Lisa Alvetro, DDS, MSD

Title: New Technology in Bonding: Accuracy, Consistency, and Simplicity

Course description: The orthodontic specialty has a long history of using technology within the practice. Sometimes it can be hard to determine which technologies to invest in to achieve your practice goals. Dr. Alvetro, a seasoned technology pioneer, will help you analyze and select the technologies that can drive efficiencies and a positive patient experience in the marketplace today.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop a digital mindset for improved workflow
• Explore the components of digital flash-free bonding
• Learn tips to improve efficiencies in scanning and 3D printing
• Learn how to leverage technology to differentiate yourself in the marketplace today

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Herbert Hughes, DMD

Title: Secrets Revealed to Elevate Your Practice

Course Description: Orthodontist and magician, Dr. Herb Hughes, will share his practice performance secrets that has elevated his practice become to a top-tier business. Being a current member of the AAO’s Council on Communication and practicing with both his father and son has given Dr. Hughes a unique front-row seat to the profession of orthodontics for the past three decades, including the importance of keeping true to a vision and rising above the many challenges. He will share how you can implement your beliefs and core philosophies into your practice to develop a successful and profitable orthodontic business model.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain how to influence your patient’s decisions
• Illustrate how to inspire your team to deliver an award-winning performance
• Describe how to effectively provide clear choices in the consultation
• Learn how to customize your brand and philosophies to elevate your practice

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Irene Iancu, BSc, RDH, CTDP

Title: From Consultation to Bonding Day and Everything In Between

Course Description: Our time today will be spent on how the first visit sets the tone for a positive patient experience throughout treatment. We will evaluate our consult methods and incorporate key gold-standard principals like digital scan assessment, photography evaluation and bite analysis to paint a picture of how malocclusion affects patients we see every day.

Experience hands-on techniques and key factors that contribute to a higher bond success rate. This interactive session will provide important information that can help your practice excel at consistently providing a positive patient experience.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the critical elements to achieve patient acceptance at the consultation
• Understand how to evaluate bond failures
• Discuss methods to improve the rate of bond success
• Review the components of preventative care plan through orthodontic treatment

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Ryan McComb, DMD, MS

Title: Empower Your Team and Thrive

Course Description: Dr. McComb will lead attendees through the story of how his scratch-start practice in a busy metropolitan area grew from zero to more than 600 patients in two years. At the core of this discussion will be the importance of an outstanding team in driving a practice's brand and systems to a new level of excellence.

Learning Objectives:

• Illustrate how your team is fundamental in promoting and representing your brand
• Recognize the importance of collective decision making and innovation in the practice
• Understand how team cohesiveness will promote personal, professional and clinical success

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Adam Schulhof, DMD

Title: Taking Back Control: The Choice is Yours

Course Description: The state of the orthodontic market is being disrupted and patients are demanding more esthetic options and increasing demands such as comfort and speed, as well. Some of this is due to direct-to-consumer marketing and advancements in technology, allowing more options to deliver tooth movement. Learn how Dr. Schulhof has successfully deployed a clinical perspective of choice-based care that offers aligner therapy, labial and lingual appliances, sometimes within the same case, all to meet today’s patients’ needs while still meeting a specialist’s high level of clinical accuracy and results.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to balance patient demands with treatment objectives for an optimal result
• Learn how to present and provide treatment options that meet the esthetic demand
• Analyze case examples that demonstrate esthetic choice-based care options including labial, lingual, clear aligner and combination therapy modalities

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Anoop Sondhi, DDS, MS

Title: New Patient Exam or Orthodontic Consultation? Paradigm Shift

Course Description: The “New Patient Exam” reflects terminology that has been a part of orthodontic practice for many years. It is also, in my opinion, presumptive in that it views the process from the orthodontist’s perspective. When a patient comes to us for a consultation, it should be viewed exactly as that, a patient consulting a doctor to learn about their treatment options.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the importance of a patient-centered approach to treatment when presenting appropriate treatment modalities
• Conduct a conversation with the patient that recognizes the available esthetic options and treatment
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the available treatment options with the “Good, Better, Best” concept

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