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This course features a comprehensive update in Pediatric Dentistry. For example, attendees will learn the current concepts in the causes and dental implications of the alarming increase in pediatric asthma, ADHD, autism, and late preterm births. A new topic that has been added is new psychological insights and research on Behavior Guidance. Participants will learn the latest concepts in caries formation and prevention as well as how to perform a CAMBRA caries risk assessment. A discussion will include Indirect Pulp Caps and MTA/Biodentine pulpotomies. The topic of Restorative dentistry includes new designs in tooth preparation, the indications for Silver Diamine Fluoride, and when to use GIC and RMGI’s. Participating clinicians will be able to use these treatment modalities in everyday clinical practice.
This course will cover the latest pulp therapy techniques in primary teeth and the use of new dental restorative materials in Pediatric Dentistry. The topic of pulp therapy will include Biodentine pulpotomies, Cvek pulpotomies for dental trauma, indirect pulp caps with GIC, and the Hall Technique. The restorative component will discuss new composites and their use in the Slot Prep, SDF (Silver Diamine Fluoride), and when to use SDF for SMART (Silver Modified Atraumatic Restorative Technique).
Attendees will learn the newest techniques in behavior management based on current research in Psychology. The presentation will include the identification, diagnosis, and treatment of common pediatric dental pathology. On the topic of common pediatric orthodontics problems, we will show and discuss common eruption problems and how to treat them as well as discuss the simple steps to making space maintainers and interceptive appliances. The presentation will give the dental implications and management techniques for children with Special Health Care Needs like Autism, OCD, and ADHD.
In this course, the general dentist will receive detailed instruction as well as a hands-on portion on how pediatric dentists treat many common orthodontic problems with techniques that can be done in the office
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn about the process of vaping and the legal and illegal e-juice misuse, including vaping in the classroom
2. Learn how vaping leads to the risk of caries, periodontal disease and 'popcorn lung'
3. Understand the link between vaping and cocaine addiction and smoking marijuana
Course Summary:
Over the last several years, more states are legalizing recreational marijuana and more teens are vaping. This course will show the health risks of vaping and how vaping results in future cigarette smoking. In one section, a presentation will show how this increase in teen vaping increases the risk of caries and marijuana smoking. Last, with new US and UK research in this area, a segment will the link between marijuana smoking in teens and adult schizophrenia and an increase in teen violence. This information will help the practitioner recognize such habits in their patients and offer insight into managing it and offering methods of helping these patients.
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Epidemiological studies have shown that 30% of children and 20% of all US teens have sustained dental trauma. 5 million teeth are avulsed yearly at a cost of $500 million in repairing the problem. This session will discuss the contemporary concepts in the biology, diagnosing, treatment, and prevention of common pediatric dental injuries. Also, when to not treat will be discussed. At the conclusion, the learner will be able to properly assess and treat the myriad of dental injuries the practitioner may face in practice.
Course Objectives:
An evidence-based, minimally invasive treatment option for the management of severe early childhood caries is the Hall technique. It’s known that caries is a biofilm disease, and carious lesions are the result of a dysbiosis in the Biofilm. Systematic reviews demonstrate that complete caries removal is not necessary for caries management in an otherwise healthy, asymptomatic tooth. Instead, placing a sealed restoration like a Stainless Steel Crown is preferred for caries management. This minimally invasive approach is particularly advantageous for young, apprehensive patients, who may otherwise require sedation for traditional surgical interventions. This session will discuss the indications, contraindications, and the simple steps to doing this very successful procedure. Participating clinicians will be able to use this treatment modality in everyday clinical practice.
Course: Pedo Pearls – Silver Diamine Fluoride
This session will demonstrate the current evidence on the effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) as a safe and affordable caries arresting and preventive agent. SDF can be used as a comprehensive caries management program. Systematic reviews have demonstrated that SDF is effective for caries arrest on cavitated lesions in primary and permanent teeth and root caries in the elderly. It may also prevent new lesions. This session will present the indications and contraindications for its use. Next, the discussion will center on the easy and noninvasive steps on how to apply it. Although it stains the lesions dark as it arrests them, it provides clinicians with an additional tool for caries management when esthetics are not a primary concern.
Course Objectives:
Recent studies have offered new insight into caries formation and management. The old ‘old standard’ of drill and fill no longer applies. This session will elucidate on the current concepts in caries formation, diagnosis, risk assessment, and monitoring. Also included are how to do a Caries Risk Assessment using the CAMBRA form and how to interpret it and how to implement treatment. Specific information will be given on when to treat and not treat as well as how to manage caries with fluoride, SDF, and fluoride varnish and interproximal sealants. Participants will be able to apply this information in creating a more friendly atmosphere with less drilling and more managing.
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Dental restorative materials seem to keep improving daily. This topic will discuss some of these materials including Glass Ionomer Cement as a better alternative to resins. The Slot Prep for Class 2 lesions in primary and permanent teeth will also be presented as a way of doing minimally invasive dentistry (MID). A discussion on when to do ART and ITR will also be presented. Completing this talk will be a discussion on the rationale for not using benzocaine bases topical anesthetics and why Articaine is a better alternative than Lidocaine. By the end of this presentation, the learner will be able to do more successful and predictable pediatric dental restorations with less stress for the clinician and the patient.
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Have you ever seen your patient list for the next day only to find that there are a lot of pediatric patients? Does this make you start to shake and sweat? Well, have no fear. This course is for you. We all know safe and successful pediatric dental treatment depends on patient cooperation. This session will go beyond Tell-Show-Do and help the practitioner know that while there is no magic fairy dust in pedo to getting a patient to cooperate there are some insights and techniques to help achieve this. First, there will be a discussion on what you can and can not change. Then, there will be a segment on the role of prenatal stress on future child behavior and how it is a risk factor for more caries, how to predict child behavior, and how to manage the patient with ADHD. Simple and effective communication skills and techniques based on new and emerging research in pediatric psychology and when to defer treatment with SDF, ITR and ATR, and treatment plan modification will be presented. At the end of the session, the practitioner will be more confident to face successfully any child behavior in the office.
MIH is a type of enamel defect affecting first molars and incisors in permanent dentition. It is a worldwide problem and usually manifests in children under the age of 10 years old. This webinar will help dental professionals to recognize and diagnose MIH similarities and variations in pediatric patients vs. adult patients. It will also help to describe the multifactorial causes of MIH and finally the various treatment options dependent upon the severity of the anomaly of MIH.
Welcome to the GC America webinar series titled:
Emerging Therapies and Technology in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients
I am excited about this series for the Pediatric and Young Adult Patient. I hope you enjoy it.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Recent studies have offered new insight into caries formation, management, and treatment. The ‘old standard’ of drill and fill no longer applies. This session will discuss the current concepts in caries formation, diagnosis of caries using the ICDAS caries classification, and how to do the Slot prep for Minimal Invasive Dentistry using GICs as the restorative material of choice in primary and permanent teeth. There will be a discussion on how to treat many caries with SDF. There will be a section on how to use the latest Vital Pulp Therapy techniques and materials like Biodentine and not formocresol. Lastly, the participants will learn the indications and the steps to do a Hall Technique. The participants will be able to apply this information in creating a more kid friendly atmosphere with less drilling and less stress on the pediatric dental patient.
Description:
This course will cover the latest pulp therapy techniques in primary and permanent teeth and the use of new dental restorative materials in Pediatric Dentistry. The topic of pulp therapy will include Biodentine pulpotomies, indirect pulp caps with GIC, direct pulp caps with Tricalcium silicates and the Hall Technique.
This PowerPoint dicusses the latest in Evidence Based Dentistry in Pulp Therapy in Primary and Permanent Teeth. The employees of Septodont will learn the roll of Biodentine in Pulpotomies, Indirect Pulp Caps and Direct Pulp Caps resulting from trauma and caries exposures in Primary and Permanent teeth. The discussion will also center on the steps for the use of Biodentine as well as its success rate and the rationale as to why dentists need to stop using Formocreosol.
Welcome to the Birthing Class from Marshfield Clinic...best of luck to you and your new little one!
Thank you to Xcel Seminars for allowing me to do this newly created lecture for their attendees. I hope it answers some of your pediatric dental cunundrums, questions and quandries!
The use, mixing, placement and application of the tricalcium silicate on teeth with MIH is the focus of this lecture. Those patients with MIH can have pain to hot and cold and the tricalcium silicate as a base acts to insulate those teeth.
Thank you to the AMIT-MIH conference for the honor of asking me to lecture on this topic.
Biodentine and its uses in primary teeth as well as in permanent teeth and its use in dental trauma.
This is the newest course created by Dr. Kisby. He has gotten many requests for a SHCN lecture thus he felt it was time to pass along some information to the General Practitioner and Staff to help them welcome into their office the patient with Special Healthcare Needs to help the GP diagnose and decide what would be the best avenue for treatment for their patients with SHCN. He hopes this gives you some incite and the supporting information you may need to treat the patients you may already have on your patient list.
This lecture is a great complement to the Oral Health Programs throughout the country that are looking for new and innovative ways to treat there youngest and most vulnerable patients. The new techniques, strategies and materials will only add to their treatment plan arsenal.
The topics covered in this lecture will include:
1. SDF
2. The Dental Home with the 1 x 1
3. Supplemental Fl
4. Fl Varnish
5. Sealants with new materials
6. MI Paste
7. MIH
8. GIC Sealants
9. CAMBRA
10. Updates on the Caries Process
This lecture will cover two distinct topics...practical pearls in restorative dentistry and treating patients with SHCN. I hope you enjoy this lecture and the new and exciting things we are doing in Pediatric Dentistry.
This lecture is a new creation for the NMDA Fiesta meeting in Albuquerque for May 19, 2023. This lecture can be taken as a stand alone lecture or it can be taken in conjuction with the afternoon session which will go into the topics of restorative dentistry in more depth and add a hands-on segment to for the afternoon. I hope you can join me in this beautiful city of Albuquerque, NM.
This course uses the best of the full day hands on lecture's products, materials and equipment but condenses the information into a half day time frame it will cover the latest pulp therapy techniques in primary teeth and the use of new dental restorative materials in Pediatric Dentistry. The topic of pulp therapy will include Biodentine pulpotomies, Cvek pulpotomies for dental trauma, indirect pulp caps with GIC, and the Hall Technique. The restorative component will discuss new composites and their use in the Slot Prep, SDF (Silver Diamine Fluoride), and when to use SDF for SMART (Silver Modified Atraumatic Restorative Technique).
MIH on molars and incisors is prevalent worldwide at the same incidence and is increasing world wide. At the AMIT-MIH First Annual Symposium in Munich, Germany in December of 2022 I participated and presented cases using MID. The exact cause of MIH is unknown but compared to normal enamel, which is 97% inorganic, MIH teeth are 50% inorganic.
This is a new webinar created for the US VA dental team. I hope it gives you some new inforamtion that you can use the next day in the care of our US veteran population. Thank you for listening.
The following is from the VA for you to register for the lecture...Hope to see you there...
Questions?: If you require assistance, please contact the VHA TRAIN Help Desk by email at vhatrain@va.gov.
This is my newest lecture with a smattering of topics that will all come together to help the General Practitioner feel more confident in diagnosing and treating those patients where the dentistry is routine but the difference is the age of the patient.
This course will discuss new aesthetic materials and their use in cosmetic dentistry in Pediatric Dentistry. GIC’s, noted for their fluoride release, have improved greatly over the last decade as a final restoration in Class I and Class II restorations in stress bearing and non-stress bearing teeth. Composites have also improved over time. Their chameleon effect gives the dentist a better color match, predictability, and reduced shade inventory. The final topic covered will be the indications for successful techniques on how to use and apply these materials in your practice.
Description:
This course will cover the treatment and management of pulp exposures due to dental trauma. Attendees will learn how to give painless dental injections; current techniques and materials will be used in the treatment of the pulp exposure as well as information on the latest dental materials and techniques for anesthetics.
This is a lecture created as a webinar for GC America with Viva Learning...
Dental Traumatic Injuries (DTI) are common in children. In fact, 30% of all childhood injuries are oral. This presentation will discuss:
You will receive detailed instruction on how pediatric dentists treat many common orthodontic problems with techniques that can be done in the office. Learn simple Orthodontic techniques that can translate to Interceptive Orthodontic appliances that you can do without sending your patients out of the office.
You will receive detailed instruction on how pediatric dentists treat many common orthodontic problems with techniques that can be done in the office. Learn simple Orthodontic techniques that can translate to Interceptive Orthodontic appliances that you can do without sending your patients out of the office.
Day 2 morning lecture
Day 2 afternoon workshop
Learning Objectives:
1. learn the indications and contraindications for bioceramics
2. know and understand how and why the current bioceramics are preferred over previously used materials
3. list and know the many uses for bioceremics
4. learn the proper techniques for placing bioceramics in pediatric and adult dentistry