Continuing Education

Vincent Kokich, DDS, MSD
Interdisciplinary Management Of Anterior Esthetic Dilemmas: When, Why, And How?
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2004
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the Pines Manor

Doctor Kokich is a professor in the department of Orthodontics at the University of Washington in Seattle. He also maintains a private Orthodontic practice in Tacoma, Washington. He has published 16 book chapters, 64 scientific articles, and 48 review articles. He has given over 550 presentations throughout North & South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He was awarded the Sicher Research award by the American Association of Orthodontists, and has received the Strang Award (1994), Schluger Award (2000), ICO Award(2001), and the Dewel Award (2002). Dr. Kokich has been elected to Fellowship in both the American College of Dentists and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Dr. Kokich is Editor of Case Reports for the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Associate Editor of The Angle Orthodontist and Practical Reviews in Orthodontics, and serves on the advisory boards of the Journal of Esthetic Dentistry, Seminars of Orthodontics, Clinical Orthodontics and Research, Dental Traumatology, The Australian Orthodontic Journal, and the British Journal of Orthodontics. He has served as President of both the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and the American Board of Orthodontics.
The program will include the following complex treatment situations. Many clinical examples will be used to illustrate the various treatment possibilities for these situations:
1) Midline Discrepancies
• Threshold level or correction of midline deviation
• Keys to solving midline problems
• Relationships of axial inclination and midline discrepancies
• Method for assessing midline deviation
• Restoration of mediolateral inclination problems
• 4 criteria to differentiate the appropriate solution
2) “Gummy Smile”
• Method for evaluating gingiva to lip relationship
• Threshold level for correction of gingiva to lip relationship problems
• 3 treatment options (jaw surgery, periodontal surgery, intrusion)
• 5 criteria to determine when each solution is appropriate
3) “Black Triangles”
• Threshold level for correction of open gingival embrasures
• 3 causes: tooth shape, tooth position, periodontal defects
• Learn how "black spaces" can be corrected
4) Unequal Crown Length
• Threshold level for correction of crown length problems
• 3 possible solutions: periodontal surgery, orthodontic intrusion and restoration, or orthodontic extrusion and equilibration
• Learn the 4 criteria to determine the correct treatment choice
5) Single tooth maxillary lateral and mandibular second premolar implants
• How much space is neccesary for implant and crown
• When to place implants
• How to develop the ridge with tooth movement
• Effect of timing on bone thickness for implant placement

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Role of the Dentist in Dx’ing & Tx’ing Snoring & Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Thursday; May 27, 2004        6:30-8:30PM            2 CEU     Dr. Richard Champagne

COST: MCDS / NJDA members $15----Staff $15 Non-Members $50  

Course Objectives:

• To be aware of the dentist’s role in diagnosing and treating sleep disordered breathing
• To learn how to screen for patients who should be referred for testing and diagnosis
• To understand the pathophysiology that is involved in snoring and sleep apnea
• To gain an understanding of oral appliance therapy

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Annual OSHA Certification Seminar

Thursday June 10, 2004           6:30-8:30PM           2 CEU     Matt Giachetti

COST:   MCDS / NJDA members $15----Staff $15 Non-Members $50                                              

            This program will satisfy the OSHA standard on Occupational Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens, which is required annually for dentists and staff.  Each office person trained will receive certification that they have been properly instructed for this OSHA regulation on Infection Control.

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How to Reduce High Bites and Open/Tight Contacts

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Guarding your Patient’s Occlusal Health

 Wednesday June 16, 2004    9:00AM - 4:00PM     ALL DAY    6 CEU   Dr. Robert Cowie

COST:    MCDS / NJDA members $75----Staff $25  Non-Members $150    includes  Box Lunch

How to Reduce High Bites and Open/Tight Contacts

               Too many models look perfect on the model only to fall drastically short of expectations at the seating appointment.  The necessary time-consuming adjustments to the occlusion and/or contacts can leave you and your patient feeling frustrated.

               Finding a laboratory that can deliver a completed case requiring little to no adjustment is the biggest challenge a dentist faces when prescribing a crown or bridge.  To identify factors that determine whether a crown will fit, a study was recently undertaken to explore dentist-laboratory interaction and how it ultimately affects case outcome.

               In “How to Reduce High Bites & Open/Tight Contacts,” Dr. Robert Cowie will review the study results to shed light in what goes wrong and to offer suggestions that will prevent future mistakes.

Seminar highlights include:

·         Review of the study, analyzing occlusion and contacts of 30 single-unit crowns

·         Photo documentation of crowns as they came back from the laboratory and then after adjustment

·         Step-by-step protocol for seating a crown that will help the dentist or assistant evaluate the result form the lab

·         Time- and money-saving tips that will minimize adjustments

·         Simple steps to improve the predictability and profitability of your single crowns

·         Principles that can be applied to make big crown and bridge cases better and easier

·         How to use your laboratory as a resource to help you provide better quality dentistry

Guarding your Patient’s Occlusal Health

           Are you looking for ways of providing better service for your patients?  Setting yourself apart from the rest of the dentists in the area?  Providing a service that is relatively easy to deliver, of value to your patient, and that can be profitable to the dentist and their team?  It is time that the dental community reengineer their practices to treat occlusal disease as effectively as we learned to treat bacterial disease.

Program Highlights:

·         The indications for a nightguard

·         The etiology of occlusal wear

·         Which arch should receive the appliance

·         The steps needed to fabricate a nightguard

·         How to decrease delivery time and get a predictable result

·         And how to get the patient to say yes on Monday morning to accepting treatment

                                               Dr. Robert Cowie is a 1976 graduate of Northwestern University Dental School and practices in Jacksonville, Florida.  He holds membership in numerous professional organizations including the Jacksonville Dental Society [past President], the AGD, the American Equilibration Society, the Florida Academy of Dental Practice Administration, and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. He completed the continuums at the Center for Advanced Dental Studies and the L.D.Pankey Institute, Dr. Cowie has lectured nationally while continuing to practice a minimum of 30 hrs. a week chairside.