Events
January 2025
ASPIRE 2025 | January 23-26, 2025
Polish Your Skills: How to Extract the Most from Our Everyday Communication to Increase Productivity and Profits
@ Hilton Tulum Riviera Maya All-Inclusive Resort, Tulum, Mexico
Speaker: Tim Bigza, DDS, FAGD
Have you ever presented an idea only to feel like you are pulling teeth to get answers? Maybe you should start thinking as skilled communicators do! Discover strategies used by experts to ensure buy in and optimize results every time you speak or present… even to the most reluctant of people. In this lively and revealing interactive session, world-class communicator Dr. Tim Bizga will demonstrate why people feel, think and act the way they do.
2025 Events
February 2025
Ontario AGD | February 7, 2025
Endo 911: Endo Emergencies for the GP Office (Morning Course)
@ Rizzo Banquet Hall, Toronto, ON | Speaker: Ryan Walsh, DDS, MS
An endodontic emergency can be a stressful event...both for the patient and the clinician! This presentation will explore management tactics including diagnosis, establishing patient comfort and determining both palliative and definitive treatments. The presentation will also review the instrument and equipment needed for various procedures and a review of effective dental anesthesia.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the difference between emergency and urgency
- Competently manage endodontic diagnosis with a patient in pain
- Review treatment protocols for cracked, luxated and avulsed teeth
- Develop an emergency treatment kit to handle every emergency that walks through your door
Anesthesia For Numbers: The ‘How to Guide’ for the
BEST Dental Anesthesia (Afternoon Course)
@ Rizzo Banquet Hall, Toronto, ON | Speaker: Ryan Walsh, DDS, MS
Effective anesthesia shouldn’t be guessing game, it should be your “A” game. Every dentist has had a “Hot Tooth”…the one that couldn’t get numb. That tooth is every dentist’s – and EVERY PATIENT’S – worst nightmare. Learn how to gain your patient’s trust and confidence to perform the best treatment complete and predictable anesthesia. We will discuss the most effective anesthetics with the best techniques to provide profound and repeatable anesthesia for every dental procedure. We will also review which adjuncts work…and which don’t. Learn the best techniques to turn that “Hot Tooth” into a sleeping giant.
Learning Objectives:
- Easy and effective tricks that help take the fear out of anesthesia
- The best anesthetic protocol to use for every type of treatment
- How to utilize adjunctive techniques and instruments to provide profound anesthesia
- Amazing pain management before, during and after dental treatment
Fifth District Dental Society | February 7, 2025
Products and Protocols for the “Win” (Morning Course)
@ Doubletree Hilton, Syracuse, NY | Speaker: Troy Schmedding, DDS, AAACD
Adhering Direct and Indirect substrates to tooth tissue requires a complete understanding of the challenges we face. We will discuss the most recent information on direct adhesive agents as well as the predictable use of Bulk Fill restoratives. We will investigate the indications and proper use of ceramic based indirect restoratives, addressing the individual substrates of enamel/dentin and ceramic surfaces in our adhesive protocols. Adhesive pearls will be shared allowing you to standardize your protocols for improved long-term success.
Learning Objectives:
- Demystifying the selection process of Bonding Agents
- Air Abrasion in dentistry
- Bulk Fill products and best utilization
- Decision making strategies in ceramic restoratives
- Proper cementation protocols
Beauty Comes in Different Packages (Afternoon Course)
@ Doubletree Hilton, Syracuse, NY | Speaker: Troy Schmedding, DDS, AAACD
The decision-making process often comes down to one’s comfort level and what is most predictable for them and their outcome. Aesthetic Dentistry consists of a competent blend of newly strengthened direct composites. The predominance of glass and polycrystalline ceramics has changed dentistry forever. Both have their limitations, and both require proper treatment planning. Learn the advancements in both materials to help you explore ways to become more productive and profitable.
Learning Objectives:
- Advancements in Composites
- Selecting the right material for the job
- Zirconia vs Glass Ceramics
- Bonding protocols
Kern County Dental Society | February 21, 2025
Endo 911: Endodontic Emergencies in the GP Office (Morning Course)
@ Hodel’s Country Dining, Bakersfield, CA | Speaker: Ryan Walsh, DDS, MS
An endodontic emergency can be a stressful event...both for the patient and the clinician! This presentation will explore management tactics including diagnosis, establishing patient comfort and determining both palliative and definitive treatments. The presentation will also review the instrument and equipment needed for various procedures and a review of effective dental anesthesia.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the difference between emergency and urgency
- Competently manage endodontic diagnosis with a patient in pain
- Review treatment protocols for cracked, luxated and avulsed teeth
- Develop an emergency treatment kit to handle every emergency that walks through your door
Lights, Camera, Irrigation: Endodontic Irrigation for the General Dentist (Afternoon Course)
@ Hodel’s Country Dining, Bakersfield, CA | Speaker: Ryan Walsh, DDS, MS
Course details currently unavailable.
March 2025
There are currently no sponsored events in March. Check back for updates!
April 2025
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine | April 10, 2025
Embrace the Change: A Thoughtful Discussion on Dentistry Today & Beyond
@ Blair County Convention Center, Altoona, PA | Speaker: Tim Bigza, DDS, FAGD
Dentistry continues to advance, but what key concepts must not be left behind? The purpose of this course is to review key concepts and provide clinical pearls for the dental professional who provides esthetic, implant and complex restorative procedures to their patients. This course also aims to help troubleshoot common challenges faced when executing these procedures. By course end, attendees will leave with practical knowledge that you can begin incorporating into your practice the very next day. Case reviews, restorative updates, and products will be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss current trends in the industry
- Gain an understanding how a transition to digital workflows can be beneficial to a practice
- Review complex case design pearls
- Discuss direct and indirect material selection
- Review occlusion principles and smile design concepts
May 2025
Seacoast Esthetic Dentistry Association | May 2, 2025
Competitive Edge Prosthodontics
@ Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH | Speaker: Tim Bigza, DDS, FAGD
Course details currently unavailable.
June 2025
There are currently no sponsored events in June. Check back for updates!