THURSDAY, MARCH 31 Audience codes. A-assistant, D-dentist, H-hygienist, O-office staff, ST-students
Local Speaker Series The Utah Professionals Health Program: Providing needed support for professionals who are not immune. Kelli Jacobsen, MSW Robert Simpson, MD 9:00–10:00 am Room 254 Audience: All Learn how the occupation of Dentistry sets one up for burnout, depression, anxiety and substance use disorders. Learning Objectives: • Identify personal risk factors for burnout, depression, anxiety and substance use disorders. • Learn the primary role of the Utah Professionals Health Program (UPHP) in assisting health professionals struggling with substance use disorders. • Take away two self-care strategies to promote well-being. Dynamic 3-Dimensional Computer Guided Navigation for Implant Placement Gary Crawford, DDS 10:30–11:30 am Room 254 Audience: D, A From its very inception, dental implants and surgery for implant placement has adopted and used advancing techniques, design, materials, and especially technologies as they have been developed. With the advent of Cone Beam CT scanning, we are able in an accurate way, evaluate the position of anatomical structures that are critical in planning implant position, angulation, and size. However, even with this CBCT information the question has remained as to how this planning can be accurately transferred to the patient during surgery. “Guided” implant placement with acrylic splints has been used in an attempt to provide this transfer of planning to the patient but has certain limitations in that it does not provide immediate feedback or allow for flexibility in making adaptations as needed during surgery. Learning Objectives: • Discuss the advent of Dynamic 3-Dimensional Computer Guided Navigation for Implant Placement. • Discuss how this technology provides the following advantages in performing “guided” surgery
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