Video Seminar (Paid) on SPORTS DENTISTRY

CE Module - Winning with Customized Mouthguards ------------------------------------------------------------------- Order

Presented by a Sports Dentist: Dr. Padilla is on faculty at the UCLA School of Dentistry, Department of Hospital Dentistry and presently teaches a Sports Dentistry Selective. His involvement in Sports Dentistry includes being on the dental staff of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles; Chief organizer of dental screening for the 1988 United States Olympic Team prior to their departure to Seoul, Korea; Dental Commissioner for World Cup Soccer '94; team dentist for 14 years at Bishop Amat High School; and presently the team dentist for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. He provided the mouthguards for the United States Olympic Water Polo Team for the '96 Atlanta Olympic Games and presently works with the United States National Soccer Team as one of their consulting dentists. He has lectured internationally on Sports Dentistry and has published many articles on mouthguards, injury treatment, and prevention in periodicals such as the Journal of the American Dental Association, Sports Illustrated for Kids, and American Football Quarterly. He maintains a private practice in West Covina, California. Every Patient in your practice who is involved in any athletic activity where contact can be made or a fall can occur should be using a dentist prescribed, heat/pressure laminated intraoral mouthguard. It is estimated by the National Youth Sports Foundation that more than 5 million teeth will be knocked out in sporting activities this year. In fact, dental injuries are the most common type of oral facial injury sustained during participation in sports. Fortunately, many of these injuries can be prevented. The American Dental Association has reported that faceguards and mouthguards prevent more than 200,000 oral/facial injuries in football alone annually. Furthermore, it has been estimated that the total rehabilitation costs for a single knocked out tooth are more than 20 times the preventative cost for a custom laminated professional grade mouthguard. While it clearly makes good sense to wear a mouthguard when playing a sport, the most recent research indicates that not all mouthguards are equal. In 1993, at the First International Symposium on Dental, Biomaterial, Dr. J. Park states that dentists should not recommend the store-bought boil and bite mouthguards as they are inadequate and provide the athlete with a false sense of protection. So, if you are still advising your patients to purchase boil and bite and stock mouthguards, it is time to reevaluate your position. The objective of This Video Seminar Are to: Discuss all the functions of a properly made mouthguard. Describe the different types of mouthguards that are available to the public. Give the benefits of the dentist prescribed, heat/pressure laminated intraoral mouthguard. Explain why it is the dentists' job and only the dentists' job to fit their patients with custom made mouthguards. Understand the design parameters involved in selecting the right type of mouthguard for each athlete. Teach you the treatment procedures for selecting and delivering a heat/pressure laminated intraoral mouthguard. Discuss the Income Potential of providing custom mouthguards. Suggest marketing ideas and methods to build your practice. Encourage you to become a leader in sports dentistry. The Direct Benefits of Taking This Course: Expands your practice - every patient in your practice who is involved in any athletic activity where contact can be made or a fall can occur should be using a dentist prescribed, heat/pressure laminated intraoral mouthguard. Adds to your income - offering mouth protection to your patients will open up many treatment opportunities for you. Every patient who needs a mouthguard should have. A comprehensive dental examination Their periodontal status evaluated for pericoronitis, periodontitis, or gingivitis. All caries and restorative work completed. An orthodontic evaluation which can provide you with the opportunity to do minor treatment, i.e. retract protruding upper anteriors. Their third molars evaluated for possible extraction, since the most frequent site of mandibular fracture is in the area of the unerupted and impacted third molars. Increases referrals - patients will proudly tell their friends and relatives about their caring dentist who went out of his or her way to protect them form having unnecessary injury. Restores your professional satisfaction - gives you a way to add to your patients' well being with a chairside procedure that is easy and fun to do. Improves chairtime productivity - mouthguards require only minutes of chairtime. Patients can work into your daily schedule without taking up a large block of appointment time. Just one mouthguard per week at $150 each equals $7,800 in additional gross income. New services to feature - beautiful posters and waiting room materials are available to help you create patient interest in sports protection. Makes you a hero - you have the ability to save your patients from the pain and expense of a preventable sports injury by simply making them a custom heat/pressure laminated intraoral mouthguard. Order Click here to know the details