The Casco Bay Study Club is affiliated with the Seattle Study Club network, an international collaboration of dentists dedicated to promoting excellence in comprehensive dentistry. The Casco Bay Study Club (CBSC) is a group of Maine dentists who enjoy sharing ideas, discussing treatment concepts and learning from leading experts. We share the same philosophy on continuing education:
The most successful outcomes result from total case management, an understanding of the overall picture and how each treatment or technique functions within it.
Our highest levels of comprehension are achieved as a direct result of participation and interaction rather than observation.
Learning from and with one ' s peers in a structured, supportive environment is the best way to reach one ' s highest potential in the field of dentistry.
Membership
Members of the Casco Bay Study Club are dedicated to the advancement of team treatment planning and total case management as the optimal tools for achieving the best patient care. We meet monthly to review the latest technological advances and treatments, and share new techniques and styles of serving patients. We also collaborate on challenging cases so that our patients reap the benefits of an entire team of knowledgeable dentists.
Tuition
Tuition includes around the worl
Early bird tuitio
Regular tuition:
COLIN MACLACHLAN
Resilient by Design: Leadership When it Matters Most
This dynamic keynote delivers a compelling blend of storytelling and practical strategies to strengthen leadership, resilience, planning, and decision-making under pressure
Led by former SAS operator andWho Dares Winsstar Colin MacLachlan, the session draws from high-stakes military missions to explore how elite teams lead through uncertainty and change Through a mix of powerful insights and real-world lessons, participants will gain tools to navigate complex challenges, communicate with clarity, and lead with confidence in highpressure environments.
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
Apply principles of resilience and strategic planning to lead effectively through uncertainty and high-pressure situations
Demonstrate improved communication and decision-making skills for managing risk and leading teams with clarity and confidence
Everything You Need to Know About Occlusion in 5 Slides
Attendees should expect a crash course in the fundamentals of occlusion and how to integrate these concepts into daily practice The practical and pragmatic use of facebows and articulators will be emphasized and explained. Factors which contribute to the difficulty of a case with occlusal disease will be explored.
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
Attendees will be able to assign appropriate weight to occlusal concepts for the delivery of high quality general dentistry Attendees will learn how to apply occlusal to solve day-to-day problems of restorative dentistry
December 9, 2025
Meeting: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: TBD
In person
Dr Wyatt Traina grew up on the banks of the Medomak River in Waldoboro, Maine As the son of a veterinarian and a marine mechanic, he frequently combines medicine and mechanics in day-to-day practice In his spare time, Wyatt enjoys fishing, cooking, board games, and duck hunting Dr Traina also spends time painting scale models to hone his dexterity
After earning a bachelor’s degree in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Maine, Dr Traina attended dental school at Boston University He received advanced training in Prosthodontics at the University of California, San Francisco, where he took special interest in implant restorations and new technology for implant placement and fabrication While at the University of California, Dr Traina enjoyed working and teaching at the evening homeless clinic Dr Traina is also a captain in the Army Reserve, where he serves as a general dentist
Dr Traina has finally returned to his home state to deliver top-notch dentistry, and he will work with you to develop and carry out a treatment plan that will address your individual needs in a friendly and caring manner
MARTA REVILLA-LEÓN
Digital Technologies: Comprehensive Application to Daily Practice
Digital dentistry is not intraoral scanners, 3D printers, or CAD programsthese are just tools. The quest is more about how to create digital workflows to be efficient and reliable, and less about reshaping conventional procedures with digital tools. Dental professionals aim to balance the new digital possibilities with fundamental prosthodontic concepts and evidenced-based procedures. Additionally, the continuous development and enhancements of technology challenges dental professionals to stay up-to-date. This presentation will review the factors influencing intraoral data acquisition methods and digital implant scans, virtual patient integration and the literature that supports them, including facial scanners Jaw trackers systems and Artificial Intelligence.
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
Identify the main data acquisition methods and the factors that can influence its accuracy for a Intraoral Digital Scans
Operator and patient factors influencing intraoral data acquisition methods
Review of Digital implant scanning techniques
Identify the main data acquisition methods and the factors for digital occlusion and the virtual patient integration
March 6, 2026
Meeting: 8:00am - 3:00pm
Location: TBD
In person
Dr Marta Revilla is Faculty and Director of Research and Digital Dentistry at the Kois Center Dr Revilla-León obtained her PhD in Prosthodontics and Digital Dentistry at ACTA University in Amsterdam She obtained her MSD in prosthodontics at the University of Washington in Seattle and a MS in Esthetic Dentistry at the Complutense University of Madrid
Dr Revilla-León is specialist in digital dentistry with more than 200 publications in peerreviewed dental journals in the last 5 years related with facial and intraoral scanning methods, virtual patient integration, digital implant scans, photogrammetry systems, polymer, metal, and ceramic 3D printing, CAD SWs and artificial intelligence for dental applications
Currently, Dr Revilla-Leon is also Affiliate Faculty in the Graduate in Prosthodontic Program at the University of Washington in Seattle and in the Graduate in Prosthodontic Program at Tufts University in Boston
DAVID ALFI
"The Jaw Surgery Revolution"
Friday, September 5, 2025
8:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Portland Country Club
DOCTOR
GUSTAVO MAHN: ANNUAL SUGARLOAF MEETING erio-Restorative: Avoiding Complications During Treatment Planning” January 9-11, 2026
MARIAM MALAMENT
“Factors Determining Long-Term Successful Outcome of Ceramic Restorations in Patients with Full Mouth Reconstructions”
Friday, October 3, 2025
8:00AM - 3:00PM
Location: Portland Country Club
COLIN MACLACHLAN
"Resilient by Design: Leadership When it Matters Most"
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: TBD
DIGITAL FULL ARCH DENTISTRY
TECHNOLOGY NIGHT
October 21, 2025 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm South Portland, ME
November 20, 2025 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm Camden, ME
MICHAEL FORDE
"Rethinking Treatment of the Terminal Dentition: What is best for our patients?"
Friday, November 14, 2025
8:00am - 12:00pm Location: TBD
WYATT TRAINA
"Everything You Need to Know About Occlusion in 5 Slides"
Friday, December 9, 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: TBD
Sugarloaf Hotel
SEATTLE STUDY CLUB SYMPOSIUM “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants” January 22-24, 2026