Core 1: Occlusion & Smile Design

Name: Core 1: Occlusion & Smile Design
Start: 2026-02-27T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-28T17:00:00-05:00
Location: The Dawson Academy

Schedule

Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 am to Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Dawson Academy | Tampa, FL

➡️ Request info at https://bit.ly/Core-1-Course
🗓️ Feb. 27-28, 2026
📍 Tampa, FL
📚 CE: 16
Core 1: Occlusion & Smile Design, where students dive into the fundamentals of functional occlusion.
This comprehensive course is designed to elevate your practice to new heights, offering a seamless integration of foundational occlusal principles with digital workflows.
Beyond mastering the intricacies of esthetic dentistry, Core 1 provides practical strategies to reduce insurance dependency, ensuring a robust bottom line.
Join us in redefining the possibilities of dental excellence and business success, positioning yourself as a leader in your community. Your journey towards mastery & profitability begins here.
📚 Learning Objectives:
• Visualize the journey from an insurance-focused level of care to a patient-focused, health-oriented model
• Discover why the most productive practices only need 10-12 new patients per month
• Convert the dental practice to fee-for-service with ease and predictability
• Motivate patients towards a higher level of health to ethically boost productivity per hour
• Identify the 11 factors critical to a stable occlusion resulting in the long-term success of general and cosmetic cases
• Gain confidence in diagnosing TMD-related issues and how to provide appropriate, successful orthotic/splint therapy
• Understand the treatment planning relationship between the face, airway, and bite and how to identify, prior to treatment, which patients pose a risk of future instability
• Eliminate porcelain chips and breakage, and uncover how these issues can erode profitability more than dentists realize
• Determine tooth positioning for orthodontics, veneers, crowns, or implant-supported restorations
• Utilize checklists for functional-esthetic analysis and treatment planning
• Define a thorough examination process and how to implement in practice by employing diagnostic records for complete diagnosis and treatment planning
• Recognize how designing a stable, minimal-stress occlusion on teeth or implants saves time, increases profitability, and reduces stress