The Eleventh Annual Dr. Peter Fedi Periodontics Lecture
Comprehensive Esthetic Diagnosis:  The Essential Step
J. William Robbins, D.D.S. , M.A.
Thursday, March 21, 9 a.m. – noon , 2–5 p.m.

Esthetic dentistry can only be fun if it is predictable. Short-cuts and “bullet-proof” techniques commonly don’t result in the required level of predictability. As our patients become more discriminating, it is imperative that the entire dental team has a clear understanding of the factors that lead to esthetic success. We must first be able to complete a comprehensive esthetic evaluation, from which we can then develop an appropriate treatment plan. However, as our understanding of esthetic diagnosis increases, we must look at our patients in a broader context, including oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and periodontics, as well as the ultimate restorative treatment. This lecture will discuss:

  • Patient desires
• Smile design
• 28 guidelines for creating a beautiful smile
• Communicating with specialists
• Principles of illusion
• Diagnosis and treatment of the “gummy smile”
• Adjunct periodontal therapy for the restorative dentist

Dr. Robbins maintains a full-time private practice and is a clinical professor in the Department of General Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio Dental School . Dr. Robbins has published over 80 articles, abstracts, and chapters on a wide range of dental subjects, and he has lectured in the United States , Canada , Mexico , South America , Europe , Middle East and Africa . He is a Diplomate of the Federal Services Board of General Dentistry and the American Board of General Dentistry.

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The Sixth Annual Dan Cruz Memorial Prosthodontics Lecture
Creating a Beautiful Smile:  Clinical Application of Fundamental Esthetic Concepts
Geoffrey Sheen, D.D.S. , M.S.
Thursday, March 21, 9 a.m. – noon , 2–5 p.m. , Co-sponsored by Vident

Dr Sheen will present a broad view of current esthetic options, as well as detailed information about each of his topics, which include:  fundamental anterior esthetic considerations, basic color theory and shade-taking, treatment planning for anterior esthetics, bonding of various ceramic materials, application of anterior esthetic principles, and polychromatic esthetic provisionalization technique with ZETA cold-cure resins.

Dr. Sheen is an assistant clinical professor of oral rehabilitation at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta . He also maintains a private practice. He received his D.D.S. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his certificate and master’s degree in prosthodontics from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. He has been a dental technician for 26 years and is a certified dental technician in ceramics. He has owned and operated a fixed prosthodontics dental laboratory since 1981.

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Tax Tips, Practice Transition and Long-Term Investing for 2002
Richard Collier, B.S., M.S., JD
Friday, March 22, 9 a.m. – noon , 2–5 p.m.

This course details timely tax-saving and investment ideas that can be useful for doctors at every stage of their careers; whether at the beginning of their practice or planning for retirement, and anywhere in between. Tips on how to benefit from the new tax law changes and much more will be covered, including:

  • How thousands of dentists have grown wealthy using sane and simple long-term investing techniques
• How stocks and bonds work as investments, and the strengths and weaknesses of each
• The smartest ways to save for college under the new tax laws
• How to make you child or grandchild wealthy
• How to know when you can afford to retire
• Why not retiring can be the best strategy
• How to value a practice fairly — for both buyers and sellers
• How to recognize the mistakes most dentists make when taking a partner

Richard Collier is an attorney with over 30 years of experience in consulting for doctors on money matters, taxes and practice transitions. He is a nationwide seminar speaker who also publishes a twice-monthly newsletter for doctors.

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Nutritional Atherogenesis of Western Killer Diseases
Hans Diehl, DrHSC, MPH
Friday, March 22, 2–5 p.m.

Enhance your health by adopting new levels of awareness to your attitudes, beliefs and knowledge through Dr. Diehl’s dynamic and powerful presentation. Dr. Diehl will highlight the intimate relationship between a person’s dietary lifestyle, level of health and the modern killer diseases (heart disease, cancer, hypertension and diabetes) that are now responsible for three out of four deaths in America . You will almost shockingly realize how your own lifestyle can contribute to diseases and an over reliance on medical systems and medications.

Dr. Diehl, director and founder of the Lifestyle Medicine Institute, has earned an international reputation for presenting wellness strategies to dental and medical groups throughout the world. His CHIP (Coronary Health Improvement Project) program was recently published in the American Journal of Cardiology. Dr. Diehl is also a best-selling author and editor of Lifeline Health Letter. He has contributed an 80-page chapter, “Reversing Coronary Heart Disease” to the landmark book Western Diseases: Their Dietary Prevention and Reversibility.

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Practice Transition
Barry Daneman, M.A.; Ann Marie Corry, MALS,M.A.; Jake Lippert, D.D.S.; Raj Shah, MBA
Friday, March 22, 2–5 p.m.

This program presents a variety of creative ideas for making your practice attractive to potential buyers and associates. The workshop is a must for dentists who practice in rural communities, which often face special problems. Practicing professionals will gain valuable information and contacts for state, federal, and local incentive programs that assist practices in rural and underserved areas.

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Dental Practice Success:  10 Ways to Build the Practice of Your Dreams
Cathy Jameson, Ph.D.
Friday, March 22, 9 a.m. – noon , 2–5 p.m.

Cathy Jameson will highlight 10 steps that, if followed, are guaranteed to build your dream practice. This power-packed seminar will provide the instruction and coaching necessary for continuous, positive growth in your practice. Today, more than ever, you must examine your practice and make a commitment to make every system in your practice BETTER. There’s no such thing as status quo. As one of the nation’s leading management instructors, Jameson can teach you the answer to, “How can we do this better?” This course is recommended for all dental professionals.

Dr. Jameson is the founder and president of Jameson Management, Inc., an international lecture, seminar and consulting service. She combines her academic background with her dental experience in both clinical and management settings to ensure that her practice management instruction is both workable and motivational.

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Name That Disease and Other Oral Pathology Party Games (morning) ANDCases Only a Mother Could Love (afternoon)
John A. Svirsky, D.D.S., MEd
Friday, March 22, 9 a.m. – noon , 2–5 p.m.

Name That Disease and Other Oral Pathology Party Games will test your skill and memory regarding a wide variety of conditions. Try your luck at identifying lesions, syndromes and diseases. Toward the conclusion of the program, the correct answers to the cases will be discussed along with treatment options. Since everyone will grade themselves, everyone earns an “A.”

Cases Only a Mother Could Love dramatizes (in black and white and in “living color”) some of the unusual cases Dr. Svirsky has encountered during his 20+ years as an “oral medicine man.” Dr. Svirsky will demonstrate that things are not always what they seem, and he will discuss topics on:

  • Differential diagnosis
• Cases that grow
• Cases that grow big and ugly
• Cases that are unusual (even by Svirsky standards!)

Dr. Svirsky is a professor of oral and maxillofacial pathology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond , Va. He is board certified and maintains a private practice in oral medicine and oral pathology. Dr. Svirsky possesses a broad background in research and has published numerous articles in the dental literature.

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Current Concepts in Periodontal Therapy
Ira Paul Sy, D.D.S. , M.S.
Friday, March 22, 9 a.m. – noon , repeats 2–5 p.m.

Dr. Sy will discuss both non-surgical and surgical approaches to periodontal therapy. The non-surgical portion of the program includes scaling and root planing, systemic antibiotic therapy, and local chemotherapeutics. The surgical aspects will include periodontal plastic surgery, resective approaches, guided tissue regeneration, and oral implant therapy.

Dr. Sy serves as a clinical assistant professor in periodontics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at Case Western Reserve University . He has received additional training through fellowships in oral and maxillofacial surgery and periodontics at the University of Berne, Switzerland. His research interests have included work in bone regenerative therapy and implant dentistry.

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Excellence with Aesthetic Restorative Care
Jeff Brucia, D.D.S.
Saturday, March 23, 9 a.m. – noon , 2–5 p.m.

Recent advancements in adhesive materials have introduced new techniques for predictable restorative and aesthetic dentistry. This category of care has created confusion for practitioners due to the multiple systems and techniques described at seminars and in journals. Dr. Brucia will provide information required to help you select from the many dentin bonding systems available today. His in-depth lecture will guide you through the clinical applications as they apply to bonding enamel, dentin, composite, and porcelain minimizing post-operative sensitivity. Direct and indirect adhesive restorative care to re-establish proper form and function will be emphasized. This course has been designed for all members of the dental team who wish to improve their knowledge and clinical skills in the area of adhesion. The learning objectives include:

   • Review of current dentin bonding systems and light curing techniques
• Review of current materials available for direct and indirect restorations
• Techniques for the preparation and placement of class I and class II direct composite restorations.
• Techniques for the preparation, impressions, temporization, lab communication, material selection and cementation of indirect posterior and anterior restorations.
• A brief overview of occlusion and how to avoid problems

Dr. Brucia practices cosmetic and restorative dentistry in San Francisco , Calif. , and is an assistant professor of dental practice at the University of the Pacific (UOP) School of Dentistry , where he also has held faculty positions in the crown and bridge and operative departments. Dr. Brucia also is director of an advanced comprehensive restorative program at Baylor College , and he serves on the faculty of the postgraduate programs in esthetic dentistry at the University of Florida in Gainesville , the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the University of Minnesota , the State University of New York in Buffalo , and the Advanced General Residency program at UOP. His background includes working as a developer and evaluator of new materials with several manufacturers and laboratories.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Office Oral Surgery and Didn’t Know Who to Ask (Saturday lecture; Sunday hands-on)
Myer Leonard, D.D.S. , M.D.
Saturday, March 23, 9 a.m. – noon , 2–5 p.m.

Dr. Leonard will offer a quick look at assessment as well as a detailed look at instrumentation. Other topics include:

  • When and how to make flaps, as well as when and how to suture
• Techniques that help achieve a profound anesthesia
• New instruments that greatly assist in the extraction procedure
• Managing complications such as oro-antral fistula, hemorrhage, trismus, dry socket, etc.
• What to biopsy, when to biopsy it and when to defer, and when to refer
• Short pre-prosthetics procedures such as the maxillary alveolotomy, torus removal and tuberosity reduction

Dr. Leonard was head of oral surgery at Hennepin County Medical Center and professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Minnesota for 25 years.

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The Gordon L. Teall Lecture
Advanced Soft Tissue Management:  The Periodontal and Medical Problem Patient 
(Co-sponsored by Proctor & Gamble)
Robert C. Fazio, D.M.D.
Saturday, March 23, 9 a.m. – noon , 2–5 p.m.

This course will feature discussion on topics that include:

  • The basic assumptions of soft tissue management
• The specifics of monitoring success
• Picking the winners and avoiding the losers
• The diagnosis of rapidly progressive periodontitis
• Diabetes mellitus:  The undiagnosed disease of the next decade
• The problem and antibiotic prophylaxis patient
• Angina pectoris and nitroglycerine prophylaxis
• The hyperplasia group
• Medications for hypertension and local anesthetic choice
• Chairside blood pressure and epinephrine
• Drugs and exerostomia
• Analgesics strategy
•Assessing bleeding risk
• The aspirin problem
• Patients taking coumadin
• Antibiotics for acute odontogenic infection

Dr. Fazio is a clinical professor of surgery at Yale Medical School and a professor of biology at the University of New Haven . He is an attending periodontist and lecturer in oral medicine and periodontology at Yale-New Haven Hospital , and he maintains a private practice limited to oral medicine and periodontology in Norwalk , Conn. He is the author of the W.B. Saunders textbook Principals and Practice of Oral Medicine.

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Meeting the Oral Care Needs of Patients with Cancer
Debbie Manne, R.D.H., RN, MSN, OCN
Saturday, March 23, 9 a.m. – noon , Repeats 2–5 p.m.

The degree of severity of oral complications from chemotherapy and head-neck radiation therapy can range from troublesome to life threatening for immunocompromised patients. This course will provide oral health professionals with a broad spectrum of practical information that will be useful in providing oral care to patients with cancer.

Debbie Manne is both a registered dental hygienist and an oncology nurse. In addition to her position as nurse coordinator/oral care specialist for Oncology Dental Support Services in St. Louis , Mo. , Manne also is a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Dental Hygiene at the UMKC School of Dentistry. She has presented numerous courses around the country and received numerous awards including the Irene Newman Professional Achievement Award from the ADHA and the Susan Brockman-Bell Humanitarian Award from the UMKC Dental Hygiene Alumni Association.

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Nutritional Reversal of Western Killer Diseases
Hans Diehl, DrHSc, MPH
Sunday, March 24, 9 a.m. – noon

Is it possible for you and your patients to replace health-destructive habits with health-enhancing lifestyles? Dr. Diehl will show you how. You’ll learn how nutrition and dietary habits do play a major role in the development, treatment, prevention and control of America ’s modern killer diseases. You’ll experience convincing proof that heart disease, hypertension and diabetes can be reversed by breaking with the rich American diet and applying the principles of nutritional medicine. And you’ll gain the skills for using powerful dietary modalities to help yourself and your patients to overcome and reverse many western killer diseases and achieve optimal health.

Dr. Diehl, director and founder of the Lifestyle Medicine Institute, has earned an international reputation for presenting wellness strategies to dental and medical groups throughout the world. His CHIP (Coronary Health Improvement Project) program was recently published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Office Oral Surgery and Didn’t Know Who to Ask (Saturday lecture; Sunday hands-on)
Myer Leonard, D.D.S. , MD
Sunday, March 24, 9 a.m. – noon

Most of this program is devoted to a practical that will give participants the opportunity to complete seven or eight procedures under the supervision of Dr. Leonard. Participants will perform techniques on models. The procedures will be introduced with video presentations demonstrating the techniques through clinical examples.

Dr. Leonard was head of oral surgery at Hennepin County Medical Center and professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Minnesota for 25 years.

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