Delaware Valley Study Club
Greetings!
We invite you to participate in our ninth year of the Delaware Valley Study Club. Events will be held monthly, from October 2024 through June 2025. The Delaware Valley Study Club is committed to providing dentists and dental hygienists with the highest level of continuing education, while building relationships amongst peers in the dental field.
Presented to you is the 2024-2025 curriculum. The goal in developing our program is to promote and advance interdisciplinary treatment planning as the foundation of ideal, and comprehensive care for our patients. This experience will motivate the clinician to learn more and do more for their patients and profession. The tuition for the year is $495 for dentists, and $295 for dental hygienists. This fee includes all meals, drinks and CEU’s in an elegant and comfortable environment.
Please fill out the attached registration form and submit it with the tuition payment made to the Delaware Valley Study Club by October 11, 2025. Please mail the payment to the address below:
Delaware Valley Study Club
Attention: Kathleen Cripps, Study Club Coordinator
26 S. Bryn Mawr Ave
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Please do not hesitate to call with any questions.
Warm Regards,
Michael A. Bianchi, D.D.S and Andrew L. Kanter, D.M.D
Study Club Directors
Delaware Valley Study Club
610-888-2183
Curriculum 2024-2025
DVSC MEMBERS
Thursday, October 24, 2024
6:00PM – 8:30PM
(6:00pm Registration/ Dinner)
Digital Treatment Planning: Your Guide to Consistent Predictable Treatment Outcomes
Andrew L. Kanter , DMD
Participants: DVSC Members
Sponsored by: PAOMS
2CEU
Location:
1912 Club
888 Plymouth Road
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Description:
We will discuss the standard of care using digital technology and learn how to directly apply and utilize these vital tools to control your treatment outcomes, increase case predictability and success and to minimize complications. Topics include, digital intraoral scanning, integration with CT imaging, Prosthetically driven digital treatment planning, Guided surgery and CT navigated surgery (X-Nav), Photogrammetry, Teeth-in-a-Day, and digitally enhanced surgery for facial reconstruction and tumor surgery. No matter what your experience and comfort level with digital dentistry, you will gain a better understanding of the technologies and tools available to provide the surgical-restorative team the best possible outcomes for our patients.
DVSC MEMBERS
Thursday, November 14, 2024
6:00PM – 8:30PM
(6:00pm Registration/Dinner)
UNavigating the Update on Silver Diamine Fluoride: Trends & Challenges
Salwa Mekled, DMD
Participants: DVSC Members
Sponsored by: PAOMS
2CEU
Location:
1912 Club
888 Plymouth Road
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Description:
Objective: Explore the latest advancements of Silver Diamine Fluoride, understand the challenges faced by dentists, and discover techniques in the application of Silver Diamine Fluoride.
Overview: This presentation will cover the methods of Silver Diamine Fluoride, and the practical strategies for clinical application. We will discuss technical considerations, potential obstacles, and how to prepare for upcoming trends.
Audience: This presentation is ideal for general dentists, and anyone interested in understanding the impact of Silver Diamine Fluoride in dental treatment.
Format: The session will be delivered as an interactive lecture, including case studies and a Q&A segment.
DVSC MEMBERS
Thursday, December 12, 2024
6:00PM – 8:30PM
(6:00pm Registration/Dinner)
Music In Dentistry
David W. Wedell, DDS
Participants: DVSC Members
Sponsored by: PAOMS
2CEU
Location:
Radnor Country Club
555 Sproul Road
Villanova, PA
Description:
A brief overview of music with dental themes. Music from the Beatles, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd and many more. Anecdotes regarding the composition and recording will be presented. This course will explore the intersection of music and dentistry, focusing on how musical elements can enhance patient comfort, improve clinical outcomes and foster a more positive environment. A good time will be had by all!
DVSC MEMBERS
Thursday, January 09, 2025
6:00PM – 8:30PM
(6:00pm Registration/Dinner)
The Integrated Restorative Practice: More Than Just Cementing Crowns
Michael Meek, DDS
Participants: DVSC Members
Sponsored by: Nobel Biocare
2CEU
Location:
Radnor Country Club
555 Sproul Road
Villanova, PA
Description:
Dr. Mike Meek shares the evolution of his practice from routine crown and bridge into a robust and comprehensive implant restorative practice. This decision dramatically increased sales and efficiency. Dr. Meek demonstrates how implant reconstruction, from single tooth to full arch catalyzed growth in his practice.
More than just cementing crowns on abutments. Dr. Meek’s start-to-finish restorative approach can propel a general practice into amazing success with implant treatment modalities. Practitioners will also learn case presentation pearls to increase conversion rates. Beginning with the single tooth implant to utilization of the full range of screw retained restorations provide by the Nobel Biocare ecosystem.
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.
DVSC MEMBERS
Thursday, February 13, 2025
6:00PM – 8:30PM
(6:00pm Registration/Dinner)
Identification of Benign and Malignant Disorders How to Discuss Oral Findings with Patients
Joseph F. Kern, DDS, MD; Eric Schlesinger, DDS, MD
Participants: DVSC Members
Sponsored by: PAOMS
2CEU
Location:
Radnor Country Club
555 Sproul Road
Villanova, PA
Description:
Clinical and radiographic evaluation of benign and malignant diseases of the oral and maxillofacial region. Emphasizing the development of an differential diagnosis and initial diagnostic steps.
DVSC MEMBERS
Thursday, March 13, 2025
6:00PM – 8:30PM
(6:00pm Registration/Dinner)
Burnout Prevention & Work-Life Balance for Dentists & Dental Professionals
Julieanne O’Connor
Participants: DVSC Members
Sponsored by: Nobel Biocare
2CEU
Location:
1912 Club
888 Plymouth Road
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Description:
Burnout is happening in dentistry at alarming rates both for dentists and their staff/teams. It’s costly, dangerous and creates tremendous liability. Learn how to prevent it, why it’s important to acknowledge, and discover how to recognize the signs. Implement simple strategies to help eliminate burnout.
- Learn the signs and symptoms of burnout for yourself and your team.
- Learn how tiny preventative steps towards burnout prevention can shift your energy, creativity and clarity
- Discover how stopping burnout can help your practice to boom effortlessly.
- Learn how simple systematic approaches to preventing burnout can methodically keep your practice in growth mode while increasing the fun factor, profits and sustainability.
- Discover why growth at the expense of burnout is not worth it in the end.
DVSC MEMBERS
Thursday, April 10, 2025
6:00PM – 8:30PM
(6:00pm Registration/Dinner)
Robotic Surgery
Anthony Bianchi, MD, DMD
Participants: DVSC Members
Sponsored by: PAOMS
2CEU
Location:
Radnor Country Club
555 Sproul Road
Villanova, PA
Description:
Explore the current and emerging trends in dental indications and applications with a focus on technological advancements. This course covers fundamental dental procedures and their evolving practices, including an introduction to robotic surgery in medicine and its potential impact on dentistry.
DVSC MEMBERS
Thursday, May 8, 2025
6:00PM – 8:30PM
(6:00pm Registration/Dinner)
Maintaining Implants & Implant Secured Prosthetics Including All on Four
Heather Rogers, RDH
Participants: DVSC Members
Sponsored by: Nobel Biocare
2CEU
Location:
1912 Club
888 Plymouth Road
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Description:
After working in a prosthodontic practice for 17 years, I learned simple techniques to cleaning implants and implant secured prosthetics. This two-hour course is designed to reveal those pointers I’ve learned over the years. This course will discuss different implants and the armamentarium necessary for treatment. I’ll recommend my favorite instruments and play videos demonstrating how I use ultrasonic and hand scalers to achieve excellent results.
DVSC MEMBERS
Thursday, June 12, 2025
6:00PM – 8:30PM
(6:00pm Registration/Dinner)
“The Dentist on Trial”
Gary Gittleman, Esq
Expert in dental liability and litigation for Dentists & Oral Surgeons
Participants: DVSC Members
Sponsored by: PAOMS
2CEU
Location:
1912 Club
888 Plymouth Road
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Description:
The increasing number of medical malpractice lawsuits means that over the lifetime of your professional practice, you can expect to become an active participant in a civil lawsuit for damages. This course will dis cuss the information you will need to conduct your business to protect yourself, and how to help your de fense in the event you should find yourself “on trial”. The topics covered will include: procedural rules, con duct at the initiation of suit, logistics of litigation, damages, basic legal concepts, the role of malpractice in surance, managing risks with good record keeping and informed consent.
Course Objectives
- Understanding Pennsylvania procedural rules which have substantially reduced the number of law suits f iled.
- Responding in the event a law suit has been filed against you or your practice.
- Understanding the logistics of litigation and basic legal concepts
- Understand the role of your malpractice insurance
- Minimizing risks by following the guidelines for good record keeping and informed consent
SPONSORS:
Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry has designated the Delaware Valley Study Club as an approved program provider for continuing education.
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