Dental News

See clinical techniques in action with ADAs Education in the Round courses

2009-05-06

Honolulu鈥擣or the third year, annual session participants can experience live patient demonstrations with the ADA’s Education in the Round courses.
This year’s courses will cover periodontal treatment, crown lengthening, implants, temporomandibular disorders treatment and composite resin anterior restorations.

“Those who have experienced the amazing Education in the Round learning format will never ever forget it,” said Dr. Robert L. Skinner, chair, Council on ADA Sessions.

“This concept is one of many things that sets the ADA annual session apart and ahead of other dental meetings by adding another level to the learning experience. It incorporates high-tech, live patient procedures, allowing the attendee up-close, real-time and interactive communication with the clinician as he or she performs the latest procedures in dentistry.”

More than 2,750 dentists attended EIR courses in 2007 and 2008, and gave the courses high evaluation marks because of the format’s unique learning environment and effective teaching methods.

The dentist/instructor begins an EIR course with a short lecture, including a summary of the featured procedure and the patient history. Participants watch the procedure in real time, captured by three camera views that show the operatory, the procedure and an intraoral view鈥攁ll projected on flat screen monitors positioned throughout the classroom.

Courses to be presented at the Hawaii Convention Center include:

  • Create Success in Providing Periodontal Treatment, by Dr. Samuel Low, Oct. 1, Course 5401;
  • Crown Lengthening for Restorative Dentistry, by Dr. Jon Suzuki, Oct. 1, Course 5402;
  • Implants for the Terminal Dentition: Yes, You Can Do It!, by Drs. Steve Ratcliff and Jorge Ramirez, Oct. 2, Course 6401;
  • A Simplified Yet Accurate Impression Technique When Splinting Multiple Implants, by Drs. Lee Ann Brady and Peter Fay, Course 6402;
  • TMD Treatment 2009: What Works, What Doesn’t and Why, by Dr. Terry Tanaka, Oct. 3, Course 7401;
  • Solving Anterior Esthetic Restorative Challenges with Composite Resin, by Dr. Wynn Okuda, Oct. 3, Course 7402.

For more information or to register for these or other annual session continuing education courses, log on to www.ada.org/goto/session.