Hands-on course in Scottsdale, AZ

This profession is awakening to the need to know and use occlusion concepts. It is likely that you didn't get it in school! This practical hands-on course will answer your questions in this confusing and confounded subject. Learn practical methods for occlusal equilibration and occlusal splints, reduce or eliminate temporomandibular dysfunction and occlusally related tooth pain in your patients, reduce or eliminate the devastation of bruxism and clenching, and provide long-term restorative service. Make occlusion a profitable portion of your practice.

Some of the course objectives include: improving your ability to better identify and treat the six commonly occurring abnormal occlusal conditions, accomplishing occlusal equilibration routinely, treating TMD, delegating occlusal splint construction and placement, making a splint for yourself, and treating abfractions simply and effectively. This course will broaden your knowledge, create enthusiasm about occlusion in your staff, and help increase your income.

Behaviorial Objectives

• Identify, diagnose, treatment plan, and treat primary occlusal trauma, secondary occlusal trauma, clenching, bruxism, TMD, and abfractions.
• Describe the ideal characteristics of an optimum occlusal splint.
• Make an occlusal splint.
• List the necessary equipment and the clinical steps involved with occlusal equilibration.
• Describe the uses of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.
• Discuss how to incorporate occlusal diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment into a typical general practice or specialty practice.
• List ten clinical techniques in which you want to involve more attention to and activity in occlusal concepts.

Register early and save 10% off tuition! Savings of $250 is shown for 2009 dates. Tuition normally $2500. Early Registration ends December 1, 2008.

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