Have the confidence to diagnose and treat any problem AND have a turn-key process for doing so predictably. Instead of referring patients out to your colleagues, they will be referring patients to you.
When you’re able to treat your patients confidently, predictability, and sequenced within their budget and time-frame, they’ll not only be a patient for life, but refer their friends and family to you.
By diagnosing (customarily undiagnosed) problems correctly the first time and providing treatment that addresses the root cause, rather than the symptoms, you’re able to eliminate emergencies, patchwork, and costly re-makes… leaving you with more profit and more production.
And while you’re making more money, you’ll also be able to spend more time outside the office because your practice runs like a well-oiled machine.
When your staff see happy patients, quality work, your ethical approach, and a drop-off in emergencies (AKA late hours), they’ll never want to leave.
Our Dawson-Trained Dentists and Lab Technicians span the globe. This community fosters success, support, and growth and you’ll always feel welcome to join.
Locations Available: Virginia Beach, VA; Dayton, OH; Dallas, TX; East Hanover, NJ; St. Petersburg, FL
Examination and Records is one of the most important dental courses that a dentist will master on the path to complete dentistry. The cornerstone of the Dawson philosophy begins with a thorough comprehensive examination and the gathering of necessary records accurately. As Dr. Dawson says “every great treatment plan comes from a well organized Records appointment”.
The examination and accompanying records are the first step in the process of complete dentistry. This hands-on program will cover all aspects of the exam and records process.
Locations Available: Branson, MO, Chesapeake, VA; Chicago, IL; Dayton, OH; Dallas, TX; East Hanover, NJ; St. Petersburg, FL
This hands-on course provides a programmed approach to predictably diagnose and treatment plan both simple to extremely difficult cases. Each dentist will discover how to visualize optimum dentistry from an esthetic, functional, biological and structural perspective. You will learn to apply the four treatment options: reshaping, repositioning, restoring and surgical correction, which are a critical component of step-by-step dental treatment planning checklists.
After sharing knowledge in these areas, our instructors walk through case studies showing you the correct option(s) for each patient. Once a specific, comprehensive treatment plan is decided upon, then the critical step of sequencing the treatment for efficiency and profitability will be determined and discussed. 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 continuing dental education program is to integrate a comprehensive dental 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. How to present your treatment plan will also be discussed as well as many other aspects of procedures and materials.
Locations Available: Available Online
This lecture course will provide the students with the procedural knowledge to do contemporary restorative procedures at the highest level. This seminar will leave each student with a clear understanding of the four options of treatment: Reshaping, Repositioning, Restoring and Surgical alternatives.
Preliminary mouth preparation such as necessary periodontal procedures and occlusal equilibration will be covered in detail. Necessary soft tissue surgical procedures that will provide an ideal gingival backdrop will also be presented. Tooth preparation for crowns and veneers will be understood by each participant. Soft tissue management in conjunction with final impressioning techniques will be discussed in detail. Provisional restorations, bite registration techniques, laboratory communication and cementation/adhesive options will be a cornerstone of this presentation.
Locations Available: Branson, MO, Chesapeake, VA; Chicago, IL; Dayton, OH; Dallas, TX; East Hanover, NJ; St. Petersburg, FL
This hands-on course will show you how to implement a process of occlusal therapy within your dental practice. Equilibration is a cornerstone for treatment of occlusal disease, and as such, any dentist who wishes to practice complete dentistry must know how to perform all aspects of it correctly. As a participant, you will discover the importance of the trial equilibration and be given the opportunity to adjust several different case types to insure your complete understanding of the material presented. This complete dentistry dental continuing education course includes lectures, videos of patient treatment, and hands-on exercises to provide you with the knowledge and confidence to return home and implement occlusal treatments in your practice on Monday morning.
Locations Available: Branson, MO, Chesapeake, VA; Chicago, IL; Dayton, OH; Dallas, TX; East Hanover, NJ; St. Petersburg, FL
This hands-on esthetics course will assist the cosmetic dentist in taking those critical steps in accomplishing anterior restorative procedures at their highest level. Restoring anterior teeth and managing dental esthetics with predictability truly represents the culmination of our understanding of how this intricate system is designed as we attempt to emulate what nature has originally created. From this course, attendees will develop the confidence in diagnosis, material selection, preparation design and the creation of key indices to insure predictability in delivering exquisite anterior restorations.
The clinician will have the opportunity to transition the knowledge gained in the “2D” treatment planning mode into a “3D” dental blue print through the use of mounted diagnostic models and the minimal wax technique. The modulation and understanding of Smile Design in an advanced level of dental treatment planning affords the ability to begin with the end in mind, creating an esthetic result that reflects a functionally sound design and insures durability.
The critical information obtained in creating this dental blue print will allow for the fabrication of reduction guides and provisional matrixes to increase your efficiency, productivity and accuracy chairside. We also provide some key concepts in the single most important step in insuring predictability in indirect restoration, creating exquisite prototypes. Special emphasis will be placed on contouring the provisional restoration, and why this is key to long-term functional and esthetic success in every case you perform. Finally, we will discuss with you in detail the cementation and adhesive options so that the proper course of action is matched with each material.
Location Available: Offered once annually in St. Petersburg/Clearwater Beach, FL
This lecture will provide the participant with the necessary information to solve complex dental problems. A programmed approach to treatment planning will be presented so that each student will learn how to solve the 4 functional and 12 esthetic goals when given any set of circumstances. Extreme occlusal wear, anterior open bites, deep overbites, extreme overjet and Class III malocclusions will be discussed. Neutral zone and vertical dimension will be covered in detail as it pertains to the treatment of the above problems.
Special emphasis will be placed on best restorative options, and when orthodontic/orthognathic alternatives should be considered. Each participant will learn how and when to open the vertical dimension of occlusion and when it should not be opened. A programmed approach to full mouth reconstruction, whether it is teeth, dental implants, precision attachment partials or a combination, will be a cornerstone of this program.
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