Dental News - Meeting review: 2012 Yankee Dental Congress

Robin Goodman, DTA

Mon. 30 January 2012

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BOSTON, Mass., USA: During the recent Yankee Dental Congress, constant rain gave attendees ample reason to get lost among the educational lectures or the aisles of the exhibit floor, but one hardly needs an excuse when such a variety is offered in one place. If sitting in a lecture hall sounded a bit stuffy, attendees could head over to the Live Dentistry Arena and get wrapped up in Dr. Michael Boschetti and Dr. Lawrence Miller’s presentation of “Live Guided Surgery.”

However, it is certainly worth braving a windowless room when Dr. L. Stephen Buchanan is lecturing all day. His Friday morning lecture covered “The Art of Endodontics: Anesthesia and Negotiation,” while in the afternoon he touched upon “The Art of Endodontics: Shaping, Cleaning and Obturation.”

Dr. Paul Feuerstein was the force behind the High Tech Playground, which was a “no sales zone” for those who wished to learn more about the 65 products found in the booth. Feuerstein delivered nine lectures over three days, with Scott Benjamin delivering two focused on lasers. The playground was a larger version of the one that occurred at the 2011 meeting.

There were also many free courses available on the exhibit hall floor. One of those options was the live dentistry session, “Laser Periodontitis Treatment,” taking place in the Live Dentistry Theater. Charles Braga, DMD, performed a Lanap surgery and explained why this protocol should be considered. Another free course was Richard Hargrive’s “Internet Marketing Strategies and Google Workshop for Dentists.”

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For those who wanted to lose themselves on the exhibit hall floor, there was no shortage of good deals and worthwhile information to be found. For example, DrQuickLook allows your patients to see exactly what you’re seeing in their mouths, which can help them understand and more readily accept the treatment you prescribe. The intraoral dental viewer is the result of Dr. Robert F. Clark’s 15-year search for such a device until he finally decided to create it himself. With no cords linking you to a computer, the viewer will likely help build patients’ trust in your work as it goes beyond full disclosure by allowing clinicians to provide patients with an image during every stage of the work needed.

There were plenty of freebies to be found on the exhibit hall floor. How about getting one that has a practical application? Accurate Manufacturing’s gel packs come in a variety of sizes and can be personalized with your office’s information. New at Yankee was Patches the Penguin, who is one among five “Happy Healers” gel packs to be produced (the rest will debut in February).

At the Dentegra booth, Colleen Moore explained all about the company’s dental insurance, which is being designed for dentists by dentists. Right now, you can get in on the ground floor as a charter member to help the company create the dental plan with the treating dentist in mind. The company connects dentists with stable, local patient populations under desirable fee-for-service coverage.

Those already placing implants or just getting started swung by the BTI Implants booth to learn more about the company’s grafting system and its biotech approach for implants. The BTI brand hails from Spain, and its Biotechnology Institute focuses on research, development and innovation, which are implemented from a biological focus of medicine that enables the provision of new and personalized therapeutic solutions with a clear clinical application.

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