Study Club

 

Session One	Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Embassy Suites, Brea Dr. Michael R. Norton
Topic:	Complex Immediate Provisional Restorations: Protocol, Execution and Pitfalls
Session Two	Friday, January 20, 2012 Embassy Suites, Brea Joy Millis, CSP
Topic:	Reviving Your Practice
Session Three	Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Embassy Suites, Brea Dr. Ruiz
Topic:	Easy, Predictable Porcelain Veneers, Onlays, and Full Crowns
Session Four	May 2012 Embassy Suites, Brea Dr.
Topic:	TBA
Session Five	July 2011 Embassy Suites, Brea Dr.
Topic:	TBA

 
Dr. Michael R. Norton

Dr. Norton is a graduate of the University of Wales School of Dental Medicine.  He runs a dedicated implant practice on Harley Street in London.  He is a specialist in Oral Surgery and in 2007 he was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons,  Edinburgh for his contribution to the field of implant dentistry and serves on the college's founding Specialist Advisory Board for Implant Dentistry.

Dr. Norton is both Board Member & Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration (OA) and is Past President and the current Scientific Chairman of the Association of Dental Implantology, UK.  He is the immediate past editor of the AO's Academy News and is currently Associate Editor of the International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants.  He also serves as a referee for a number of other peer-review journals.

Dr. Norton lectures internationally, and is widely published in the literature including one of the earliest Quintessence textbooks on the subject published in 1995.  He is joint owner and editor of the journal Dental Implant Summaries.


Joy Millis, CSP

Joy is a serious business coach, professional speaker and trusted advisor.  She is also on the visiting faculty of the Medical College of Georgia and The University of Texas where she teaches management excellence for implant dentistry providers.  Joy has earned the National Speakers Association's highest designation of CSP, Certified Speaking Professional, an accomplishment achieved by less than 10 percent of speakers in the world.

Joy helps dental professionals accelerate the implementation of their strategic goals and objectives.  She is an innovator in practice development solutions, influencing patients to receive quality dental care, getting paid without insurance interference and recovering lost patients.


Dr. Curtis E. Jansen

Dr. Jansen graduated from the University of the Pacific in 1982 and The University of Southern California (USC) School of Dentistry in 1986.  Upon graduation he accepted a teaching position at USC and was accepted in the Advanced Education in Prosthodontics Graduate Program.  He received his certificate in Prosthodontics in 1988 from the USC School of Dentistry.

In 1988 Dr. Jansen began a private practice in Beverly Hills, California and continued teaching part time at USC.  He then accepted a full time teaching position at USC  in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and was named Director of Implant Dentistry.  Dr. Jansen over saw both the surgical and restorative aspects of dental implant placement and restoration.  During this time he developed material to help both surgeons and restorative dentists with their patient treatment.  Dr. Jansen began lecturing to groups of dental study clubs and local and statewide dental associations around the country.

In 1992 Dr. Jansen moved to Florida to work with a dental implant manufacturer.  He obtained his Florida dental license and practiced part time in West Palm Beach with a group of three oral surgeons.  There he concentrated on restorative complications.  Working with the dental implant manufacturer, he helped develop and patent implant components used in many restorative implant procedures today.  Dr. Jansen also traveled extensively to dental schools here in the United States and around the world teaching about treatment planning and restoring dental implants.

Dr. Jansen moved to Monterey, California in 1996 and began his private Prosthodontic practice.  Shortly afterward he started an on-premises dental laboratory, after 15 years of practicing, Dr. Jansen continues to lecture at least one day a week while see patients 4 days a week.  His lectures include speaking to dental specialty groups, dental associations, dental study clubs, year long mentor programs, live surgical/restorative programs, and dental auxiliary programs.  He is a member of the American Dental Prosthodontists, the Academy of Osseointegration, the American Dental Association, the California Dental Association, and the Monterey Bay Dental Society.  He is also a fellow of the American College of Dentists.

Dr. Jansen is married and he and his wife are raising three children, all boys.


Dr. J. Luis Ruiz

Dr. Ruiz is the Director of the Los Angeles Institute of Esthetic Dentistry and was Course Director of the University of Southern California Esthetic Dentistry Continuum for 2004-2009.  He is also an Associate Instructor at Dr. Gordon Christensen PCC in Utah.  He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and a member of the American Dental Association.

Dr. Ruiz is an educator and researcher who has published several clinical and research papers on adhesive dentistry, esthetic dentistry and occclusion.  He lectures both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Ruiz has been practicing in Los Angeles for over 20 years.  His focus is on treating complex Cosmetic, Rehabilitation and Implant cases.

Topic:  Easy, Predictable Porcelain Veneers, Onlays, and Full Crowns
Synopsis
When a larger part of the tooth is missing or decayed, Porcelain Fused to Metal (PFM) crowns are by far the most popular indirect restorations, although they have some less than ideal characteristics.  Clinicians ofter feel that non-metal bonded restorations are more difficult and less predictable than traditional dentistry.  In this course Dr. Ruiz will demonstrate how non-metal restorations performed using supra-gingival techniques, make dentistry more predictable and trouble-free; as well as healthier for the patient, than any traditional restoration has ever been.  Placing supra-gingival margins ultimately allows clinicians to make porcelain restorations healthier for gingival tissue.  In this course, Dr. Ruiz will demonstrate material selection and a new paradigm in preparation and cementation for porcelain veneers, onlays and full crowns.  This course will touch on the importance and application of a simple  and predictable system for performing comprehensive diagnosis, esthetic evaluation, and Occlusal diagnosis.  Dr. Ruiz will show the step-by-step procedure for tooth preparation, temporization, and sensitivity-free easily bonded cementation using "Supra-gingival Dentistry" techniques.

Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate how supra-gingival, minimally invasive porcelain veneers, onlays and full crowns are healthier for patients and more predictable and enjoyable for the dentist.
• Learn the new paradigm of simple predictable tooth preparation techniques specific to supra-gingival minimally invasive, veneers, onlays, etc.
• Incredibly simple and predictable impression techniques.
• Learn how to choose the correct type of restorative material and translucency that will allow for supra-gingival dentistry.
• Choose which bonding systems and cements are most esthetically appropriate to achieve good marginal blends and allow for supra-gingival dentistry.
• Describe sensitive-free and easy cementation techniques.
• Learn predictable temporization techniques.
• And much more....

Dr. Stanley F. Malamed 

Dr. Malamed was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, graduating from the New York University College of Dentistry in 1969.  He then completed a dental internship and residency in anesthesiology at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, before serving for 2 years in the U.S. Army Dental Corps at Ft. Knox, Kentucky.  In 1973, Dr. Malamed joined the faculty of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of U.S.C., in Los Angeles,  where today he is Professor of Anesthesia & Medicine.  Dr. Malamed is a Diplomate of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology, as well as a recipient of the Heidebrink Award (1996) from the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology and the Horace Wells Award from the International Federation of Dental Anesthesia Societies, 1997 (IFDAS).

Dr. Malamed has authored more than 140 scientific papers and 17 chapters in various medical and dental journals and textbooks in the areas of physical evaluation, emergency medicine, local anesthesia, sedation and general anesthesia.  In addition, Dr. Malamed is the author of three widely rused textbooks, published by CV Mosby:  Handbook of Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office (6th edition 2007); Handbook of Local Anesthesia (6th edition 2011); Sedation - a guide to patient management (5th edition 2010) and two interactive DVD's:  Emergency Medicine  (2nd edition 2008) and Malamed's Local and Anesthetic Technique DVD (2004).

In his spare time, Dr. Malamed is an avid runner, exercise enthusiast, and admits an addition to the New York Times crosswood puzzle, which he has done daily since his freshman year in dental school.