The Institute For Advanced Laser Dentistry Announces Impressive Line Up Of Speakers For 6TH Annual Clinicians' Meeting

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Article Date: 08 Jan 2009 - 7:00 PST

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The Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry (IALD) announced its line up of industry-leading speakers for the highly anticipated 6th Annual Clinicians' Meeting, taking place February 11-15, 2009 (Valentine's and President's day weekend) at the luxurious Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Cancun, Mexico. This year, more than 250 dentists and staff, along with their families, are expected to celebrate the "Pirate's Adventure - At Fear's End!" themed event.

The Annual Clinicians' Meeting is a non-exclusive educational and networking event for both dentists and vendors alike. The program features concurrent seminars where a broad audience-including general practitioners, advanced specialists, dental hygienists and general dental staff-come together to share, learn and collaborate about new and emerging technologies and protocols, strategies for growing and marketing a dental practice, and timely and topical industry issues. This year's speakers and new session topics will represent expertise from a variety of dental disciplines for which attendees can earn up to 21 continuing education credits. Speakers include:

Keynote addresses from:

- David S. Hornbrook, DDS, FAACD-"In Search of the Metal-free Restoration."
- Edwin Zinman, JD, DDS-""The ABCs of Informed Consent"
- Howard Farran, DDS, MBA, MAGD-"The Virtues of Profitable Dentistry"

Main Stage speakers include:

- Raymond Yukna, DMD, MS-"State of Education at Colorado University & Research Update on LANAP Clinical Study"
- Udel (Del) Webb, DDS-"The New Secret to Huge Profit Gains: Your Patient's Medical Insurance"
- David M. Harris, PhD-"There's More to Lasers than Meets the Remaining Eye"
- Kim Kutsch, DMD-"No More Cavities: The Science Behind Minimally Invasive Caries Management"

Daily Breakout Sessions include:

- Bruce Baird, DDS-"The Productive Dentist Academy"
- Wendy Briggs, RDH-"Transforming your Hygiene Center into Profitability"
- Jeffrey M Dolgos, DDS, FAGD-"Splint Therapy and LANAP"
- Allen Honigman, DDS, MS-"Computer Guided Implant Treatment: Achieving Predictable and Precise Results"
- Daniel T. Marut, DMD and Samantha Miller-"It's Not about Teeth. It's about People!"
- John McAllister, DDS-"Communication in the Digital Age"
- Steve Rappeport, DDS-"Insight into the Psychology of Dental Patients"

"Each year our singular goal is to bring together leading professionals on the cutting edge of dentistry and experts on the issues that matter to our industry," said Robert H. Gregg II, DDS, a practicing dentist and co-founder of the IALD. "Keeping the economy in mind, we have put together a comprehensive program that will provide attendees with practical tools that can be used to increase the profitability of their practices."

Sponsored by Millennium Dental Technologies and hosted by the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry, the Annual Clinicians' Meeting follows the guidelines for the American Dental Association's Continuing Education Program (ADA CERP) and the American General Dentistry Program Approval for Continuing Education (PACE) created to assist members of both organizations and the dental profession in identifying and participating in quality training programs. The conference offers up to 21 hours of continuing education (CE) credit and will also include a LANAP Recap session for both recent and current LANAP clinicians. In addition to educational content, fun-filled evening events will include: a conference exhibitors treasure hunt, "At Fear's End" beach survivor games, Pirate's Masquerade Awards party and World Class Rockers concert featuring musicians from Santana, Journey, Steppenwolf, Toto, Lynyrd Skynyrd and more.

For additional information or to register for Millennium Dental Technologies' 6th Annual Clinicians' Meeting, please visit: http://www.cliniciansmeeting.com.

About the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry (IALD)

The Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry is a nationally recognized lecture and clinical training continuing education (CE) organization dedicated to the research, practice and teaching of advanced laser dentistry therapies. Formed in 1999 by dentists Robert H. Gregg and Delwin McCarthy, the IALD offers both actual and practical live-patient clinical training to dental practitioners in the use of dental lasers, supported with pertinent documentation and content. Today, there are more than 25 calibrated and standardized Certified Instructors through the IALD who teach advanced laser therapies, including LANAP™, or the Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure, for treatment of periodontal disease. The IALD is both ADA CERP and AGD PACE accredited.

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