AEGD Graduation, Virtual, July 11, 2024

Location: Virtual

Time: 9:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Virtual Patient Showcase and Case Presentation

Total CEs: 2 CE Hours

Cost: $0.00

Link to be provided. No cost to participate but registration needed for link access.

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April 25, 2024

Location: AEGD Clinic, 2838 N. Oliver, Wichita

Time: 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Note: This course has limited space. Registration is limited to package purchasers. If the course has not filled three weeks out, it will open to all WDDS members.

Sponsored by Premier Dental and Patterson Dental

Dr. Dean Elledge
Trade Secrets Workshop

Total CEs: 2 CE Hours

Participants will work through stations co-taught by AEGD residents and Dr. Elledge in a hands-on course.

You will learn:

  • Mini flap or tissue mill for crown seat
  • Thermoplastic waxes for many uses
  • Isolation tips easier
  • Faster reductions and sectioning
  • Plus much more

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Ethics Trivia Night, April 10, 2024

Location: Chicken and Pickle, 1240 N Greenwich Rd

Date: April 10, 2024

Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Cost: $35 – package purchasers
$90 – dentists, non-package purchasers
$55 – non package purchasers staff/retired

Ethics Trivia Night at Chicken and Pickle – a different way to dive into ethics. Bring your team!

This course has limited space. Registration is limited to package purchasers. If the course has not filled three weeks out, it will open to all WDDS members.

March 25, 2024

Location: Distillery 244, 244 N. Mosley, Wichita

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (doors open at 8:00 a.m.)

Lunch and snacks provided for each registrant.

Allison Lacoursiere, RDA
Leadership: High Performance, and Mindset Mastery

Total CEs: 6

Innovator Allison Lacoursiere, RDA, OA, CPC, ELI-MP is the creator of the Clear Aligner Systemization methodology. Allison helps dental professionals streamline efficiencies to increase both patient and practice satisfaction and health.

A native Canadian, Allison moved to Bermuda at the age of 19 to work as a dental assistant. She incorporated a system in that practice which generated $80K/month in clear aligner production. She also got her start in social media marketing while working in this practice. She has since helped many businesses develop a wider audience, further their reach and leverage Instagram to grow their businesses. Most recently, during the COVID pandemic, she helped a client generate $180K in clear aligner promotion over three weeks.

With over a decade of dental practice experience, Allison is a sought-after mentor and speaker. She helps dental teams improve culture, increase production and grow into their full potential. She is certified through International Professional Excellence in Coaching and is a member of the International Coaches Federation. Allison is a member of Toastmasters International and also has trained with Dale Carnegie Speaking Institution. She is a Certified Transformational Trainer through LionSpeak.

Allison is passionate about fitness and wellness. She is an active team member and competitor on the Bermuda National Beach Volleyball Team. Allison is also a certified personal trainer and yoga instructor. Her passion lies in empowering individuals to achieve their ultimate potential and life satisfaction.

Course Description:

A great course for dentists and their teams! Learn the habits, mindsets, and beliefs it takes to become a leader. Many of us get in our own way. We get caught in negative headspace spirals that keep us stuck in unhealthy relationships, careers, and cycles. It is not big movements but rather small steps that help you become the leader you were born to be. This lecture is focused on the formula for success. Learn the habits, mindsets, and beliefs it takes to become a leader. Finally, understand how self-kindness is key to growth and development. Learn how and when to be kind to yourself as you step into your role as a leader.

Learning Objectives:

  • The Formula for Confidence
  • Habits for Success
  • Developing a Growth Mindset
  • Understanding the Power of our Thoughts
  • Creating a Vision for Our Ideal Self & Personal Performance

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February 5, 2024

Location: Hotel at Old Town Conference Center, 210 N. Mosley, Wichita

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (doors open at 8:00 a.m.)

Lunch and snacks provided for each registrant.

Nancy Dewhirst, RDH
High Stakes Dental Safety: Don’t Panic – You’ve got this! (Combined Infection Control & OSHA Compliance)

Total CEs: 6 credit hours

Ms. Dewhirst graduated from the University of Southern California, practiced dental hygiene for 20 years, is adjunct dental hygiene faculty at West Coast University, and is a member of Sigma Phi Alpha. Ms. Dewhirst is consistently listed as one of the nation’s “Leaders in CE”, presents over 100 seminars a year, is featured at major U.S. and Canadian Dental Conferences, and is a member of the California Dental Association Speakers Bureau. She is an ANSI/ADA Standards Program member, Editor-in-Chief of OSAP’s Infection Control In Practice, has had many articles published in dental peer-reviewed journals, and has contributed to dental textbooks and guidance documents.

Course Description:

Review today’s disease transmission risks and dental safety recommendations considering bloodborne, contact, and airborne pathogens, and get some great safety tips! Standard and Transmission-based Precautions will be explained in the context of CDC Guidelines and OSHA & Dental Board regulations (meets Infection Control & OSHA CE requirements). Attendees learn by trying out several safety options.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize and manage bloodborne, contact, droplet and airborne diseases
  • Identify best practices to protect workers and patients
  • Review physical, biological and chemical Hazard Communications
  • Make sense of evolving rules and recommendations for changing infection risks

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Member Mingle, January 4, 2024

Thursday, January 4, 2024

Location: River City Brewing, 150 N. Mosley

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

We’re again at River City Brewery for our annual member mingle but we’ve outgrown the room! Don’t miss this fun event in the upstairs open bar area where we’ll have food, drinks, and lots of mingling!

No cost to attend. Dentists and spouse/guest welcome, but no staff at this event.

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WDDS Members with Speaker Hawkins and President Masterson, November 8, 2023

Location: Chicken and Pickle, 1240 N Greenwich Rd

Date: November 8, 2023

Time: 6:00pm

Food and drink provided. No cost to attend.

Join the WDDS Board for a conversation with Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins and Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson. We’ll hear from these top leaders about their vision for the 2024 session and share issues from the dental community, including the topics from our 2024 legislative agenda. This should be an informative and fun evening. Let’s show the Speaker and President how dynamic the WDDS community is – make plans to join!

We encourage dentists to bring donations for each of the members. A suggested donation of $500 for each is suggested, but they’ll appreciate any contribution. You may not give more than $500/person or company to Speaker Hawkins or more than $1,000 per person/company to President Masterson because of contribution limits. Contributions are not tax-deductible. You can make checks payable to Hawkins for KS House and Masterson for KS Senate. 

Sunflower Supporters ($500 to each = $1000 total)
Dr. Trey Anderson
Dr. David Brown
Dr. Mariah Frazier
Dr. Ranjit Ghanta
Dr. Ashley Humlicek
Dr. Justin Trimmell
Dr. Charley Twietmeyer

Meadowlark Supporters ($250 to each = $500 total)
Dr. Tanner Brock
Dr. Ted Mason
Dr. Max White

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November 6, 2023

Location: Distillery 244, 244 N. Mosley, Wichita

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (doors open at 8:00 a.m.)

Lunch and snacks provided for each registrant.

Eugene Santucci, DDS
3 Courses – 1 Day!
ADHD - Perhaps The Kids Just Are Not Sleeping, Snoring And Bruxing Isn’t Cute; Dental Sleep Medicine--What Every General Dentist Should Know; The Link Between GERD, TMD, Erosion, Bruxing, and Sleep

Total CEs: 6 credit hours

Dr. Gene Santucci is an Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA. He is co-director of the Dental Sleep Mini-Residency Program, and Content Coordinator for Sleep Medicine. He also holds a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology and Counseling.

Dr. Santucci has presented nationally and internationally on the topics of dental sleep medicine, ADHD in children and sleep related disorders, occlusion, aesthetics, temporomandibular disorders, photography, functional anatomy of the gnathostomatic system and the fabrication and delivery of night guards. He is a published author contributing to numerous articles in refereed journals and abstracts, along with a task force report regarding sleep medicine, and course content in dental education. His textbook contributions include: Patient Examinations in an Esthetic Dentistry Practice, Headache and Facial Pain.

Dr. Santucci has been awarded membership in the following associations: Fellow, American College of Dentists, Fellow, Pierre Fauchard Academy, Diplomate, American Academy of Integrated Pain Management, American Dental Educators Association, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, California Sleep Society, American Association of Oral Systemic Health, American Dental and California Dental Associations. He is also a member of Catapult Education and reviews dental products for them.

Dr. Santucci’s goal is to encourage all dental professionals to become the first line of defense regarding the evaluation, referral, and treatment for the various types of sleep disturbances from snoring to obstructive sleep apnea in children and adults.

ADHD – Perhaps The Kids Just Are Not Sleeping, Snoring And Bruxing Isn’t Cute:

11 million kids in the US have a sleep problem, 95% of which are never diagnosed. Why isn’t someone doing something? This course offers your office the opportunity to do something, and become the lifeguard in detecting these kids and directing them for evaluation and treatment. Every parent should be aware of their child’s sleeping behavior. You can be the help that they need. The satisfaction you’ll get from providing this service goes way beyond saving a tooth.

Learning Objectives:

  • Be aware of what a dentist can and should do to help children with disturbed sleep patterns
  • Understand why children with ADHD and those suffering from interrupted sleep exhibit the same signs and symptoms
  • Understand the disruptive effect of mouth breathing on children’s growth
  • Consider why Ritalin and Adderall may not be the treatment of choice

Dental Sleep Medicine–What Every General Dentist Should Know:

Join Dr. Santucci and take a “deep dive” into the numerous interrelated concepts that are involved indental sleep medicine. This course format will take away the anxiety of including sleep evaluation, referral and possibly treatment for disrupted sleep in your general dental practice. As in all we do for our dental patients, we can educate the population at large concerning these total health issues. This presentation is appropriate for the entire dental staff and will bring the office up to date regarding the ADA’s 2017 policy statement.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the public health concerns of disturbed sleep’s medical consequences
  • Review the anatomy of the gnathostomatic system in health and disease
  • Be aware of sleep surveys for children and adults
  • Understand why ADHD may be a sleep problem
  • Become aware of the various forces involved in acid tooth wear
  • Review the use of fluorides, dental restorations, and products related to disturbed sleep

The Link Between GERD, TMD, Erosion, Bruxing, and Sleep:

This course will address the effect of parafunctional habits and exaggerated wear when acid is involved both extrinsically and intrinsically. It’s just not the product or brand of treatment but an understanding of the etiology of the disease that makes the difference. This course will be an in-depth exploration of the issues and is designed for both doctor and staff.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the connection between disturbed sleep and shorter teeth
  • Understand the types of bruxism
  • Review the causes of erosion
  • Consider the how and when to restore the dentition affected by the destructive force of erosion

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Kansas Dental Insurance Reform: What’s possible in 2024, October 30, 2023

Location: Zoom (Registration Link)

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Chad Olson
Kansas Dental Insurance Reform: What’s possible in 2024

Join members from the Wichita District Dental Society and KDA in conversation with the ADA’s Chad Olson about dental insurance reforms, including medical loss ratio legislation.

Leading the discussion is Chad Olson, director of state government affairs at the American Dental Association. He leads a team that identifies state legislative/regulatory trends impacting the dental profession, and provides public policy advice that complements and enhances dental association and member dentists’ efforts.

October 16, 2023

Location: Distillery 244, 244 N. Mosley, Wichita

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (doors open at 8:00 a.m.)

Lunch and snacks provided for each registrant.

Susan McMahon, DMD, AAACD, FAGD
A New Generation for Cosmetic Dentistry: Delivering the Selfie Smile

Total CEs: 6 credit hours

A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Dr. McMahon enjoys one of the largest cosmetic dental practices in Western Pennsylvania. She is accredited by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and an invited Fellow of the prestigious American Society for Dental Aesthetics and a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry. An author and lecturer, Dr. McMahon has devoted her professional career to the pursuit of advanced technologies in cosmetic and minimally invasive dentistry. She is a past clinical instructor in Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry at the University of Pittsburgh. She has been the Director of New Product Evaluation and a Speaker for Catapult Education. She frequently lectures across the United States and internationally on minimally invasive dentistry and conservative cosmetic dentistry for teenagers and young adults. She had been honored as a Top Dentist over 20 times. She has also been voted by her peers as a Top Pittsburgh Dentist every year for over two decades.

Course Description:

Appearance and self-esteem have long been intertwined. So, as our social media and selfie culture continues to grow, it’s no surprise that more and more people are seeking out cosmetic dentistry as a way to enhance their appearances. The dental world has taken notice and we need to respond with conservative ways to satisfy our patient’s desires for ideal smiles. This course will cover treatments from ultraconservative enamel enhancements and direct composite solutions to minimal prep/no prep veneers. Discover the secrets to identifying patient’s cosmetic desires, learn new easy but beautiful techniques and learn effective dialogue for case acceptance.

  • Boost their Confidence and Boost your Bottom line.
  • Enamel enhancements : Visible White Lesion (VWL) removal, Brown staining removal, Whitening and Whitening Combination treatments.
  • Direct composite bonding. Finishing techniques for beautiful surface texture and anatomy. Diastema Closure. Additive finessing of the smile. Easy Direct Composite Veneers.
  • Gingival sculpting for framing the smile.
  • Applied Smile Design. Combining individual tooth, gingival and global smile treatments. Minimal/No preparation porcelain veneers.

Learning Objectives:

  • Give confidence to recognize and assess your patients’ cosmetic desires.
  • Develop clinical skills for comprehensively diagnosing, preparing, placing and finishing conservative restorations.
  • Attain step by step protocol for applied smile design for combination treatments that boost their confidence and boost your bottom line.

The WDDS wishes to recognize the following sponsors for Dr. McMahon’s presentation:

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