Kootenay Dental Society Spring Meeting

Welcome to the Kootenay Dental Society Spring Meeting! Join us for two days filled with informative sessions. Friday will be a full day of presentations, Performing Under Pressure, with Dr. Saul Miller, an internationally renowned performance and sport psychologist. Saturday will be a morning lecture for all attendees Mastering Molar Endodontics, with Dr. Rodrigo Cunha. In addition, there will be an afternoon hands on session (for dentists only).

This in-person event will be held at the beautiful Prestige Lakeside Resort. Connect with fellow dental professionals, learn from industry experts, and gain valuable insights to enhance your practice. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to expand your knowledge and grow your professional network. Register now to secure your spot!

Info: Personal Excellence: Success in our careers is a function of how we manage our minds. Dentistry is a highly skilled, exacting, and stressful profession. This program will explore the focus, emotional management, and attitudes that generate more success and less stress and provides some techniques to improve our performance and well being.

Info: Teamwork - Why Teams Win: The program explores why and how organizations succeed and teams excel. Some of the nine key qualities of winning teams are defined and described. The program will include interaction with the attendees in order to clarify and enhance their team’s vision, commitment, communication, and identity.

Info: Dr. Saul Miller is an internationally renowned performance and sport psychologist. He has a PhD in clinical psychology and is the author of ten books; including Performing Under Pressure and Why Teams Win: 9 Keys to Success in Business, Sport and Beyond. In sport, he has worked in the NFL, NBA, major league baseball, with PGA Tour golfers and Olympians from Canada, USA, and Europe in over a dozen different sports. Dr Saul has also consulted with medical and dental teams, and has spoken at dental conferences in Canada and the USA.

Info: This evidence-based course will focus on essential technologies and clinical protocols for the successful treatment of Maxillary and Mandibular Molars. Topics to be covered include: 1. The importance of the internal and external anatomy 2.The importance of magnification and illumination to enhance visibility and increase probability of locating extra canals without removing excessive tooth structure. 2. The benefit of incorporating three-dimensional imaging into your practice for enhanced visualization of difficult anatomy and dealing with challenging diagnoses will also be discussed. 3. Electric motors driving rotary and reciprocating files, which are indispensable for faster and safer shaping of the canals. 4. The role of irrigants and irrigation has changed within the past few years as it has evolved from an adjunct solution to an important tool for disinfection. 5. Different devices and materials will be discussed for filling the root canal system.

Info: Please bring extracted teeth with access already prepared.

Info: Dr. Rodrigo Sanches Cunha completed his Undergraduate Dental Degree in 1994, which he obtained from the Catholic University of Campinas in Sao Paulo - Brazil.  His post-graduate studies include a Specialty degree in Endodontics obtained in 1997 from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP); in 2002, a M.Sc. degree in Clinical Dentistry (Endodontics), and in 2006, a Ph.D. degree in Dental Sciences both of which he received from Sao Leopoldo Mandic Centre for Dental Research. Dr. Cunha was an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Campinas from 2001 until 2011. On September 9, 2011, Dr. Cunha moved to Winnipeg to work as a Full-time Professor and Division Head (Endodontics) at the College of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Cunha became Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada (Endodontics) in 2013 and, in 2016, decided to work in Private Practice full-time. Dr. Cunha is the Co-founder of Prairie Endodontics in 2018.

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