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AAP Annual Meeting Events on Monday, September 8

Detailed description of the day's events and educational programs at the meeting in Seattle.

EV9: ABP SOUNDING BOARD BREAKFAST

6:30 - 8:00 am
Cost: $35 per person
Enjoy breakfast and an interchange of ideas between directors and diplomates of the American Board of Periodontology.
Our thanks to LifeNet Health and OraPharma, Inc. for sponsoring this breakfast.

EV10: AAP FOUNDATION ESTATE PLANNING BREAKFAST SEMINAR FOR PERIODONTISTS AND SPOUSES

6:30 - 8:00 am
More detailed information.
Our thanks to Treloar & Heisel, Inc. for sponsoring this breakfast.

REGISTRATION

7:00 am - 5:00 pm

GS2: UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING BIOFILMS

8:00 - 10:00 am
Program Track: Therapies to Obtain/Maintain a Healthy Periodontium
Moderator: Kenneth S. Kornman
Speakers: J. William Costerton, Steven Offenbacher, Thomas E. Van Dyke
Periodontitis results from complex interactions between the bacteria and the host. Speakers in this session will address factors that regulate the bacterial populations and the host inflammatory responses. They will also consider how the bacteria can produce long-term changes in the host tissues such that bacterial growth is further enhanced.
Educational Objectives:

Recognize and treat oral biofilm diseases.
Understand the biological and clinical factors that influence the efficacy of host modulators in the treatment of periodontitis.
Use clinical signs to define different bacterial-gingival classifications with distinct microbial and inflammatory profiles.

Our thanks to Colgate for sponsoring this General Session.

EV11: COMPREHENSIVE PERIODONTAL INSURANCE WORKSHOP 3: ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AND ABBREVIATED INSURANCE WORKSHOP

9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Speakers: Alan H. Feldman, Pam Throw, Academy Staff
Cost: $300 per person
Limited attendance workshop
This workshop is designed for those individuals who would like to learn more about filing e-claims to insurance, and also need a refresher on CDT 2007 codes. This workshop will focus on electronic submission of claims, accompanied with an abbreviated session on overall third party issues (abbreviated Session 1). Known as the “EDI Guy”, Mr. Feldman will present a seminar on electronic transactions from 9:00 am – 12:00 noon. From 1:00 – 4:00 pm this session will feature an abbreviated Comprehensive Periodontal Insurance Workshop, during which time updated information about CDT-2007 codes related to Periodontics, adjudication of claims, as well as an overview of filing medical insurance will be discussed. The workshop includes a buffet lunch and a copy of the AAP’s Current Procedural Terminology for Periodontics and Insurance Reporting Manual (CPT-11).
Educational Objectives:

Understand Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and how it is used in dentistry.
Learn how to file claims with electronic attachments, with a LIVE DEMONSTRATION.
Discuss insurance carriers’ websites and what some major carriers have to offer.

AAP CENTER

9:30 am - 12:00 noon

EXHIBITION

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

RESEARCH FORUM POSTER SESSION

10:00 am - 6:00 pm
The Research Forum provides a platform for clinical or basic research to be presented by those in the field of periodontics. Qualifying posters will be on display in the Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall on Sunday and Monday. Eight poster finalists will present their research, with a cash prize awarded to the best in both clinical and basic research. In addition, one poster presenter will be awarded the new AAP Clinical Impact Award, given to the presenter whose research has the greatest potential for changing and improving periodontal health and patient care. Authors will be present Monday from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon to answer questions, with the competition beginning at 11:00 am. Winners will be announced at the General Assembly. View the abstracts of Research Forum finalists.
Our thanks to The Natural Dentist for sponsoring the Research Forum.

VOLUNTEERING BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES JUST ADDED

10:15 - 11:45 am
Moderators: Allan H. Charles, Mary E. Neill
Speakers: Linda C. Ridge, Steven E. Schonfeld
Presentation Handout

This is a workshop for members who are interested in volunteer opportunities in periodontics and/or dentistry. Topics to be covered include the reason for volunteering; the benefits of volunteering; and opportunities for volunteering in the AAP, local periodontal societies, the ADA and its component and constituent societies, and other venues.

IP3: INNOVATIONS IN PERIODONTICS SESSION 3

10:15 - 11:45 am
Program Tracks: Periodontal Plastic Surgery/Oral Reconstructive Surgery, Therapies to Obtain/Maintain a Healthy Periodontium
Moderator: Cecil White, Jr.
Speakers:

Bret Dyer	Crown Lengthening with Reverse Vestibuloplasty
James S. Kohner	Minimally Invasive Anti-Microbial Treatment for Advanced Periodontitis - Presentation Handout
John A. Lupovici	The Incision Decision: Reinterpretation of the Tunnel Technique
Ralph F. Wilson	Minimally Invasive Flapless Crown Lengthening with Piezosurgery

Educational Objectives:

Gain knowledge of innovations and advances in clinical periodontics, basic sciences or related subjects.
Understand a new concept, technique or product use to take back to your practice.

Our thanks to Osteohealth Company for sponsoring this session.

CPES1: DECISION-MAKING AND PROTOCOLS FOR PROVISIONAL (TEMPORARY) RESTORATIONS WITH SINGLE TOOTH AND PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS IMPLANT PATIENTS

10:15 - 11:45 am
Program Tracks: Associate Member, Implants
Moderator: Bobby L. Butler
Speakers: Harold S. Baumgarten, Nicolas Elian, Alan L. Rosenfeld, Barry D. Wagenberg
The focus of this program is on the rationale for different types of temporary implant restorations. In the past, it was the standard that implants have provisionals that did not incorporate loading forces. Interim removable partials (Essix or “Flippers”) were routinely used. Now, we do immediate provisionals on single implants, partially edentulous cases and even immediate crossarch loading of implants. There are many scenarios, and the clinician must make critical decisions of when to use different types of provisionals. The protocols and techniques will be shown with various types of fixed provisionals. Immediate- direct, lab-processed provisionals and CT-guided provisional protocols will be shown.
Educational Objectives:

Know when removable interim restorations or other fixed alternatives can be advocated.
Recognize how to perform the procedures for doing single tooth and partial edentulous immediate nonloaded provisionals.
Understand how CT-guided information can help fabricate provisionals before the surgery and save time.

Our thanks to Osteohealth Company for sponsoring this session.

FCE1: MANAGEMENT OF SINUS COMPLICATIONS

10:15 - 11:45 am
Program Track: Implants
Moderator: Robert S. Schoor
Speaker: Stephen S. Wallace
Sinus elevation surgery is the most predictable preprosthetic bone augmentation procedure performed today (Aghaloo & Moy Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants 2007). As with any procedure, there are always the possibilities of pre-surgical, intra-operative and postoperative complications. This interactive presentation between speaker and moderator will focus on both the reduction in number and treatment of these potential complications.
Educational Objectives:

Identify potential complications pre-operatively.
Avoid complications intra-operatively.
Treat complications post-surgically.

FCE2: INCORPORATING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY INTO THE PERIODONTAL PRACTICE

10:15 - 11:45 am
Program Track: Practice Development and Management
Moderator: David S. Greenfield
Speaker: Robert M. Pick
Digital photography has arrived in dentistry and certainly in the specialty of periodontics. In conjunction with computers and imaging software, digital photography is an optimal way to educate, motivate and communicate recommended treatment to patients. Regardless of one’s verbal and procedural skill level, seeing is believing for the patient. The result is increased case acceptance and referrals. Course participants will be able to take what they have learned and use the information immediately upon returning to the office to develop an effective marketing plan, helping to take their practices to a new and exciting level!
Educational Objectives:

Determine how to select and use a digital camera for effective oral photography.
Learn the optimum type of photographic series for effective patient education.
Incorporate images into PowerPoint® presentations.

FCE3: HERBS AND NUTRICEUTICALS

10:15 - 11:45 am
Program Tracks: Associate Member, Periodontal Medicine
Moderator: Nancy L. Newhouse
Speaker: John A. Yagiela
Dietary supplements in the form of herbal and nutriceutical products are increasingly being consumed by the American public. This course reviews those supplements that can impact the management of periodontal patients, as well as products specifically promoted for use in clinical periodontology.
Educational Objectives:

Describe federal rules and regulations governing the manufacture, distribution and use of herbs and nutriceuticals.
Discuss potential interactions involving dietary supplements, and such issues as post-surgical bleeding and the use of analgesic, antibiotic and sedative medications.
Indicate the potential benefits of selected natural products and additives to clinical dentistry.

FCE4: BIOLOGICS FOR REGENERATION

10:15 - 11:45 am
Program Track: Tissue Engineering/Regeneration
Moderator: Ray C. Williams
Speaker: David L. Cochran
Guided bone and tissue regeneration represented a novel approach for tissue growth. However, the use of these techniques with a variety of materials and procedures can be frustrating in terms of predictability and efficacy. This suggests that several unknowns exist, which influence the regenerative outcome. Biologic factors have most recently been used to achieve better outcomes, but the question remains whether better outcomes are actually achieved.
Educational Objectives:

Become familiar with the rationale for using biologic factors.
Evaluate the evidence for using biologic factors for tissue growth.

FCE5: GINGIVAL TISSUE AUGMENTATION FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS

10:15 - 11:45 am
Program Track: Periodontal Plastic Surgery/Oral Reconstructive Surgery
Moderator: Henry H. Takei
Speaker: Dennis A. Shanelec
Gingival recession around dental implants is a perplexing problem in dentistry. This peri-implant soft tissue problem is frequently encountered by clinicians, and is both an esthetic and functional dilemma. The proper diagnosis and surgical techniques will be presented to predictably correct or prevent this gingival problem.
Educational Objectives:

Learn how to use rescue grafting to correct post-surgical recession around dental implants.
Utilize preventive grafting to avoid post-surgical recession around dental implants.
Determine the differences between grafting teeth and dental implants.

FCE6: NEW TECHNOLOGY: MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE THERAPY

10:15 - 11:45 am
Program Tracks: Associate Member, Therapies to Obtain/Maintain a Healthy Periodontium
Moderator: Jo Anne M. Rummelhart
Speaker: Samuel B. Low
Effective management of the periodontal maintenance patient presents challenges for today’s clinicians. Technological resources are readily available to assist the periodontist in achieving a time-effective, financially rewarding system to obtain positive outcomes. This course will review how clinical instrumentation, disease assessment, documentation and correspondence are all maintenance components which new technology can enhance.
Educational Objectives:

Incorporate risk assessment and computerized monitoring with appropriate delegation to the hygienist.
Enhance therapeutic maintenance outcomes with micro-thin ultrasonic and laser technologies.
Build referral relationships through quality documentation and communication.

CE9: SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF OSSEOUS TISSUE

1:45 - 4:15 pm
Program Track: Therapies to Obtain/Maintain a Healthy Periodontium
Moderator: Bradley S. McAllister
Speakers: Paul A. Ricchetti, Herbert Selipsky, Jeffery R. Thomas
While there is much focus today on the exciting areas of regeneration and implantology, it remains essential to maintain skills in osseous surgery. These lectures will explore the indications, effectiveness and limitations of osseous surgery, from pocket reduction through restoratively related needs. In addition, suggestions for classical clinical techniques of flap design and bone modification, as well as the latest data and techniques for the fast-developing area of piezoelectric devices, will be discussed. Novel approaches to resective surgical techniques and their rationale in managing tooth contours and mildly involved furcations will also be presented.
Educational Objectives:

Understand the rationale, limitations and techniques for classical resective osseous surgery and osseous recontouring.
Learn the indications and limitations to resective techniques in managing tooth contours and furcations.
Compare, both clinically and histologically, the use of piezosurgical technology with traditional techniques for osseous surgery and dento-alveolar procedures.

CE10: MANAGEMENT OF THE DEFICIENT RIDGE

1:45 - 4:15 pm
Program Track: Tissue Engineering/Regeneration
Moderator: Joseph P. Fiorellini
Speakers: George V. Duello,Marc L. Nevins,Michael A. Pikos
Emerging therapies continue to enhance our ability to provide three-dimensional hard and soft tissue regenerative therapy for periodontal and implant applications. Applying bone grafting or now tissue engineering to clinical decision-making achieves optimal biological esthetic results for challenging periodontal and implant cases. Cases will be presented to demonstrate simplified approaches to challenging implant cases. Techniques utilizing block, particulate grafting, hard tissue ridge augmentation and soft tissue grafting for periodontal and implant applications will be presented.
Educational Objectives:

Learn the latest techniques for esthetic implant site development.
Understand how combined therapy is used to regenerate hard and soft tissues.
Ascertain the techniques for predictable ridge augmentation with particulate bone grafting.

CE11: CURRENT APPROACHES TO ROOT COVERAGE GRAFTING

1:45 - 4:15 pm
Program Track: Periodontal Plastic Surgery/Oral Reconstructive Surgery
Moderator: Robert A. Faiella
Speakers: Edward P. Allen, John F. Bruno
Over the past twenty-five years, the subepithelial connective tissue graft has emerged as the primary treatment technique for reproducible, predictable, esthetic long-termresults. However, recent advances in tissue banking have allowed the development of acellular dermalmatrix as an alternative to palatal donor tissue for root coverage grafting. This course will allow the comparison of both techniques for clinical success, and review the basis in the literature for the comparison of anticipated clinical outcomes for root coverage.
Educational Objectives:

Gain knowledge of site preparation and suturing techniques for both the subepithelial connective tissue and acellular dermal matrix techniques.
Learn the clinical applications for each procedure in various areas of the mouth.
Understand the basis in the literature that determines the predictability of each procedure for clinical success.

CE12: TECHNIQUES FOR DIFFICULT EXTRACTION CASES

1:45 - 4:15 pm
Program Track: Periodontal Plastic Surgery/Oral Reconstructive Surgery
Moderator: Gary M. Shellerud
Speakers: Farhad E. Boltchi, Robert A. Levine, John Sottosanti
Modern periodontal and implant therapy require careful preservation of the hard and soft tissue anatomy following dental extraction procedures. The goal of this session is to examine the applications which are now available to achieve minimally traumatic extractions, and preserve the buccal and/or labial plate of the bone.
Educational Objectives:

Learn to recognize the difficult extraction preoperatively.
Be aware of traditional methods of tooth extractions utilizing forceps, periotones and elevators.
Understand how piezoelectric devices operate as an adjunct to enable less traumatic and stressful extractions for the patient and the periodontist.

CE13: IMPLANT COMPLICATIONS

1:45 - 4:15 pm
Program Tracks: Associate Member, Implants
Moderator: TBD
Speakers: Jennifer F. Côté, George E. Romanos
As the number of implant-supported restorations has increased, the potential for peri-implant inflammatory reactions with subsequent loss of osseous support may temper successful outcomes. This presentation will focus on peri-implant soft and hard tissue complications, etiology and appropriate management protocols. Treatment techniques will be described to aid the clinician in the management of implant complications.
Educational Objectives:

Learn to identify the factors associated with increased risk for implant complications.
Recognize the protocols for management of periimplantitis.
Understand the management of implant surgical complications.

CE14: PERIODONTAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES TO ENHANCE RESTORATIVE OUTCOMES

1:45 - 4:15 pm
Program Track: Interdisciplinary Therapy
Moderator: Michael K. Sonick
Speakers: Bobby L. Butler, Greggory A. Kinzer
This lecture will feature how to manage complex esthetic dilemmas with interdisciplinary care. It’s not enough to make the teeth look esthetic. The teeth must blend within the framework of the lips and with the gingival form. Ideal gingival architecture and symmetry complete optimal esthetic cases. Periodontal and implant surgical procedures will be discussed from both the prosthodontist and periodontist perspectives. Cases involving crown lengthening, gingival augmentation, pontic site development and implants will be presented. The interdependence on quality provisionals and surgical procedures will be stressed.
Educational Objectives:

Appreciate the critical need of properly sequencing therapy.
Understand how provisional restorations can influence the esthetic outcomes with implants and fixed partial dentures.
Know which periodontal surgical procedures can improve gingival symmetry and how these procedures are performed.

CE15: IMPACT OF OCCLUSION ON TEETH AND IMPLANTS

1:45 - 4:15 pm
Program Tracks: Associate Member, Therapies to Obtain/Maintain a Healthy Periodontium
Moderator: Bryan P. Fitzgerald
Speakers: Sylvan Feldman, Stephen K. Harrel
A review of the effects of occlusion on the natural dentition and implants will be presented. Historic review of occlusion as a risk factor for the progression of periodontal disease, as well as recent studies concerning the natural dentition and dental implants, will be covered. Occlusal concepts addressing complex implant restorations will be discussed to better understand occlusion in implant restorations and the natural dentition.
Educational Objectives:

Appreciate the historic concept of occlusion as it relates to periodontal disease.
Become familiar with recent studies on occlusion and clinical techniques for diagnosis, along with treating occlusal factors encountered during periodontal treatment.
Understand the effect of occlusion on simple and complex restorations involving implants.

In partnership of quality education, our thanks to DENTSPLY Tulsa Dental Specialties for supporting Monday afternoon’s CE sessions.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUSINESS SESSION

4:30 - 5:30 pm
Members are encouraged to attend the General Assembly Business Session. This is the session at which proposed Bylaws revisions will be voted on, the Academy’s budget will be approved, new and re-elected trustees will be installed and outgoing trustees will be recognized. In addition, AAP Foundation scholarships and awards will be announced. More about proposed Bylaws revisions

DENTAL HYGIENIST RECEPTION

5:30 - 6:30 pm
All attendees registered in the Dental Hygienist category will receive an invitaion to attend this reception.
Our thanks to Colgate for sponsoring this reception.

EV12: AAP FOUNDATION KRAMER FUND DONOR RECEPTION

7:00 - 8:00 pm
Cost: $85 per person
More detailed information.

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