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• 2025 PEAK Track I Spring Meeting

  • Start
    May 01, 2025
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • End
    May 04, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Cork Factory Hotel

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  The 2025 PEAK I Spring Meeting will be at the Cork Factory Hotel in Lancaster from May 1-4, 2025. PEAK Track I is one of two PAGD Mastertracks, and keeps its meeting intentionally smaller for those inclined to learn in a more intimate setting.

  Thursday, May 1

  Presentations from your Colleagues

  PEAK I will continue the format it began in 2023 meeting, where presenters will show what they learned from previous meetings over dinner on Thursday evening. The group will meet at LUCA in Lancaster

  
  Friday, May 2

  

  The Role of Periodontal Prosthesis in Contemporary Dentistry with Dr. Howard Fraiman

  Periodontal Prosthesis was developed and is associated with managing the dentition ravaged by disease. Perio Pros involves inter-disciplinary treatment using concepts of periodontics, occlusion, and restorative dentistry to save dentitions and achieve predictable long- term results. With the ever- growing use of dental implants, esthetic dentistry, and digital dentistry, is there still a role for Periodontal Prosthesis? This presentation will address Perio-Pros concepts and how they can help improve contemporary dentistry outcomes.

  AGD Subject Codes - 490 Periodontics
  7.5 Credit Hours Available

  Saturday, May 3

  Using Tech to Seamlessly Make Your Office Extraordinary with Dr. Ankur Gupta

  50 years ago, patients were perfectly content if their dentist was pleasant, clinically competent, and thorough. Today, Amazon and Google have changed our patients' expectations of us and completely transformed our opportunities to leverage the incredible advancements in software to make our offices modern, responsive, and extraordinary. In this presentation, Dr. Gupta outlines the various nuisances and inefficiencies that plague a typical dental office, and how they can be easily mitigated by utilizing these software advancements.
  
  Learning Objectives:

  • Learn the current mindset and expectations of today's patient
  • Understand the evolution of software advancement in dentistry's "silicon valley"
  • Challenge the audience to put themselves in their patient's shoes to better understand the communication limitations in the typical dental office
  • Outline the steps to truly transform your office from ordinary to extraordinary

  AGD Subject Code - 130 Electives
  7.5 Credit Hours Available

  Sunday, May 4

  Implant Retained Removables: The Least Stressful Replacement Option with Dr. Ankur Gupta

  So many dentists either hate dentures, are intimidated by implants, or both. In a world where the average patient simply isn't satisfied with a traditional removable prosthesis, every dentist needs to feel comfortable providing the magic of implant stability combined with the affordability of removables. This is the course where participants can finally gain high level confidence in all scenarios from marketing to patients who are dissatisfied with their ill-fitting dentures to hearing that final satisfying click as they deliver the final product.

  Implant overdentures are the perfect middle-ground for patients suffering from partial or full edentulism. They are stable, comfortable, functional, and affordable. They are also incredibly gratifying and profitable for the dental team. The problem is, they are also complicated. In this course, Dr. Ankur Gupta aims to eliminate the mysteries of attachments, cuff heights, retention caps, drivers, and all the other stuff that make this stressful and burdensome.

  Learning Objectives

  • Gain a general overview of all long-span replacement options, understanding the benefits and limitations of each
  • Discover the long-term benefits that implant retained removable options uniquely create
  • Attain clear understanding of the details, steps, and supplies needed from start to finish
  • Understanding several internal and external marketing strategies to individuals in your community who are frustrated with their ill-fitting dentures

  AGD Subject Code - 670 Removable Prosthodontics
  4.0 Credit Hours Available

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• 2025 PEAK Track II Spring Meeting

  • Start
    May 30, 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM
  • End
    June 01, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Wyndham Gettysburg

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  PAGD's Spring Meeting will be at the Wyndham Gettysburg from Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 1.
  

  Friday, May 30

  PEAK Presentations from your Colleagues

  Hear your colleagues present real-world examples of how they implemented lessons learned on implants and ridge preservation from the March 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 - President's Banquet

  
  Saturday, May 31
  

  Actions and Algorithms for Medical Emergencies: How to Save a Life (Including Your Own) with Dr. Daniel Pompa

  A crisis situation can and likely will occur at some time in your practice. Many potential medical emergencies can be prevented. Gain a comprehensive command of the essential knowledge and skills needed to handle a life-threatening medical crisis.

  We will explore the "Conversational History" and how it will uncover medical issues not revealed by the standard health history form. Additionally, the participant will learn simple, non-invasive critical tests that can reduce overall risks. We will clearly delineate indications for emergency drug use and proper dosages, as well as demonstrate how to assemble and maintain an ideal emergency drug kit. The newest techniques for drug administration will be shown for participants to hone their skills utilizing simulation models and real drugs. Dr. Pompa may also incorporate live demonstrations to enhance the learning experience.

  Learning Objectives   

  • Discover three simple chairside, non-invasive tests to help avoid an emergency.
  • Recognize the most frequent life-threatening emergencies and know when and why they occur.
  • Review a systematic approach to treat the most common life-threatening scenarios.
  • Learn how to develop a plan for the office team when dealing with a crisis event.
  • Determine when to administer the essential "Top 10" emergency drugs.
  • Understand legal and moral obligations presented by medical emergencies.

  AGD Subject Code - 130 Electives
  7.0 Credit Hours Available

  Sunday, June 1

  Advanced Dental Imaging: Technology for Today and Tomorrow with Dr. Jeffrey Price

  In this course, we will discuss advances in current dental imaging technology as well as newly developed imaging technology. Many of these technologies rely on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for maximizing their potential, therefore the use of AI will be included in the presentation.  

  The following topics will be discussed:

  • Advances in sensor technology for intraoral radiography: Cesium Iodide technology
  • 2^nd Generation Dental Cone Beam CT
  • Dental-dedicated MRI by Siemens, marketed by Sirona Dentsply
  • Optical coherent tomography (OCT), also known as ‘ultrasound for hard tissues’
  • The use of AI in Oral Radiography—what is it useful for other than diagnosing caries and periodontal disease?

  Course learning objectives: Course attendees should be able to:

  • Discuss four newly introduced and/or soon to be introduced advanced dental imaging technologies
  • Describe the current and future uses of AI in dental imaging

  AGD Subject Code - 730 Oral Medicine Oral Diagnosis Oral Pathology 
  

  4.0 Credit Hours Available

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