Bob Margeas, DDS

Dr. Margeas will share a variety of everyday clinical cases—both direct and indirect—demonstrating practical approaches that can be applied immediately in your practice. Topics will range from veneers and composite techniques to implant provisionals, impression making, and managing worn dentition. Treatment planning strategies will also be discussed to help stage care effectively over time, balancing patient needs with practice profitability.

This program emphasizes real-world dentistry with techniques that are efficient, predictable, and designed to elevate esthetic outcomes. Participants will leave with practical, step-by-step strategies that can be implemented right away.

Learning outcomes:

1. Identify practical techniques that can be incorporated into everyday clinical practice.

2. Discuss treatment planning approaches for a variety of restorative and esthetic cases.

3. Describe strategies to improve efficiency, predictability, and patient outcomes.

David Lee Hill, Jr., DDS

Section One: Dynamic Navigation

What is it? Why use it? How do you use it?

Section Two: Planning

Case planning principles. X-Mark & virtual registration. Implant & prosthetic planning

Section Three: Sinus Grafting

Accuracy in osteotomy preparation. Reduced membrane perforation. Intraoperative flexibility. Evidence snapshot & clinical outcomes

Section Four: Innovation & Advancements (Guided)

Prosthetic & digital workflows (AI segmentation, photogrammetry, FastMap). Comparative studies (dynamic, static, freehand, robotics). Future developments.

Learning outcomes:

1. Describe the role of dynamic navigation in modern implant dentistry.

2. Apply key principles of planning and workflow integration for improved outcomes.

3. Discuss techniques and evidence related to sinus grafting procedures.

Joshua Austin, DDS, MAGD

In this fast-moving market, advertising makes every product appear to be the panacea. However, some of the best products and services don’t enter the market with much fanfare. Dental professionals can become bogged down or confused when trying to decipher which new materials and technologies are right for their practices. As editorial director with Dental Economics magazine, Dr. Joshua Austin authors the column Pearls for Your Practice and has personally worked with most new products and technologies that have entered the market. In this interactive, fast-moving course, Joshua shares the current trends in dental materials and technologies. Learn how materials have changed over the past few years and how those changes can affect your procedures and practice.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Illuminate growing trends and discover the best new products and innovations on the market.

2. Explore the impact new products/technologies have on the practice’s bottom line.

3. Explore many other products and items that can make your life easier and your dentistry faster.