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10th Annual J. Joe Littlejohn Lectureship with Dr. Mike Meek

Date and Registration

Friday, October 2, 2020 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (All day course with 2 lecture topics: morning and afternoon)

Location: UTHSC Campus - Humphrey’s General Education Building, 9 South Dunlap, Memphis, TN 38163

Parking: Dental Patient Lot (O Lot) located southwest of Dunn Dental Bldg. is $3/weekdays. Madison Plaza Garage (H Lot) located at 940 Madison Ave. - $5/day. Metered parking is also available for a cost along S. Dunlap St.

Lecturer: C. Mike Meek, DDS

Tuition and CE Credit

  • 6 credit hours
  • $150 per dentist - lunch is provided
  • $100 per auxiliary – lunch is provided
  • All tuition and fees are due in full at the time of registration. Class space is limited; registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration: Register Online

Objectives

Morning Session

Accelerate Your Practice with Dental Implants: It’s More than Just Cementing a Crown

More than just cementing crowns on abutments; This course presents a start to finish restorative approach to propel a general practice into amazing success with implant restorations without doing implant surgery. Practitioners will learn case presentation pearls to increase conversion rates, treatment planning for profitability, immediate temporization of anterior implants, and screw retained final restorations for a 15 minute implant restoration delivery and greater practice efficiency. This course is packed pearls for both the business and clinical side of the general practice and is enjoyed by practitioners of ALL experience levels.

Course Objectives
  • Demonstrates “no brainer” case selection for implants versus bridges and reinforces why this is the most efficient way for a practitioner to be involved in implant prosthetics without surgery.
  • Examine the tooth replacement treatment modalities and compare efficiency of delivery to outcome for practice profitability.
  • Demonstrate DIGITAL WORKFLOW including intra-oral scanning at final implant check to render a one appointment final restoration treatment outcome for the restorative doctor and how this affects profitability.
  • Discuss treatment planning strategies that allow practices to be compensated for planning and executing complex single tooth replacement without losing profitability to fee schedules. 
  • Show clinical application of angulation correcting, screw retained implant restorations that allow screw retained implant crowns to be placed in most ALL situations and WHY this is important.
  • Show benefits and simple techniques for use of DSLR camera to produce ultimate aesthetics in your anterior implant cases.
Auxiliary Objectives
  • Learn case selection criteria and consultation pearls that will help answer all the hard questions patients ask once the doctor leaves the consult.
  • See how digital workflow and technology make the implant tooth replacement modality the most efficient choice in an expanded duties office.
  • Learn treatment planning strategies that ensure a practice is compensated for all aspects of a complex implant case.

 

Afternoon Session

The Edge Effect: Collaborative Workflow Through DTX Studio for Ultimate Outcomes

This course focuses on the idea that there is a simple workflow to produce outstanding aesthetic results with screw retained implant crowns.   Dr. Meek feels that screw retained is the most predictable way to achieve "consistent perfect delivery outcomes" with dental implants.  Learn the most up to date digital workflow shown through the DTX Studio software mating perfectly within the surgical/restorative team to produce this certain outcome on most all of your cases. The course will go through the biological rational for use of screw retained restorations and demonstrate how to incorporate anterior implant restorations in your practice in a way that will produce outstanding aesthetic results with the these cutting edge restorations and digital workflow. Don’t own a scanner?  Dr. Meek will describe his participation in digital dentistry without ever purchasing a scanner for his general practice. The program will feature cases run on the DTX Implant platform and their outcomes.  Participants will also learn four methods of immediate temporization to help move their prosthetic practice up another notch on Monday when they return to work.

Course Objectives
  • Introduce the use of DTX Studio by the restorative doctor to create restoration driven outcomes. Plan the outcome before the surgery!
  • View cases restored with this workflow and learn how this standardized process of managing an implant case allows for consistent perfected outcomes.
  • Learn 4 types of immediate Temporization modalities for implants.
  • Review the 7 elements of a successful Collaborative Implant Case.
  • Demonstrate the fabrication of a chair side custom tissue supporting matrix for fixture level impressions.
Auxiliary Objectives
  • Learn direct chair side composite temporization of immediate load implants-afternoon session.
  • Learn how to fabricate a custom tissue supporting impression coping for fixture level impressions.
  • Learn about photography techniques for capturing shade for the restorative team using DSLR cameras.

 

About Dr. C. Mike Meek, DDS

Dr. C. Mike Meek

Dr. Meek is a 1997 graduate from the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio dental school.  His class was the first undergraduate dental class to receive training in implant dentistry.  Because of this fortunate timing, implant dentistry has been a part of his general practice from day one.  Since 1997, the application of implant dentistry to all areas of prosthetic has grown organically and has become the most rewarding part of his Central Austin private practice. 

 Dr. Meek was awarded Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry (FAGD) in 2012 and has made the study of implant dentistry and their associated prosthetic the center of his continuing education.  

 In 2014, Nobel Biocare invited Dr. Meek to begin programs centered on dental implants in general practice.  He has since provided over 200 education programs for practitioners from Portand, Oregon to Portland, Maine, all the while maintaining his commitment to his restorative practice.  With its location in Central Austin, 38th Street Dental has provided Dr. Meek a fantastic platform for his restorative driven implant practice.

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