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• PEAK Caribbean Meeting

  • Start
    January 30, 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    February 01, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Paradisus Palm Real Punta Cana

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  The PAGD PEAK Mastertrack will head to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic for its Caribbean meeting in 2025. The meeting at the all-inclusive Paradisus Palma Real Resort 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 Punta Cana airport (PUJ).
  3. Register for the course.

  Course Information

  Comprehensive Care with Dr. Laura Harkin

  Day 1: Our ultimate goal in practice is to help our patients preserve their natural dentition for life, and our commitment to delivering high-quality, preventative and restorative dentistry supports that! Comprehensive care can only be rendered successfully with proper identification of disease processes, the use of protocols and tools to mitigate or slow deterioration, and patient ownership of their oral health. Learning to diagnose and manage risk factors is an important step in ensuring predictable dentistry for both you and your patient. 

  AGD Subject Codes

  • 490 Periodontics – 1 hr
  • 550 Practice Management and Human Relations – 1hr
  • 730 Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology - 1 hr
  • 780 Esthetics/Cosmetic Dentistry – 1 hr

  Day 2: We may recognize the signs, symptoms, and structural loss caused by occlusal disease in our patients, but how do we address it? When should we restore a case in centric relation (CR)? When should we equilibrate prior to restoration? Finally, what are the newest advancements in digital scanners and clear aligner therapy which serve as adjuncts to improve alignment/occlusion prior to restoration? We will specifically explore the iTero Lumina and Invisalign in this session.

  • 180 Myofascial Pain/Occlusion – 2 hr
  • 250 Operative (Restorative Denistry) – 1 hr
  • 370 Orthodontics – 1 hr

  Day 3: Follow Dr. Harkin through several of her own, case studies from initial examination to restorative plan development, presentation and case acceptance, execution, and, finally, maintenance. Learn how to manage large, multi-specialty cases in a busy practice with the support of a hard-working team. Discussion regarding tissue management, material selection, and clinical tips/tricks will weave throughout today’s presentation.

  • 250 Operative (Restorative) Dentistry – 2 hr
  • 550 Practice management and Human Relations – 1 hr
  • 610 Fixed Prosthodontics – 1 hr

  
  

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• 2025 PEAK Track II March Meeting

  • Start
    March 07, 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM
  • End
    March 09, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Normandy Farm Hotel and Conference Center, Blue Bell

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  It's a new day for PEAK II

  PAGD has heard through its member surveys and focus groups that taking an additional day out of the office prohibits many from attending its Mastertrack meetings. This is why the PEAK Track II Mastertrack group is moving from a three-and-a-half-day format to a two-and-a-half-day format with one additional meeting per year. The first meeting with this new format will take place at Normandy Farm in Blue Bell from Friday, March 7 to Sunday, March 9.

  Friday, March 7

  PEAK Presentations from your Colleagues

  Hear your colleagues present real-world examples of how they implemented lessons learned on implants and endo from the 2024 Fall 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 - Dinner and cake baking competition at Normandy Farm

  
  Saturday, March 8
  

  

  Strategies for Success in Extraction and Ridge Preservation with Dr. Leroy Horton

  Replacement of lost teeth is one of the most common problems providers are tasked with solving. Implants have become the ideal method for doing so, however it is not as simple as every empty space can get one. One of the most predictable treatment modalities to help ensure that an implant will be possible is ridge preservation. Over the last four decades, tremendous gains in knowledge, materials, and technology have garnered endless scientific justification for what we do and how we do it. In this part of the course participants will learn the biologic rationales, the scientific research behind them, modern materials, and basic surgical technique. The content is packaged in such a way that providers of all levels will have an opportunity to learn and fine tune their current practice for the patients’ benefit as well that of the practice. 

  Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss common systemic conditions and risk assessment
  • Planning of extraction cases and strategies
  • Basic ridge preservation techniques
  • Case presentation of flap design, sectioning of multi-rooted teeth, membrane adaptation, platelet aggregates, and suturing 

  AGD Subject Code - 310 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  7.0 Credit Hours Available

  
  

  Sunday, March 9

  Strategies for Success in Extraction and Ridge Preservation with Dr. Leroy Horton, continued

  Sunday's half day will feature a hands-on activity using the learning from the previous day.

  AGD Subject Code - 310 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  

  4.0 Credit Hours Available

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• PAGD Harrisburg Regional Happy Hour

  • When
    March 20, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Millworks
  • Spaces left
    40

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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 the Harrisburg area the evening of Thursday, March 20. Registration is $100/attendee. The schedule is as follows:

  6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Happy Hour. Light dinner and drinks will be served. 

  7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. CBCT: 3D Imaging with Dr. Robert Timothy

  3D imaging with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and other 3D modalities is the path to the future of dentistry for major improvements in radiographic diagnosis, treatment planning and digital dentistry. Ample research has shown that 2D imaging has reached the end of the road in terms of potential for improvements. CBCT technology has provided a low dose and relatively low cost means of providing 3D imaging of the maxillofacial region for dentistry and has the potential to become an essential component of a modern dental practice. This course is designed to familiarize each participant with the fundamentals of cone beam computed tomography technology and its many applications to dentistry.

  Many thanks to Benco Dental 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. 

  2.0 CE Hours Available
  AGD Subject Code - 730 Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology

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