The Most Fun You’ll Have Getting Dental CE:
2020 Dawson Retreat

The Face and Occlusion of a Bad Airway: Growth Restriction, Compensation and Esthetic Decline

The face is a complex system of parts which respond to each other in growth and function. The skeleton, teeth and facial structures must work together to perform their key functions: eating, speaking and breathing. When growth is inappropriate, the system requires greater energy to work correctly, leading to patterns of compensations, dysfunction and breakdown. Identifying these patterns is necessary when attempting to treat patients with these issues.

Patients with small airways and breathing disorders have these identifiable patterns of dysfunction. This lecture will present the identifiable facial dysfunction patterns of airway disease. This will help the clinician more appropriately identify patients at risk for airway disease and correctly treat the whole system, the face, the airway and the bite, for a more healthy, long lasting result.

Dr. Michael J. Gunson lectures throughout the world and publishes his research on orthognathic surgery, facial esthetics, obstructive sleep apnea and the treatment of TMJ arthritis and condylar resorption. He enjoys sharing this information with colleagues through publications and lectures.

All on Four: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Full arch and full mouth rehabilitation on dental implants (All-On-Four) is one of the fastest growing areas of dentistry. In this 90 minute program, utilizing a series of case studies, he will demonstrate how Dawson Principles can live hand-in-hand with the all on four technique. Special emphasis will be placed on the learning curve that took place in his practice, showing both failures and successes, but ending with a series of solid protocols you can go home with.

Learning Objectives

• The key “numbers” that must be visualized for these cases to be successful
• Various ways to visualize optimum tooth position and relate it to the CBCT. THIS IS A MUST!
• Services available for planning these cases to insure optimum implant position for an ideal prosthetic result
• How different surgical guides can set you up for failure while others will insure success
• When to load and when not to load these cases
• How to treatment plan cases with high biologic or functional risk
• The material options for the provisional and final prosthesis for optimum esthetics and function

Dr. John Cranham is the clinical director of The Dawson Academy, where he teaches many of the lectures and hands-on courses. Dr. Cranham owns and operates an esthetic-oriented practice in Chesapeake, Virginia. Dr. Cranham is an internationally recognized speaker with 25 years of experience.

Hitting the Bullseye – Guidelines for Single Tooth Implant Placement

Single Tooth Replacement with Implants is a topic that often can be complicated with the number of decisions and parameters to consider before placement. There is conflicting evidence on both where and when the implant should be placed, along with the amount of bone and soft tissue needed to ensure success. This presentation will distill the evidence on this topic into simplified guidelines for what to consider with single tooth implant placement while providing clinical cases as examples.

Learning Objectives

• Where the Implant ideally should be placed with respect to buccal-lingual and mesial-distal dimensions.
• The amount of bone and soft tissue needed to ensure long term success for implant placement and grafting strategies for compromised sites
• Looking at key criteria and differences when considering implant placement in the anterior zone
• Creating CBCT guided stents from our Dawson treatment planning protocols and limitations with their use

Dr. Pio Modi is the Associate Director of the Ambassador Program and Associate Faculty for the Dawson Academy and the Study Club leader for the Toronto Club. He maintains a private practice in Brantford, Ontario, Canada with a specific focus on Full Arch Restorative, Cosmetic and Implant/Surgical Dentistry.

The Path to Change — What Works & What doesn’t

Some of our efforts have a lasting impact on people’s lives, but some don’t last till the end of the day. What does social science research and system dynamics tell us about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to helping human beings make important life changes? Using my own story of accepting major treatment and changing my own beliefs about self-care and the value of dentistry we’ll highlight smart and effective ways to help ourselves, our patients, and our teams.

Learning Objectives

• Ethically influence patients to accept major dentistry
• How to impact patients to enter into a healthy lifestyle
• How to build an excellent team to help support case acceptance
• Understand the keys to be fully involved in the process of change

Bill Woodburn, MEd is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist with more than 30 years experience helping individuals, families, and work groups find healthy change. After needing major dental work himself, he has become interested in how patients’ beliefs about self-care, abundance, and trust affect their willingness to make healthy decisions.