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CPD Spotlight
Meet
Dr Keith Doonan
In the lead-up to his CPD course in September, we caught up with the entertaining Dr Keith Doonan.
As a graduate of the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory, it’s little wonder Dr Keith Doonan is as entertaining as he is skilled at presenting.
“I just look attendees in the eyes, so they feel too intimated to fall asleep,” he jokes, when asked how he keeps attendees engaged. “Doing a simple thing like greeting people individually at the start of the lecture can change the whole dynamic of the day. It surprises me how many people come up at the end of the lecture and say, ‘That’s the first lecture I have not fallen asleep in’."
Keith may be a talented actor, performer and amateur magician, but he is a skilled implant dentist, first and foremost. He was encouraged to pursue a dental career by his mother, who steered him towards the profession at just five years’ old.
Keith will be presenting Dealing with Implant Failures in September. The course will cover:
• Risk analysis and when to say no • Most common failures • Planning to prevent failure • Communications with the laboratory • Zirconia and why it fails • Peri-implantitis • Occlusal overload and late failure • Recovering from failed implants • Removing failed implants “Attendees can expect to see real-life problems and practical solutions to common problems,” Keith says. “They will get an understanding of where things can go wrong, and we look at the psychology of decision making and unconscious incompetence.”
Keith says understanding authority gradient is also an important aspect to avoid problems.
“(For example) in a team, you have a surgeon in charge, then you might have two or three people around him who aren’t as qualified, but they still know what’s going on,” he explains. “The surgeon is really clever, and he knows how to cut a leg off. Everyone around him doesn’t know how to do that, but they know he’s cutting the wrong leg off … yet they don’t say anything.
“In dentistry, to avoid problems, you need to include your team and give them a little bit of responsibility. Encourage them to speak up whenever they think something is not quite right.”
Dealing with Implant Failures
presented by Dr Keith Doonan
THURSDAY SEPT 9 9:00am–5:00pm ADA House, West Perth
According to Keith, one of the most common challenges dentists face in implant dentistry is finding suitable patients.
“The biggest challenge is saying no to people when they’re not suitable,” he explains. “Often people aren’t suitable for an implant, but we still go ahead, and that’s where we get the most problems. The simplest way of improving your implant success rate is to start saying no to people.”
As a general practitioner, Keith’s CPD courses are practical and relatable. “I’m not a specialist – I’m a general practitioner with a Masters in Prosthodontics and I work in a very busy dental practice,” he explains. “If you’re a specialist, there’s a filter,” he adds. “Specialists do not see everyone – they see speciallyselected patients who are usually wealthier and automatically more likely to be suitable for implants.
For a general dentist, they must filter out all those people who are not suitable.”
What’s coming up next for Keith? He says he would like to run more hand-on courses, and away from work, spend more time making short comedy films.
Keith Doonan will present Dealing with Implant Failures on September 9 at ADA House.
Keith Doonan
Which three words best describe you? Tall, dark and handsome. That’s a joke. I am tall and dark though.
If you weren’t in the dentistry field, what would you be doing for a living? Probably a plumber or maybe an actor.
What is your favourite book? Herbie Hancock is my favourite musician of all time. A favourite book is Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. What do you do in your spare time? I enjoy sports, such as paragliding. I play soccer in a league, so that involves a lot of training.
Is there anything people might be surprised to learn about you? I trained as an actor and went through years of acting school. I was an extra in a film years and years ago but generally I have done amateur theatre productions around the place.
Saturday 31 July 2021
Management of TMD
From initial non-surgical management to surgical management
Presented by Dr Frank Chang
Botulinum Neurotoxin (Botox) To treat TMDs and Orofacial Pain: What is the Evidence?
Presented by Dr Robert Delcanho
CPD 2.5 Hours
TIME 9.00am to 11.30am
VENUE ADA House, 54 Havelock Street, West Perth COST Free - APS Members $90.00 - Non-members RSVP By July 19 - apswasec@gmail.com
Western Australia Dental Update 2021
hosted by Dr Nabil Khzam Sat 8.30am - 3.00pm ADA House, West Perth
6
NOV
CPD 4
FREE 4 CPD
RSVP acnkperio@gmail.com
DENTAL CONFERENCE TOPICS INCLUDE:
Implant Abutment Selection: What, When & How?
- Dr Armand Putra
Peri-implant Diseases: Diagnosis & Prevention
- A/Professor Leticia Miranda
Sex, Drugs & Rock n' Roll - An Oral Medicine
Perspective - Professor Camile Farah
Paediatric Hospital Dentistry in Australia's Largest
State - Dr Greg Celine
Restorative Driven Endodontics: Dentine
Conservation - Dr Gaurav Vasudeva Clinical Pearls - Drs Tess Matias, Vanessa Cho, Nabil Khzam
6.5 CPD Thursday 9 Sept 2021
Registration from 8.30am, Course 9am to 5pm
ADA House 54-58 Havelock St West Perth
Bookings & Enquiries
adawa.com.au/cpd
LIMIT : 16
$616 INC GST + morning/afternoon tea
Dealing with Implant Failures
What you need to know to optimise treatment outcomes
Presented by Dr Keith Doonan
COURSE OUTLINE
Dental implants are prevalent in modern dental practice. A high proportion of dental implants are successful, however reported numbers of implant failures are rising. There are many reasons why implant complications or failures do occur. This can be frustrating for the clinician and involve further cost and additional procedures for the patient.
Dr Doonan brings a wealth of experience in implant dentistry. This ‘’Top of the Flops’’ course aims to provide participants with the ability to identify the factors that contribute to dental implant failures, avoid potential complications before they arise, and manage many of the common complications that can occur with implant dentistry.
Course Topics:
• Risk analysis and when to say no • Most common failures • Planning to prevent failure • Communications with the laboratory • Zirconia and why it fails • Peri-implantitis • Occlusal overload and late failure • Recovery from failed implants • Removing failed implants
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Dr Keith Doonan qualified in 1993 from the Royal London Hospital Dental School. He received his Masters in Prosthodontics in 2006 from King’s College London. He is a Fellow of the RACDS and a member of Dental Protection’s education faculty. He is a graduate from the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory in Brisbane and uses these skills to create a unique, interactive and engaging presentation style. He is also a terrible amateur magician and stand-up comic. He has lectured widely since 2006 on implants, prosthodontics and communication skills.
