Continuing Education

Negotiating a Lease Renewal for Your Dental Practice

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1

Running Time: 1 hour

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Speaker: Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield

This course details different avenues orthodontists can take when approaching their commercial lease renewal. If you agree to the same terms and conditions as you initially did with your landlord, you may miss out on numerous benefits.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Release Date: 04/01/2018

Hiring and Developing Your Team the Right Way

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Course Discussion
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Speaker: Sheri Kay, RDH

Do you hire based on whether you like the person you’re interviewing? Re-imagine your hiring methods and discover proven approaches to attracting, interviewing, and hiring the talent you want. You’ll build a strategic plan to attract the new people you need, and to maximize the gifts and talents of your current team on the way to achieving your vision for your practice.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1h

Release Date: 01/31/2018

Real Estate: Real Issues for Starting (and Selling) a Dental Practice

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1h

Course Discussion
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Speaker: Charles Feitel

This course navigates the complex landscape of commercial real estate and the dental office, by covering topics such start up offices, lease renewals, and buying or selling. In addition, this course includes information about financing, restrictive covenants, site selection, lease negotiation, permits, building, and opening the office.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1h

Release Date: 12/13/2017

Changing Lives, One Airway at a Time

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1h

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Speaker: Dr. Manjari Kulkarni

Myriad articles indicate a possible link between maxillary constriction and airway resistance; this piece proposes to show how orthodontic treatment with rapid palatal expansion may improve both orthodontic malocclusion and signs of airway resistance— including snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)—in young, growing patients, resulting in an overall, life-changing health improvement.

Sleep Medicine

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Release Date: 10/01/2017

Sleep Medicine

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

From Ordinary to Extraordinary: How to Create a Self-Managing Team... Filmed Live at Townie Meeting

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Speaker: Paul Edwards

In this course you will discover secrets to creating game-changing mission and purpose statements that will engage your team and get them to buy in on the practice’s strategic goals. This course will give you a clear understanding of how this strategic process is the first step towards transforming a good team and practice into one that’s truly extraordinary.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 08/16/2017

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

This course is part of Townie Meeting 2017 Lecture Series

Stop Cancellations!

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Speaker: Steven Anderson

It is the perfectly scheduled day and then it all falls apart! Learn the secrets to helping more of your patients keep their commitments. How to reduce cancellations, no shows, and disruptive emergencies that mess up your day!

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 07/12/2017

Micro-Osteoperforation: Orthodontic Acceleration Becomes Mainstream

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Course Discussion
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Speaker: Dr. Bruce McFarlane

The science behind micro-osteoperforation is well-established and its clinical usefulness has also been well-studied and confirmed. It is now at the Tipping Point of becoming a mainstream, routine procedure for a wide variety of orthodontic applications. This course will review the evolution of the system, the biology behind it, the logistics of its use, and its clinical applications.

Orthodontics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 03/01/2017

The Standard of Care-What is it? What is it Not? Key information Both Specialists and General Dentists Need to Know

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

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Speaker: Dr. John Dovgan

This course will educate you on the definition of the Standard of Care as how to meet it as well as Key legal terms you need to know. Guidelines are given for what is looked for in dental board cases and malpractice cases and local anesthetic and sedation mistakes dentists make. Examples of lines that should not be crossed and typical treatment notes you should incorporate into practice.

Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2.5

Running Time: 2 hours

Release Date: 08/24/2016

Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2.5

Running Time: 2 hours

Intermaxillary Edgewise Mechanics

Course Discussion
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Speaker: Dr. J.J. Jasper

This course will teach you how to utilize free energy from the face muscles to produce curved edgewise vectors that eliminate overjet in 6 months.

Orthodontics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 11/01/2015

Orthodontics in the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Complex Cases

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Course Discussion
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Speaker: Dr. Miguel Hirschhaut

Orthodontics sets up the foundation for future prosthetics in cases with periodontal, surgical and restorative dentistry requirements. Adult orthodontics simplifies complex clinical situations. Making it easier for restorative dentist to achieve better esthetic & functional results. Orthognatic surgery combined with orthodontics corrects skeletal discrepancies in order to have the patient ready for prosthodontic replacement of multiple missing teeth.

Orthodontics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 09/09/2015

The New OSHA Hazard Communication Standard

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1 hour

Speaker: Leslie Canham, CDA, RDA

This course will introduce the participant to the new Globally Harmonized Hazard Communication Standard. Employers are required to provide training to employees on the chemical safety and employees have the right to know and understand about the hazards they are exposed to in the work place.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 02/18/2015

Buying a Dental Practice: There is More to it Than Price.

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

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Speaker: Tim Lott

This presentation is designed to educate the prospective buyer on how to approach the financial due diligence aspect of buying a dental practice. You will learn what information you need to look at, how to piece the information together and how to analyze that information to formulate an offer. You will also learn some of the other aspects of the purchase process so you will be prepared when you locate a practice you want to purchase. Recorded Live at Townie Meeting 2014!

Practice Transitions

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hours

Release Date: 09/01/2014

Stress Management for Dental Professionals

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hours

This course is part of Townie Meeting 2014 Lecture Series

Speaker: Jen Butler, M.Ed., CPC, BCC

An overview of the main elements of stress management as it relates specifically to dental professionals. Learn key terms, types of stress, the science behind stress, and ways in which to reduce the stress you and your team experiences in the office. T

Health, Wellness and Ergonomics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 02/18/2014

Health, Wellness and Ergonomics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1 hour

What Exactly is CBCT and What Does One Need to Know Before Use or Purchase?

Course Discussion
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Speaker: Dr. James Mah

This course covers all aspects of advances, features, and technology of CBCT devices and gives a comprehensive understanding of this important device in dentistry. This course is extremely helpful to potential cone-beam CT purchasers and users as well as all dental professionals. It focuses on key decisions relating to appropriate field of view and imaging needs and goals. A discussion of technical performance details is provided to allow for comparison between devices.

Imaging, CBCT, and Radiography

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 01/29/2014

Imaging, CBCT, and Radiography

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Medical Emergency Mastery

Speaker: Dr. Catharine Goodson

This course will provide Dentists and their staff a system to identify emergencies before they occur, the tools to respond effectively to a crisis, and the training materials for staff development. This course can be viewed for $18.

Health, Wellness and Ergonomics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 01/15/2014

Health, Wellness and Ergonomics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Dental Office Design: What You Need to Know

Speaker: HanH Tran

This course is a must for all those planning on designing and building a dental office as it is extremely comprehensive in the details involved.This course consists of a detailed outline of the Designing and Building Process of a new office, with insightful explanations of the terminology and dynamics of the various aspects and people that will be utilized to complete your project.

Office Design

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 12/04/2013

Office Design

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1 hour

Sweeping Away the Myths in Orthodontics: The Extraction/Non-Extraction Debate by Dr. Richard A. Litt

Speaker: Dr. Richard A. Litt

It is time to hear the facts! If you are presently practicing orthodontics or intend to incorporate orthodontics into your practice, you owe it to yourself and your patients to find out the truth and separate "fact from fiction".

Orthodontics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hours

Release Date: 11/13/2013

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hours

Treatment by Twelves

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Speaker: Daniel J. Grob, DDS, MS

Treatment by Twelves is a method to describe caring for patients with malocclusions of all ages with the express intention of treating to the new aesthetic demands. Based on recent published documents and summaries from American Association of Orthodontists (AAO)-sponsored symposia, Treatment by Twelves provides a way to communicate the proposed orthodontic treatment of patients to both colleagues and patients.

Orthodontics

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Release Date: 10/01/2013

Local Anesthesia in Dentistry and Considerations for Mandibular Anesthetic Success

Cost to View: Free

Cost for Credit: $36

CE Credits: 1.5

Speaker: Jason H. Goodchild, DMD

This course provides an update of the clinical pharmacology of local anesthetic agents and formulations used presently in dentistry and will review nine factors that may aid the practitioner in achieving better success of the traditional IANB technique.

Anesthesia

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 07/24/2013

Anesthesia

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

The Lease: The Dentist’s Forgotten Asset

Speaker: Jason Wood, BA, JD

This course is designed for any dentist looking to do a start up dental practice or a dentist that is planning on acquiring either an interest in a dental practice or becoming the sole owner of a dental practice. The goal is to educate the dentist with respect to the issues which are contained in a lease which can detrimentally impact the dentist’s future.

Practice Transitions

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 06/26/2013

Interesting and Useful Pharmacology for Dental Professionals.

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Speaker: Dr. Mark Donaldson

This program reviews pharmacology with a particular focus on the dental realm and how we can make it useful chairside on Monday morning. The academic principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics are simplified so that the most salient points are distilled into useful tenets that will help you be a better clinician and a better prescriber. After all, our goal is to make sure all dental appointments are not just successful for your patient, but also for but also for you

Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 04/10/2013

Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, and Cariology

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

The Power of the Question... How to Move Your Patients from Denial to Action.

Speaker: Mary Osborne

This course will help participants become more effective communicators by learning to follow up on difficult questions and comments from patients. You will learn how to check out assumptions; ask clarifying questions; and provide information in a way that is clear, concise, and relevant to the needs of each patient.

Practice Management, HR and Accounting

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 08/22/2012

Orthodontics and Restorative Triumphs

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

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Speaker: Duane Grummons, DDS, MSD

Cases done well utilizing effective interdisciplinary approaches yield stunning smiles and occlusal harmonies. This presentation celebrates great smile outcomes with a team approach and goes step by step on how to achieve this. Many clinical examples of treatment approaches and cases are shown.

Orthodontics

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hours

Release Date: 07/09/2012

Associates, Partnerships, Acquisitions, Oh My!

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 2

Running Time: 1.5 hours

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Speaker: Jason Wood, Esq.

This course is for young dentists who are looking at entering into an associate agreement, purchasing an interest in a dental practice and forming a partnership, attempting to do a dental practice start up or purchasing a dental practice and becoming the sole owner.

Practice Transitions

Cost to View: $36

Cost for Credit: Included

CE Credits: 1.5

Running Time: 1 hour

Release Date: 06/06/2012