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Tuesday Morning Essays Tuition: $25.00 which includes all three Essays PERIODONTICS See application on page 3. Admission by badge and ticket only. Recommended for: Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants Students Time: 9:45 - 12:45 Location: Exhibit Floor Rear 2000 Constantine Pavlakos, D.D.S. Brooklyn, NY Private Practice; Attending, Lutheran Medical Ctr. and Long Island College Hospital Course: 5520 Credits: 1 CEU Eric T. Linden, D.M.D., M.S.D. New York, NY Private Practice Course: 5530 Othman Shibly, D.D.S., M.S. Buffalo, NY Dir., Prevention Dentistry, Univ. at Buffalo Credits: 1 CEU Course: 5540 Credits: 1 CEU Esthetics are a driving and practice building force in today’s society. Patients expect restorative outcomes that either mimic or surpass the appearance of the natural tooth. This essay reviews periodontal surgical procedures that play a critical role in achieving successful esthetic restorative outcomes and includes subpithelial connective tissue grafts, immediate implant placement and temporization and esthetic crown lengthening. Periodontal Surgical Procedures to Enhance Restorative Esthetic Outcomes This essay focuses on Laser Periodontal Surgery as a treatment modality for periodontal disease and includes the science behind using an FDA approved laser protocol. In addition, the basic principles of laser technology and the histology of periodontal regeneration achieved are reviewed. This presentation includes: clinical cases with radiographs, before and after photos and long term results. Treatment planning is emphasized with the integration of laser technology in treating periodontal disease. Laser Periodontal Surgery Cervical lesions may affect teeth especially when there is gingival recession. Those lesions can be carious or non-carious lesions. Managing those lesions are discussed based on the most current literature. Guidelines are presented to demonstrate how best cervical lesions can be managed by one of these methods: soft tissue graft, restorations and or a combination of grafting and restorations. Cervical Lesions: When to Restore and When to Graft Presiding: Nathan Hershkowitz, D.D.S., Brooklyn, NY Past President, Eastern Dental Society Tuition: $25.00 which includes all three Essays PRACTICE MANAGEMENT See application on page 3. Admission by badge and ticket only. Recommended for: Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants Administrative Staff Time: 9:45 - 12:45 Location: Exhibit Floor Rear 2300 John J. Vento, C.P.A., M.B.A., C.F.P. Staten Island, NY Pres. , John J. Vento, C.P.A. Mitchell J. Gardiner, D.M.D. Shrewsbury, NJ Private Practice; Adj. Clinical Instr., Dept. of Community Health, Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Course: 5560 Credits: 1 CEU Kevin Henry, M.A. Tulsa, OK Managing Editor, Dental Economics; Editor, Dental Assisting Digest and Proofs Course: 5570 Credits: 1 CEU Course: 5550 Credits: 1 CEU This essay provides top 10 Tax and Financial Planning Strategies for Dentists. These techniques will show you how to use the current tax law to your advantage and could possibly save you tens of thousands of dollars each year. By utilizing these tax saving strategies you will be able to create wealth for yourself and your family at an accelerated rate. If you are interested in becoming ﬁnancially independent then this presentation must be on your agenda. Tax & Financial Planning Strategies that Create Wealth In today’s modern dental practice, providing elective and expensive dental procedures has become a way of life. The litigious society that we practice in makes obtaining a patient’s informed consent for treatment an obligation for the clinician. Learn what the difference is between consent for treatment and a proper informed consent for treatment from a patient’s perspective. Actual informed consent malpractice cases are reviewed and analyzed to determine what is legally expected from the dental practitioner. Clinicians need to remember that informed consent is not about a form. Consent and Informed Consent: They are Different “Going green” is one of the hottest trends in the world today, and it is also one of the most misunderstood. What is the deﬁnition of “green”? What is “organic” and why does it make a difference? Do things ever really go away when you throw them away? “Going green” doesn’t mean giving up electricity or reverting back to the Stone Age. It does, however, mean a new way of thinking and awareness in the dental ofﬁce. In this essay, learn how you can help to save the environment by taking small steps in each room of the dental ofﬁce. Tips for Going Green in the Dental Ofﬁce Presiding: Jerome M. Sorrel, B.A., D.M.D., Ryebrook, NY Past President, New York County Dental Society 132

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