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  • AGD Protocol Masterclass: Dental Photography, PowerPoint, and Presentation Skills Workshop

  • Dental photography serves as an effective tool for communication with colleagues, and as an emotional means of marketing to patients and clients regarding our clinical services and laboratory products. This presentation will discuss the philosophy, equipment, and resources necessary for intraoral shade analysis, portraits, bench-top photography, and publishing outstanding high-end results with low-end consumer cost to enhance personal professional development, boost social media engagement, and for publication in scientific peer-review.

    PART 1: 2- hour lecture (Theory) on basics of dental photography, photography equipment, and principles of light, camera settings and picture composition. Also discussed will be publishing in peer-review, marketing your practice/laboratory and posting to social media.

    PART 2: 4-hours hands on-training (practical) on basics of intraoral/clinical, portrait, benchtop/product photography, and photo editing.

  • 1) List the marketing tactics and techniques that can be used with dental photography to attract referrals, company sponsors, and clients.

    2) Compare the final results of various photographs made with both professional and consumer level equipment.

    3) Improve current skills through demonstrated dental photography exercises.

    4) Create a portfolio of case studies to share with colleagues that will showcase your ability to document with dental photography.

  • 010 - BASIC SCIENCE (PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY/TRAINING)

    130 - ELECTIVES (DENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY)

    550 - PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RELATIONS (MARKETING IN DENTISTRY)

    770 - SELF-IMPROVEMENT

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  • Implant-Assisted Prosthetics: Treatment Planning Options for Fixed, Removable, and Hybrid Restorations

  • Dental implants are a lucrative business, and everybody wants in. However, the treatment planning, execution, and prosthetic restorative phases of treatment remain nebulous for most clinicians. This presentation will cover several real-world clinical case studies from a dual-certified prosthodontist and laboratory technician, ranging from the single central crown and multi-unit bridge to full-mouth hybrids and removable overdentures. Concepts and challenges regarding patient screening and case acceptance, communication protocols with the laboratory and surgical colleagues, material selections, provisionalization, follow-up care, and various aesthetic, biologic, and mechanical complications will be discussed.

  • 1) Review various treatment planning principles found in the field of contemporary implant dentistry for both fixed and removable prosthetic options.

    2) Analyze many of the current materials available to the clinician and dental technician that can be utilized in the restoration of fixed and removable implant prosthetic treatment plans.

    3) Determine the chairside/benchtop protocols that will ensure the highest level of quality and efficacy that will augment successful patient outcomes in the final product at delivery.

    4) Apply new concepts and techniques within the dental clinic and dental laboratory.

  • 610 - FIXED PROSTHODONTICS (SINGLE+MULTI-UNIT RESTORATIONS, FULL-MOUTH RECONSTRUCTIONS)

    670 - REMOVABLE PROSTHODONTICS (OVERDENTURES, ATTACHMENTS IN REMOVABLE PROSTHODONTICS)

    690 - IMPLANTS (DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED RESTORATIONS)

    750 - SPECIAL PATIENT CARE (GERIATRIC DENTISTRY)

    780 - ESTHETICS/COSMETIC DENTISTRY (TOOTH-COLORED RESTORATIONS, EMERGING ESTHETIC DIAGNOSIS' AND TREATMENTS IN COSMETIC DENTISTRY)