Functional Dentistry: A New Frontier For Independent Practices
A Guide to Implementing Airway, Occlusion and TMJ Services for Improved Patient Care and Profitability.
Date: Fall 2023
Venue: Diamond Conference Center – North Kansas City
Address: 1875 Diamond Pkwy, North Kansas City, MO 64116
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Agenda:
- Breakfast & Registration – 8:00 a.m.
- Event – 9:00 a.m.
- Lunch – 12:00-1:00pm
- Dismissal – 3:00 p.m.
Tuition: AIDA members: $149 per person (50% Discount). General Admission: $299 per person
CE: 5 Lecture CE Credits
CE Code: 2XNYZ7GDNH9
AGD Subject Code: 180
Live or Webinar: Live
Prerequisites: None
Registration Openings:
- Summer 2023 for AIDA Members & General Admission
Meet Dr. Jeff Horowitz
Course Description
What is it that successful independent or small group dentists do that differentiates them from the DSO’s and most of their competitors? The answer lies in offering services that others simply cannot. Functional Dentistry brings the disciplines of Airway, Occlusal, and TMJ services together in a way that can improve outcomes for your patients while adding new procedures for practice profitability. This course will introduce the concept of Functional Dentistry and how a basic understanding of the underlying disciplines can change a practice forever. A roadmap to understanding and implementing these services will be developed so that dentists can return to their practices with a plan to provide unique and sought-after care.
Course Objectives
- Understanding Function as a primary mode of restorative failure.
- Proper history, exam and records to identify functional concerns.
- The basics of successful diagnosis/treatment for sleep disordered breathing.
- Differentiating occlusal disease from temporo-mandibular joint disorders.
- Applying Functional Dentistry to treatment planning based on etiology of the condition.
Meet the Instructor
Jeffrey W. Horowitz, D.M.D., F.A.G.D., D-ABDSM, D-ASBA
Dr. Jeff Horowitz completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh and earned his dental degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. After completing a GPR at the Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, N.J., Dr Horowitz founded the Carolina Center for Advanced Dentistry, a multi-disciplinary group practice with two locations in the Myrtle Beach, S.C. area. He is also the founder and clinical director for Advanced Sleep and TMJ Centers with three locations in coastal South Carolina. His main interest is comprehensive functional care, including the treatment of sleep disordered breathing, Oro-facial pain, Temporo-mandibular disorders, orthodontics, dento-facial orthopedics, cosmetic smile and occlusal rehabilitation.
