Summit Speakers

Clayton A. Chan, D.D.S.

OPENING REMARKS: ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR DREAMS, PASSION & LIMITATIONS

DR. CLAYTON CHAN IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF OCCLUSION CONNECTIONS™, A RECOGNIZED POST GRADUATE TEACHING/TRAINING CENTER FOR DENTISTS IN LAS VEGAS, NV. WHICH HAS GAINED A SIGNIFICANT FOLLOWING OF DENTIST WHO ARE DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCED OF DENTISTRY.

DR. CHAN’S PASSION TO TEACH, MENTOR, EDUCATE AND INSPIRE OTHERS HAS CAUSED HIM TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ADVANCING THE NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY AND GNEUROMUSCULAR OCCLUSION CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES TO THE DENTAL PROFESSION AND DENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. INNOVATING AND DEVELOPING NEW STANDARDS IN THIS FIELD HAS RESULTED IN CLINICIANS TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS THE LEADER AND AUTHORITY ON CLINICAL APPLICATION OF NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY.

DR. CHAN IS THE PIONEER AND DEVELOPER OF THE “OPTIMIZED BITE” RECORDING TECHNIQUE USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND SPECIFIC PROTOCOLS WHICH HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF HIS PEERS WHO HAVE INTEREST IN TREATING TMD PAIN PATIENTS WITH RESTORATIVE AND ORTHODONTIC PROBLEMS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. DENTISTS WHO HAVE IMPLEMENTED HIS TECHNIQUES AND PROTOCOLS HAVE ALSO WITNESSED DIFFERENCES IN ATHLETE PERFORMANCE NOT SEEN BY PREVIOUS METHODS. PROPELLED BY THESE DISCOVERIES HE PASSIONATELY SHARES HIS KNOWLEDGE TO HIS COLLEAGUES WHO IN TURN ARE ABLE TO HELP THEIR PATIENTS. WITH THESE DISCOVERIES AND ADVANCEMENT IN UNDERSTANDING, EXPERIENCED CLINICIANS, SPECIALISTS AND SCIENTISTS CONTINUE TO BE DRAWN TO OCCLUSION CONNECTIONS TRAINING TO FURTHER THEIR LEARN TO ACQUIRE THESE UNIQUE CONCEPTS AND SKILLS. HIS REALM OF INFLUENCE AND TEACHINGS IN GNEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY CONTINUES TO SPREAD INTERNATIONALLY MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT.

DR. CHAN DESIRES TO RAISE UP A NEW BREED OF CLINICIANS WHO UPHOLD, HONOR AND RESPECT THE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF PHYSIOLOGIC DENTAL HEALTH IN ORDER THAT THEY BECOME THE FUTURE LEADERS WHO IN TURN CAN CONTINUE TO LEAD AND DIRECT THE NEXT GENERATION OF DENTISTS WITH WISDOM AND INTEGRITY.

Joseph G. Willardsen, D.D.S.

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BIOMIMETIC DENTISTRY – A NEW GENERATION

DR. JOSEPH G. WILLARDSEN GRADUATED FROM LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY. HE THEN CONTINUED HIS COSMETIC DENTAL TRAINING AND BECAME A FULL MOUTH GRADUATE AT THE PRESTIGIOUS LAS VEGAS INSTITUTE, ARROWHEAD INTERNATIONAL AND OCCLUSION CONNECTIONS. IN ADDITION DR. WILLARDSEN HAS BEEN TRAINED AND CERTIFIED AS A BIOMIMETIC INSTRUCTOR THROUGH THE ALLEMAN-DELIPERI CENTERS FOR BIOMIMETIC DENTISTRY.

DR. WILLARDSEN IS KEY OPINION LEADER FOR DENTSPLY, KURARAY,MIDWEST, HENRY SCHEIN / E4D AS WELLS AS MANY OTHERS. HIS EXPERIENCES HAVE GIVEN HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH OTHER DOCTORS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES. HIS PASSION IS TO HELP OTHER DOCTORS BE SUCCESSFUL.

DR. WILLARDSEN HAS BEEN THE INVITED DENTIST ON NUMEROUS TELEVISION, NEWS AND TALK SHOWS INCLUDING FOX NEWS, CBS NEWS, ABC NEWS, HUFFINGTON POST LIVE AND MANY OTHERS. AS WELL AS WRITING ARTICLES FOR WELL REGARDED DENTAL PUBLICATIONS HE HAS BEEN FEATURED AND SEEN IN POPULAR MAGAZINES SUCH AS AESTHETIC DENTISTRY, DENTAL ECONOMICS, COSMOPOLITAN, HARPERS BAZAAR, TOWN & COUNTRY, MARIE CLAIRE, REDBOOK, VEGAS, NEWBEAUTY AND MANY MORE.

HIS NATURAL TALENT AND ABILITY TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL SMILES HAVE MADE HIM VERY POPULAR WITH PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, TELEVISION HOSTS, NEWS CASTERS, MODELS, BEAUTY PAGEANT WINNERS AS WELL AS MANY OTHER ESTHETIC DRIVEN PATIENTS.

Richard Carroccia, D.D.S.

SLEEP APNEA AND THE GNM PRACTICE

A GRADUATE OF THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE DENTISTRY, DR. CARROCCIA HAS PRACTICED RESTORATIVE AND COSMETIC DENTISTRY OVER 15 YEARS. IN ADDITION TO EARNING HIS DENTAL DEGREE, DR. CARROCCIA HAS COMPLETED STUDIES AT THE LAS VEGAS INSTITUTE. THE TRAINING HE HAS EARNED AT LVI HAS ENCOURAGED HIM TO CONCENTRATE HIS PRACTICE IN COSMETICS, AESTHETICS AND NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY. DR. CARROCCIA CONTINUED HIS NEUROMUSCULAR TRAINING AT THE PRESTIGIOUS OCCLUSION CONNECTION UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF DR. CLAYTON CHAN AND THIS ALLOWS HIM TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT TMJ PROBLEMS BY UTILIZING STATE-OF-THE-ART EMG AND JAW TRACKING TECHNOLOGY. HE HAS ALSO BEEN TRAINED TO HELP PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM SLEEP APNEA BY REPOSITIONING THE JAW TO HELP THE PATIENT’S BREATHING BETTER AND EASIER. HE IS CERTIFIED IN INVISALIGN AND DENTAL LASERS. DR. CARROCCIA WAS APPROACHED TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST DENTISTS IN THE UNITED STATES TO UTILIZES THE ITERO SYSTEM, A SYSTEM WHICH INCORPORATES AN IMPRESSION FREE PROCEDURES. HE MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE AFFILIATION IN THE AMERICANACADEMY OF COSMETIC DENTISTRY, THE ACADEMY OF GRADUATE DENTISTRY, THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION, DELAWARE STATE DENTAL SOCIETY, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE AND THE FIRST STATE IMPLANT STUDY GROUP. DR. CARROCCIA IS A STAFF MEMBER AND AN ATTENDING DENTIST WITH CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ADDITION TO HIS PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENTS, DR. CARROCCIA LECTURES TO THE PUBLIC ON COSMETICS, NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY AND THE LATEST ADVANCES AND TECHNOLOGY IN MODERN DENTISTRY.

Gregg Ueckert, D.D.S.

HOW I OPTIMIZED MY GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE – IMPLEMENTING AND INTEGRATING GNM DENTAL TECHNIQUES IN TMD, SPORTS & PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY

DR. GREGG UECKERT IS A FIFTH GENERATION TEXAN, WHO GREW UP IN THE HOUSTON AREA WHERE HE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AND EXCELLED IN THE STUDY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. GREGG ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND GRAVITATED TOWARD THE HEALTH CARE CURRICULUM. IN 1994, GREGG GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO, AS A DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY (DDS).

SINCE HIS GRADUATION IN 1994, DR. UECKERT HAS MAINTAINED A SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE DEEP IN THE HEART OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. DR. UECKERT IS A GENERAL DENTIST WITH AN ADDED FOCUS OF TREATING TMD/TMJ PATIENTS AS WELL AS PROVIDING OTHER SPORTS AND COSMETIC DENTISTRY TREATMENTS. DR. UECKERT HAS ALSO RECEIVED ADVANCED TRAINING THROUGH DR. CLAYTON CHAN’S PIONEERING CENTER OF GNEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY & ORTHOPEDIC OCCLUSAL ADVANCEMENT, OCCLUSION CONNECTIONS. THE SOPHISTICATED UNDERSTANDING OF CRANIOMANDIBULAR ORTHOPEDICS ACHIEVED BY STUDYING DIRECTLY UNDER DR. CHAN’S GUIDANCE HAS MADE DR. UECKERT THE TOP NEUROMUSCULAR PRACTITIONER IN ALL OF TEXAS. HE WAS A PAST MEMBER OF THE 10TH DISTRICT DENTAL SOCIETY’S PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE AND IS ACTIVE IN HIS MENTORING PROGRAM FOR PRE-DENTAL STUDENTS.

HE AND HIS WIFE, LISA, HAVE TWIN SONS, LARS AND LINUS. GREGG IS A PASSIONATE CYCLIST, WHO RIDES AS BOTH A COMPETITOR AND COMMUTER.

HIS FAVORITE SAYING IS “PERSISTENCE LEADS TO PERFECTION.” AS A COSMETIC DENTIST, HE VIEWS HIS WORK AS FUNCTIONAL ART AND TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN CREATING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING WITH A SMILE.

Javier Vasquez, C.D.T., D.D.S.

THE ACTION-REACTION LAW – ATLAS-AXIS-OCCIPUT AND THE RELATION WITH THE OPTIMIZED BITE

A GRADUATE FROM THE METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY IN COLOMBIA, DR. VASQUEZ HAS SPECIALIZED IN NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS. DR. VASQUEZ FINISHED THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM AT LVI AS A DENTIST AND AS A MASTER TECHNICIAN, HE OBTAINED HIS FELLOWSHIP IN RESEARCH FROM ICCMO (INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF CRANIOMANDIBULAR ORTHOPEDICS) IN 2009 IN JAPAN AND HIS MASTERSHIP IN 2010 IN ARIZONA.

HIS CLINICAL APPROACH COMBINES A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TREATMENT AND PLANNING THAT INVOLVES THE IMPORTANCE OF FULL BODY POSTURE, CRANIO ANALYSIS AND CERVICAL ANALYSIS.

HE IS FOUNDER AND OWNER OF DORAL DENTAL LAB, HIGH END ESTHETIC DENTAL LABORATORY IN MIAMI, FLORIDA (USA) SPECIALIZED IN FULL MOUTH REHABILITATION AND SMILE DESIGN. DR. VASQUEZ IS ALSO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER IN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS MOSTLY RELATED WITH NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY, FULL MOUTH REHABILITATION AND COSMETIC DENTISTRY. FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS HE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING RESEARCH IN CRANIOCERVICAL STABILITY RELATIONSHIP WITH WORLD RENOWNED PHYSICAL THERAPIST DR. MARIANO ROCABADO.

HIS MOTIVATION IS DRIVEN BY HIS PASSION TO TEACH AND TO SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE AROUND THE WORLD. THAT IS HIS NON-STOP JOURNEY IN LIFE.

Larry Stanleigh, B.Sc., M.Sc., D.D.S.

INDEPENDANT DENTAL EXAMINATIONS: ANOTHER WAY TO HELP GNM PAIN PATIENTS, A NICHE SOURCE OF ADDITIONAL INCOME

RESIDING IN CALGARY, CANADA, DR. LARRY STANLEIGH IS A 1987 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO GRADUATE. HE OPERATES A LARGE SOLO GENERAL FAMILY PRACTICE WITH SPECIAL INTERESTS IN COSMETIC DENTISTRY, SPORTS DENTISTRY, AND GNEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY. A GRADUATE OF 6 PROGRAMS AT THE LAS VEGAS INSTITUTE WHERE HE STARTED HIS NEUROMUSCULAR STUDIES, LARRY HAS COMPLETED THE 7 LEVEL CURRICULUM AT OCCLUSION CONNECTIONS IN LAS VEGAS UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF DR. CLAYTON CHAN.

DR. STANLEIGH IS A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF MANY DENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE ACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRY, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF COSMETIC DENTISTRY, ACADEMY OF LASER DENTISTRY, ACADEMY OF SPORTS DENTISTRY, ALPHA OMEGA, CROWN COUNCIL AND MORE. DR. STANLEIGH HAS ALSO BEEN HONOURED BY HIS PEERS WITH FELLOWSHIPS IN THE ACADEMY OF DENTISTRY INTERNATIONAL, THE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF DENTISTS AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF DENTISTS.

DR. STANLEIGH HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A BUSINESS AS AN INDEPENDENT DENTAL EXAMINER TO EXAMINE AND PROVIDE REPORTS, AS WELL AS TREATMENT, FOR TRAUMA VICTIMS ON BEHALF OF THE INSURANCE AND LEGAL COMMUNITIES. IN THE LAST 2 YEARS, DR. STANLEIGH HAS DEVELOPED SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT HAVE TURNED THIS CONSULTING BUSINESS INTO A FULL TIME INCOME AND NOW WORKS TWO FULL TIME JOBS.

DR. STANLEIGH IS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR THE USNA PROJECT (WWW.USNA.CA ) AND HANGS OUT WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND TEENAGE DAUGHTERS WHEN THEY LET HIM BACK IN THE HOUSE.

Chris Mohler, D.D.S., LLC

THE EVOLUTION OF CAD CAM CERAMICS AND PERSPECTIVES IN GNM PATIENT CARE

DR. CHRIS MOHLER IS A 1986 GRADUATE OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY. FOLLOWING HIS COMMITMENT AS A NAVY GENERAL DENTIST, DR. MOHLER ESTABLISHED HIS GENERAL PRACTICE IN BEAUFORT, SC EMPHASIZING COSMETIC, IMPLANT RESTORATION, AND TMD PROCEDURES. HE IS A FULL MOUTH GRADUATE OF THE LAS VEGAS INSTITUTE WHICH IGNITED HIS PASSION IN NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY.

DR. MOHLER WAS AMONG THE EARLY GROUPS TO ATTEND COURSES AT OCCLUSION CONNECTIONS WHEN DR. CHAN STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO. HE HAS COMPLETED THE MAJORITY OF THE COURSES OFFERED AND HIS JOURNEY IN GNEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY CONTINUES.

DR. MOHLER IS FLUENT IN CAD/CAM DENTISTRY IS AN ADVANCED TRAINER FOR SIRONA’S CEREC AND INLAB SOFTWARES. HE HAS ADAPTED THESE SYSTEMS TO FIT THE GNEUROMUSCULAR PRINCIPLES TAUGHT AT OCCLUSION CONNECTIONS.