Comprehensive Examination & Records

(Formerly Occlusion One)

Course Description

This hands-on program will provide the participant the technical and managerial
skills to institute a comprehensive examination process into his/her practice. All of
the procedural skills will be learned by the doctor, as well as tips on training the
staff on the parts of the evaluation process that can be delegated. The complete
examination, and the accompanying records, are the absolute cornerstone of
the Dawson philosophy. All esthetic, functional, biological and structural issues
will be addressed in this process. (Limited to 20 dentists )
Special emphasis will be placed on scheduling and implementing The Complete
Examination/Records appointment into a busy General Practice.

Course Size: 20

Learning Objectives

• Acquire efficient records gathering process that can be implemented immediately.
• Acquire skills to educate each patient during an examination.
• Establish fees for examination/consultation process.
• Integrate the ability to ask future focused questions.
• Locate, verify, and precisely record centric relation and mount casts onto an appropriate semi-adjustable articulator.
• Acquire the skills to use a macro digital camera to shoot a full series of diagnostic digital photographs.
• Verify how to do a correct facebow transfer – and why this is critical to both the diagnostic and restorative phase of treatment.
• Judge how to do a comprehensive smile analysis – how to recognize the flaw in any smile.
• Evaluate the system for signs of instability (wear, mobility, migration, muscle issues, or TMJ dysfunction) - the key to clinical examination, and insure the patient understands the problem.
• Select a protocol for when to get CT, MRI, etc. based on ROM, history and load test.

Class Hours:

Day 1 and 2 - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Day 3 - 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Location:

See dates for specific locations.

Tuition:

$3,400 CE Credits: 20

Instructor:

John Cranham, DDS
Glenn DuPont, DDS

Prerequisite:

Recommended:
Functional Occlusion – From TMJ to Smile Design
Achieving Predictable Esthetic Results

Target Audience:

General Dentists, Specialists

Dates:

January 7-9, 2009 (W-F) Course held at St. Petersburg, FL
January 22-24, 2009 (Th-Sa) Course held in Chesapeake, VA
February 9-11, 2009 (M-W) Course held in St. Petersburg, FL  SOLD OUT
February 19-21, 2009 (Th-Sa) Course held in Chesapeake, VA
March 4-6, 2009 (W-F) Course held in St. Petersburg, FL  SOLD OUT
May 4-6, 2009 (M-W) Fl Course held in St. Petersburg, FL
May 14-16, 2009 (Th-Sa) Course held in Traverse City, MI
September 17-19, 2009 (Th-Sa) Course held in Chesapeake, VA
October 12-14, 2009 (M-W) Course held in St. Petersburg, FL
November 2-4, 2009 (M-W) Course held in St. Petersburg, FL
November 19-21, 2009 (Th-Sa) Course held in Chesapeake, VA

For more information on registration, call toll free: 1-800-952-2178