Featured Speakers:

Irwin Smigel DDS — "Who Owns the Face? Expanding the Boundaries of Aesthetic Excellence"

At first blush, certain facial conditions appear uncorrectable, but study, experience and ‘will’-can achieve the unattainable. Please join us on a journey where hope seems illusionary, yet determination wins out. You will not only see changes in facial structure and smiles, but changes in patients’ lives as well-and hopefully in your thinking as well. Don't miss this special presentation using state of the art video demonstrating the entire clinical and laboratory experience.

Paul Belvedere D.D.S. — "Why Direct Composites are Here to Stay"

With the proper techniques direct composite restorations can be employed to restore any situation in the mouth. The program will cover all anterior cosmetic and restorative challenges that can be accomplished with direct composite. Additional techniques using direct composite for treatment-planning techniques know as “The Cosmetic Preview” using Dr Belvedere’s “Fast Track” method of creating a direct composite “Cosmetic Preview” will be presented. Motivate your patients and increase your case acceptance by attending this outstanding presentation.

George Kirtley D.D.S. — "The Art of a Beautiful Smile"

Understanding the principles of smile design is paramount for today's aesthetic-minded dentist. This lecture will discuss golden proportion, facial reference lines, shade selection, and a novel interpretation of physical beauty. Concepts of perception and illusion, their influence on aesthetic design and the use of TEK-SCAN analysis to finish smile design cases will all be discussed.

Robert Lowe D.D.S. — "How Dental Lasers are Impacting the Delivery of Aesthetic Dental Treatment"

Dental lasers are an amazing technology which allows us to better treat our patients. This lecture will discuss the latest uses of lasers in the practice of clinical aesthetic dentistry. Soft tissue lasers can be used to make gingival corrections, perform simple frenectomies and manage margins. Hard tissue lasers not only allow us to perform cavity preparation without local anesthesia, but make biological width corrections in alveolar bone. Learn how to effectively use dental lasers to achieve excellent aesthetic results.

Hamid Shafie D.D.S. — "Current Trends in Implant Placement and Loading in Fully Edentulous Patients: Selection Criteria for Immediate vs. Traditional"

Implant supported overdentures are considered by many to be a new standard of care for fully edentulous patients. However, the traditional, two-stage implant therapy combined with delayed load concepts has not been extremely popular among elderly patients because of the need for multiple surgeries, prolonged course of treatment and the cost. New generations of implants offer totally different geometry at the macro, mini, and micro level allowing immediate loading. Learn how patients can receive same day placement of implant retained implanted supported overdentures.

Lawrence Hamburg D.D.S. — "Oral Cancer From Both Sides"

Dr. Lawrence Hamburg is on a mission. He’d like to make a difference in the world and cannot do it without you. In June of 2007, he was diagnosed with Stage IV Oral Cancer. After chemotherapy, radiation treatments, and surgery, he is thrilled to be alive and in remission, but considers it an absolute miracle that he can speak. He is an educator as well as a “wet-fingered” dentist and the President and founder of the Oral Cancer Awareness Foundation. Learn about the role we dentists can play in saving the lives of our patients through early cancer detection.