Course II: Mastermind Course
Orthodontics & Occlusion

100 Credit Hours

Chris Baker, RN, DMD

Register Now for our Houston location and dates!

Houston, TX
2010: November 19-20
2011: January 28-29 • March 18-19 • April 15-16 • May 13-14

Get the big picture in orthodontics. Go beyond the cookbook - find out which orthodontic treatments contribute to occlusal disharmony as the patient matures. Learn how to do it right. Save your patient and yourself headaches, frustration and monetary loss.

Houston is the city for the 2010-2011 Mastermind seminar in Orthodontics and Occlusion. Please join us!
Classes meet from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Weekend 1
November 19-20, 2010
Weekend 2
January 28-29, 2011
Weekend 3
March 18-19, 2011
Weekend 4
April 15-16, 2011
Weekend 5
May 13-14, 2011

This seminar will be held at the
Embassy Suites in Houston, Texas.
Call 713.626.5444.

What you can look forward to...
Each weekend seminar - customized to YOUR needs - will consist of lecture, as well as hands-on. Topics to be explored include: integrating and managing orthodontics in the general or pediatric dental office, overcoming challenges in orthodontics, tips and assistance with orthodontic mechanics, complex treatment planning, functional/dysfunctional occlusion, and the current state-of-the-art in diagnosis and in orthodontic bonding. Restorative, crown and bridge, and cosmetic dentistry too often fail and/or frustrate the dentist and the patient when occlusion is poor. In your mastermind seminar, we will examine the challenge of pre- or post- orthodontic treatment in patients who present uncomfortable or non-functional occlusions. Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment protocols will be discerned with the goals of both preventing and treating in such situations, making your patient an ally, not an adversary. Learn how to find and communicate with your restorative laboratory so that they can deliver occlusally stable functional permanent restorations. Learn how to master problem cases. (Hint: These problems are occlusally-based.) Learn how to take problem patients and convert them to lifelong patients who are happy to be seen by you and whom you are happy to see. And get paid for it!

Skill-building mastermind hands-on exercises will increase your comfort, efficiency and effectiveness of diagnosis and orthodontics. As always, you are welcome to bring a staff member for only half-fee for all five (5) sessions, (or pro-rated for individual sessions.) And, as you work on your AOS tier advancement and board cases, your seminar weekends are the perfect time to bring cases and fine-tune your presentation formats.

REGISTER NOW!
Tuition is $5,585 with a $500 discount for early registration (by October 1, 2010). A $995 deposit is required with $100 non-refundable 2 weeks prior to the start of the course. A total of 80 CE hours will be awarded, 53 lecture and 27 participation.

Course Outline

Weekend 1

  • Clinical examination and charting forms
  • Introduction to functional occlusion and concepts of dysfunctional occlusion
  • Functional occlusion as a cornerstone to the establishment of realistic treatment goals in 1) the growing patient and 2) the occlusally compromised adult
  • Risk management: Making your patient an ally, not an adversary. Signs of a dysfunctional occlusion and recognition of the red flags prior to orthodontic therapy
  • Rationale & techniques for occlusal analysis
  • Cephalometrics review - Q and A

Weekend 2

  • Development of occlusion
  • The Class III patient as a model of occlusal development
  • Clinical records: Impressions and bite registration, materials and techniques
  • Introduction to the deprogrammer splint
  • Weekend 3
  • Completion of analysis of individual occlusion
  • Case planning
  • Decision making
  • Integration to orthodontic analysis
  • Delivery and patient management and delivery of deprogrammer splint

Weekend 4

  • Neurology of head, neck and face and implications in signs and symptons of occlusal disharmony and TMJD
  • Diagnosis and management of TMJ internal derangements
  • Modified Functional Distraction Appliance

Weekend 5

  • Review of patient treatment flow
  • Management and mastery of care of "problem patients"
  • Effective TMJ therapeutics

Your Instructors

Chris Baker, RN, DMD
Course Director
After practicing as a critical care Registered Nurse for 10 years, Dr. Baker earned her DMD from U of Kentucky and her certificate in Pediatric Dentistry from UConn. She also completed her fellowship in Orthodontics an served on faculty at UConn for seven years, in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics. She then joined Dr. Walter Doyle in practice and in teaching seminars. Today, after 25 years in dentistry, Dr. Chris's approach to pediatric dentistry and orthodontics is based in prevention, with emphasis on orthodontic treatment procedures for the preschool and school-age child to improve the growth of the entire face. Her experience in practice management and her extensive knowledge of child behavior, parenting, and child management are elements integrated in her practice and teaching.

Gil Carney, DMD, DC
Instructor
Dr. Carney is a nationally-known expert in occlusion and treatment involving TMJ disorders, a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain and a fellow of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain. Since graduation in 1977 from the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine he has dedicated his professional education and career to practicing and teaching the art and science of the functional interrelationships of occlusion, posture and temporomandibular joint function. Dr. Carney's expertise in the growth and development of occlusion, posture and craniomandibular function, as well as his experience in patient-pain management is integrated throughout the seminar series