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E4: Posterior Reconstruction and Completing the Comprehensive Treatment Sequence
This Course Is Sold Out The purpose of this course is to help you develop mastery with complex cases involving advanced restorative procedures, precise sequencing and interdisciplinary coordination. Building on the learning in Essentials Three which focuses on anterior restorative dentistry this course will move to the posterior and encompass full arch and full mouth rehabilitation. You will confirm the practical utilization of the Pankey Restorative Sequence. You will understand the nuances of tooth preparation and materials utilized today in…
Find out more »E1: Aesthetic & Functional Treatment Planning
This Course is Sold Out! Transform your experience of practicing dentistry, increase predictability, profitability and fulfillment. The Essentials Series is the Key, and Aesthetic and Functional Treatment Planning is where your journey begins. Following a system of risk assessment, patient ownership and risk management creates technical excellence and predictability. Practicing dentistry the way you want, doing the procedures you enjoy most with patients who value and appreciate you and the exceptional care they receive. This course is built on an exam,…
Find out more »The Pankey Administrative Team: Inspiring Front Office Excellence
This Course Is Sold Out. The Pankey Administrative Team: Inspiring Front Office Excellence Front office systems for a Pankey-trained dentist hold very specific differences compared to a typical dental office. Learning how to differentiate your practice begins and ends with the people that your patients experience as they enter and leave your office. Join us for this unique program designed with your practice in mind! From answering the phones to crafting an intentional schedule, this course provides your administrative team…
Find out more »E3: Restorative Integration of Form & Function
This Course Is Sold Out! Understanding that “form follows function” is critical for knowing how to blend what looks good with what predictably functions well. E3 is the phase of your Essentials journey in which we put the form and function pieces of the puzzle together. In this course, you will learn that the anterior and posterior determinants of occlusion can be blended with aesthetic considerations to result in a harmonious outcome. You will be exposed to appropriate restorative sequencing…
Find out more »E4: Posterior Reconstruction and Completing the Comprehensive Treatment Sequence
The purpose of this course is to help you develop mastery with complex cases involving advanced restorative procedures, precise sequencing and interdisciplinary coordination. Building on the learning in Essentials Three which focuses on anterior restorative dentistry this course will move to the posterior and encompass full arch and full mouth rehabilitation. You will confirm the practical utilization of the Pankey Restorative Sequence. You will understand the nuances of tooth preparation and materials utilized today in the posterior for full and…
Find out more »Restoring Posterior Dentition: Through Direct & Indirect Analog & Digital Adhesive Solutions
Class 2 Direct Composite Restoration The evolution of composite materials together with adhesive techniques are meeting the requests of patients, who ask less invasive therapies combined with highly esthetic results in posterior and anterior regions. The range of restorative options is getting wider, thanks to composite that can adequately respond to mechanical stress, offering natural aesthetics and an effective adhesion when treated with specific protocols. At the same time there are situation where ceramic is more indicated. The main goal…
Find out more »E2: Occlusal Appliances & Equilibration
This Course Is Sold Out! What if you had one tool that increased comprehensive case acceptance, managed patients with moderate to high functional risk, verified centric relation and treated signs and symptoms of TMD? Appliance therapy is that one tool. This course will teach you the rationale for when to use different appliance designs, and the fabrication and delivery protocols. You will be able to use an appliance diagnostically, therapeutically and behaviorally. We will continue to deepen your knowledge of…
Find out more »The Pankey Hygienist: Where Clinical & Behavioral Science Unite
This Course is Sold Out! The Power of Development Hygienists and Dentists: Are you ready for your hygiene appointments to be more effective both clinically and relationally? Can you imagine having a totally fresh perspective on what is possible as a dental hygienist? No matter the level of education or experience in dentistry, practicing as a hygienist with a Pankey-trained dentist requires a unique set of advanced skills in order to be truly effective. This course provides attendees with the…
Find out more »E1: Aesthetic & Functional Treatment Planning
This Course Is Sold Out Transform your experience of practicing dentistry, increase predictability, profitability and fulfillment. The Essentials Series is the Key, and Aesthetic and Functional Treatment Planning is where your journey begins. Following a system of risk assessment, patient ownership and risk management creates technical excellence and predictability. Practicing dentistry the way you want, doing the procedures you enjoy most with patients who value and appreciate you and the exceptional care they receive. This course is built on an exam,…
Find out more »TMD & Orofacial Pain: Managing Complex Patients
This Course Is Sold Out TMD patients present with a wide range of concerns and symptoms from tension headaches and muscle challenges to significant joint inflammation and breakdown. Accurate thorough diagnosis is the first step and we will work through a systematic process of gathering a history, clinical exam, appropriate radiography and using new technology for joint diagnosis. The course will cover traditional treatment options of appliance therapy and equilibration, but also look at utilizing pharmacology, physical therapy and other…
Find out more »E2: Occlusal Appliances & Equilibration
This Course Is Sold Out! What if you had one tool that increased comprehensive case acceptance, managed patients with moderate to high functional risk, verified centric relation and treated signs and symptoms of TMD? Appliance therapy is that one tool. This course will teach you the rationale for when to use different appliance designs, and the fabrication and delivery protocols. You will be able to use an appliance diagnostically, therapeutically and behaviorally. We will continue to deepen your knowledge of…
Find out more »Mastering Business Essentials
The Blueprint for Running a Practice with Long-Term Growth Dr. Pankey’s original philosophy encouraged dental professionals to be proficient in 3 specific areas: technical mastery, behavioral excellence and business savvy. This program focuses on the third area; your potential as a business entrepreneur and how to intentionally impact your future. Targeted for dentists along with other key team members, this 2 ½ day program is designed to help develop the strategies that are imperative to the health and profitability of…
Find out more »Mastering Equilibration
Equilibration is the cornerstone of creating an organized occlusion that lowers functional risk. Whether you have patients in appliances who could benefit from having their occlusion optimized during the daytime, complete larger restorative cases and are looking to minimize force on ceramics, or simply want to make sure every tooth you adjust has an optimized occlusion this is the course for you. We will explore different approaches and techniques for equilibration, as well as discuss how it is an adjunct to esthetic dentistry. Emphasis will…
Find out more »E3: Restorative Integration of Form & Function
This Course Is Sold Out! Understanding that “form follows function” is critical for knowing how to blend what looks good with what predictably functions well. E3 is the phase of your Essentials journey in which we put the form and function pieces of the puzzle together. In this course, you will learn that the anterior and posterior determinants of occlusion can be blended with aesthetic considerations to result in a harmonious outcome. You will be exposed to appropriate restorative sequencing…
Find out more »E2: Occlusal Appliances & Equilibration
This Course Is Sold Out! What if you had one tool that increased comprehensive case acceptance, managed patients with moderate to high functional risk, verified centric relation and treated signs and symptoms of TMD? Appliance therapy is that one tool. This course will teach you the rationale for when to use different appliance designs, and the fabrication and delivery protocols. You will be able to use an appliance diagnostically, therapeutically and behaviorally. We will continue to deepen your knowledge of…
Find out more »E4: Posterior Reconstruction and Completing the Comprehensive Treatment Sequence
This Course is Sold Out The purpose of this course is to help you develop mastery with complex cases involving advanced restorative procedures, precise sequencing and interdisciplinary coordination. Building on the learning in Essentials Three which focuses on anterior restorative dentistry this course will move to the posterior and encompass full arch and full mouth rehabilitation. You will confirm the practical utilization of the Pankey Restorative Sequence. You will understand the nuances of tooth preparation and materials utilized today in…
Find out more »E1: Aesthetic & Functional Treatment Planning
Transform your experience of practicing dentistry, increase predictability, profitability and fulfillment. The Essentials Series is the Key, and Aesthetic and Functional Treatment Planning is where your journey begins. Following a system of risk assessment, patient ownership and risk management creates technical excellence and predictability. Practicing dentistry the way you want, doing the procedures you enjoy most with patients who value and appreciate you and the exceptional care they receive. This course is built on an exam, diagnosis and treatment planning system based…
Find out more »Masters’ Week
Master Your Skills Masters’ Week is a unique learning experience each and every year where we bring together a group of talented speakers to share on a range of topics. Our four day program will feature 4 phenomenal clinicians and educators presenting four incredible topics. In classic Pankey style the experience, education and community will make this a program not to be missed. Master’s Week has a special place in the hearts and minds of many Pankey Alumni. This is…
Find out more »Functional Esthetic Excellence Utilizing 100% Digital Workflow
This Course Is Sold Out Embracing Digital Dentistry This course will introduce each participant to the possibilities of complex case planning utilizing 100% digital workflows. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding how software can be utilized to manipulate digital data from scanners and CBCTs to create high-resolution outputs from 3D Printers. Each participant will have control over their own computer, loaded with the 3Shapes Premier software, and will learn how to mount models, perform trial equilibrations, program a virtual…
Find out more »E1: Aesthetic & Functional Treatment Planning
Transform your experience of practicing dentistry, increase predictability, profitability and fulfillment. The Essentials Series is the Key, and Aesthetic and Functional Treatment Planning is where your journey begins. Following a system of risk assessment, patient ownership and risk management creates technical excellence and predictability. Practicing dentistry the way you want, doing the procedures you enjoy most with patients who value and appreciate you and the exceptional care they receive. This course is built on an exam, diagnosis and treatment planning system based…
Find out more »Mastering Advanced Splint Therapy
This Course Is Sold Out If you are ready to take what you know about appliance therapy to the next level, then this course is a must. The anatomic appliance is one of the most impactful diagnostic and therapeutic tools for designing occlusal schemes that can lead to predictability in restorative care. The anatomic appliance is the only splint that can truly preview the occlusion and restorative design for a patient. It is also a wonderful tool that can create…
Find out more »Pankey Assistant’s Experience
This "can't miss" course will empower Dental Assistants to bring their skills to excellence! During this dynamic hands-on course, led by Pankey clinical team member, Sandra Caicedo, participants will learn and experience how to make bite splints with a very high degree of accuracy. This course will include how to ensure predictability by making better material choices, taking excellent impressions and will demonstrate the use and application of the facebow. Participants will get hands-on experience and learn how to accurately articulate…
Find out more »Creating Great Case Acceptance
There are numerous courses marketed to dentists today that are focused on “Getting the patient to say yes” and “Increasing the ______ (fill in the blank) technical procedure to increase production in the practice.” These courses are focused on sales techniques that are ineffective at best and ill-founded. This course will allow participants to learn what really matters in facilitating health. In essence, they will learn Dr. Pankey’s philosophy in detail. They will learn how to engage their patients so…
Find out more »E2: Occlusal Appliances & Equilibration
What if you had one tool that increased comprehensive case acceptance, managed patients with moderate to high functional risk, verified centric relation and treated signs and symptoms of TMD? Appliance therapy is that one tool. This course will teach you the rationale for when to use different appliance designs, and the fabrication and delivery protocols. You will be able to use an appliance diagnostically, therapeutically and behaviorally. We will continue to deepen your knowledge of practice and financial management and…
Find out more »Integrative Dental Medicine: Creating Healthier Patients & Practices
We face a severe health crisis, that is a much larger pandemic than Covid19! Our western lifestyle affects periodontal & periapical oral disease, vascular disease, breathing disordered sleep, GERD, dental malocclusions, bruxism, poor diets, lack of exercise, excessive weight, high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, and stress... all examples of the co-morbidities which put every one of us at risk in a viral world! Dentistry is the medical specialty of oral medicine. Oral health is directly related to complete health: the…
Find out more »E4: Posterior Reconstruction and Completing the Comprehensive Treatment Sequence
This Course Is Sold Out The purpose of this course is to help you develop mastery with complex cases involving advanced restorative procedures, precise sequencing and interdisciplinary coordination. Building on the learning in Essentials Three which focuses on anterior restorative dentistry this course will move to the posterior and encompass full arch and full mouth rehabilitation. You will confirm the practical utilization of the Pankey Restorative Sequence. You will understand the nuances of tooth preparation and materials utilized today in…
Find out more »Smile Design: The 7 Deadly Sins
Designing Smiles is What We Do! From direct to indirect restorative – to clear aligners – to interdisciplinary care – designing smiles is what we do. Those who understand and implement 7 core principles don’t just design smiles, they design their practice success and financial futures. This Smile Design: The 7 Deadly Sins journey – begins with clinical assessment – travels to treatment plan options – and then hands-on ultraconservative direct (injection moulding) and indirect (porcelain veneer) preparation, design, scan,…
Find out more »E3: Restorative Integration of Form & Function
Understanding that “form follows function” is critical for knowing how to blend what looks good with what predictably functions well. E3 is the phase of your Essentials journey in which we put the form and function pieces of the puzzle together. In this course, you will learn that the anterior and posterior determinants of occlusion can be blended with aesthetic considerations to result in a harmonious outcome. You will be exposed to appropriate restorative sequencing and receive detailed guidance for…
Find out more »E1: Aesthetic & Functional Treatment Planning
Transform your experience of practicing dentistry, increase predictability, profitability and fulfillment. The Essentials Series is the Key, and Aesthetic and Functional Treatment Planning is where your journey begins. Following a system of risk assessment, patient ownership and risk management creates technical excellence and predictability. Practicing dentistry the way you want, doing the procedures you enjoy most with patients who value and appreciate you and the exceptional care they receive. This course is built on an exam, diagnosis and treatment planning system based…
Find out more »Mastering Anterior Implant Esthetics
Although implant dentistry is considered one of the most predictable treatments we offer, guaranteeing optimal anterior implant esthetics is tricky and often feels challenging to create predictably. This program will look at the steps in differentiating high risk versus low risk anterior implant cases when it comes to final esthetics. We will also look at how to optimize the esthetics outcomes starting with pre-surgical augmentation, fixture position and advanced implant prosthetic techniques to make success predictable. Learning Objectives Anterior Implant…
Find out more »Utilizing Clear Aligner Therapy in a Digital Workflow: From Photo to Finish with Smile Architect
Enhance Restorative Outcomes This one-and-a-half-day course is designed for Invisalign providers who want to improve restorative outcomes with clear aligner therapy. The course focuses on the digital workflow for comprehensive treatment planning, simplifying equilibration with proper tooth alignment, and improving oral health with alignment of teeth. Current Invisalign providers who wish to enhance their skill using Invisalign Clear Aligners will gain the most benefit from the course. The course offers hands-on experiences with the iTero scanner, ClinCheck® software, and other…
Find out more »E1: Aesthetic & Functional Treatment Planning
Transform your experience of practicing dentistry, increase predictability, profitability and fulfillment. The Essentials Series is the Key, and Aesthetic and Functional Treatment Planning is where your journey begins. Following a system of risk assessment, patient ownership and risk management creates technical excellence and predictability. Practicing dentistry the way you want, doing the procedures you enjoy most with patients who value and appreciate you and the exceptional care they receive. This course is built on an exam, diagnosis and treatment planning system based…
Find out more »Mastering Dental Photography: From Start to Finish
Dental photography is an indispensable tool for a high level practice. We will review camera set-up and what settings to use for each photo. All photos from diagnostic series, portraits, lab communication and social media posts will be covered. Participants are encouraged to bring their own cameras as we will have ample time for hands-on practice. Learning Objectives • Understand the fundamentals of camera settings for dental photography • Tips and techniques for shade matching and lab communication • How…
Find out more »E3: Restorative Integration of Form & Function
This Course is Sold Out Understanding that “form follows function” is critical for knowing how to blend what looks good with what predictably functions well. E3 is the phase of your Essentials journey in which we put the form and function pieces of the puzzle together. In this course, you will learn that the anterior and posterior determinants of occlusion can be blended with aesthetic considerations to result in a harmonious outcome. You will be exposed to appropriate restorative sequencing…
Find out more »E2: Occlusal Appliances & Equilibration
What if you had one tool that increased comprehensive case acceptance, managed patients with moderate to high functional risk, verified centric relation and treated signs and symptoms of TMD? Appliance therapy is that one tool. This course will teach you the rationale for when to use different appliance designs, and the fabrication and delivery protocols. You will be able to use an appliance diagnostically, therapeutically and behaviorally. We will continue to deepen your knowledge of practice and financial management and…
Find out more »Direct Composite: Predictable, Easy and Beautiful
Achieving Predictable and Stunning Anterior Results Direct composite is something we do every day in our practices. Yet, they can sometimes be frustrating when we don’t get a tight contact or a beautiful anterior result. The choice of materials and techniques today is complex and challenging to differentiate between. We will look at the science of the materials and step by step techniques to get predictable and beautiful results every day. The hands-on component will allow you to utilize the…
Find out more »E4: Posterior Reconstruction and Completing the Comprehensive Treatment Sequence
The purpose of this course is to help you develop mastery with complex cases involving advanced restorative procedures, precise sequencing and interdisciplinary coordination. Building on the learning in Essentials Three which focuses on anterior restorative dentistry this course will move to the posterior and encompass full arch and full mouth rehabilitation. You will confirm the practical utilization of the Pankey Restorative Sequence. You will understand the nuances of tooth preparation and materials utilized today in the posterior for full and…
Find out more »Mastering Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry
Aesthetic dentistry is where artistic form meets functional restorative dentistry. Where patients, clinicians, specialists and laboratory technicians communicate with each other in an effective way and each provide input contributing to the success of the treatment. Accomplishing exquisite all ceramic restorative results is a combination of preparation technique, materials selection and technical execution. We will walk through the process from beginning (treatment planning) to the end (seating the restorations). Tips for technical success and the knowledge to execute these cases…
Find out more »Compromise to Co-Discovery: A Treatment Planning Journey
The Balance of Communication, Case Planning & Occlusion Dr. Melkers always brings a unique perspective to his workshops and challenges us to the way we think. At Compromise to Co-Discovery, we will be exploring a variety of challenges in communication, treatment planning, and of course occlusion. Not to give away the surprise, but our time together will be unique! The attendees will treatment plan for the same patient three ways below, at and above ‘the line’ in their desired level…
Find out more »TMD & Orofacial Pain: Managing Complex Patients
TMD patients present with a wide range of concerns and symptoms from tension headaches and muscle challenges to significant joint inflammation and breakdown. Accurate thorough diagnosis is the first step and we will work through a systematic process of gathering a history, clinical exam, appropriate radiography and using new technology for joint diagnosis. The course will cover traditional treatment options of appliance therapy and equilibration, but also look at utilizing pharmacology, physical therapy and other non-traditional modalities. Whether your goal…
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For courses under $500, payment is due in full at the time of registration. Cancellations received prior to 90 days before the start of the course will be honored minus a $50 administrative fee which is non-refundable.
Courses over $500 require a non-refundable deposit at the time of registration. The tuition balance is due 90 days prior to the start date of the course. Requests received prior to 90 days before the start of the course will be subject to forfeiture of the deposit and 50% of the course tuition, however, the remaining tuition may be transferred to another course date.
No refunds or transfers will be issued for cancellations received within 90 days of the start of the course. Please allow 3 weeks for processing of refunds. Pankey reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any course or scheduled faculty with advance notice to registrant. In no event shall Pankey be liable for any cancellation or change penalties assessed by the airlines, hotels, or other travel related expenses as a result of course date changes or course cancellations including changes related to weather, natural disasters, or other unforeseen events.
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