramic crowns and bridges • Excellent, fast provisional • Obtaining optimum treatment plan acceptance You actually accomplish many of these procedures, critique them with Gordon and PCC mentors, and take many new complimentary materials home with you. The limited class size ensures you will receive answers to your personal questions. Very importantly, learn how to delegate up to half of the fixed prosthodontic procedure to qualified staff members. You cannot find a course with a better value than this one! Behavioral Objectives: • Describe the criteria that necessitate crowns and fixed prostheses • Describe when a tooth should be extracted versus restored • Describe how to accomplish ridge augmentation • Describe conservative periodontal therapy • Describe an adequate endodontically treated tooth for fixed prosthodontics • Discuss when implants are preferred over fixed prostheses • Describe preoperative tooth bleaching • Describe criteria related to adequate natural tooth remaining for crowns and fixed prostheses • Describe and place fillers, build-ups, and post and core • Discuss the various methods for soft-tissue management • Compare shade selection techniques • Discuss, draw, and accomplish tooth preparations for PFM & all-ceramic crowns on anterior and posterior teeth • Discuss high-tech for fixed prosthodontics  • Discuss how to make perfect impressions • Discuss and accomplish an adequate interocclusal record • Discuss the best provisional restorations for single to multiple teeth • Describe the best methods for working casts and dies • Describe how to achieve excellent lab/dentist interaction • Discuss need for articulators and face bows • Compare metals for fixed prostheses • Compare current brands of all-ceramic restorations • Describe how to avoid pulpal damage • Discuss several methods to salvage crowns and fixed prostheses • Describe how to surgically repair gingival recession • Discuss practice management and fees for fixed prosthodontic services

Avoiding Implant Failures and How to Treat Them is organized by Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses and will be held from May 08 - 09, 2020 at Provo, Utah, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 15 CE hours. Description: What do you do when implants are obviously failing, but you have thousands of dollars of prosthodontic treatment supported by the questionable implants?  Many dentists have the mistaken opinion that implants are better than teeth and need little upkeep. However, after over three decades of observing root-form implants in service, dentists are seeing the same periodontal diseases around implants that are observed around teeth – peri-mucositis and peri-implantitis. The percentage of implants with these diseases are reported as high as 45 percent after only a few years of service. What can be done in the early and late stages of implant disease? When should an implant be taken out?   • Identify and describe peri-implantitis, and peri-mucositis. • Discuss the relationship between medical conditions to implant failure. • Discuss the relationship between medications to implant failure. • Describe the levels of implant failure. • Discuss the treatment of early, moderate, and advanced peri-implantitis. • Describe oral hygiene to prevent recurrence of implant diseases. • Describe dental hygienist maintenance of implant diseases. • Discuss the rescue of failing prosthodontic treatments.

Implementing Cone Beam Imaging into Your Dental Practice is organized by Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses and will be held from Jun 05 - 06, 2020 at Provo, Utah, United States of America. CE hours: 15 Course Description: In the last few years, cone beam radiology has made a significant, positive contribution to the ability of dentists to diagnose and treat many conditions and to plan pre-surgical procedures more precisely. Clinical problems previously not appreciated using 2D radiography are now visualized with 3D radiography facilitating better diagnosis and treatment. However, understanding and interpreting CBCT images requires additional education and experience.  This two-day, hands-on course is designed to provide overall knowledge about cone beam radiology, a comparison of the many devices currently available, and how to interpret the scan data. Behavioral Objectives: At the completion of this course, participants should be able to: • Define and discuss CBCT imaging • Discuss advantages and disadvantages of this technology • Compare various current CBCT machines • Identify anatomy found in CBCT images • Interpret common reportable findings occurring in CBCT images • Make clinical decisions on how to implement cone beam into their practices Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Oral Surgery Secrets - Level 1 Course is organized by Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses and will be held from Jun 19 - 20, 2020 at Provo, Utah, United States of America. CE hours: 15 Course Description: Many extractions look easy, but can soon become difficult and lead to complications and prolonged treatment time. This course reviews the best techniques and instruments to remove "surgical" extractions easily and quickly while conserving bone – a requirement for implants and more aesthetic bridges. Karl's courses make exodontia more enjoyable and predictable so it can be performed with greater confidence and less stress.  Karl will cover many different oral surgical subjects, including: avoiding problems with the maxillary sinus, bleeding prevention/management, moderate third-molar impactions, and alveoloplasty after multiple extractions to prevent pain and increase patient satisfaction with dentures. Participants perform several different procedures on life-like dentoform models. Behavioral Objectives: At the completion of this course, participants should be able to: • More easily do “surgical” or difficult extractions that are frequently encountered in general practice. • Prevent and/or manage complications that can occur during oral surgery such as sinus problems, bleeding, etc. • Remove moderate third molar impactions while avoiding common mistakes. • More easily recognize problem cases that may need referral. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Dental Sleep Medicine Simplified is organized by Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses and will be held from Jun 26 - 27, 2020 Provo, Utah, United States of America. CE hours: 15 Course Description: In recent years, sleep medicine has exploded in dental practices! Many dentists are finding some aspects of sleep medicine fit well into busy general practice. Gordon joins 2 experts in dental sleep medicine, Jamison Spencer and Jeff Wyscarver, to show how airway, bruxism, TMD, perio, and failure of restorations are related to sleep medicine. This course focuses on screening (including sleep testing), diagnosis, treatment, and avoiding complications. See which sleep appliances are best and how to properly bill for optimized third-party reimbursement. Join us and see you how you can start incorporating sleep medicine into your practice! Behavioral Objectives: At the end of this program, consisting of pre-course online instruction with return of quizzes, and didactic and hands on instruction, the student should be able to:  • Discuss the interactions between sleep disordered breathing and many critical aspects of dentistry • Screen their patients for possible sleep disordered breathing • Discuss the basics of reading a Home Sleep Test (HST) and Polysomnogram (PSG) report • Select which appliance will likely be most effective for a specific patient • Make initial occlusal records for custom appliance fabrication • Avoid side effects such as tooth movement and bite changes • Discuss the basic principles of ethical and legal billing of medical insurance Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Restorative / Implant Dentistry 3 Course is organized by Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses and will be held from Jul 31 - Aug 01, 2020 at Provo, Utah, United States of America. CE hours: 15 Course Description: Complex rehabilitative needs, with and without overlying occlusion problems, are present in many of your patients. Are you ready to treat them? This presentation provides in-depth discussion and observation of many such patients treated by Gordon. The following aspects of oral rehabilitative care are included: simplifying diagnosis and treatment planning; if, what, and when to refer to other practitioners; integrating fixed, removable, and implant prosthodontic procedures; optimum use of staff; post-treatment follow-up and repair; and long-term maintenance of rehabilitative dentistry patients. Diagnosis and treatment of the following six conditions of occlusion are included: primary occlusal trauma; secondary occlusal trauma; clenching; bruxism; temporomandibular dysfunction, and abfractions. You are encouraged to bring radiographs and casts of your own patients for whom you are planning comprehensive oral rehabilitative procedures. These cases will be discussed and observed and critiqued on closed circuit television. This course is well known to broaden your knowledge and create enthusiasm for treatment of complex cases, including respecting the financial resources of patients by accomplishing either complete or spaced, piecemeal treatment. Behavioral Objectives: At the completion of this course participants should be able to: • List and compare multiple treatment plans for complex cases requiring any or all areas of dentistry • List the steps in typical treatment plans for various treatment alternatives • Discuss and compare treatment plans with and without implants • Determine when to refer patients for necessary specialty treatment • Discuss accomplishing complex treatment over a period of years to maximize third-party benefits • Discuss differences in planning and treatment for complex cases vs. single tooth restorations relative to periodontal status, attitudes about dental therapy, occlusion, articulators, build-up concepts, posts and cores, tooth preparations, metals, ceramics, cements, preventive concepts, and long-term follow-up • List the characteristics of adequate informed consent • Discuss ways to increase patient acceptance of treatment plans • Discuss tooth preparations for complex cases • Compare implant types for typical complex cases • Discuss use of implants for single tooth restorations, multiple tooth restorations, and implants combined with natural teeth • Discuss use of implants with removable partial and complete dentures • Discuss when to use small-diameter implants vs. conventional or wide-body implants • Discuss the influence on treatment plans caused by clenching, bruxism, primary and secondary occlusal trauma, abfractions, and TMD • Discuss practice management concepts related to complex dentistry