Advanced Dental CE Seminars


Dr. Salvatore Lotardo - Orthodontics for Restorative, Implant, & Esthetic cases

In Person Seminar

Fri-Sat 12/6-7/24 | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
On-site Registration Friday 12/6/2024 | 8:00 AM


Case Diagnosis with Dr. DiSanto-Rose
Friday 7:00–9:00 PM (EST)
included in registration for in person seminar


Participants will learn the following:

Analyze elements of smile design that tie together restorative and orthodontic criteria.
Learn how various tooth movements can improve chances for delivering low risk and predictable esthetic outcomes.
Identify case types that would benefit from a multidisciplinary approach.
Learn a system for managing missing laterals to ensure your patients’ esthetic goals are achieved.
Understand how to use hopeless teeth to improve implant success.
Learn how to treat adult occlusal issues effectively and predictably with proper diagnosis and orthodontic intervention.

Hands On:      
Dr. Lotardo will share some tricks and tips to get take your photography to the next level.
Utilizing soft boxes and other indirect lighting techniques is essential for today’s marketing and branding.
What to bring:      
Digital SLR cameras, retractors, mirrors, masks, gloves


Course Description:    Ensuring that your restorative cases are optimized for success takes a multidisciplinary approach. The educator will share concepts and strategies utilizing orthodontics combined with esthetic, restorative and implant principles that are critical for minimally invasive, predictable and excellent outcomes.



Instructor

Dr. Salvatore Lotardo is an Accredited Fellow and past President of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. After obtaining his degree at The Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine he founded Bella Smiles of Long Island, a multi-location group practice focused on Comprehensive Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry. He is the current Accreditation Chair of the American Board of Cosmetic Dentistry. Dr. Lotardo has published multiple articles and lectures internationally on Smile Design, Cosmetic Dentistry and Restorative Driven Orthodontics.





Drs. H. Michael Sefranek & Michael Ungerleider - Advanced In-House Seminar

Hands On Participation Seminar

Fri-Sat 11/1-2/24 | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM


Case Diagnosis with Drs. Sefranek & Ungerleider
Friday 7:00–9:00 PM (EST)
included in registration for in person seminar


Participants will learn the following:

Forward Facial Growth Enabling Straightwire Mechanotherapy
Bidimensional treatment ( Gianelly / Epstein approach) 0.018 Ants, 0.022 for 3-5
Avoiding: Relapse, Root Resorption, Gingival Recession, TMD, Sleep Apnea
Encouraging Proper Airway Development
Non-Extraction, Non-IPR, Non-Retractive approach
Anterior Centric Early Treatment with coupling & torque control
Guided Eruption
Myofunctional Therapy
Unilateral & bilateral impression-free chairside fabricated Space Maintenance
Tweed & Roth plier finishing techniques for lower anterior crowding and upper esthetics
Piggyback wire arch development
Vertical Development
Anterior Maxillary Alveolar development
Mandibular non-surgical Advancement
Preprosthetic Orthodontics


What to bring:       • Orthdontic pliers and preformed arches.


Course Description: 
This course displays a technique based on over 25 years of attending and video reviewing orthodontic CE at the local and national levels at approximately 80 credits per year. The lecturer has contracted speakers for the IAO New England for close to 20 years and has made it a point to incorporate elements from many of the presented techniques to develop this treatment philosophy, which has recently gained much publicity with the Dr. John & Mike Mew Article in The New York Times Aug. 20, 2020. The approach is based on over 20 years of photographically documented cases and case follow-ups.


Instructors

H. Michael Sefranek DMD, MAGD completed his DMD degree at the University of Connecticut in 1989. The presenter has lectured on orthodontics at New York University School of Dentistry (where he completed a 2 year continuing education program in orthodontics), the New York County Dental Society, the Rhode Island AGD (Academy of General Dentistry), the International Association for Orthodontics (IAO) national meeting, and IAO New England (where he has taught the Advanced in-house Seminar Series of 10 lectures spanning 2 years). He is past president of the IAO New England, past president of the Rhode Island AGD, as well as past president of New England Mastertrack. Dr. Sefranek has been the National Delegate, Marketing Director/Webmaster and Speaker Coordinator for the IAO New England for the past 18 years. He has also been a clinical faculty member at the Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at University of Connecticut where he lectured on cosmetic dentistry and has been a clinical research associate with the PEARL Network at NYU School of Dentistry. The lecturer has owned a cosmetic / orthodontic & pediatric, general dental practice since 1991 and completed construction on a new 7,500 sq. ft. dental office building in 2017. The lecturer gave a summarized version of the material in this course at the IAO National Meeting in Puerto Rico.

Michael Ungerleider DMD, MAGD completed his DMD degree at the University of Connecticut in 1988. The presenter has lectured on orthodontics at the IAO New England since 2005 and lectures for the CT Study Club for Dental Excellence (a chapter of the Seattle Study Club) and annually at the New England Annual Dental Symposium at Jay Peak. He is past president of New England Mastertrack, past president of the Hartford Dental Society, past president of the Connecticut State Dental Association as well as the current IAO New England president. He has Incorporated Orthodontics into his general practice for the past 31 years. The lecturer has owned a high tech restorative & cosmetic dental practice since 1991 and completed construction on a new dental office building in 1994. He will share how technology can enhance the patient experience and how to have a patient centered practice. Annual Collections In the Top 5% Nationally.






IAO Study Club - New England
Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit.
Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement.
01/01/2024 to 12/31/2027 | Provider ID# 213395

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Treasurer, Registrar C/O IAONE
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