Your Path to Comprehensive Diagnosis and Treatment Utilizing 100% Digital Workflows — Drs Cranham & Shah
Up to 14 Credits Available
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This two-day program offers a comprehensive guide to incorporating 100% digital workflows into dental practices to enhance diagnostic accuracy, treatment planning, and the execution of complex cases. Participants will learn to leverage cutting-edge technologies such as intraoral scanning, CBCT imaging, digital design software, virtual articulation, diagnostic design, 3D printing, and milling to improve patient outcomes. Foundational principles of esthetics, occlusion, and biology will be emphasized as critical components of digital workflows. This program will equip you with the knowledge and hands-on experience to confidently integrate 100% digital workflows into your practice, elevating your diagnostic and treatment capabilities for complex cases and ensuring superior patient outcomes.
Day 1: Foundational Principles and Treatment Planning Sessions
On Day 1, we will focus on the essential principles that underpin successful digital workflows in comprehensive dentistry. Through interactive treatment planning sessions, participants will:
- Understand Digital Tools & Workflows:
Learn how intraoral scanning, CBCT imaging, digital design software, 3D printing, and milling integrate into comprehensive dentistry. Explore their role in enhancing diagnosis and treatment planning for complex cases involving both implants and natural teeth. - Apply Foundational Principles in a Digital Framework:
Review the critical principles of esthetics, occlusion, and biology, and discover how these principles inform and enhance digital workflows. Develop an understanding of how to diagnose and treat complex cases while incorporating these foundational principles into digital planning. - Diagnose & Plan Complex Cases Using Digital Workflows:
Engage in case discussions and treatment planning sessions where we’ll review how to utilize digital tools to assess and plan treatment for various patient scenarios, including both restorative and implant cases.
Day 2: Hands-On Digital Workflow Implementation
Day 2 is dedicated to hands-on learning, where participants will actively apply the digital workflows they explored on Day 1. Through interactive exercises and live demonstrations, you will:
- Diagnose & Treat Complex Cases Hands-On:
Practice using digital tools to analyze and plan treatment for a variety of real-world cases. Address challenges in complex implant and restorative treatments, learning how digital workflows can streamline and enhance patient care. - Develop an Implementation Plan for Digital Workflows:
Assess the role of each digital technology in your practice and learn how to create a personalized plan for integrating these tools into your daily workflows. Gain confidence in adopting digital technologies for improved case planning and execution. - Foster Laboratory and Specialty Collaboration:
Understand the importance of partnering with a digitally oriented laboratory. Learn how to effectively communicate with labs and specialty teams, share digital data, and ensure optimal case outcomes through collaborative workflows.
Meet the speakers
Paresh Shah, DMD
Dr Paresh Shah has a special interest in cosmetics, implants and smile makeovers, and has used digital technology in his practice for more than 15 years. He received his dental degree from the University of Manitoba in 1991 and did a general practice residency at the University of Manitoba in 1992. Dr Shah holds a master’s degree in physiology and has a proficiency certificate in esthetic dentistry from the University of Buffalo. He is also a graduate of Misch Implant Institute and the Kois Center in Seattle. Dr Shah has served as adjunct faculty at Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, a clinical mentor in the post-graduate program in esthetic dentistry at the University of Minnesota, and a clinical instructor at the University of Manitoba Dental School. He has numerous fellowships including the ICOI, AGD and Pierre Fauchard Academy. Dr Shah has been invited to give more than 300 lectures in the U.S., Canada, Asia and Australia, and lectures on all aspects of restorative dentistry, interdisciplinary care and digital dentistry.
Dr Shah is a KOL for Exocad, SprintRay, Align, and Solventum receiving product and/or financial support.
John Cranham, DDS
Dr John Cranham is a dentist, educator, and best-selling author specializing in cosmetic dentistry, implants, TMJ/facial pain, and complex dental issues. An honors graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he has taught and lectured worldwide for over 25 years, presenting more than 1,500 days of continuing education.
Dr Cranham has authored over 30 articles and co-authored The Complete Dentist Manual with Dr Pete Dawson. He is a key opinion leader for several dental companies. In 2020, he published The Cornell Effect, a best-selling memoir about his special needs adopted son. His current focus is helping the dental community transition to efficient digital workflows for improved patient outcomes.
Dr Cranham has no affiliations to disclose.
The Agenda
- 7:30 am
- Registration
- 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Programming
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Lunch
- 1:00 pm - 4:00pm
- Programming
- 7:30 am
- Registration
- 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Programming
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Lunch
- 1:00 pm - 4:00pm
- Programming
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