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• PAGD Management Masters

  • Start
    November 06, 2025
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  • End
    February 05, 2026
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online

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  PAGD Management Masters, led by Dr. Ann Miller of Dental Wayfinder, is a four-module webinar designed to give general dentists in all career stages recommendations to improve their practice and their career satisfaction.

  Module 1: Leadership is for Everyone in the Dental Office
  Thursday, November 6, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

  Learning Objectives:

  1. What makes a person a leader 
  2. Discuss the six types of leadership and what works best in a dental office
  3. The difference between a leader and a manager
  4. What are the best qualities of a good leader
  5. What are the sins of a leader 
  6. What leaders can control and cannot control 
  7. Using Leadership to build a cohesive team 
  8. Words that great leaders use. 

  Module 2: The Number Game - Do You Know Your Numbers?
  Thursday, December 4, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

  Learning Objectives

  1. Why it is important to run metrics in your dental office
  2. Understand Key Performance Indicators for the dental office (KPI)
  3. Industry Standard KPI’s for a dental office
  4. Understanding your profit and loss statement
  5. Knowing your flow of money
  6. Reports to run on a daily, weekly and monthly basis

  Module 3: Sunday Blues- Controlling Burnout in Dentistry
  Thursday, January 8, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

  Learning Objectives

  1. Rediscovering your purpose for being in dentistry
  2. The importance of written values and goals
  3. Setting up systems for the practice to run itself
  4. Putting the right team together
  5. Alternative ways to deal with burnout

  Module 4: What Is Your Next? Getting Ready for Transition to Retirement
  Thursday, February 5, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

  Learning Objectives

  1. The importance of a 3-5 year plan 
  2. Personal readiness for retirement
  3. Financial readiness for retirement
  4. Transitioning your practice
  5. Alternatives in practice transitions

  
  

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• PAGD Northeast PA Regional Happy Hour

  • When
    December 11, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Casey Dental, Pittston
  • Spaces left
    34

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  You asked, we answered.

  
  

  In PAGD's latest round of focus groups, members requested an educational option for members that cannot afford to take time out of their practice for multi-day conferences. In response, we will be bringing shorter regional educational courses with opportunities for you to socialize with your colleagues.

  
  

  PAGD is bringing this restorative course to Northeast PA the evening of Thursday, December 11. Registration is $40/attendee. The schedule is as follows:

  6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Happy Hour. Dinner and drinks are included in your registration. 

  7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Photogrammetry for Full Arch Success with James Kivimaki, BS, CDT

  This course provides an in-depth look at the use of photogrammetry in full-arch implant dentistry, highlighting its clinical and restorative advantages. Participants will gain a clear understanding of what photogrammetry is, how it improves accuracy and efficiency compared to traditional methods, and how it integrates seamlessly with CAD/CAM workflows. Using the MicronMapper system as a focal point, the course will walk through both surgical and restorative workflows, explore material choices, and showcase real-world before-and-after results.

  Many thanks to BonaDent for helping to support and underwrite this event. Space for dinner is limited to the first 40 registrants. Additional registrants will be added to the waitlist. The education portion of this event will be webcast for those unable to attend in person. 

  1.5 CE Hours Available
  AGD Subject Code - 250 Operative (Restorative) Dentistry

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• PEAK Caribbean Meeting

  • Start
    January 29, 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    January 31, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Iberostar Waves Rose Hall, Montego Bay

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  The PAGD PEAK Mastertrack will head to  Montego Bay, Jamaica for its Caribbean meeting in 2025. The meeting at the all-inclusive Iberostar Waves Rose Hall features seven-day and four-day stays. The educational section of the meeting is from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, leaving plenty of time for sun and fun.

  
  

  To receive the PAGD group rates or attend the education, all registrants must register through the travel agent, Amy Pupino-Carbonelli (traveldreams@att.net  or 954-971-3535). Booking through the travel agent is what allows PAGD to compensate the speaker. Those booking through other means or staying off the resort will not be permitted to attend the course.

  To register:

  1. Make arrangements in your room of choice and length of stay with Amy.
  2. Book your flight into Sangster International Airport (MBJ).
  3. Register for the course.

  Course Information

  Endodontics: A General Dentist's Perspective and Anesthesia and Pharmacology for the General Dentist by Dr. Dave Sullivan

  The endodontics lecture will include pearls on obturation techniques and failures. The latest evidence on instrumentation and materials will be reviewed, including rubber dams, clamps, files, irrigants, and medicaments. An anatomical review will be provided, with tips on temporary fabrication and canal access.

  The anesthesia and pharmacology course explores the principles of anesthesia and pharmacology as they relate to general dental practice. It covers the clinical application of local anesthetics, including their mechanism of action, different types, and techniques for administration. Pharmacology topics include the classes of drugs commonly encountered in general dentistry, such as analgesics, antibiotics, and anti-inflammatories. The course also emphasizes understanding drug interactions, contraindications, and managing medical emergencies in the dental office.

  
  

  
  

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• 2026 PEAK Track II March Meeting

  • Start
    March 13, 2026
  •  
    8:30 AM
  • End
    March 15, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square

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  PAGD's Spring Meeting will be at the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square from Friday, March 13 to Sunday, March 15.
  

  Friday, March 13

  PEAK Presentations from your Colleagues

  Hear your colleagues present real-world examples of how they implemented lessons learned on orthodontics and full arch from the September 2025 meeting. Nothing to present? Come anyway, the best lessons are often learned from your colleagues.

  
  AGD Subject Code - 130 Electives
  7.0 Credit Hours Available

  Evening Social Event - Local Reception

  
  Saturday, March 14
  

  Factors Determining Long-Term Successful Outcome of Ceramic Restorations in Patients with Full-Mouth Reconstructions with Dr. Mariam Margvelashvili-Malament

  The progressive shift towards minimally invasive dentistry is obvious. The ultimate goal is to preserve as much of the tooth structure as possible and extend pulpal vitality. At the same time patients have extended life expectancy and increased number of retained teeth at older age. This results in patients that have a combination of diseases like caries and/or recurrent caries, defective restorations, generalized wear, loss of Occlusal Vertical Dimension (OVD) and esthetic concerns. These require thorough diagnosis and treatment that involves restoration of lost tooth structure, reestablishment of OVD and occlusal schemes, and correction of esthetic appearance. Can the goal be achieved with minimal intervention treatment options and ceramic materials?

  The presentation will cover diagnosis and treatment planning for complex full-mouth reconstruction patients, material and restoration choices. The lecture will also show the results of clinical studies evaluating long-term survival of complete and partial coverage (inlay and onlay) max restorations. The factors determining the long-term successful outcome of ceramic restorations will be outlined and the role of occlusion will also be discussed. Finally, decision making between keeping teeth or replacing them with implants will be reviewed. The lecture will also go over potential complications associated with implant restorations and how to avoid them.  

  Objectives

  • To discuss treatment planning and diagnosis steps for complex cases.
  • To go over material and treatment choices for complex cases.
  • To review factors determining long-term successful outcomes for ceramic restorations.
  • To outline minimally invasive treatment approaches for full-mouth reconstruction patients.
  • To compare options of tooth restoration vs replacement with implants.

  
  

  AGD Subject Code - 250 Operative (Restorative) Dentistry
  7.0 Credit Hours Available

  
  

  Sunday, March 15

  Factors Determining Long-Term Successful Outcome of Ceramic Restorations in Patients with Full-Mouth Reconstructions, continued with Dr. Mariam Margvelashvili-Malament

  This will be a hands-on continuation of the Saturday didactic course. Ceramic restorative techniques will be demonstrated, and cementation kits will be distributed for replication. PAGD thanks Ivoclar for their support of this hands-on course. 

  AGD Subject Code - 250 Operative (Restorative) Dentistry
  4.0 Credit Hours Available

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