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SUMMARY:'SOUND' BITES  Quick\, Simple Solutions for Achieving Healthy\, Functional Occlusions (6 CEU)
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Lea graduated from UBC Dental School in 1980. He has been a solo\, general\npractitioner on Salt Spring Island for over 40 years. For most of that time\, he also treated\npatients requiring complex orthopedic and fixed orthodontics. He has been diagnosing and\ntreating occlusal problems\, joint pain\, reduced function\, and general bite imbalances for\nwell over 20 years.\nHe has spoken on this topic at Chicago’s Midwinter Clinic\, New York’s GNYDM\,\nFlorida’s Dental Conference in Orlando\, several times at Vancouver’s PDC and at several\nother dental meetings in Vancouver\, Boston and Vancouver Island.\nHe is keenly aware of the well-known and highly-regarded individuals who speak on this\naspect of dentistry\, but has found that their procedures and beliefs have not given him and\nhis patients the affordable\, consistent\, stable results that he was hoping for.\nInitially\, in his practice\, he referred patients with ‘TMJ’ to Dr. David Bowler\, in Sidney\,\nBC. Dr. Bowler studied myofascial pain and dysfunction under Dr. Janet Travell. Dr.\nBowler introduced to him\, in fits and starts\, some of his ideas\, diagnostic concepts and\ntreatments that he had found to be very helpful in relieving patients of their occlusal\nproblems and establishing stable\, comfortable bites.\nUnfortunately\, Dr. Bowler passed away before Dr. Lea could understand his complete\ndiagnostic approach and treatment system. It took Dr. Lea several years to work out a\nsimple\, easily-applied\, affordable yet still economically practical and effective way to\nintegrate what he had begun to learn from Dr. Bowler that he could now apply to his own\npatients suffering from occlusal problems that often led to uncomfortable\, even painful\,\njoint symptoms.\nDr. Lea is now very confident with the protocol that he has developed for the diagnosis\nand treatment of occlusal problems and for relieving patients of discomfort and reduced\njaw function. He is very excited to share it with you now. \n  \n‘SOUND’ BITES: FUNCTIONAL OCCLUSION\nEstablishing Functional Occlusion to Promote and Sustain Healthy ‘Bites’ and TMJoints\n-You will learn that the knowledge that determines the following approach is real! It’s predictive!!\nIf we act from knowledge\, our outcomes will always be predictable\, consistent and successful\n-You will learn that there are only 2 functions that matter for occlusion.\n1) swallowing–we should check habitual closure (HC)\n2) chewing–we should check lateral excursions\n-You will learn the 3 criteria for establishing healthy\, functional occlusion for your restorations in HC.\n1) cusp/fossa\, cusp/marginal ridge point contacts establishing exclusively vertical loading\n2) no premature contacts\, no lateral interferences\, that is: nothing in the vertical or horizontal\nplanes that will create an imbalance\n3) specific vertical support through the muscle pull–that is\, ideally\, the palatal cusps of the\nupper 1st molars contact into the long axis–the fossas–of the lower 1st molars\n-You will learn why thin marking materials\, hard acrylic splints and computer sensors will not always\ngive you reliable\, accurate occlusal information for patients with occlusal dysfunction or parafunction.\nImportant principle: If there is any inadequate support\, any imbalance or interference in the\ndentition\, there will often be unconscious compensating or protective muscle activity that will\nshift the bite into a parafunctional or dysfunctional position that does not reflect a healthy\,\ncomfortable\, functional joint position. This position is the least uncomfortable position that the\npatient can unconsciously find but this protected\, compensated\, least uncomfortable position\ncan create destructive forces and even act as a ‘trigger’ for night-time clenching or grinding.\nImportant principle: the underlying\, fundamental etiology for parafunction is almost always a\nmalocclusion–not “stress”. Stress can exacerbate or even initiate short-term parafunction but\nthe real etiology is almost always a malocclusion. This goes against the conventional view but\nit is absolutely true and if ignored will keep dentistry from ever getting a handle on occlusion\n-You will learn of the 3 specific areas affected by the unhealthy\, destructive forces generated by dental\nmalocclusions/occlusal dysfunction that can create such varied\, disconnected and confusing symptoms\n1) teeth: sensitivity to temperatures\, brushing\, chewing; fractures\, wear\, open contacts\, mobility\n2) attachment tissues: promotes or exacerbates periodontal disease\, promotes gingival recession\n3) muscles of the head\, neck and joints (that may also create symptoms in the joints): tension in\nhead\, face and neck; headaches\, tinnitus; and even very sore\, painful muscles or joints\n-You will learn how to use a short questionnaire to identify parafunctional and dysfunctional patients so\nthat you might avoid treatment failures or aggravating a pre-existing situation that you’ll be blamed for.\n-You will learn how to use a quick\, 3-minute\, 3-step\, dynamic\, 3-dimensional diagnostic approach to\nreliably and accurately diagnose occlusal dysfunction and/or helpfully confirm healthy function.\n1) index finger palpation of the patients’ upper front teeth\n2) assessment with special base-plate wax\n3) assessment with special marking paper and silk\nImportant principle: the assessment must be done 3-dimensionally and dynamically–\ndiagnosing with the conventional static or 2-dimensional approach doesn’t always work!\nyou will usually just end up recording / marking the compensated\, parafunctional bite position\nVery Important principle: the wax and thick paper obscure the malocclusions so that the\npatient’s proprioception is changed–you get a truer joint hinge axis because now the muscles\ndon’t have to protect or compensate\, this gives you the bite that you need to treat or restore to\n-You will learn the 2 “keys” to occlusion that will remove the uncertainty and confusion in locating the\ntrue\, fundamental occlusal issues.\n1) DON’T CHASE SYMPTOMS!! The symptoms are almost always secondary symptoms!\nThey are the result of the patient unconsciously shifting off of the primary malocclusion.\nImportant principle: if you chase symptoms\, you will be playing endless ‘Whack a Mole’ with\nthe patient’s malocclusion and dentition\, and usually without ever resolving the problem\nDON’T CHASE OR FOCUS ON SYMPTOMS\, FOCUS ON MALOCCLUSIONS!!\n2) I can’t–and neither can you–consistently\, actively\, directly “deprogram” over-active muscles!\nImportant principle: the muscles have to be calmed passively\, indirectly by removing causes!!\nAgain\, this goes against the conventional view but clinically\, it’s always predictably true\n-You will learn what are the only 3 dental malocclusions.\n1) lack of specific vertical support against the muscle pull in the area of the 1st molar\n2) premature contacts anywhere creating imbalances in the vertical plane\n3) unwanted forces in the horizontal plane that create imbalances or dysfunction in habitual\nclosure (HC) or chewing\n-You will learn that focusing on the joints is usually not very helpful\nImportant principle: jaw joints don’t like to be pushed\, pulled or twisted–if they are\, then very\noften\, the muscles around the joints have to over-actively compensate or protect against these\nunhealthy forces. Any clicking\, popping\, locking\, restricted or uneven opening of the jaw are\nusually just symptoms of over-active\, protective muscles trying to cope with a malocclusion\n-You will learn how to screen parafunctional patients or patients with joint symptoms so that you\nidentify occlusal dysfunction as the correct etiology as opposed to patients with TMD.\nAssessment using a specific\, lower\, soft\, dynamic\, 3-dimensional diagnostic splint is often\nhelpful\, and even mandatory when there are joint symptoms\nImportant principle: this diagnostic tool will screen out truly TMD situations that I never want\nto treat–it confirms the etiology to be occlusal\, not neurological. It reassures the diagnosis.\n-You will learn a quick\, superficial\, non-invasive\, 4-step treatment sequence to treat occlusal\ndysfunction.\nfirst\, in patient’s habitual\, closed position:\n1) allow for any ‘joint decompensation’ by thoroughly removing any anterior prematurities and\nany lateral- or distal-driving contacts or smears on the slopes\n2) add specific vertical support through the lower 1st molars if required\n3) exclusively vertically-loading ‘point’ contacts confirmed or re-established\nthen\, but only after a functional\, comfortable\, habitual closed position is established\, in lateral shifts:\n4) healthy chewing function confirmed or established\n-You will learn the only 3 criteria for making any adjustments on your restorations or your patients’\ndentitions in a predictable\, safe manner–only remove what you don’t want!\n1) do not remove supportive\, point contacts from the cusp tips\, fossas or marginal ridges–\nespecially\, never remove or fail to provide support for the palatal cusps of upper 1st molars\nthrough the fossas–through the long axis–of the lower 1st molars\n2) reduce all smears from slopes but leave a part of every smear as the appropriate\,verticallyloading point contact to contact and support the opposing tooth\n3) after dealing with the slopes\, reduce any excessive point contacts but only on cusp tips!–\nnever deepen the fossas or reduce marginal ridges–while always retaining the necessary point\ncontact\n-You will learn that 3 points of vertical contact on a posterior tooth will create huge stability for our\nrestorative and orthodontic treatments\nImportant principle: triangles are very stabilizing\n-You will learn that correct canine or group guidance is essential for healthy chewing function.\nImportant principle: when chewing\, the jaw should be guided laterally of course\, but also\nslightly forward\n-You will learn how to easily and accurately find/identify any working and non-working interferences.\n1) working interferences are found on the same side of the dentition that the patient is shifting to\nand are always distal-driving to the mandible–the jaw is directed\, pushed toward the joint\nspace–which is never good\n2) non-working or balancing interferences are found on the opposite side of the dentition that\nthe patient is shifting to and always generate lateral interferences which are also never good–\nthey act like a longer 4th leg on what should be a 3-legged stool (the 3 ‘legs’ being the 2 joints\nand the canine guidance) during chewing\n-You will learn of the potential very negative consequences to your dentistry of not finding/identifying\nand then eliminating these working and non-working interferences.\n-You will learn how focusing on healthy occlusion will make your dentistry more efficient\, easier and\nmore successful and satisfying.\ncopyright 2016 all rights reserved \nPurchase Your Tickets Here!
URL:https://ncdsonline.org/event/sound-bites-quick-simple-solutions-for-achieving-healthy-functional-occlusions/
LOCATION:Rolling Hills Casino and Event Center\, 2655 Everett Freeman Way\, Corning\, CA\, 96021\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Northern California Dental Society":MAILTO:ncdsociety@outlook.com
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SUMMARY:Leslie Canham - OSHA\, Infection Control & CDPA - Required Course (Live Virtual Course 6 CEU)
DESCRIPTION:OSHA/Blood-Borne Pathogen Standards – 2-Hour Program\nQualifies for C.E. Credit – Core Course\nTopics covered will include:• Cal-DOSH BBP Standard\n• DHS Medical Waste Management\n• CDC/ADA Recommendations\nInfection Control – Mandatory course for license renewal – 2-Hour Program\nQualifies for C.E. Credit – Core Course\nTopics covered will include:\n• Dental Board IC Regulations (DPA Section 1005)\nCalifornia Dental Practice Act — CDPA California Dental Practice Act\nMandatory course for license renewal – 2-Hour Program\nQualifies for C.E. Credit – Core Course • Meets state requirements for California Dental Practice Act C.E.\nTopics covered will include:\n• Highlights and Updates of the Dental Practice Act\n• Scope of Practice for Dentists and Allied Dental Health Personnel\n• License Renewal Requirements\, Continuing Education\, Laws Governing Citations & Fines\n• Laws Pertaining to Prescriptions\n• Dental Record Keeping\n• Acts in Violation of the Dental Practice Act\, Including Unprofessional ConductPurchase Your Tickets Here!
URL:https://ncdsonline.org/event/leslie-canham-osha-infection-control-cdpa-required-course-live-virtual-course-6-ceu-4/
LOCATION:ZOOM Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Northern California Dental Society":MAILTO:ncdsociety@outlook.com
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SUMMARY:The Clinical Practice of Modern Caries Disease Management (6 CEU)
DESCRIPTION:The Clinical Practice of Modern Caries Disease Management  \n  \n  \nDouglas A. Young\, DDS\, EdD\, MBA\, MS \n  \n  \nCourse Description: \nClinical practice today uses scientifically sound evidence-based approaches.  There is a noticeable shift to the caries treatment paradigm by better preventing and managing caries as a disease. \n  \nAlthough this presentation will provide a brief scientific overview of contemporary caries disease management principles\, the key focus will be the clinical implementation of the science including caries risk assessment\, the utilization of chemical treatments for caries disease at the patient level\, and minimally invasive dentistry (MID) at the tooth level. New tools\, such as the ADA Caries Classification System (ADA CCS)\, selective caries removal\, and chemical approaches like silver diamine fluoride (SDF) and glass ionomer cement (GIC)\, will be explored in detail. Additionally\, practical clinical cases will be presented to illustrate these concepts effectively. \n  \nThe presentation provides an excellent update relevant to clinical applications for the dentist\, dental therapist\, hygienist\, assistant\, and front office. \n  \nEducational Objectives: \nYou will be able to: \n\nPerform a caries risk assessment and present science-based treatment options\nClassify caries lesions using the ADA CCS\nUse operative treatment only when necessary\, using selective caries removal\, GIC\, and SDF to treat chemically at the tooth level                      Purchase Your Tickets Here!\n\n 
URL:https://ncdsonline.org/event/the-clinical-practice-of-modern-caries-disease-management/
LOCATION:Red Lion Hotel\, 1830 Hilltop Drive\, Redding\, CA\, 96002\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Northern California Dental Society":MAILTO:ncdsociety@outlook.com
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SUMMARY:Leslie Canham - OSHA\, Infection Control & CDPA - Required Course (Live Virtual Course 6 CEU)
DESCRIPTION:OSHA/Blood-Borne Pathogen Standards – 2-Hour Program\nQualifies for C.E. Credit – Core Course\nTopics covered will include:• Cal-DOSH BBP Standard\n• DHS Medical Waste Management\n• CDC/ADA Recommendations\nInfection Control – Mandatory course for license renewal – 2-Hour Program\nQualifies for C.E. Credit – Core Course\nTopics covered will include:\n• Dental Board IC Regulations (DPA Section 1005)\nCalifornia Dental Practice Act — CDPA California Dental Practice Act\nMandatory course for license renewal – 2-Hour Program\nQualifies for C.E. Credit – Core Course • Meets state requirements for California Dental Practice Act C.E.\nTopics covered will include:\n• Highlights and Updates of the Dental Practice Act\n• Scope of Practice for Dentists and Allied Dental Health Personnel\n• License Renewal Requirements\, Continuing Education\, Laws Governing Citations & Fines\n• Laws Pertaining to Prescriptions\n• Dental Record Keeping\n• Acts in Violation of the Dental Practice Act\, Including Unprofessional ConductPurchase Your Tickets Here!
URL:https://ncdsonline.org/event/leslie-canham-osha-infection-control-cdpa-required-course-live-virtual-course-6-ceu-3/
LOCATION:ZOOM Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Northern California Dental Society":MAILTO:ncdsociety@outlook.com
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