April 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Pricing
| Non-Member | $75.00 |
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| San Gabriel Valley Dental Soc Member | $25.00 |
| OCDS Member | $25.00 |
| HDS Member | $25.00 |
General Information
| Provider | Harbor Dental Society |
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| Location |
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| Speaker | Dr. Cherlyn Sheets, DDS |
| Type/Category | core |
| Credits | 1 |
'live CE Webinar: Assessing Structural Integrity of Teeth & Implants Using AI and Quantitative Percussion Diagnostics (QPD) and Business of Dentistry Hot Topic: PPO Negotiations to Deliver Results and 2025 Southern California Out of Network Trends
'live' CE Webinar 6pm-8pm PST (via GotoWebinar) 1 CEU core
CE Speaker: Dr. Cherlyn Sheets
CE Topic: Assessing Structural Integrity of Teeth & Implants Using AI and Quantitative Percussion Diagnostics (QPD)
One of the more challenging diagnostic efforts in dentistry is the assessment of the structural integrity of teeth and dental implants. Cracked teeth, deteriorating/fracturing restorations, loss of cement seal or loss of osseointegration are often hard to diagnose until the results are advanced or catastrophic. Quantitative Percussion Diagnostics (QPD) has been shown in over 28 peer reviewed studies in engineering and dental journals to be an accurate and reliable test for determining the structural wellness of teeth or implants. QPD is a mechanical test similar to evaluation methods used in engineering for assessing structural stability of objects, in contrast to visually based dental diagnostics such as radiographs and visual examination. The mechanism that creates QPD data has been illustrated by Finite Element Analysis of novel models of uncracked and cracked teeth. QPD, FEA modeling plus the addition of AI and Machine Learning are currently creating a future for dentistry of predictive diagnostics, where structural problems can be diagnosed early and rated as to type or severity. Preventive or therapeutic steps can then be instituted earlier in the damage cycle prior to the occurrence of advanced or catastrophic results, providing dentists with a new aid to diagnosis.
CE Learning Objectives:
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Understand how percussion can be a diagnostic risk assessment aid
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Know the scientific foundation of QPD
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Envision the power of AI/ML combined with increasing amounts of QPD DATA
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Determine the synergistic clinical possibilities of QPD/FEA/AI
Business of Dentistry Speaker: Ben Tuinei, CEO, Veritas Dental Resources
Business of Dentistry Hot Topic: PPO Negotiations to Deliver Results and 2025 Southern California Out of Network Trends
Dentists will be more successful in helping their patients to move forward with the treatment they need if they employ proven techniques on how to work with insurance companies in the best interest of the patient and to best serve their dental practice. Sometimes the use of these skills determines whether a patient commits to starting treatment or decides to “wait and think about it”. Attend this session and receive tips and tools you can use on an immediate basis and learn about the benefits of setting up your own in-house membership plan.
The Business of Dentistry portion by Ben will cover:
- PPO Negotiations to deliver results what you need to know to maximize your PPO Insurance Revenue
- 2025 Southern California Out of Network Trends – What you need to know
- Patient Communications and Case Acceptance with In-House Dental Plans
More about our CE Speaker: Dr. Cherilyn Sheets is an educator, clinician, author and lecturer, both nationally and internationally. She is Co-Executive Director of the Newport Coast Oral Facial Institute, an international non-profit teaching and research center. She is also a Clinical Professor of Restorative Dentistry at the USC School of Dentistry and is on their Board of Councilors. Dr. Sheets is a Past President of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and the American Association of Women Dentists. She is also a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry, American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists, Academy of Dentistry International, and the Pierre Fauchard Academy of Dentistry. She received the 2002 Gordon Christensen Award for Excellence in Lecturing, the 2004 USC School of Dentistry Alumnus of the Year Award, and the 2006 Section of Honor Award (Distinguished Dentist Award) from the California Section of the Pierre Fauchard International Honor Dental Academy. Dr. Sheets is co-principal of research project on dental implants and cracked teeth with James C. Earthman, PhD at the UCI School of Engineering. Dr. Sheets has authored over 100 articles and has co-authored numerous textbook chapters.
Dr. Sheets serves on numerous editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals. She is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Children’s Dental Center in Inglewood, California, which is a non-profit prototype dental center for providing multidisciplinary care to children of the working poor. She is also the Founding Chairman of the Board of the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation.
2012 awards:
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The Excellence in Clinical Research Award from the Academy of Microscopic Enhanced Dentistry
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The Honorary Membership in the American College of Prosthodontics.
More about our Business of Dentistry Speaker: Ben Tuinei founded Veritas Dental Resources after recognizing an underserved need in the dental industry: effective negotiation with third-party payors. With over 18 years of experience as a professional public speaker and having worked with over 5000 dentists to influence more than a billion dollars of newly negotiated revenue, Ben's expertise is unmatched. His journey began in 2007, and since then, his proprietary PPO optimization strategies have revolutionized dental practices across the nation.