2012 Scientific Program

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Friday - Saturday, February 24-25, 2012 "Emerging Technologies and Strategies" Dr. Charles Goodacre, Program Chairman Dr. Julie Holloway, Program Co-Chairman

Friday, February 24, 2012

• 8:00 AM - President's Welcome and Program Chair's Opening Remarks -
• Drs. J. Robert Kelly and Charles Goodacre - 7th Floor
• 8:15 - Dr. Werner Mörmann - "A Perspective on the Development of CAD/CAM Restorations”
• 9:00 - Dr. Andy Koenigsberg - "Evaluating the In-Office CAD/CAM Lab - An Analysis of Costs and Benefits"
• 9:45 - Refreshment break in Exhibit Hall
• 10:15 - Dr. Lyndon Cooper - “Innovations and Applications of CAD/CAM Technology to Clinical Prosthodontics”
• 11:00 - Dr. Ariel Raigrodski - “Zirconia Based Restorations: What have we learned?”
• 12:00 - Member & Guest Luncheon - 5th Floor
• 1:30 - Dr. Clark Stanford - “Emerging Strategies for Treating Patients with Craniofacial Anomolies”
• 2:15 - Dr. Jaime Lozada - “New Technologies in the Surgical Placement of Dental Implants and Associated Surgical Procedures”
• 3:05 - Refreshment break in Exhibit Hall
• 3:30 - Dr. W. Eugene Roberts - "Emerging Technologies in Interdisciplinary Care”
• 4:15 - Dr. Alfonso Pineyro and Dr. Chandur Wadhwani  - “Emerging Technologies & Strategies: Implant Cementation – Dentistry’s Dirty Little Secret?"
• 4:55 - Closing Comments
• 5:30 - Member and Guest Reception - 5th Floor

Saturday, February 25, 2012

• 8:00 - Dr. Cherilyn Sheets - "Quantitative Percussion Diagnostics: A New Dental Assessment Tool for Structural Integrity"
• 8:45 - Dr. Lawrence Brecht - “Mandibular Reconstruction & Rehabilitation: Innovation Through The Convergence of Technology and Collaboration”
• 9:30 - Dr. Michael Kahn - “Key Issues of Diagnostic Tools/Devices”
• 10:15 - Refreshment break in Exhibit Hall
• 10:45 - Dr. David Gratton - “Current and Emerging Technologies in Dental Office-Laboratory Design”
• 11:15 - Dr. Roger Levin - “New Strategies for Practice Success in a Changing Economy”
• 12:05 - Table Clinics - 5th floor
• 2:00 - Dr. Robert Frazer - “The Science of Emotional Intelligence, It's Affect on Leadership and Patient Acceptance”
• 2:45 - Dr. Rade Paravina - “Visual Shade Selection”
• 3:30 - Dr. Dan Nathanson - “Electronic Tooth-color Measuring Devices: What They Can (and Cannot) Do for Us”
• 4:30 - Table Clinic Awards of Excellence  and Closing Remarks -
• Drs. Sarit Kaplan and J. Robert Kelly