Eighth District Dental Society

Join us November 3, 2023 for an all day event.

Dr. Toni Neumeier

Dr. Neumeier received her DMD degree from UAB School of Dentistry, Birmingham, AL as well as her Prosthodontic certification. Dr. Neumeier is a Fellow and Master of the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Neumeier retired from UAB Dental School in August 2020 and returned as Adjunct Faculty. She has many years of experience in all categories of Prosthodontics (Crown, Bridge, Partial Denture, Complete
Denture and Implant), including Digital Dentistry, and over 12 years experience in digital dentures.

Current Workflow of Digital Dentures

You have seen a lot of advertisements on digital dentures in the past 5 years. Is it time to consider incorporating either a digital or hybrid (Digital + analog) denture service into your practice? Significant amounts of literature have demonstrated that providing patients with digital dentures can not only save
chair time but also with better fitted dentures and less follow up appointments. During this course your concerns such as: “Do you need to change clinical procedures? Which lab to send in your case? Do you need any digital equipment such as: Intraoral scanner, lab scanner and 3-D printer in your office? What
is the bottle neck of providing digital dentures service….” Please join me and discuss about these concerns and share my over 12 years of experiences with digital dentures with you.

6 CE Credits will be issued for the day.

Join us at Calhoun Community College in the Health Sciences building for 6 CE hours.

Morning Session:

W. Blake Strickland

The morning session will be a discussion of sedation and anesthesia permits, logs, and the law surrounding such.

Afternoon Session:

Jessica McNair

OSHA and CDC Infection Control in Dentistry

Dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and all dental team members will update their compliance knowledge based on OSHA/CDC requirements by attending this course. These shows include lectures, audience participation, fabulous prizes, learning, and laughter.

Join us April 21, 2023 at Calhoun Community College Health Sciences building for an all day CE event!

Ashraf F. Fouad, DDS, MS, FACD

Dr. Fouad obtained his DDS, Certificate of Endodontics and MS at the University of Iowa.
He served on the faculty and in various administrative roles at University of Connecticut, the University of Maryland, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently Professor and Chair, Department of Endodontics, and Director, Advanced
Endodontics Program, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Fouad has published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 24 textbook chapters, and 140 abstracts. He edited and co-authored the textbooks: Endodontic Microbiology (now in its second edition), as well as the fifth and sixth editions of Endodontics: Principles and Practice. He is a Diplomate and Past President of the American Board of Endodontics, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Endodontics and Dental
Traumatology. In 2017, he received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Association of Dental Research. In 2022, he received the President’s
Award of the American Association of Endodontists.

Topics of Discussion:

-Effective management of endodontic emergencies
-Novel root canal disinfection technologies, and contemporary instrumentation and obturation approaches
-Update on vital pulp therapy and regenerative endodontic therapy
-Management of traumatic injuries to teeth

Location:

Calhoun Community College

Health Sciences Building

6250 US 31

Tanner, AL 35761

Directions:

Turn left at the main entrance, go to the next to last building on your right. Parking is on the northeast side of the building.

Join us August 26, 2022 at Calhoun Community College Health Science Building for an all day CE event!

Dr. Nico Geurs is Weatherford /Palcanis endowed Professor and chair of Periodontology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received his dental degree at A.C.T.A. (Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) in 1992. He completed his training in Periodontology and his Master’s in Clinical Dentistry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 1992-1995. He is a Diplomate and serves as an examiner of the American Board of Periodontology. He is committed to education in periodontology and implantology to both the dental students and post graduate students. He was the director of the advanced education program in Periodontology for 10 years. His research interest include periodontitis and systemic health, regeneration, bone grafting, and dental implantology. He has published and lectured extensively on these topics.

Morning Session

It’s Not Just About Millimeters Anymore: Current concepts in Periodontal therapy

The 2017 AAP/EPF World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal diseases represent a paradigm shift in periodontal care. The staging of the periodontitis and subsequent grading of the progression based on systemic and local risk factors are valuable for periodontal therapy. This course will present an easy to follow path to the correct diagnosis of periodontal diseases, and the stage and grade of Periodontitis for your patients. This course will set the stage for personalized care for patients with periodontitis. The course will be a case based discussion on diagnosis and individualized treatment planning utilizing the knowledge and tools provided by the new classification to provide periodontal and maintenance care. We will answer these questions about your patients. What new innovations are there to control biofilms and inflammation in initial therapy? Which patients benefit from regenerative care, or advanced periodontal therapy? How do we identify these patients effectively? When do we know we have optimized the periodontal health and what are the endpoints for treatment?

Afternoon Session

Implant Maintenance Success

Dental Implants have become the preferred option for the replacement of missing teeth. The maintenance of dental implants has become an aspect of every dental practice. Peri implant disease require a great understanding if the implant system, the anatomy and the etiology to be successful in the management. We will answer these questions: What instruments can you use to treat and clean dental implant and abutment surfaces? How do we treat peri implantititis? This course will outline the prevention, etiology, and management of peri-implantitis.

6 CE credits will be given for the day.

NEW VENUE!

Calhoun Community College 6250 US 31 Tanner, AL 35761

At the main campus entrance, turn left and come to the second to last building on campus.

Join us April 1, 2022 at Joe Wheeler Resort in Rogersville, AL for an all day CE event.

Registration—————————————8:00-8:30

Morning Session——————————–8:30-11:30

Business Meeting—————————–11:30-12:00

Lunch———————————————-11:45-12:45

Afternoon Session—————————–12:45-3:30

Morning Session:

Mark McIlwain, DMD, MD

Mark McIlwain, DMD, MD was raised in Butler, AL. He was an honor graduate of Patrician Academy in 1974, achieved a B.S. in Biology/Psychology from the University of Alabama in 1978, and graduated the University of Alabama School of Dentistry in 1982. He currently practices with Oral and Facial Surgery of the Shoals, Sheffield, and Florence, AL.

Afternoon Session:

Chris Griffin, DDS

Chris Griffin is on a mission to spread the word about how practice automations can revolutionize current dental practice workflows. His strategic approach to implementing 3D systems through team delegation encourages increased productivity and performance from every staff member and takes the pressure off the doctor. Teaching other dentists how they can use 3D printing to provide clinical excellence while at the same time slashing overhead is a true passion for Chris and is the driving force of his message.

With FDA approval of new 3D printing resins that are indicated for use in procedures such as dentures and permanent crowns, general dentists have never been in a better position to give time-sensitive and affordable options to their patients. Proper understanding of this emerging technology not only give money-conscious patients esthetic options not previously possible, but also gives general dentists the opportunity to become a hero to patients who might have chosen less than ideal treatment. The goal of this lecture is to give attending dentists and team members the opportunity to walk away with the knowledge, tools, and strategies to start using 3D printing technology in their practices. 3D printing can be used to facilitate model creation, denture fabrication, surgical implant guide production, and more affordable clear aligner therapy options, plus many more applications that will improve clinical quality and patient satisfaction for general dentists.

Learning Objectives:

-Gain more control over their lab workflow
-Reduce overhead on many everyday procedures and tasks
-Diagnose today and deliver digital dentures tomorrow
-Bring clear aligner therapy in-house at a fraction of their current lab cost
-Learn the most cost effective way to set up their new 3D lab
-Quickly fabricate surgical guides for your implant patients
-Market your new 3D printing skills
-Greatly increase treatment acceptance on many larger cases
-Implement a step-by-step blueprint for implementing 3D technologies primarily using your dental team
-How Dr. Griffin paid off his initial 3D printing investment with SprintRay treating 8 cases in 21 days

Six CE credits will be given for the day.

Join us November 6, 2021 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in the Huntsville Airport for an all day CE event.

Dr. Richard Weems is a native of Birmingham, Alabama and received his DMD from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry in 1977. He returned to UAB to earn a Master’s Degree in Dental Radiology in 1984, and has been a full-time dental educator since that time. Currently, he  is Associate Professor and Director of the Maxillofacial CBCT  Imaging Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School  of Dentistry. 

Dr. Weems also served as a dental consultant to the Alabama  Department of Forensic Sciences from 1990 until 2013 and currently  serves as the Chief Forensic Dentist for the Jefferson County  (Alabama) Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office. He has investigated  over 250 cases involving criminal human bite mark analysis and  victim identification through dental remains resulting from  homicide and accidental death. He is also the Region IV Dental  Section Leader of the national mass disaster mortuary team,  DMORT, and was deployed to the World Trade Center, as well as,  Hurricanes Katrina and Ike to aid in victim identification. He is a  Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and is a  Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Odontology. He was  also recently elected as Section Chair of the Odontology Section of  the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Dr. Weems has made numerous invited presentations and has  published several chapters in textbooks relating to dental  radiology, forensic odontology, forensic radiography, and co-edited  the recently published, ASFO Manual of Forensic Odontology, 5 ^th Edition by CRC Press. 

Dr. Lewis earned his dental degree from the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Dentistry in 1985.  He maintained a general dentistry practice in Madison, Alabama from 1986 – 2017; and, currently is a forensic dental educator and consultant.

Dr. Lewis completed the Fellowship in Forensic Odontology from the Center for Education and Research in Forensics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2001.  As a forensic dentist, he assisted in victim identification in New York following the World Trade Center attack; and since 2003, has served as a consultant to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) and volunteer to the Alabama Office of Emergency Preparedness in relation to its mass disaster response group.  In 2017, he became the dental consultant to the Knox County Regional Forensic Center in Tennessee and an Assistant Professor and Director of Forensic Dentistry in the Department of General Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee where he oversees a Fellowship in Forensic Dentistry and a Master of Science in Forensic Dentistry.   
Dr. Lewis is a Fellow of the Odontology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS); and, a Member of the American Society of Forensic Odontology (ASFO) where he has served on its Board of Governors and as President of the organization in 2012.  Dr. Lewis became board certified by the American Board of Forensic Odontology (ABFO) in 2008.  As a Diplomate of the ABFO, he has served as member and Chair of the Dental Age Assessment Committee, the Certification and Examination Committee, the Bitemark Evidence and Patterned Injury Committee, and ABFO President in 2020.  He recently completed a six-year appointed to the Odontology Subcommittee, Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).  Dr. Lewis has authored several forensic peer reviewed articles and textbook chapters; and, co-edited the textbook, Forensic Dentistry: Principles and Practice. 

6 CE Credits will be given for the day.