Educational Program

Decision Making Process to Achieve the Optimum Gingival Design in the Esthetic Zone

Gerry Chiche, DDS
6:00 PM | Venue TBD
149 Multi-disciplinary Topics

This session illustrates management of gingival levels through a case presentation and the decision process leading to final interdisciplinary treatment.

• Choose between crown lengthening and orthodontic intrusion.
• Understand the impact of minimally invasive dentistry on the final interdisciplinary treatment.

Bright Yellow SUV: Putting Real Growth on Autopilot

Greg Tice
8:00 AM | Venue TBD
550 Practice Management and Human Relations

An interactive growth and behavior-change program exploring seven concepts to help clinicians create sustained momentum in practice and professional development.

• Understand and apply the basic elements of creating an ongoing growth mindset.
• Understand and take advantage of the principles behind interactive education.

Evening of Diagnostics

Prof. Wael Att, DDS, Dr Med Dent, DMD, PhD
6:00 PM | Venue TBD
149 Multi-disciplinary Topics

A clinically focused evening designed to align members on modern data collection, diagnosis, communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

• Understand best practices for data collection and team and patient communication.
• Utilize insights from trial clinical settings to enhance diagnostic skills.

Comprehensive Management Strategies for Complex Anterior Tooth Loss

M. Nader Sharifi, DDS, MS
6:00 PM | Venue TBD
610 Fixed Prosthodontics

A treatment-planning session focused on the consequences of losing multiple maxillary anterior teeth, including the risks and benefits of different treatment pathways.

• Apply principles learned in successfully treating this case to benefit other patients.
• Understand the risks and benefits of fixed and removable implant-supported solutions.
• Recognize the advantages of staging treatment.
• Identify techniques for gathering data in challenging anterior cases.

Collaborative Debate: Clear Aligners vs. Conventional Orthodontics

Rebecca Bockow, DDS, MS, and Drew Ferris, DDS, MS
6:00 PM | Venue TBD
370 Orthodontics

A collaborative debate on clear aligners and conventional orthodontics, highlighting treatment selection, tooth movement, occlusal schemes, digital workflows, and interdisciplinary indications.

• Learn the types of movements that require fixed appliances.
• Understand the flexibility of fixed appliances in interdisciplinary cases.
• Visualize three-dimensional control with fixed appliances.
• Understand movements and occlusal schemes where clear aligners are effective.
• Recognize how aligners and digital platforms affect diagnosis and care quality.

Minimally Invasive Dentistry is Not a Technique, it is a Philosophy

Marco Brindis, DDS
8:00 AM | Venue TBD
149 Multi-disciplinary Topics

A clinical and philosophical program on minimally invasive dentistry, from prevention to full-mouth reconstruction through an interdisciplinary approach.

• Understand the concepts and reasons for a minimally invasive approach in prosthodontics.
• Incorporate minimally invasive principles by maximizing bond strength in cementation protocols.

2027 Educational Program

The 2027 educational program will be announced once finalized.