Great Lakes Education Center

Advanced education is great on it’s own, but when it takes place in a tropical paradise it’s even better! You will expand your knowledge of the latest CEREC software and learn information that is key to making your practice successful in this challenging economy. Join Dr. Morin and other high-level speakers along with fellow colleagues who share a passion for advanced dental technology. Plus, you’ll earn 16 hours of continuing education credits, have a wonderful time with your family, and write it all off. Bring your entire dental team to Puerto Rico and get your practice going in the right direction.

Advanced training on anteriors, posteriors and quadrants
Learn how to create value for premium CEREC restorations — ideal for today’s economy
Level One and Level Two design certification for dental assistants – hands-on and written exam
Understanding how to incorporate new technology advances with latest CEREC Software
CEREC Team Building for entire staff

The Great Lakes Education Center has gathered an all-star team of presenters and instructors for CEREC in the Sun 2010. Each will lecture on subjects that will greatly enhance your knowledge and use of the latest technologies and techniques.

Dr. Mark Morin is the “Director of the Great Lakes Education Center” and has been using the CEREC system for the last 20 years. He has been instructing doctors and team for the last 11 years on how the software thinks so they can use the CEREC system more efficiently and effectively. Attend to see how a complete understanding of the NEW software allows you to create a predictable repeatable restoration in the same amount of time as you can create a two surface resin. Learn practice management secrets that are necessary to “recession proof ” your practice in today’s economy. Complete CEREC and CEREC AC Advanced Training along with Assistant Design certification courses.

Dr. Bruce B. Baird
The “Productive Dentist”. He will share how he uses CEREC technology to boost productivity. How he treats implants simplified predictably and profitably. He will also share how to set up a financing option for full mouth Cerec restoration that can give you over a 70% return on your money.

Dr. Fred Joyal
“The Best Service Makes Best Marketing”. Fred takes his years of experience finding dentists for millions of patients and works with some of the most successful dentists in the country. He combines it with an examination of the best service and marketing practices of other industries to give deep insight into how to transform your practice into an exciting and highly profitable enterprise.

Dr. Alex Touchstone
“The Five Secrets for CEREC Excellence”. During this dynamic lecture and demonstration, Dr. Alex Touchstone will reveal the foundational knowledge required to make you a “CEREC Master”. Fit, Efficiency, Occlusal Control, Getting the patient to “Yes”, and Bonding Basics will be covered as well as a lead into the more in-depth anteriors breakout session on Sunday. There is absolutely no better way to broaden your horizons with CEREC than to do anteriors. During this course Alex Touchstone will give you the tools to do just that! Achieving ideal color, form, fit, and function plus practical design methods will all be covered. You owe it to yourself and your patients to explore this untapped source of CEREC success! Sunday Breakout: Awesome Anteriors! Fee $595 (pre-registration required)

Dr. James Klim
“Fooling the Eye with CAD/CAM Aesthetics”. Being well prepared for the aesthetic clinical objectives will simplify the chairside CAD/CAM experience. The CEREC application to aesthetic dentistry should be seamless when operating in a systematic format. Mastering anterior CEREC aesthetics is about understanding and implementing a systematic sequence that will be dependable with each aesthetic case.

Dr. Dean C. Vafiadis
“CAD-CAM Dentistry for Private Practice Abutments, Ceramics and Occlusion”. CAD/CAM technology has the advantage of reduced clinical chair-time and reduced laboratory costs. The accuracy of these techniques has improved to the point where they are now comparable to conventional techniques. This presentation will review the current technology which allows the fabrication of an implant abutment without a fixture level impression. In addition new ceramic materials and techniques can be used to create beautiful natural veneers and crowns. The fabrication of ceramic full coverage restorations and veneers, with an in-office technique, will also be demonstrated.

Today’s Dental Assistant should be able to completely picture, design, fabricate and polish a CEREC in under fifteen minutes. This course will test the ability of the assistant to accomplish this with CEREC. Before this course the dental assistant should have experience with the machine and designing restorations.

This course is a prerequisite to: LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATION.

This course will test the assistants ability to take a picture, design and mill a high quality restoration in a limited time
A written test will require the dental assistant to show they have a complete understanding of the new software and the CEREC machine.

Level two certified dental assistant should be able to do more complex restorations as well as more patient interaction to help with the treatment plan.

In this course the dental assistant will be tested on:

Designing a CEREC bridge
Characterizing a CEREC Veneer
Sending a crown to the lab via CEREC connect software
Ability to do a patient conversion chairside Composite/Amalgam to CEREC
Designing an implant crown

The key to increasing your productivity in a CEREC practice is having your team on the same page. Learn how each team member has an important role in making this happen and prove how team alignment can affect your practice.

Goal oriented morning huddles
Quadrant treatment planning
Financial presentations made easy
Alignment of the team to create a CEREC office
Patient conversions – Composite/Amalgam to CEREC
Find out how to get your team on board in the dental practice and increase your production by 30%

Doctor: $2,995
Spouse: $900
Staff: $1,500

This is a Patterson/Sirona certified program. You can apply your education certificates to this event.

Are you ready to learn even more ways to use the latest technologies in your practice and get away to a tropical paradise at the same time? Just click below to register online or call the Great Lakes Education Center at: (248) 827-9989.

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