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To all Alumni;

Glenn has announced his Mastering Complex Treatment Planning class dates for this summer. This has always been one of the most requested seats in our curriculum from you (and even I as a non-dentist find it to be a great learning course).

You will learn not only from your own case, but what you experience from those Drs. cases around you. It's limited to 12 to make sure that everyone gets plenty of attention. So if you have the prerequisites, I can't imagine why you aren't already booked.

Cu In St. Pete! ~ Greg

Greg Sitek
Education Communications & Technology Director
The Dawson Academy


Mastering Complex Treatment Planning

Hands-on Course Part of Dawson Academy’s New Curriculum

The Dawson Academy’s two-and-a-half day hands-on course, Mastering Complex Treatment Planning, will be given by Glenn DuPont, DDS, and will take place Aug 21-23, 2008 at The Dawson Academy in St. Petersburg, FL.  The course is limited to 12 dentists / 20 CE hours.  The class falls under The Dawson Academy’s Advanced Restorative Elective Track, and to take the course, students must have completed The Dawson Academy’s Core Curriculum.
 
About the Course
In The Dawson Academy’s Advanced Problem Solving course, students gained the knowledge necessary to treatment plan every type of complex case by using Dr. Peter Dawson’s programmed treatment planning process.  Mastering Complex Treatment Planning is an intensive, hands-on class designed to take that knowledge to the highest level – implementation.  By diagnosing, treatment planning and developing a plan for phasing treatment, your confidence and competence to successfully treat major restorative cases will soar.  This mastery level course is limited for maximum interaction and instruction.  In addition to the challenging cases presented in this course, each student will bring and present a complex case for analysis.  A standardized protocol will be sent in advance of attendance.  Tuition for this course is $4,000 per dentist.
 
About Advanced Restorative Electives
Beyond the foundational clinical competencies developed in the Core Curriculum, the courses in this track are designed to develop the confidence and ability to successfully treat major restorative cases.  Advanced diagnosis and treatment planning, especially sequencing complex cases, is the hallmark of the programming in the Advanced Restorative track.  The specific how-tos of the most current materials, techniques and technologies are woven throughout these advanced offerings.
 
About Glenn E. DuPont, DDS
Dr. DuPont graduated from Emory University School of Dentistry in 1979 and joined the practice of Drs. Pete Dawson and Reuben “Pete” Roach in St. Petersburg, Florida.  This association provided Dr. DuPont the unique opportunity of working side-by-side with Dr. Dawson completing difficult restorative cases and developing innovative teaching techniques.  Dr. DuPont is a founding member of the Dawson Center for Advanced Dental Study and an adjunct faculty member of University of Florida College of Dentistry.  He is a member of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry and the American Equilibration Society.  He is also past president of the Florida Academy of Dental Practice Administration.  Dr. DuPont has lectured both nationally and internationally since 1980.
 
For more information about the classes, dates, locations, prices and continuing education credits, please contact The Dawson Academy by calling 800-952-2178.
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