Provides 7 total CE Credits

When: Sunday, October 6, 2024, 8:00 AM – 3:10 PM (7 CE hrs)

This “soup to nuts” course in dentistry and oral surgery is designed to provide knowledge, confidence and tools that can be nimbly applied to meet the majority of your practice needs. Presentations will proceed in a systematic manner that aim to build on principles covered in each preceding presentation.

ABOUT THE COURSE

Topics

1. Comprehensive Approach to Periodontal Disease Management: A review of the etiopathogenesis of periodontal disease and how that directs management will be the focus of this presentation. The role of scaling and root planing as the foundation of periodontal therapy will be discussed as well as the concepts and practical implementation of host-modulation therapy. The role of periodontal surgery in select patients will be explored.
2. Dental Trauma: Classification, Consequences and Care: The classification of common dentoalveolar injuries will be described in order to aid rapid diagnosis. Understanding the nature of the injury will lead to a better understanding of the endodontic consequences and, subsequently, the most appropriate treatment considerations.
3. Mucogingival Flap Design in Oral Surgery: The surgical approach to most extractions and periodontal procedures begins with a mucogingival flap.  In this presentation we will review flap design options and provide tips to help the general practitioner choose the best approach.
4. Dental Extraction Principles – Learn the principles required to properly extract major (and minor) teeth using tried-and-true techniques. The focus of this presentation will be on adequate bone removal/exposure, sectioning techniques, elevation principles, alveoloplasty and tension-free closure. In this presentation, the most commonly extracted teeth, the canine tooth and the maxillary fourth premolar tooth, will exemplify techniques and serve as a springboard for approaching more challenging extractions.
5. Challenging Extractions and Common Complications: We all have our problem teeth! Many textbooks and presentations only review relatively straight-forward approaches to the canine tooth but that doesn’t quite cover the really difficult ones. In this presentation we will review alternative approaches to the mandibular canine tooth, tips to avoid jaw fractures and how to deal with closure of maxillary molar sites – just to name a few.  We will also look at how to deal with some of the common complications.
6. Optimizing Oral Lesion Workup in the Primary Care Setting: Do you need to refer an oral mass case to a specialist but want to maximize the information gained in your office? In this presentation we will review the best approaches to maximizing data gathering in the primary care setting in order to provide the client and the specialist the best possible information and decrease the time to diagnosis and treatment delivery.
7. Judicious Use of Antibiotics in Dentistry and Oral Surgery: In this age of antibiotic resistance, we all strive to use antibiotics only when necessary. The difficult part is defining necessary. In this presentation, we will review the most recent evidence providing guidance for “necessary”. We will also review the most effective antibiotic protocols.

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UNICOI STATE PARK ATTRACTIONS

Discover the delights of Unicoi State Park and Lodge, where a thousand acres of wilderness between charming mountain towns offer endless adventures. Experience the North Georgia Mountains with alpine Helen’s shopping, dining, and annual events like Oktoberfest, and marvel at the double waterfalls of Anna Ruby Falls. Enjoy our vast wilderness trails, fish in Georgia’s renowned trout streams, and relax in nature’s splendor. Unicoi State Park and Lodge provides an array of activities, from paddleboarding on Unicoi Lake and 3-D archery to fly fishing classes. Come for the fun and discover even more at Unicoi.

Oktoberfest

The longest-running celebration of its kind in the U.S., Oktoberfect is held in the city’s riverside Festhalle. This beloved event features traditional dancing, food, and beer, with revelers in lederhosen and dirndls dancing the polka.

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