Course Description
This Dawson Academy hands-on course provides continuing education for dental professionals seeking a programmed approach to diagnosis and treatment planning. Utilizing the standardized records discussed in our dental seminars Functional Occlusion- from TMJ to Smile Design and Achieving Predictable Esthetic Results each dentist will discover how to visualize optimum dentistry from an esthetic, functional, biological and structural perspective. As a part of your continuing education in dentistry special emphasis will be placed on the four treatment options: reshaping, repositioning, restoring and surgical correction. After gaining knowledge in these areas, our instructors walk through case studies showing you the correct option(s) for each patient. Since you cannot practice complete dentistry without a complete plan, our students learn how to segment large treatment plans enabling patients with financial issues to receive optimum treatment over time without compromising their oral health.
The focus of this complete dentistry continuing education program is to integrate a comprehensive treatment planning process into your practice. Recommendations based on best practices are discussed to help assist you with organizing your busy schedule and a creating a space for optimum treatment planning. At the conclusion of this course, a consultation process will be discussed in detail, insuring you a healthy care acceptance rate.
Course Size: 20
Learning Objectives:
- Establish a step-by-step process for treatment planning any restorative case, from the simplest to the most complex.
- Explore why 90% of mistakes occur not during the restorative phase, but rather during the treatment planning process.
- Plan and visualize ideal esthetics and ideal function.
- Design programmed treatment planning process.
- Discover the need for/value of quality records.
- Master the 16 functional and esthetic components of every healthy, functionally correct dentition.
- Investigate how the teeth should be positioned in space for optimum esthetics, phonetics and function.
- Identify specifically how to utilize the diagnostic photographs in conjunction with mounted diagnostic models to visualize an optimum course of treatment.
- Create a segmented treatment plan so that optimum care can be delivered over a longer period of time.
- Organize your schedule and create a treatment planning process within your practice.
Breakdown your schedule to create a consultation process within your practice; one that will connect with your patients wants and needs, as well as boost case acceptance.
Class Hours:
Day 1 and 2 – 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Day 3 – 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: See specific dates for locations.
Tuition: $4,600
CE Credits: 20
Recommended Prerequisite:
Functional Occlusion – From TMJ to Smile Design and Comprehensive Examination and Records
Target Audience: General Dentists, Specialists
Dates:
January 26-28, 2012 (Th-Sa) – Course held in Chicago, IL
February 16-18, 2012 (Th-Sa) – Course held in Chesapeake,VA
March 8-10, 2012 (Th-Sa) – Course held in St. Petersburg, FL
March 8-10, 2012 (Th-Sa) – Course held in Anaheim, CA
May 17-19, 2012 (Th-Sa) – Course held in Chicago, IL
July 12-14, 2012 (Th-Sa) – Course held in Chesapeake,VA
October 11-13, 2012 (Th-Sa) – Course held in Anaheim, CA
October 18-20, 2012 (Th-Sa) – Course held in Chesapeake,VA
November 5-7, 2012 (M-W) – Course held in St. Petersburg, FL
