Creighton Days School of Dentistry Continuing Education 2024

This one day course delves into the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on dentistry and will discuss how a balanced approach is crucial for leveraging digital dentistry to its fullest potential—optimizing workflows, improving communication and patient perception of the dental experience today—while not compromising the quality of care of which we deliver. Uncover the cutting-edge innovations AI brings to the field of dentistry and how to successfully integrate digital technologies into dental practices hinging on the acquisition of this technology, setting expectations and gaining attainable competency from training programs and mentors. 

You will leave this seminar with confidence and understand: 

• Understand the basics of AI and its role in improving dental imaging.
• Identify how large language models can transcribe patient conversations and generate clinical notes.
• Recognize the benefits and challenges of integrating AI into dental practice.
• Overview of digital dentistry integration, and the latest options, in the clinical setting.
• Gain exposure to a facially-generated digital workflow for aesthetic and complex rehabilitations being used daily in a private practice setting. 
• Learn what advantages digital technology can provide clinicians for both simple restorative and complex rehabilitation treatment. 
• Understand what challenges may be faced when using a digital workflows versus a traditional workflow. 

Provided by

• Creighton University School of Dentistry
• Creighton University Office of Continuing Education

Registration

Creighton Faculty: $50
     *Use code SODFaculty at checkout

Creighton Alumni: $100
     *Use code SODAlumni at checkout

Non-Alumni: $150

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Instructors

Steven L. Fernandes, PhD

Steven Fernandes is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Creighton University. He has postdoctoral research experience at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Central Florida, specializing in deep learning, computer vision, and medical image processing. His research is published in top-ranked AI venues and is currently funded by the NSF and NIH. Dr. Fernandes has been ranked among the top 2% of the world’s scientists for three consecutive years (2020–2023) based on a study by Stanford University. He is a senior member of IEEE and serves as an Associate Editor for four AI journals.

David Wagner, DDS

Dr. David Wagner trained at Creighton University School of Dentistry, where he obtained his DDS degree, and UCLA School of Dentistry's Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency (AEGD) program. He owns a relationship-based, fee for service private practice in West Hollywood, California, with an emphasis on restorative aesthetic and implant dentistry using digital technology. He maintained a lecturer appointment at the UCLA Center for Esthetic Dentistry for five years where he was responsible for training residents in photography, smile design, digital workflows and patient management for aesthetic rehabilitations. During that time he co-edited and authored the Dental Clinics of North America text, “The Journey to Excellence in Esthetic Dentistry," a publication aiming to help dentists elevate their practice with aesthetic and digital treatment services, branding and strategy.

The instructors and planners for this course have listed no conflicts of interest.

Planning Committee: Donal Scheidel, DDS; Geralyn Crain, DDS, PhD, FNAP; Jennifer Hasslen, DDS; Hardeep Chehal, DDS; Christine Keith, DDS; Gregory Torosian, DDS; Najmeh Ganji, DMD, MS; Regina Lee, DA; Sara Cory; Colin Dworak, MBA

Method of Teaching: Lecture/Discussion

Class Schedule: Check in will start at 8 a.m. with coffee and breakfast included and the course will run from 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The class will include lectures with morning and afternoon breaks and lunch included.

Dr. and Mrs. Alvin R. Posey, DDS'65 Continuing Education Lecture

Ever since his first days as a dental student, Alvin R. Posey, DDS'65, (1936-2018) was an integral part of Creighton University and the School of Dentistry. With his wife, Ruth, by his side, Dr. Posey touched many lives in his 40-year dental practice in Enid, Oklahoma. For 34 years, he served on the School of Dentistry's Alumni Advisory Board and was a team leader for the Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC) program in the Dominican Republic. His loyalty and service earned him the school's 1988 Alumni Merit Award. The Poseys established an endowment to provide continuing education for School of Dentistry alumni. The Dr. and Mrs. Alvin R. Posey, DDS'65 Continuing Education Lecture annually provides state-of-the-art science information to Creighton alumni at the school's Dental Assembly.

To honor the Poseys, gifts to this endowment can be made online at creighton.edu/development.

Theodore J. Urban, PhD Memorial Continuing Education Lecture

Theodore J. Urban, PhD, (1926-1990) came to Creighton in 1954.  He was a faculty member, Chair of Oral Biology , and Associate Dean in the School of Dentistry.  He received the University’s Distinguished Service Award in 1984, and was honored four times as Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Dr. Urban was a tireless advocate for and men-tor to his students.  He never failed to offer a guiding hand or a needed admonishment for the personal welfare and professional development of all his students.  He quietly accomplished whatever needed to be done, always with a smile and sense of humor. Dr. Urban’s presence in our dental school is truly missed.  However, with this endowment, his memory and legacy will be permanently preserved through an annual lecture that is part of the continuing education program at the School of Dentistry. The Dr. T.J. Urban Memorial Lecture Series was founded by the generous support of one of Dr. Urban’s former students.

Schedule

8 a.m.
Coffee, Continental Breakfast and Conversation

Morning Session: Dr. and Mrs. Alvin R. Posey, DDS'65 Continuing Education Lecture

9 a.m.
AI in Dentistry: Advancing Imaging and Clinical Transcription  
Steven L. Fernandes, PhD

10:30 a.m.
Morning Break

10:45 a.m.
AI in Dentistry: Advancing Imaging and Clinical Transcription - Continued
Steven L. Fernandes, PhD

12 p.m.
Lunch Provided

Afternoon Session: Theodore J. Urban, PhD Memorial Continuing Education Lecture

12:30 p.m.
Digital Dentistry and Technology in Private Practice: Optimizing Integration, Workflows and Patient Experience—and What They Don’t Tell You
David Wagner, DDS

2 p.m.
Afternoon Break

2:15 p.m.
Digital Dentistry and Technology in Private Practice: Optimizing Integration, Workflows and Patient Experience—and What They Don’t Tell You - Continued
David Wagner, DDS

3:30 p.m.
Adjournment

Dental Credit Statement

Creighton University School of Dentistry is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American

Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual activities or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit by hours by boards of dentistry.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org.

The Creighton University School of Dentistry designates this activity for 5.5 continuing education credits.

Cancellation

A cancellation fee of $50 will be charged for cancellations received later than 72 hours prior to the course.

Questions? Contact:

Creighton Office of Continuing Education
402.280.1830
CMedEd@creighton.edu