Outline of Events:
THE OC SUMMIT 2013 PROGRAM, HELD AT THE TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS WILL MAINTAIN ITS HIGH LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING PRESENTED BY YOUR PEERS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS. THERE WILL BE PRESENTATIONS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND DAYS GIVEN BY OC COLLEAGUES CHOSEN TO PRESENT ON TOPICS WHICH WILL KEEP YOUR ATTENTION AND BRING INSIGHTFUL IDEAS TO HELP YOUR APPRECIATION OF GNEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY. THIS PROGRAM WILL AID THOSE WHO EITHER ARE NEW TO NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY AND BE FOR THOSE WHO COME TO LEARN CURRENT TECHNIQUES AND INFORMATION IN THIS EVER DEVELOPING FIELD OF DENTISTRY. FOR THE MORE EXPERIENCED OC MEMBERS THE PRESENTATIONS WILL ALSO INCLUDE TOPICS ON SLEEP DISORDERS, THE RELATIONSHIP OF ATLAS AXIS TO TMD DENTISTRY, LABORATORY COSMETIC CASE PRESENTATION, BIOMIMETIC DENTISTRY, AS WELL AS PRESENTATIONS ON MEDICAL DENTAL LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE CLINICAL SETTING.
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE THAN WHAT THEY WERE TAUGHT REGARDING THE BASICS OF DENTISTRY WHILE IN DENTAL SCHOOL AND WANT TO HAVE A TEAM THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR DENTIST-LEADER IN PROVIDING THE BEST DENTAL CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS, THIS IS THE OC SUMMIT MEETING TO ATTEND TO FURTHER THE MEANING AND REALITY OF “BEING THE PHYSICIAN OF THE MOUTH”. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TO CELEBRATE OCCLUSION CONNECTIONS EXISTENCE AFTER 5 YEARS OF TEACHING. THE OC SUMMIT 2013 WILL BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE OC WHAT IT IS TODAY! CONTINUE YOUR JOURNEY WITH US AND ENJOY THE TIME WITH YOUR OC SUMMIT 2013 COLLEAGUES IN LAS VEGAS!
WITH ANTICIPATION AND EXCITEMENT!
friday october 25th
8:00 – 8:30 REGISTRATION
8:30 – 10:00 CLAYTON A. CHAN, D.D.S. – LAS VEGAS, NV
OPENING REMARKS: “TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE”
ONE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD UNLESS THERE IS DESIRE FROM WITHIN TO MOVE FORWARD. A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD DOES NOT OCCUR UNLESS THERE IS AN AWARENESS, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND VISION THAT CREATES A GREATER PERSPECTIVE. THE DENTIST AND HIS TEAM MUST REALIZE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MORE TO EVERY DAY ROUTINE DENTISTRY – THIS WHY A VISION MUST BE BORN WITHIN EVERY DENTIST. AS ONE BECOMES EXPERIENCED AND SEASONED IN DENTISTRY THE DENTIST BEGINS TO SEARCH FOR ANSWERS AND UNDERSTANDING TO QUESTIONS THAT HE/SHE KNOWS HAS NOT ADEQUATELY BEEN ANSWERED WITHIN THE CLASSICAL TEACHINGS OF DENTISTRY AS THEY RELATE TO THE VARIOUS TMD, RESTORATIVE AND ORTHODONTIC CLINICAL PROBLEMS ONE SEES IN THE EVERYDAY PRACTICE. THE DENTIST SOON REALIZES THEIR IS NEED FOR A LIFE CHANGE IN THOUGHT AND PRACTICE STYLE.
– FROM CENTRIC TO GNEUROMUSCULAR – AN EXISTENCE OF A UNIFYING FACTOR?
– CORE VALUES
– OUR MISSION AND PURPOSE
10:00 – 10:30 BREAK
10:30 – 12:00 GREGG UECKERT, D.D.S. – AUSTIN, TX
HOW I OPTIMIZED MY GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE – IMPLEMENTING AND INTEGRATING GNM DENTAL TECHNIQUES IN TMD, SPORTS & PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY
SYNOPSIS: DR. UECKERT WILL BE SHARING HOW HE INTEGRATED GNM TECHNIQUES INTO HIS BUSY GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE. DR. UECKERT WILL ALSO BE SHARING HIS EXPERIENCES USING GNM TECHNIQUES IN OTHER ARENAS SPECIFICALLY SPORTS DENTISTRY AND ITS USE IN THE ALL-ON 4 IMPLANT TECHNIQUE. DR. UECKERT WILL FURTHER GO IN TO HOW HE BROKE IN TO THE TMD, SPORTS DENTISTRY AND ALL-ON-4 ARENA AND HOW HE HAS BECOME THE “BITE SPECIALISTS” IN AUSTIN AND BEYOND.
• HOW GNM TECHNIQUES CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO YOUR PRACTICE WITHOUT TAKING AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO PRODUCE
• HOW TO PERFORM THE 30 MINUTE TMD CONSULT
• WHAT YOU WILL NEED IN THE FIELD TO FIT ATHLETES AND WHAT TO EXPECT
• FITTING SEQUENCE IN THE FIELD AND TAKING ACCURATE OPTIMIZED BITES WITHOUT THE K7
• HOW TO VERIFY THE BITE IN THE FIELD WITHOUT A K7
• WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO FITTING ATHLETES AND WHO ARE THE FACILITATORS
• HOW GNM TECHNIQUES CAN LEAD TO REFERRALS FROM OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND MAKE YOU THE SPECIALIST IN YOUR AREA
• HOW GNM TECHNIQUES ARE APPLICABLE TO AND THE ANSWER TO THE ALL-ON-4 IMPLANT TECHNIQUE AND HOW THIS CAN CREATE NEW INCOME STREAMS FOR THE PRACTICE
12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH
1:30 – 3:00 JAVIER VASQUEZ, D.D.S. – MIAMI, FL
THE ACTION-REACTION LAW – ATLAS-AXIS-OCCIPUT AND THE RELATION WITH THE OPTIMIZED BITE
IN THE LAST 10 YEARS THE EVOLUTION NEUROMUSCULAR THINKING HAS INCORPORATED MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS THAT INVOLVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT. WE ARE MORE AWARE OF POSTURAL CHANGES, FACIAL ASYMMETRIES , AIRWAY AND HOW TO FIND A MORE OPTIMIZED POSITION. THIS IS WHAT I CALL THE PROGRESSION OF NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY.
WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFERENT SPECIAL RELATIONS. WE ALL TALK ABOUT PITCH, JAW , ROLL AND MOSTLY FOCUS IN THE MAXILLARY ARCH AND THE MANDIBULAR POSITION. BUT IN REALITY THIS THREE DIMENSIONAL REFERENCE CAN BE USED TO ANALYZE THE POSTURAL CHANGES. TALKING ABOUT THE MAXILLARY PLANE, IT IS ATTACHED TO THE SKULL BUT THE SKULL IS SUPPORTED BY THE CERVICAL SPINE. MISALIGNMENT OF ANY OF THESE STRUCTURES WILL CREATE A REACTION IN THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURE. THIS WILL COMPROMISE THE REACTION OF THE SKULL ON THE NECK AND WILL AFFECT THE POSITIONING OF THE OCCLUSAL PLANE AND THE TEMPORO MANDIBULAR JOINTS. THEREFORE, AFFECTING THE MANDIBULAR POSITION AND THE RANGE OF MOTION.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE SOME OF DR. ROCABADO’S CONCEPTS IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE CERVICAL STABILITY AND CONNECT THEM WITH THE NEUROMUSCULAR CONCEPT AND THE RELATION WITH THE OPTIMIZED BITE. THIS LECTURE WILL DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATLAS-AXIS-OCCIPUT AND THE INFLUENCE IN THE MANDIBULAR POSITION AND VICEVERSA. IT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY SOME CLINICAL CASES I DEVELOPED WITH DR. ROCABADO.
• DEMONSTRATE COMPROMISED CERVICAL CASES AND DIFFICULTY IN THE STABILITY OF THE OPTIMIZED BITE.
• NECESSARY RECORDS TO ANALYZE THE CERVICAL DYNAMICS: XRAYS, PHOTOS, PROTOCOLS.
• NORMAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRANIOCERVICAL DYNAMICS AND THE RELATION WITH MANDIBULAR POSITION.
3:00 – 3:30 BREAK
3:30 – 5:00 RICHARD CARROCCIA, D.D.S. – WILMINGTON, DE
SLEEP APNEA AND THE GNM PRACTICE
THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE SLEEP APNEA TREATMENTS FOR THE GNUEROMUSCULAR PRACTICE. SLEEP APNEA IS A LARGE PROBLEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 80 – 90% OF SLEEP APNEA GOES UNDIAGNOSED. AS DENTAL PRACTIONERS WE HAVE VALUABLE TOOLS TO TREAT THIS WIDESPREAD DISORDER. THE SUCCESS RATE OF DENTAL SLEEP APNEA APPLIANCES HAS BEEN PROVEN TO HELP EVEN THE WORST CASES. DR. CARROCCIA WILL DEMONSTRATE HOW TO TREAT AND IMPROVE PATIENTS LIVES WITH ORAL SLEEP APPLIANCES THAT HE USES AND HAS FOUND TO SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE.
TOPICS COVERED:
• INTRODUCTION TO VARIOUS ORAL SLEEP APPLIANCES / CHOOSING THE RIGHT APPLIANCE
• DIAGNOSING SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS
• DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SLEEP SPECIALISTS
• STEP BY STEP PROCESS IN TREATING SLEEP APNEA
• BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL SLEEP APNEA NICHE IN YOUR PRACTICE
5:00 – 6:30 RECEPTION
saturday october 26th
8:30 – 10:00 LARRY STANLEIGH, B. SC., M.SC., D.D.S. – CALGARY, AB
INDEPENDANT DENTAL EXAMINATIONS: ANOTHER WAY TO HELP GNM PAIN PATIENTS, A NICHE SOURCE OF ADDITIONAL INCOME
SYNOPSIS: IN THIS PRESENTATION, DR. LARRY STANLEIGH WILL TELL THE STORY OF HOW HE BECAME THE ‘LOCAL’ EXPERT IN TMJ INJURIES AND THE TREATMENT OF OROFACIAL PAIN, PRIMARILY DUE TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. IN LESS THAN 5 YEARS, AND WITH NO MARKETING DOLLARS INVESTED, DR. STANLEIGH HAS CONVERTED A PART TIME NICHE PROJECT INTO A 6-FIGURE INCOME WITH VERY LOW OVERHEAD.
• WHAT AN INDEPENDENT DENTAL EXAMINATION IS AND HOW TO PERFORM ONE.
• DR. STANLEIGH WILL PROVIDE HIS TEMPLATE FOR WHAT HE ASKS AND OBSERVES
• HOW TO WRITE A REPORT…THE LANGUAGE USED AND THE INFORMATION THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND LAWYERS ARE LOOKING FOR
• DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT OPTIONS
• IF YOU ARE CALLED TO COURT AS AN EXPERT WITNESS, WHAT HAPPENS THERE, HOW WILL YOU BE PERCEIVED, ETC.
• HOW TO SET YOUR FEES
10:00 – 10:30 BREAK
10:30 – 12:00 CHRIS MOHLER, D.D.S., LLC – BEAUFORT, SC
THE EVOLUTION OF CAD CAM CERAMICS AND PERSPECTIVES IN GNM PATIENT CARE
EXPLORING NEW POSSIBILITIES IN COMPUTER AIDED TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS THE CLINICIAN VISUALIZE THE END RESULT IN RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. CHRIS WILL SHARE HIS SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING THESE CAD CAM – CEREC TECHNOLOGIES INTO HIS BUSY PRACTICE. THIS PRESENTATION IS DESIGNED TO HELP DOCTORS GO BEYOND THE STANDARD UNDERSTANDING OF ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR COSMETICS.
POINTS COVERED:
• UPDATE AND LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT SOFTWARE
• THE IMPORTANCE OF DOCTORS BEING TRAINED IN ADVANCED CAD CAM TECHNOLOGY / STEPS HOW TO GET THERE.
• STEPS IN DEALING WITH THE DIFFICULT PATIENT.
• BUILDING YOUR PRACTICE WITH A HIGHER STANDARD IN ESTHETICS AND OCCLUSAL CARE.
• SPECIAL MATERIALS FOR SPECIAL CASES (WHAT CERAMICS I USE AND WHEN).
. STEPS IN DEALING WITH THE DIFFICULT PATIENT.
. BUILDING YOUR PRACTICE WITH A HIGHER STANDARD ESTHETICS AND OCCLUSAL CARE.
. SPECIAL MATERIALS FOR SPECIAL CASES (WHAT CERAMICS I USE AND WHEN).
12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH
1:30 – 3:00 JOE WILLARDSEN, D.D.S. – LAS VEGAS, NV
BIOMIMETIC DENTISTRY – A NEW GENERATION
THIS COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO BIOMIMETIC DENTISTRY FROM A COSMETIC, RESTORATIVE AND OCCLUSAL PERSPECTIVE. IT WILL INTRODUCE BIOMIMETIC PRINCIPLES TO TAKE DENTAL PRACTICES TO NEW LEVEL IN COSMETICS, BONDING AND OCCLUSION, INCLUDING METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING THESE NEW PRINCIPLES IN DAILY PRACTICE.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• DEFINE BIOMIMETIC DENTISTRY AND DEMONSTRATE COSMETIC BIOMIMETIC RESTORATIONS. INTRODUCE THE “5 BIO-BASICS”.
• DEMONSTRATION OF CONSERVATIVE PHASE TWO RECONSTRUCTION WITH CASE PRESENTATIONS.
• BUILDING AND IMPLEMENTING BIOMIMETICS PRINCIPLES INTO THE PRACTICE
• MARKETING BIOMIMETIC PRINCIPLES AND FORMING NEW PARADIGMS FOR PRACTITIONERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
• PRESENTING BIOMIMETIC PRINCIPLES TO PATIENTS GETTING THE TEAM INVOLVED.
3:30 – 5:00 OPEN PANEL DISCUSSION
MODERATED BY CLAYTON CHAN D.D.S, HOA NGUYEN D.D.S. AND JOSEPH WILLARDSEN D.D.S.
5:00 – 5:30 CONCLUSION
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“BUILD UPON EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILD NEW FRIENDSHIPS”
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