Tests, articles, and CE certificates for 6 issues of Pediatric Dentistry 2023 (Volume 45)

String of Pearls AAPD 2023

Speaker:  Lauren DiBenedetto, DDS, FAAPD; dibenedetto.lauren@gmail.com / Management of Pediatric Odontogenic Infections
Speaker:  Carol Moreno, DDS, MAGD; drcarol@gentlefamilydentists.com / Treating Early Anterior Cross Bit in Class 3 Growing Patient
Speaker:  Gwenn Skar, MD; gskar@unmc.edu / Common Pediatric Infections Mimicking Odontogenic Infections
Speaker:  Jayakumar Jayaraman, BDS, MDS, FDSRCS, MS, PhD; jayaramanj@vcu.edu / Hall Technique - Clinical Indications and Current Best Evidence for Managing Carious Primary Molars
Speaker:  Maribel Santos-Cordero, DMD; msantoscordero@hotmail.com / Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders - The New Missing Link in Pediatric Dentistry
Speaker:  Michael Webb, DDS, MEd; webbmi14@ecu.edu / Alternatives to IV Administration of Emergency Drugs
Speaker:  Stephanie L. Trahan, DMD, MPH, MA; trahandmd@gmail.com / Suturing Success
Speaker:  Timothy B. Followell, DMD, MS, FAAPD; timfollowell@hotmail.com / Patient Positioning in the Operating Room
Speaker:  Flavia Lamberghini, DDS, MS, MPH; flavia_lamberghini@yahoo.com / Anything New in Antibiotics?
Speaker:  Malika Azargoon; malika@zardentalconsulting.com / Art of Scheduling

Speaker:  Kate Dobens, MBA

In the first half of this session, Kate will teach you how to best prepare your practice(s) for sale in this DSO environment. Where do you begin when your accounting methods may include a shoebox? She will take you through a step-by-step process designed to get you quickly focused on what's most important: What is EBITDA and why is it essential? Why do doctors think that games are being played with this valuation method? What action do you need to take today to better position your enterprise for maximum value? In the second half of the session, Kate will share real-life case studies that have undergone transition. Case studies will include both solo and multi-group enterprises. Bring your most burning questions!

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to best prepare a practice to achieve maximum value at transition.
• Calculate practice EBITDA confidently
• Determine the valuation of a solo dental practice or multi-group enterprise

Speaker Contact: kdobens@meshdental.com

Speaker:  Steve Yun, MD 

This seminar will quickly review basic principles of pediatric anatomy, physiology and pharmacology. Pharmacologic techniques and protocols for dental pediatric sedation will be discussed in detail, as well as the fundamentals of airway management and rescue. Finally, the seminar will discuss techniques and strategies to avoid sedation complications, and how the pediatric dentist can help their anesthesiologist manage an emergency situation.

Learning Objectives:

• discuss the basic principles of pediatric anatomy, physiology and pharmacology as it relates to dental office sedation.
• demonstrate and perform basic pediatric airway management techniques, and how to rescue the pediatric airway.
• describe techniques that can perform to help their office anesthesiologist manage an emergency situation.

Speaker Contact: yunsteve@gmail.com

Speaker:  Len Tau, DMD
Word of mouth has always been the foundation for the acquisition of new patients by a dental practice but in our internet age, word of mouth is transformed because of reviews sites like Google, Yelp, and Facebook. Online reviews are now one of the biggest ranking factors in a local search.

Being credible is only one piece of the puzzle though. Your practice also needs to be found online when people are searching for a dentist near them. Are you at the top of the Google Map Pack? If not you are invisible and all of those great reviews are not doing you much good.

Speaker contact: len@drlentau.com

Speaker:  Gregory L. Psaltis, DDS
We may feel that we are invincible and that nothing bad will happen to us. That's not always the case. Unexpected medical issues can render anyone disabled. This has happened to people and the question only arises in the emergency, “How will my practice go on without me?” Some think friends will step in to help, but are you sure? We'll cover aspects of forming a mutual aid group that can literally save your practice.

Speaker contact: drpsaltis@orcalink.com

Speaker:  Barney T. Olsen, DDS, MS 
We will discuss the condition of Autism with its signs and symptoms, treatment, and prognosis. We will drill down on those behaviors that affect dentistry and treatment. Behaviors that we will discuss in detail are communication problems, situational anxiety, and heightened senses. We will learn together how to overcome each of these behaviors and mainstream these patients so the vast majority of them can receive dental services in the traditional way and make a smooth and predictable transition to an adult dentist. Master these skills and you have the basics to treat all children. This learning lab will focus on how to treat the patient with Autism from the mild case to the most severe. We will focus on the simple tasks each patient will learn in the dental home and how to desensitize patients with the help of the parents and guardians at home. These skills are the same for all pediatric dental patients.

Speaker contact: barneyolsen@msn.com

AAPD is offering CE for the courses at Annual Session you were not able to attend. You have the opportunity to purchase and earn CE hours. Purchase the entire Annual Session package here!

Speaker:  Janice Hurley, MS Biology & Organizational Behavior 

RESILIENCE – COMING OUT STRONGER

Today’s challenges can leave us unsure and unsettled. So much has changed in our industry and you may have personally had an undue amount of stress. There is actually a science to being your very best and coming out on the other side of COVID 19 and enjoying your career.
Change in any form can be unsettling. Sometimes you had input into the practice protocols and sometimes your voice went unheard. Identify what you do have control over and how it can enrich your life. Tap into the resources of Yale, Harvard and the Navy Seals to best equip yourself for moving forward. Your health and happiness depends on what you are doing now mentally and physically to strengthen your leadership position within your team.

GOALS

• Get clarity on what 3 actions you can take immediately to improve depression or anxiety
• Learn to frame what is happening to you in the best light so you can take the next step
• Understand how to exude confidence with your patients and your team
• Get comfortable in knowing “this too shall pass” and that you have options

Learning Objectives

• Embrace a proactive mindset towards challenges at hand with both your patients and your team.
• Identify 3 poison mindsets that will stunt your practice success once you return for “business as usual”
• Stop actions and attitudes that will undermine your confidence
• Get clarity on where to use your time and your resources today
• Focus on what you have control over and get comfortable with the uncomfortable reality of uncertainty as we know it now\

Speaker Contact: jhurley@janicehurley.com

Speaker:  Juan F. Yepes, DDS, MD, MPH, MS, DrPH, FDS RCDS(Ed) – Professor, Indiana University

3 hours of learning, 3 hours full of information for the entire dental team about the MOST soft tissue lesions that a busy pediatric dentistry practice will see. The lecture will also cover an aspect of oral medicine in pediatric patients not very well cover in other similar lectures: oral manifestations of systemic disease. The lecture will use several "Real" patients that will walk any day to your office. You will learn how to put together a differential diagnosis, when to refer the patient for a biopsy, and the treatment for the condition (if there is a treatment). You will enjoy this lecture from the beginning until the last slide.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the MOST common soft tissue lesions in children
• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe oral manifestations of systemic diseases
• Upon completion, participant will be able to demonstrate knowledge in when to refer a patient with a soft tissue lesion for further investigation

Speaker Contact:  jfyepes@iupui.edu