IN PERSON OR ZOOM WEBINAR
Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Time: 8am – 4pm
Location: AGD Building, 560 W. Lake Street, Chicago IL
Speaker: Dr. Michael Melkers
CE Credits: 7 CE Lecture Credits
Treatment planning & occlusion seem to get relegated & put on hold for those ‘special’ cases and perfect patients. In this program, we will explore and discuss the application of communication, treatment planning & occlusion in everyday dentistry and beyond. Dr. Melkers will take you on a guided tour of the application of these principles in a variety of cases from single tooth, quadrant and full mouth, to multidisciplinary care. Our goal is to help you implement these skills in your practice.
Objectives:
1-Learn to recognize critical parafunctional red flags and why they matter.
2-Appreciate the balance between function, parafunction & aesthetics.
3-Understand purpose vs process treatment planning as it applies to outcome- based treatment planning.
4-Learn realistic management of destructive forces in restorative dentistry.
5-Case application from single tooth to full mouth rehabilitation.
Michael Melkers, the Founder of the Nuts & Bolts Occlusion programs has been a mentor for The Pankey Institute, is currently serving as the Editor for American Equilibration Society and as an Ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. In the past he has been Director of Occlusion & Aesthetic Dentistry at the Pacific Northwest AEGD Residency Program and Visiting Faculty at The Spear Institute.
Dr. Melkers loves helping and treating patients. It is as simple as that. While he feasibly could lecture and travel full-time, it is neither his passion nor his goal. I do feel strongly that in order to teach with credibility and continue to grow professionally, an active, private clinical practice is essential. Beyond the care of his patients, he feels that credibility as an instructor comes from not only in knowing how to perform clinical procedures but also how to successfully implement them in real-world practice.
While his heart and home are in the woods outside of Hanover, New Hampshire his travels in teaching have taken him around the globe, to 5 of the 7 continents and over a dozen countries. He has presented at the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the AACD, the American Equilibration Society, the International Academy of Gnathology, the British Dental Association, the Australian Dental Association, the Seattle Study Club as well as countless state & local dental societies, organizations & study clubs.
8am – 4pm (12-1pm lunch break)
AGD Building
560 W. Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60611
AGD/ADA Dues Paid Dentist $125
Non-AGD Dentist $325
Hygienist\ Dental Staff $85
Dental Students $35
& Residents (Preregistration required)
Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown West Loop
Registration fee’s will increase after 2/1/25
For questions contact:
Contact Maureen Kugel @ [email protected]
AGD dues paid status will be checked as of January14, 2025. Any Non AGD dentist may choose to apply his entire registration fee to his first year AGD dues by submitting a completed AGD application.
Acknowledgements:
Presenting a program of this nature is a group effort and would not be possible without the assistance of many individuals and/ or companies. A complete list will be available at the course site.