E2: Occlusal Appliances & Equilibration

What if you had one tool that increased comprehensive case acceptance, managed patients with moderate to high functional risk, verified centric relation and treated signs and symptoms of TMD? Appliance therapy is that one tool. This course will teach you the rationale for when to use different appliance designs, and the fabrication and delivery protocols. You will be able to use an appliance diagnostically, therapeutically and behaviorally. We will continue to deepen your knowledge of practice and financial management and patient communications. This March course is:

Seminars & Clinical Exercises

• Increase your confidence with muscle, joint and functional exams
• Understand TMJ diagnostic sounds, movements and functional loading
• Choose the appropriate appliance design based on clinical findings
• Deliver and Adjust a full coverage appliance
• Evaluate and adjust the bite splint following wear
• Functional Treatment Planning for moderate and high risk patients

Practice Development Seminars

• Work with patients and appliance to increase case acceptance
• Use of an appliance to increase patient ownership of their current condition
• Develop philosophical based fee schedules

You are encouraged to bring one of your primary dental assistants with you to this course. By learning as a team in E2, implementation of your E1 and E2 experiences will be faster and easier.

The dentist’s assistant tuition is $1,700, plus housing charges.

The Pankey Institute is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The Pankey Institute designates this activity for 44 continuing education credits.