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U.S. NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 2024

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YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US

We invite you to join us for the U.S. National Symposium 2024 at the JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback. With a distinguished lineup of speakers from all disciplines, the National Symposium will help guide you through digital workflows and incorporating the latest technology to improve patient care and practice efficiency.

Oral Reconstruction Foundation

Register Early! Attendance will be limited to maintain an environment conducive to learning. Download the course brochure.

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Agenda

General Session • Paradise Ballroom 3 & 4

8:00am-8:15am
Dr. Luca Cordaro, Dr. Homa Zadeh & Dr. Edward P. Allen
Welcome & Introduction
8:15am-9:45am
Dr. Michael A. Pikos
The Evolution of Full Arch Therapy: Merging Time-Tested Treatment Principles with Digital Workflows

This wide-ranging presentation will present the personal experience of an oral surgeon’s evolution on full arch implant therapy with emphasis on contemporary approaches to immediate reconstruction. The foundational principles for full arch immediate implant reconstruction will be thoroughly reviewed including surgical and restorative digital workflow.

After this presentation attendees will:
  • Possess a historical view of the evolution of full arch implant reconstruction.
  • Understand surgical and restorative principles for predictable long-term success.
  • Understand the surgical and restorative digital workflow for full arch immediate implant reconstruction.
9:45am-10:15am
Break
10:15am-11:15am
Dr. Michael A. Pikos
The Evolution of Full Arch Therapy: Merging Time-Tested Treatment Principles with Digital Workflows - continued
11:15am-12:00pm
Dr. Julian Conejo
Full-arch Restorative Implant Therapy: Digital Innovations for Clinical Success

This lecture will provide a prosthetic view of the clinical benefits of incorporating digital technologies to achieve excellence in full-arch restorative implant dentistry.

Learning Objectives:
  • Understand the benefits of creating “The Digital Clone” for improved surgical/prosthetic treatment planning.
  • Review immediate loading principles and new restorative implant components for stress-free full-arch provisional restorations.
  • Discuss prosthetic space management and material selection for aesthetic full-arch implant-restorations.
  • Review updated protocols for full-arch digital implant impressions with intraoral scanners and photogrammetry to create a predictable full-arch prostheses in fewer steps.
12:00pm-1:00pm
Lunch

Interactive Sessions

Break with Exhibitors: 2:45pm-3:15pm
1:00pm-5:00pm
Dr. Tarun Agarwal
Dr. Sully Sullivan
Paradise Ballroom 1
Hands-on Stations
*Space is limited
$295
4 CE Credit Hours
Scaling Your Full Arch Practice Through Digital Efficiency
Clinical experience and skills are a major component of every successful full arch practice. However, a digital infrastructure can help you scale your practice from 1-2 arches per month to 6-8 arches per month. This hands-on workshop will provide practical lessons on how to leverage technologies such as stackable guided surgery, photogrammetry, facial scanning, and long-term 3D printed provisionals to improve efficiencies and demonstrate treatment planning to patients. Case acceptance strategies will also be presented.

Learning Objectives:
  • Understand the differences in guided workflows and how stackable systems can expedite surgery times and improve esthetic results.
  • Experience first-hand the speed of photogrammetry and its alternatives for starting a digital workflow without large up-front costs.
  • See how 3D Printed materials are being used and participate in staining and glazing temporary printed restorations.


1:00pm-5:00pm
Dr. Andrew Ferrier
Dr. Arshiya Sharafi
Paradise Ballroom 2
Lecture
$145
4 CE Credit Hours
Surgical and Restorative Principles of Full Arch Treatment: Universal Applications and Complications Management
Advanced technologies are allowing more practices to provide predictable full arch treatment in fewer visits. Together with these innovations, having a solid foundational understanding of both surgical and restorative principles for immediate fixed-hybrid protocols is critical to successful outcomes. TeethXpress faculty members Dr. Arshiya Sharafi and Dr. Andrew Ferrier will share experiences and clinical pearls garnered from treating over 6,000 arches over 15 years, demonstrating treatment concepts that will apply to both traditional and digital workflows.

Learning Objectives:
  • Fundamental protocols for achieving the required inter-arch occlusal space.
  • Rationale for angled and straight posterior dental implants and their advantages and limitations.
  • Techniques for ridge manipulation and delivery of angled multi-unit abutments
  • Anterior/posterior (AP) spread and splinting techniques for achieving the required implant torque values.
  • Concepts in tooth extraction and ridge reduction protocols.
  • Basic principles in zygomatic and pterygoid implants when there is limited bone in the maxilla.
  • Complications and troubleshooting principles.
1:00pm-5:00pm
Shay Berman
President, Digital Resource
Dave Roehr
CEO, Proceed Finance
Amol Nirgudkar
CEO, Patient Prism
Moderator:
Mr. Marcus Hines
Founder, Marketing Implant Consulting
Arizona Ballroom E & D
Lecture
$145
4 CE Credit Hours
Full Arch Practice Growth Mindset: How to Attract and Convert More Implant Patients
Interested in positioning your practice as the premier full-arch provider in your market with a multi-faceted marketing and conversion strategy? In this session, key experts will lead you through the patient lifecycle, from the first online touchpoint to a lifetime of loyal care, and uncover ways to support practice growth every step of the way. Shay Berman, founder and president of Digital Resource, will share strategies to enhance your online presence for increased patient attraction and conversion. Dave Roehr, CPA, CEO of Proceed Finance, will discuss financial strategies for increasing the value of your practice and how to use financing to make full-arch affordable for patients. Amol Nirgudkar, CPA, CGMA, CEO of Patient Prism, will dive deep into the 10X growth principles championed by Dan Sullivan, to recalibrate the doctor thought processes towards a 10X trajectory. Moderated by Marcus Hines, MS, founder of Marketing Implant Consulting, this session will also feature a Q&A panel for you to ask these business experts consultative questions to help your practice grow.

Learning Objectives:
  • Boost full arch cases: Develop a data-driven online presence that attracts more full arch cases through an amalgamation of organic and paid digital marketing efforts.
  • Cultivate patient loyalty: Learn the art of maintaining a loyal patient base by leveraging internal practice marketing techniques for effective patient communication.
  • Maximize patient opportunities: Enhance your ability to close patient opportunities with flexible financing options.
  • Increase the value of your practice: How the current economic conditions impact your patients and consumer behavior.
  • Optimize effort with the 80/20 principle: Learn how to identify and focus on 20% of activities that align with one's unique abilities and produce 80% of desired outcomes, emphasizing the importance of delegating or eliminating tasks that do not drive significant growth.

General Session • Paradise Ballroom 3 & 4

8:00am-8:45am
Dr. Robert Stanley
Optimizing Full Arch Solutions: Integrating Digital Workflow and Biomechanical Principles for Enhanced Outcomes

Effectively managing patients with advanced dental problems requires a comprehensive approach that encompasses biomechanics, prosthetics, and surgery. Optimizing the biomechanical planning process can ensure that the treatment plan minimizes risk while achieving aesthetically pleasing and long-lasting functional results. Leveraging a fully digital workflow with guided surgery enables us to execute the treatment plan efficiently and precisely. This approach enhances accuracy and streamlines the entire process, ensuring optimal outcomes. This presentation will clarify the range of therapeutic options available for full arch reconstruction, with a focus on prioritizing biomechanics to reduce risks and enhance long-term effectiveness.

Learning Objectives:
  • Utilize digital tools for case planning and smile design, enhancing precision and efficiency in the process.
  • Four or more implants? A biomechanical perspective of full arch solutions.
  • Utilize an intraoral scanning technique that eliminates the requirement for cumbersome verification jigs.
8:45am-10:00am
Dr. Curry Leavitt
Dr. Arshiya Sharafi
Analog vs. Digital Full Arch Treatment: Foundational Surgical Skills for the Digital Era

Learning Objectives:
  • Understanding CBCT-based fully guided, full-arch implant treatment planning, from surgery to immediate fixed hybrid prosthetic delivery.
  • Understand analog vs. guided full arch surgery. Are all cases guided candidates?
  • Grasp the predictable approach in analog surgery and conversion.
  • Understanding why difficult atrophic cases are not good candidates for guided surgery.
  • What happens when your guide becomes unreliable?
  • Understand guided ridge reduction design and execution for surgical efficiency, optimized prosthetic function, and esthetics.
  • Apply an efficient, science-based approach that reduces chair-time, minimizes variables, and increases profitability.
  • Understand your role in the full arch treatment plan. How involved do you want to be?
10:00am-10:30am
Break
10:30am-11:45am
Dr. Homa Zadeh
Full-Arch Implant Reconstruction with Immediate Functional Loading: Leveraging Digital Workflow to Integrate Surgical, Biological, Prosthetic, and Esthetic Goals

The management of edentulous patients, or those with terminal dentition requiring a transition to edentulism, presents many challenges. Addressing these complex cases necessitates a comprehensive approach that encompasses surgical, prosthetic, and aesthetic considerations. Digital tools have provided unprecedented opportunities in the planning, surgical and prosthetic phases. These tools facilitate a seamless integration of treatment planning and foster effective communication among the care team members with the patient. Implementation of digital tools also enables surgical and prosthetic precision, while streamlining the various stages of treatment. This presentation delves into the array of therapeutic options available for full arch reconstruction, with a special emphasis on cases involving compromised bone and soft tissue.

Learning Objectives:
By the conclusion of this presentation, participants will have gained an understanding of the following key areas:
  • Therapeutic options in full-arch implant reconstruction
  • The utilization of a digital workflow for seamless planning, surgical interventions, and prosthetic procedures, and the benefits associated with this approach.
  • Strategies to circumvent common pitfalls and challenges in full arch implant reconstruction.
11:45am-12:15pm
Dr. Michael A. Pikos
Dr. Robert Stanley
Dr. Curry Leavitt
Dr. Arshiya Sharafi
Dr. Homa Zadeh
Discussion Panel: Innovations in Full Arch Implant Reconstruction
12:15pm-1:15pm
Lunch

Interactive Sessions

Break with Exhibitors: 2:45pm-3:15pm
1:15pm-3:15pm
Dr. Carl Medgaus
Arizona Ballroom E & D
Lecture
$95
2 CE Credit Hours
Immediate Functional Full Mouth Rehabilitation: A Novel and Economical Approach to Increasing Patient Access to Care
While the demand for immediate full-arch fixed implant prostheses is rising rapidly, these treatment solutions are beyond the financial reach of many patients. This session will detail a unique full-arch treatment alternative that delivers the same result with less cost: a prosthetic that stays firmly affixed and is not removable by the patient. This is accomplished by combining surgical and prosthetic protocols with “all-in-one” components and lab services to provide a more affordable solution to this growing patient population. The Stabili-Teeth protocol offers a practical alternative to screw retained fixed-detachables and can be incorporated into both analog and digital workflows. This increased access to care can also benefit the practice through higher case volume.

Learning Objectives:
  • Provide a blueprint on the treatment planning process.
  • Review surgical and prosthetic protocols in conjunction with all-in-one components and lab services.
  • Case acceptance strategies, fee structures, patient financing and financial impact on the practice.
1:15pm-4:15pm
Dr. Jason Souyias
Dr. Jason Stoner
Mr. Cameron Full
Referral Lab
Arizona Ballroom C & B
Lecture
$95
3 CE Credit Hours
Arches & Analytics: Using Data to Qualify Consults, Present Treatment & Systematize Follow Up to Maximize Production Efficiency and Conversion Effectiveness
The ability to capture and interpret meaningful practice data is highly undervalued and should be considered essential for practices wishing to scale. This course will provide an introduction into identifying Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measurements for the full arch practice and how to use that data to reveal real, practical actions that can be instituted tomorrow with a focus on implementation and execution for treatment presentation and acceptance. When incorporated, practices can expect significant gains from these proven systems and measurement strategies. Examples of the other practices that have seen incredible growth will also be highlighted. Make your business the best it can be and develop an elite practice that team members will want to be a part of long-term.

Learning Objectives:
  • Understand the divergence between high and low qualification patient opportunities and how to change your new patient protocols accordingly.
  • Use data & testing to customize your treatment presentation.
  • Drive average case values up with delayed conversion systems. Why follow up is your best friend.
1:15pm-5:15pm
Dr. Curry Leavitt
Paradise Ballroom 2
Hands-on
*Limited to 30 attendees
$395
4 CE Credit Hours
Fully Guided Full Arch Surgery & Prosthetics: A Step-by-Step Approach Featuring Hands-on Participation
Replacing edentulous or terminal dentition in patients with immediately loaded implants has proven to be very successful. Perfecting this treatment modality with the use of new technology, digitally derived treatment planning, and proactive guided surgery has led to less surgical time, more precise implant placement, and very accurate immediately loaded provisionals. This TeethXpress digital workflow course will demonstrate how fully guided full-arch surgery and prosthetics can lead to lower-risk procedures, less morbidity, and better long-term results for patients.

Learning Objectives:
  • Understand CBCT-based fully guided, full-arch implant treatment planning, from surgery to immediate fixed hybrid prosthetic delivery.
  • Understand guided ridge reduction design and execution for surgical efficiency, optimized prosthetic function and esthetics.
  • Review techniques for following a systematic digital workflow to achieve optimum implant positioning for anterior/posterior (A/P) spread.
  • Apply an efficient, science-based approach that reduces chair-time, minimizes variables, and increases profitability.
1:15pm-5:15pm
Dr. Justin Moody &
Dr. Barrie Matthews
Paradise Ballroom 1
Hands-on
*Limited to 30 attendees
$395
4 CE Credit Hours
Digital Full Arch Restorations with Non-Guided Implant Placement: A Hands-On Course
This hands-on course will demonstrate the speed and efficiency that a restorative digital workflow provides while also enabling clinicians to place implants where bone quality is best, without the use of surgical guides. Attendees will place 4 implants “freehand” on a typodont with multi-unit abutments, utilize photogrammetry scanners and import data to 3D printers on-site to print the provisional prosthesis in real time. The step-by-step process will be explained in detail and attendees will cure and finish (stain and glaze) the prosthesis before attaching it to the typodont. At the conclusion of the course, attendees will gain a thorough understanding of this adaptable workflow that can be utilized with or without guided surgery.
3:15pm-5:15pm
Dr. Randy Roberts
Dr. Logan Locke
Arizona Ballroom E & D
Lecture
$95
2 CE Credit Hours
Utilization of Segmental Prosthetics: A Paradigm Shift in Full Arch Reconstruction
Since full arch implant reconstruction became a reality in the 1990s, the overall concept and procedure has stayed relatively the same despite new materials, technologies, and implant techniques. This session will review how utilizing these recent advances can achieve predictable FP1 and FP2 segmental prosthetics in full arch reconstructions. The “3 on 6” protocol will be described in detail, including a review of the scientific literature, treatment planning modality, surgical techniques, and the prosthetics fabrication process.

YOU'RE INVITED TO A DINNER RECEPTION

Wear your best western attire!
JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback • Mummy Mountain
Saturday, April 13, 2024 • 7:00-10:00PM
Registrant & one guest included

8 CE Credit Hours will be given for participation in the General Session. Additional CE Credit Hours can be earned for participating in a Breakout Session.

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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  1. Cancellation Policy:
    • Full Refund: Cancellations received up to and including March 15, 2024
    • 50% Refund: Cancellations received from March 16, 2024 to and including March 29, 2024
    • No Refund: Cancellations from March 30, 2024 to and including April 11, 2024
  2. If circumstances beyond the control of the Oral Reconstruction Foundation make the event impossible or impractical, the foundation reserves the right to cancel but will provide as much notice as possible of cancellation and any prepaid tuition will be reimbursed by the party in which it was paid. The Oral Reconstruction Foundation cannot assume responsibility for lodging reservations, travel or any related costs incurred by you and will not be able to pay a refund. Therefore, we advise you to consider the respective cancellation policies of your travel agent, hotel, airline, or other service provider.
  3. The participant acknowledges that he/she has no right to damage claims against the organizers should the holding of the symposium be hindered or prevented by unexpected political or economic events or generally by "force majeure” or should the non-appearance of speakers or other reasons necessitate program changes.
  4. The meeting space and hotel occupancy is limited. The order in which registrations and reservations are received will be on a first come, first served basis.
  5. Participation in an interactive session is possible without registration to the general session.
  6. Attendance at the dinner reception can only be booked with a registration to the symposium. It is not possible to attend the reception without a symposium registration. Registered symposium attendees may bring one guest.
  7. By registering for events organized by the Oral Reconstruction Foundation, the participant agrees to the use of any personal data collected for the purpose of advertising, market research, or customizing offers by the Oral Reconstruction Foundation. This consent is also voluntary and can be withdrawn at any time in the future by sending an e-mail to The Oral Reconstruction Foundation with the comment, “Change to my data” or “Delete my data”. Data is not transferred to third parties unless it is necessary to provide a service or fulfill a contract.
  8. During the symposium, photos and videos will be taken. These images are linked to the visual representation of those present, with the selection of those photographed being random. The images will be displayed on our website and in print media and presentations. By registering for the symposium, the attending person consents to publication in the manner described above without compensation. In individual cases, if the person concerned does not agree to the publication of his/her photos, please contact the Oral Reconstruction Foundation. Should the person not agree with a previously published photograph, we would ask you to immediately notify us by e-mail or phone with an exact description of the image in question. In this case, the image will be removed within a reasonable timeframe and will no longer be published.