Seminars, One of the very few offices in Queens capable of delivering Belleglass inlays/onlays.

Continuing education is a wonderful opportunity to learn new things, share ideas with professional colleagues and incorporate this experience into helping patients. Occlusal guards are taking their place in dentistry alongside fluoridation, occlusal sealants and osseointegrated implants.

Come to one of the seminars and learn what SportsDDS.com is doing to educate the profession. Click the sidebar to see the Seminars Archive. Perhaps your study club, dental society or group would like to arrange a presentation. If you're in the Big Apple for the Greater New York Dental Meeting and would like to have lunch just shout and call 1-800-616-6399.

Astoria, New York, Tuesday, November 18, 2003	Astoria Dental Study Club, 7:00 - 9:45 PM, (2 CERP Credits) Contact Dr Robert Knepper, 718-278-4949
Sports Dentistry and Dental Trauma	The practice of Dentistry is changing daily. Dentists must prepare and update their approach. Sports Dentistry is a harbinger of things to come.Fluoridation, oclusal sealants and now occlusal guards are important contributions to sports medicine. Various chronic and acute dental injuries will be discussed.Their prevention and reduction should be the goal of every dentist.This thought provoking presentation will touch on : Cracked Tooth Syndrome, amalgam controversy, bruxism (clenching, grinding, bracing, parafunction), dental implant failure, soft splints v hard splints, protective athletic equipment, dental injury predisposition and mouthguards. Some of the articles written about Sports Dentistry which Dr. Kurtz will comment upon include: dentists need to understand the the magnitude of the problems of fractures and theirpotential progression, amalgam as a restorative material caused a static load on the cusps of teeth and brought about their consequent deformation, teeth restored with composite only restorations demonstrated a higher fracture resistance than equivalent sized restorations produced only from fiber-reinforced composite of a ceramic material. an incomplete tooth fracture is a frequently encountered problem that dentists need to assess carefully to arrive at the correct treatment decision, medications should be considered when searching for an etiology of bruxism, an analysis and management of fractured implants, implant loading can be reduced by modyfying the location of the impact area and the occlusal anatomy, clenching teeth allows an individual and especially an athlete to brace and experience a rise or burst in muscle power
Tarrytown, New York, Thursday, March 27, 2003	Big Apple 2003 Dental Meeting, 7:00 - 9:45 PM, (4 CERP Credits) Contact Joy Patane, 718-733-2031
Sports Dentistry, Dental Trauma and Dentistry's Destiny	The practice of Dentistry is changing daily. Dentists must prepare and update their approach. Sports Dentistry is a harbinger of things to come.Fluoridation, oclusal sealants and now occlusal guards are important contributions to sports medicine. Various chronic and acute dental injuries will be discussed.Their prevention and reduction should be the goal of every dentist.This thought provoking presentation will touch on : Cracked Tooth Syndrome, amalgam controversy, bruxism (clenching, grinding, bracing, parafunction), dental implant failure, soft splints v hard splints, protective athletic equipment, dental injury predisposition and mouthguards. Some of the articles written about Sports Dentistry which Dr. Kurtz will comment upon include: dentists need to understand the the magnitude of the problems of fractures and theirpotential progression, amalgam as a restorative material caused a static load on the cusps of teeth and brought about their consequent deformation, teeth restored with composite only restorations demonstrated a higher fracture resistance than equivalent sized restorations produced only from fiber-reinforced composite of a ceramic material. an incomplete tooth fracture is a frequently encountered problem that dentists need to assess carefully to arrive at the correct treatment decision, medications should be considered when searching for an etiology of bruxism, an analysis and management of fractured implants, implant loading can be reduced by modyfying the location of the impact area and the occlusal anatomy, clenching teeth allows an individual and especially an athlete to brace and experience a rise or burst in muscle power

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