The Pankey Institute

Essentials 1 (E1): Creating the Exceptional Dental Practice,The New Patient Experience  

Led by Dr. James Kessler assisted by Visiting Faculty

It is said that we only get one chance to make a great first impression. Nowhere is this more accurate than in your dental practice. Essentials 1 is the foundation on which many of the world’s most exceptional dental practices were built, and this course has continued to be the experience that many of today’s top clinicians identify as the beginning of their journey to excellence. This curriculum, like its predecessor, Continuum 1 (C1), is the perfect blend of applicable techniques, practice philosophy, financial management, and behavioral skills to immediately elevate your practice to a new level and set the course for achieving the practice of your dreams.

Your E1 experience will be led by a member of the Pankey Visiting Faculty who has more than 20 years of private practice experience, combined with many years of experience teaching this course. Each E1 teaching team also includes the Institute’s Chairman of Education along with two additional faculty members chosen to address a variety of age levels and practice experiences. Anchoring the team will be the Pankey Institute’s clinical, technical, and laboratory staff, some of whom have been involved in the Pankey Institute’s educational efforts for over 25 years.

Seminars & Clinical Exercises:

• The new patient experience in the exceptional dental practice — setting your practice apart
• Acquiring the records necessary to fully evaluate your new patient
• Centric Relation — How to understand, identify, and record CR
• Introduction to intra-oral photography
• Involving your patient in the process of the comprehensive co-discovery examination
• Understanding function, restoration design, and communication skills to achieve exquisite and predictable aesthetics
• Behavioral foundations that will help you build an enjoyable patient family and a practice team that will minimize stress, be emotionally fulfilling and financially rewarding
• Financial tools for practice and personal financial freedom
• Understanding the renowned L. D. Pankey Philosophy of practice and envisioning a plan to implement these concepts in your practice

Credits: 47 AGD Lecture & Participation Credits

Tuition: $3,900
Lodging is available in the Pankey Condos at Key Colony for $100 per person per night (two course participants per bedroom in a two or three bedroom condo). Single occupancy bedrooms are subject to availability for an additional charge. Lodging for this course may carry specific check-in and check-out parameters. Please contact our Student Services department before finalizing your travel. 

Upcoming Sessions:
April 29-May 3, 2012
July 8-12, 2012
September 9-13, 2012
October 28-November 1, 2012
February 3-7, 2013
March 3-7, 2013
April 14-18, 2013
July 7-11, 2013
September 8-12, 2013
October 27-31, 2013

Classes are Sunday 12:00 p.m. to Thursday 1:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.