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These
seminars will be at The Mid-Atlantic Center for Advanced
Dental Studies in
Chesapeake, VA
The Esthetic Dental Assistant's Training
November 17-18, 2006 (Fri-Sat)
On The Road:
Add YOUR Style to your CAD/CAM restoration
Characterize CAD/CAM restorations easily
Join Shannon Pace as she demonstrates and teaches a simplified stain and glaze technique to add Style to all of your offices' chairside restorations. IPS Style is a coordinated shade, stain and glaze system compatible with all IPS ProCAD restorations. See how you can easily take a milled restoration from ordinary to extraordinary and provide higher strength and better esthetics for all your offices' CEREC restorations. Step-by-step procedures to match existing and neighboring dentition as well as characterizing techniques to add perceived incisal translucency and unique special effects. An invaluable technique and skill to learn and one that adds value to your position in the office.
Esthetic Mock-Up: Using Wax & Composite
Lecture/Hands-On - Half Day or Full Day
If your dental practice doesn't have the luxury of a full-time laboratory technician, this is the one course you absolutely can't miss! Dental assistants are vital in making things happen-and, yes; this can include a wax-up that will look and function as well as those sent out to the lab! The mock-up is the road map to beautiful provisionals. This course includes:
- Compensation for missing/broken teeth
- Choosing the proper composite material for mock-up
- Laboratory wax-forms (size & shape)
- Appropriate instrumentation
- Golden Proportion Guide for Shape and Form
Exquisite Provisionals: Anterior & Posterior
Lecture/Hands-On - Half Day or Full Day
When assistants are asked, what is the one thing you wish you could do better in your practice? The answer is to fabricate exquisite provisionals. This course you absolutely can't miss! Dental assistants are vital in making things happen-and, yes, this can include provisionals that will dazzle and amaze your patients! This course includes:
- Choosing the Right Provisional Materials for Shade-Matching
- Burr selection for fast and accurate trimming and polishing
- Carving techniques for realistic anatomy and ideal occlusion
- Staining for Shade Modification
Clinical Materials UPDATE for The Dental Assistant
Lecture/Full or Half Day
Any assistant who desires the most current, up-to-date information on the latest dental products and their application should plan to attend this course. This course will guide you through the most current information available on today's popular esthetic materials. Find out which ones work and which one fall short. Learn what to use when, where and why.
You Will Learn About:
- Alginates vs. Polyvinyl
- Bite Registrations
- Dentin Desensitizers
- Direct and Indirect Composite Materials
- Flowables and Bonding Adhesives
- Light Curing Technology
- Finishing and Polishing Instrumentations
- Glass Ionomer, Resin Ionomer, and Resin Cements
- Bleaching Systems
- And much, much more!
Laboratory Communication "What The Lab Really Needs To Know"
Lecture/Hands-On - Half Day or Full Day
Communication between the dentist, assistant and the laboratory is now more critical than ever in the overall achievement of ultimate esthetic results. The level of care being offered to patients in the esthetic and cosmetic-focused practice requires the Dental Assistant to acquire advanced training in clinical techniques, materials and communication. We are VITAL to increasing the level of Chairside effiency and improving clinical effectiveness.
This course includes:
- How to take a great Pre-operative Impression the first time
- Occlusal Registrations: Acrylic vs. Polyvinyl
- Digital Photography and Intra-oral
- Provisionals: Shade, Shape and Phonetics
- Computerized shade taking systems
- Facebow Transfer or Bitestick
- Video Imaging
Exquisite Provisionals and Composite Mock Up
Lecture/Hands-On
When assistants are asked, what is the one thing you wish you could do better in your practice? The answer is to fabricate exquisite provisionals. This course you absolutely can't miss! Dental assistants are vital in making things happen-and, yes, this can include provisionals that will dazzle and amaze your patients! This course includes:
- Choosing the Right Provisional Materials for Shade-Matching
- Burr selection for fast and accurate trimming and polishing
- Carving techniques for realistic anatomy and ideal occlusion
- Staining for Shade Modification
If your dental practice doesn't have the luxury of a full-time laboratory technician, this is the one course you absolutely can't miss! Dental assistants are vital in making things happen-and, yes; this can include a wax-up that will look and function as well as those sent out to the lab! The mock-up is the road map to beautiful provisionals. This course includes:
- Compensation for missing/broken teeth
- Choosing the proper composite material for mock-up
- Laboratory wax-forms (size & shape)
- Appropriate instrumentation
- Golden Proportion Guide for Shape and Form
Upcoming Seminars for 2006:
The Greater Cleveland Dental Society's Total Team
September 13, Cleveland OH
The Complete Dental Assistant
September 29-30, Chesapeake VA
Illinois State Dental Meeting: The Total Assistant
September 16
The Complete Dental Assistant for Lou Graham
September 22, Maryland
Pittsburg Dental Society: The Total Assistant
October 4, Pittsburg PA
ASDA: The Total Assistant
October 5
The Complete Dental Assistant for Lou Graham
October 6, Atlanta GA
Cerec
in Las Vegas: October 13th -15: 2 hour lecture for Assistants
Holiday Dental Conference
DA Extravaganza Friday: November 10
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Shannon Pace, a DA II and a 1994 graduate of the Dental Assisting Program at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, works with Dr. John Cranham in his private practice in Chesapeake, VA.
She is the Clinical Director for Cranham Dental Seminars and the main instructor for the Dental Assistants Hands-on Program.
Shannon is the past president of the Metrolina Dental Assistants Society in Charlotte.
She is also on the advisory board for the dental assistant program at Central Piedmont Community College.
Shannon is the Editor-in-Chief for Contemporary Dental Assisting magazine with 2 columns (Clinical Techniques and From the Other Side of the Chair).
She also has a column in Contemporary Esthetics and Restorative Practice which she shares with Dr. John Cranham called Tech Spec.
She has been a consultant to many manufacturers for over the last 7 years.
She is on the Board for The Holiday Dental conference.
She is a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.