Your 2019 Summit Package
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Dennis Abbott, DDS
How Your Dentist Can Ease Your Cancer Treatment Journey – And Save Your Smile
What you will learn
- Why every cancer patient should see a dentist before cancer treatment begins.
- How a dental oncologist can help minimize chemo side effects.
- How not to lose your smile to cancer treatment.
Mark Abramson, DDS
Why a dentist has been teaching a Stanford course on mindfulness for 20 years – and how it can help your practice – and your patients
What you will learn
- The science behind mindfulness for less stress, overload and burnout
- How mindfulness can improve your relationship with patients
- Why to consider cranial osteopathy for TMJ disorders and pain
- Why change needs to start in dental schools to encourage collaboration
Bonnie Benjamin, BSBA Co-Host
Toss Your Floss! Hate flossing? Do This Instead!
What you will learn
- How a special kind of brush saved me $12,000
- Why how your mom taught you to brush is probably wrong
- What you can do – right now – to get healthier gums
Dale Bredesen
Learn About the ReCODE Protocol for Preventing and Reversing Early Alzheimer’s
What you will learn
- How many ‘holes’ are in your roof?
- Alzheimer’s isn’t the disease you think it is – Hint: look beyond your brain – to your lifestyle
- Risk factors and what you can do today to minimize them
Miranda Brooks, RDH, BSDH
Oral Cancer – Still Killing After All These Years
What you will learn
- What should an oral cancer exam look like?
- How to do your own at-home exam
- Why you absolutely want to catch this type of cancer early
Steve Carstensen
A dental sleep specialist looks at the latest changes
What you will learn
- A look at the future of home health monitoring and testing.
- New ADA directive suggests dentists now screen for airway and sleep disorders.
- Why addressing the epidemic proportion of sleep and breathing disorders must be addressed by dentists AND physicians.
Karen Daw, MBA, CECM
How safe is YOUR dental office?
What you will learn
- An OSHA trainer shares what SHE looks for when inspecting a dental office.
- What questions to ask of your dental practice?
- Tips for patients and clinicians, safety tips to use at every visit.
Cris Duval, RDH
How Your Dental Office Can Help You Prevent A Heart Attack or Stroke
What you will learn
- The importance of life-saving screenings in the dental office
- An Easy 4-step plan to optimize your oral health and prevent heart attacks
- Rethinking the traditional dental hygiene role from “repairing damage” to “preparing patients for health”
Marie Fluent, DDS
What we Can Do To Control Antibiotic-Resistant SuperBugs
What you will learn
- What is antibiotic resistance and why is it a world threat?
- What is antibiotic stewardship?
- What dentists and patients can do to combat antibiotic resistance.
Bill Hang, DDS, MSD
Why Orthodontists Should Be Treating People and not Teeth
What you will learn
- What is Extraction, Retraction, Regret Syndrome (ERRS)?
- Why a cone beam x-ray (CBCT) is important for correcting airway problems
- Why dentists should take off the white coat, sit down, shut up and listen to their patients.
- Why your UPS man will replace your orthodontist
Tara Hunkin, NTP, CGP
Early Detection of Autism, ADHD and SPD – a guide for parents
What you will learn
- Signs parents can look for to spot neurodevelopmental and sensory processing disorders from infancy on.
- The mouth / breathing / sleep connection to neurodevelopmental disorders.
- The importance of myofunctional therapy for your child’s neurodevelopmental wellness.
Audrey Hunt
Humming for Health – Great Vibrations with unexpected whole body benefits
What you will learn
- The right way to hum to get health benefits.
- Help with sinus congestion, insomnia, depression, anger and much more.
- How humming can improve meditation
- How humming saved the life of a prison inmate.
Carrie Ibbetson, RDH
The Importance of pH Balance and Biofilm Control for a Healthy Mouth
What you will learn
- 3 things you can do today to improve your oral health.
- Why, and how, to sterilize your toothbrush.
- How to know if you are getting a good cleaning at your dental office. Or doing a good job at home.
Sanda Moldovan, DDS, MS
The Oral Microbiome’s Effect on the Whole Body and the Role of Probiotics and Nutrition
What you will learn
- Why gum disease is actually dysbiosis (an imbalance in the microbiome).
- The #1 source of infection and inflammation is the oral cavity.
- How to fix your gut microbiome, starting with your mouth. Prebiotics vs probiotics
Gene Monterastelli
Self-forgiveness and Self-sabotage: Why We Don’t Take Care of Ourselves – and How to Change That
What you will learn
- The importance of self-forgiveness and avoiding self-sabotage.
- Why our brain sabotages us, how we can change that – and take care of ourselves.
- Learn EFT-Tapping to help you make healthier choices
Dr. Steven Park
How Sleep Affects the Brain at Every Age – Warning Signs to Look For
What you will learn
- The importance of pre-natal care – and how premature birth is a risk factor for sleep apnea
- Warning signs parents of infants and young children can look for
- The ONE fight with your teenager that you MUST win The connection between sleep related breathing issues, Alzheimer’s & diabetes
Scott Saunders, DDS Co-Host
Getting in Touch With Your Sensitive Side – an in-depth look at sensitive teeth
What you will learn
- What causes sensitive teeth – some surprising reasons!
- What can be done for sensitive teeth
- What is the latest research on sensitive teeth
Karen Thomas, CMT CST
Autism, Gut Health and Craniosacral Therapy – The Whole Body Healing Connection
What you will learn
- Why gut health is directly related to autism and neurodevelopmental problems
- Safety considerations when an ASD child needs dental work
- Craniosacral therapy for TMJ, migraine, stress, and after dental procedures
Carol Vander Stoep, RDH, BSDH, OMT
The Secret Life of Cavities – What Your Dentist Can’t See CAN Hurt You
What you will learn
- How – and where – cavities hide
- Why the methods most dentists use to check for cavities are out of date
- What you should ask your dentist about BEFORE your next checkup
- The many uses of ozone in a dental practice (it’s been in medicine for years)
Sealants – The Good, The Bad… and The Bomb
What you will learn
- When sealants are NOT a good idea
- What to ask your dentist before getting sealants for your child
- When to start using sealants and which ones to use
Chip Whitney, MD
Inside a Medical Practice that Helps Patients Prevent and Reverse Alzheimer’s
What you will learn
- Implementing the ReCODE protocol developed by Dr. Dale Bredesen
- Alzheimer’s drugs don’t work, but there’s clinical proof THIS does
- Why collaboration between health care professionals is VITAL to healing Alzheimer’s
Julia Worrall, RN
Bridging the Communication Gap Between Dentists and Patients
What you will learn
- Why patients MUST be their own advocates and ask the right questions
- How health care professionals and patients MUST collaborate for cultural change
- What happens when MBAs run health care
- What nurses can learn from hygienists and vice versa
Dr. Gina Pritchard
Clinical Program Director of the BaleDoneen Method
PREVENT ! A Collaborative Approach to Identifying, Measuring and Reversing Inflammation
What you will learn
- This webinar is shared with Summit buyers through the generosity of the AAPMD from their Experts Library
Dr. William Hang
Pediatric OSA
Identifying sleep breathing disorders in kids: what every parent MUST know
What you will learn
- 8 warning signs of a sleep, breathing or airway problem in your child
- Why a child snoring ISN’T CUTE…and why parents should shoot video of their sleeping kids
- Where to look for orthodontists, dentists, and physicians who truly understand airway problems with kids – and avoiding those who DON’T!