AGD 2015 Annual Meeting
 
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000: Family Track 001: Dental Team Courses
010: Basic Science 070: Endodontics
135: Laser therapy/electrosurgery 149: Multi-disciplinary topics
250: Operative (Restorative) Dentistry 310: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
370: Orthodontics 430: Pediatric Dentistry
490: Periodontics 550: Practice Management and Human Relations
670: Removable Prosthodontics 690: Implants
730: Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis & Oral Pathology 750: Special Patient Care
770: Self Improvement 

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
7:30 am - 4:30 pm
Wednesday & Thursday (2-day course)

S01: Fellowship Review Course [More Info]
Region 17 Speakers
 
Thursday, June 18, 2015
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Opening Session
L01: The Business of Innovation [More Info]
Terry Jones
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
P01: Dental Assistance - Helping Provide Excellence [More Info]
Mohamednazir F. Harunani DDS, MAGD
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
P02: Implant Esthetics Workshop: Impressions, Abutments, and Temporaries on Implants [More Info]
Frank Higginbottom DDS
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
S03: Today's Top Clinical Tips [More Info]
Lee Ann Brady DMD
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
S04: Maximizing Productivity and Profitability in the PPO Environment [More Info]
Matthew J. Krieger DMD
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
P03: Strategies and Systems to Implement Dental Sleep Medicine Into Your Practice: Oral Appliance Therapy Success Essentials [More Info]
Leslie Silverman DDS
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
P04: Lasers in Dentistry: See and Touch the Light, A Basic Competency Participation Course [More Info]
Donald J. Coluzzi DDS
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Participation Course (Includes AM Lecture (S05))
P07: WOW! Complete Dentures in One Hour (Hands-On) [More Info]
Lawrence Wallace DDS
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday & Friday (2-Day Course)- Includes Day 1 Lecture (S07)
P08: Clinical Considerations Related to Head and Neck Anatomy [More Info]
Henry A. Gremillion DDS, MAGD
Assistant: Alan W. Budenz MS, DDS, MBA
Assistant: Homer Asadi DDS
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday & Friday (2-day Course) - Includes Day 1 Lecture (S08)
P11: The Art of Endodontics: A Hands-on Workshop [More Info]
L. Stephen Buchanan DDS, FICD, FACD
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
LECTURE ONLY
S07: Clinical Considerations Related to Head and Neck Anatomy (LECTURE ONLY) [More Info]
Henry A. Gremillion DDS, MAGD
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
LECTURE ONLY
S08: The Art of Endodontics: Everything Has Changed but the Anatomy [More Info]
L. Stephen Buchanan DDS, FICD, FACD
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
S09: Implant Symposium [More Info]
Scott E. Keith DDS, MS, FACP
James D. Ruskin DMD, MD, FACS
William C. Martin DMD, MS
Frank Higginbottom DDS
Moderator: Dr. John P. DiPonziano DDS, MAGD
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
S10: To Head Off Disease Start at the Top: Oral Systemic Connections [More Info]
Maria Emanuel Ryan DDS, PhD
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
P05: Everything You Wanted to Know About Oral Surgery, But Were Afraid to Ask [More Info]
Ronald P. Morris DDS
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Learning Lab
L02: Integration of CAD CAM with 3D Imaging /Digital Impressions [More Info]
Darin O Bryan DDS
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Learning Lab
L12: Are You Ready to Be an Expert in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine? [More Info]
Glenn T. Clark DDS
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
P06: Invisalign® Comprehensive Orthodontic Records Training [More Info]
Ms. Shannon Pace-Brinker CDA
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
S11: Four Diverse Approaches to Treating Patients with Special Needs [More Info]
David M. Blende DDS
Vange Leonis RDHAP, MS
Harvey Levy DMD, MAGD
Allen Wong DDS, EdD
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Learning Lab
L03: I Can Shoot Clearly Now! [More Info]
Karen Comisi CDA, RDA, FADAA
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
S12: Professional Liability in the Dental Practice: Lessons Learned from Closed Claims [More Info]
Mark Buczko CPCU, CIC, RPLU
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
S13: Avoiding Restorative Failures [More Info]
Lee Ann Brady DMD
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
S14: Secrets to Same Day Dentistry [More Info]
Wendy Briggs RDH
Dr. Nathan Lester
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Learning Lab
L13: Website Utilization and Internet Marketing – Building Your Dental Practice In A Digital World [More Info]
Joshua Gindea DDS
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Learning Lab
L04: Do I Need More Than a Pulse Ox? [More Info]
John Bovia Sr., EMT-P
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Learning Lab
L14: Advance Your Dental Assisting Career [More Info]
Lindsay Stevens
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Learning Lab
L05: Help on Yelp! Plus, Other Ways to Market Your Reputation in the Internet Age [More Info]
Leonard F. Tau DMD, FAGD
 
Friday, June 19, 2015
8:00 am - 11:00 am
S15: Fit to LEAD: The Peak Performance Advantage for the Busy Dental Professional [More Info]
Uche P. Odiatu DMD
8:00 am - 11:00 am
S16: But Aren't They Just Baby Teeth? [More Info]
Gregory L. Psaltis DDS
8:00 am - 11:00 am
S17: Successful Dental Partnerships -A Step-by-Step Process to Practice Transitions [More Info]
Darrell Cain CPA, Cain, Watters and Associates
8:00 am - 11:00 am
S18: Clinical Removable Partial Dentures [More Info]
Mark Dellinges DDS, FACP
8:00 am - 11:00 am
S19: Digital Dentistry: New Technology for Teeth and Implants [More Info]
Frank Higginbottom DDS
8:00 am - 11:00 am
S20: Dental Implants: The Surgical and Prosthetic Rationale for the General Practitioner [More Info]
Speaker: Stace D. Lind DMD, MAGD
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
S21:Invisalign® Fundamentals – An Introduction to Invisalign [More Info]
Brian Gray DDS, MAGD
Assistant: Ms. Shannon Pace-Brinker CDA
David W. Gates DDS
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
S22: Adhesive & Restorative Dentistry, A Recipe for Predictable Results [More Info]
Jeff Brucia DDS
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Live Patient Implant Course
S50: LIVE Implant Surgical Demonstration - The Magic Circle [More Info]
Todd B. Engel DDS
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
P10: Anterior Preparation Design [More Info]
Lee Ann Brady DMD
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
P12: Gain Perio/Restorative Access: Flaps and Lasers Workshop [More Info]
Samuel Low DDS, MS, MEd
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
P13: Advanced Implant Placement: Everything You Wanted to Know About Oral Surgery But Were Afraid to Ask [More Info]
Ronald P. Morris DDS
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday & Saturday (2-day course)

P14: Anxious and Special-Needs Patient Care: You Can Do It! (and make payroll)- 2 Day Course [More Info]
Harvey Levy DMD, MAGD
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday & Saturday (2-day course)

P15: The TEAM Approach to Implant Dentistry – A Mini-Residency - (2-day Course) [More Info]
William C. Martin DMD, MS
James D. Ruskin DMD, MD, FACS
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
L06: Infection Control in Practice: Instrument Processing and Dental Unit Waterlines [More Info]
Ms. Jessica Wilson
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
L07: Infection Control for Hand Hygiene [More Info]
Ms. Jessica Wilson
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
S23: Calm Mind Fit Body Inspired Practice! [More Info]
Uche P. Odiatu DMD
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
S24: Can't We Just Pull Them? [More Info]
Gregory L. Psaltis DDS
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
S25: Financial Patterns that Dentists Continue to Adhere to That Amaze Us! [More Info]
Charles Loretto, Cain, Watters and Associates
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
S26: Complete Dentures including Digital Dentures [More Info]
Mark Dellinges DDS, FACP
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
S27: CBCT: More Than a Panoramic, Less Than a Panacea [More Info]
Richard Monahan DDS, MS, JD
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
S28: Soft Tissue Grafting for the Gingival Recession Around Teeth, Deficiencies of Soft Tissue Around Implants and General Tissue Defects [More Info]
Speaker: Stace D. Lind DMD, MAGD
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
S29: Invisalign® Intermediate Course [More Info]
Brian Gray DDS, MAGD
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
P16: ADAA Learning in the Round [More Info]
Kimberly Bland CDA, EFDA, MEd
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
P17: Posterior Preparation Design [More Info]
Lee Ann Brady DMD
 
Saturday, June 20, 2015
8:00 am - 11:00 am
S30: Wellness: Your Value Added Practice [More Info]
Uche P. Odiatu DMD
8:00 am - 11:00 am
S31: Keys to Social Media Marketing Success [More Info]
Rita Zamora, Get Marketing, LLC
8:00 am - 11:00 am
LECTURE ONLY
S32: The Golden Era Of Root Canal Instrumentation (LECTURE ONLY) [More Info]
Dr. Sergio Kuttler BS, DDS
8:00 am - 11:00 am
S33: 2015: A Sedation Odyssey – The Future of Sedation in Dentistry [More Info]
Speaker: Anthony S. Feck DMD
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
S34: Got OSHA and Infection Control? [More Info]
Leslie Canham CDA, RDA
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
S35: Invisalign® PRACTICE GROWTH SEMINAR (PGS) [More Info]
Dr. Payam C. Ataii DMD
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
S36: Global Concepts of Lasers in Dentistry [More Info]
Raminta Mastis DDS, FAGD
Arun Darbar BDS
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Participation Course (Includes AM Lecture (S32))
P22: The Golden Era Of Root Canal Instrumentation (Participation) [More Info]
Dr. Sergio Kuttler BS, DDS
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
S37: Update 2015: Practical Dentistry for the General Restorative Practice [More Info]
Robert A. Lowe, FAGD FICD, FADI, FACD
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
S38: The Art of Dental Therapeutics: Modern Dental Pharmacology [More Info]
Peter L. Jacobsen PhD, DDS
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
P18: Digital Dental Photography for the Digital Era [More Info]
Speaker: G. Franklin Shull DMD, FAGD
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
P19: Stainless Steel Crowns Are a Snap - AM Session [More Info]
Gregory L. Psaltis DDS
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
P20: Achieving Clinical Excellence in Esthetic Posterior Restorations [More Info]
Jeff Brucia DDS
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
P21: Optimal Treatment Options for the Edentulous Patient Using the All-on-4® Treatment Concept [More Info]
Scott E. Keith DDS, MS, FACP
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Transitions Program
L09: The Value of Creating a Vision for Your Life and Practice [More Info]
Stephen J. Ikemiya DDS
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Transitions Program
L10: Practice Succession Planning [More Info]
A. Lee Maddox DDS, JD
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Transitions Program
L11: You’ve Been Practicing for 30 Years… Now What? [More Info]
Darrell Cain CPA, Cain, Watters and Associates
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
S39: Maximize Your Energy: Keep Your Edge at Any AGE [More Info]
Uche P. Odiatu DMD
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
S40: Are You Numb Yet? The Pharmacology of Successful Local Anesthesia [More Info]
Alan W. Budenz MS, DDS, MBA
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
S41: Standard of Care vs. State of the Art - Legal Liability and the Digital Revolution [More Info]
Richard Monahan DDS, MS, JD
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
S42: California Dental Practice Act [More Info]
Leslie Canham CDA, RDA
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
P25: Stainless Steel Crowns Are a Snap - PM Session [More Info]
Gregory L. Psaltis DDS