Continuing Education Since January1, 2008

January 21-22, 2012

Inaugural meeting of the International Academy of Endodontics, Dallas, Texas. Endodontics: New Developments in the Basic and Clinical Sciences."  15 different presenters and topics. 11 Credit Hours.


November 16th, 2011

American Dental Society of Anesthesiology Local Chapter, Phoenix, AZ. "Round Table Discussion of Anesthesia Drugs and Their Safety in the Dental Office", 2 credit hours


October 28-29, 2011

Tucson, AZ , Hosted and participated in the third of a three part, six day course, "Implant Education for Endodontists" with Dr. William Becker and Dr. Winston Chee, faculty. 16 credit hours.


October 5-9, 2011

The College of Dental Medicine at Georgia Health Sciences University. "An Intensive Course in Intravenous Conscious Sedation." Drs. Lee Getter and Henry Ferguson.  53.5 Credit Hours.


Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2011

TDO User Meeting, San Diego, CA. "Update of Regenerative Endodontics." Dr. Kumar Subramanian, " Endodontic Surgery for TDO'ers"  Dr. Keith Kanter, "Less Wrong: Embracing Your Uncertainty" Dr. John Khademi, "Understanding Tests and Testing" Dr. John Khademi.  Several lectures on practice management software. 14 Credit hours


Sept 29, 2011

Pacific Endodontic Research Foundation Scientific Session. San Diego, CA. " Diagnostic Error, Uncertainty, and Digital Imaging: Lessons from Medicine" Dr. Kevin Berbaum, PhD.  "What Endodontists Should Know About Sinus Disease: Cone Beam Imaging." Dr. David Hatcher, DDS. "Dosimetry and CBCT Imaging" Dr. John B. Ludlow, DDS.  8 Credit hours


Sept. 22, 2011

American Dental Society of Anesthesiology Local Chapter, Phoenix, AZ. "Medical Emergencies: The Things We often Overlook"  Dr. Skip Harris, 2 Credit hours


Sept 19, 2011

BLS and ACLS training and certification.  Martin Herrera


Sept 16, 2011

Sedona, AZ AzDA Fall Conference. Successful Occlusion: Simplified for the Everyday Practice. Dr. Alexander Carroll. 6 Credit hours


Sept 8, 2011

Chandler, AZ.  Focused Field Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) in Endodontics. Dr. Martin Levin. 2 Credit hours


Aug 27-27, 2011

Scottsdale, AZ , Hosted and participated in the second of a three part, six day course, "Implant Education for Endodontists" with Dr. William Becker and Dr. Winston Chee, faculty. 11 credit hours.


May 5, 2011

Glendale, AZ. "Enhancing The Outcome of Implant Dentistry," by Dr. Robert del Castillo. 2 Credit Hours.


April 30, 2011

Scottsdale, AZ. High Fidelity Human Simulator Course. Managing Complications During Intravenous Sedation and General Anesthesia. Team Approach to Crisis Resource Management (CRM). American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. 4.5 Credit Hours.


April 26, 2011

Scottsdale - Paradise Valley Dental Study Club. "Paradigms for Aesthetic Implant Restoration." Drs Caesar Butera and Daniel Galindo.  2 Credit Hours.


April 8-9, 2011

Scottsdale, AZ , Hosted and participated in the first of a three part, six day course, "Implant Education for Endodontists" with Dr. William Becker and Dr. Winston Chee, faculty. 11 credit hours.


March 31, 2011

Healthcampus.com  Infection Control in Dental Offices and Infection Prevention, 6 Credit Hours


March 21 - 24, 2011

Cayman Brac, FDA meeting. "Using Personal Tech Devices in Dentistry," by Dr. Amy Hahn. "Anterior Interferences & Their Effects on Long Term Dental Health & TMJ," by Dr. Anoop Sondhi.  "A Different School of Thought on Practice Management," by Dr. Anoop Sondhi. UAV's Over Iraq."  by General (Ret) Don Bershear. 16 Credit Hours.


March 10, 2011

Edinburgh, Scotland.  I lectured to the Royal Odonto-Chirurgical Society of Scotland at the Royal College of Surgeons.   "Mishaps in Endodontics: Hitting out of the Rough."


Feb 26-27, 2011

Chicago, IL,  Attended, by invitation only, the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry two day annual meeting. "Restorative Dentistry in a Digital World," by Dr. Dennis Fasbinder. "Engineering of Tissue Interfaces: Using Biomaterial Surfaces and 3-D Structure to Control Tissue Healing and Integration,"  by Dr. John Ricci. "A Biometric Approach to Prosthodontic Planning, Treatment and Ceramic System Selection,"  by Dr. John Sorensen. "The Bruxism Triad: Sleep Bruxism, Sleep Disturbance and Sleep Related GERD," by Dr. Jeffrey Rouse. Joint Based Malocclusions," Dr. James McKee. "Surgically-Facilitated Orthodontic Therapy," Dr. Richard Roblee. 24 Credit Hours.


January 4, 2011

Lutheran Medical Center, AEGD. I lectured to the dental residents on Philosophy, Endodontic Diagnosis and Endodontic Access.


October 17, 2010

JOE Manuscript Review.  I received One Credit Hour for my service as a reviewer of manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Endodontics for publication.


October 1-2, 2010

San Diego, CA. Pacific Endodontic Research Foundation "TDO User Meeting". 16 Credit Hours.


September 30, 2010

San Diego, CA. Pacific Endodontic Research Foundation "TDO Scientific Session"  Cone Beam Technology in Endodontics.  Not only did I attend this session, I presented as well. 8 Credit Hours.


September 16, 2010

Phoenix, AZ "Focused Field Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) in Endodontics." Dr. Martin Levin.  2 Credit Hours


April 17, 2010

Pacific Endodontic Research Scientific Session, San Diego, CA. How Microbial Life Began on Earth, Dr. Jeffrey Bada. Bacterial Plurality and the Supergenome, Dr. Garth Ehrlich, Biofilms and Molecular Approaches to Chronic Infection Part 1 and 2, Drs. Scot Dowd and Randy Wolcott, The Biofilm Disease Model in Chronic Infection, Dr. William Costerton, The Biofilm Disease Model for Apical Periodontitis, Dr. Kishor Gulabivala, some Thoughts on Retreatment Endodontics and Biofilms, Dr. Gary Carr, How We Should Study Apical Periodontitis, Dr. William Costerton. 8 credit hours.


April 2, 2010

I lectured to the residents at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Endodontic cases and Access, 3 hours.


March 23, 2010

Scottsdale - Paradise Valley Dental Study Club. Prosthodontic Potpourri, by Dr. Michael Gibbons.  2 Credit Hours.


February 23rd, 2010

Scottsdale - Paradise Valley Dental Study Club. "Lie to Me", Dr. Sam D. Palmer.  2 Credit Hours.


February 6th, 2010

10th Annual Winter Symposium of the New Jersey Association of Endodontists, District II, Newark, NJ. "Successful Management of Acute Dental Pain;  Managing the Endodontic Infection; Successful Endodontic Therapy Based on Available Evidence - Is It Feasible?'''   Dr. Kenneth Hargreaves and Dr. Gilberto Debelian. 6.0 credit hours.


February 2, 2010

I lectured the the Lutheran Medical Center AEGD residency program in Tucson, AZ on the subject of "Philosophy, Diagnosis, Treatment Planning and Access."  4 hours


January 26, 2010

Scottsdale - Paradise Valley Dental Study Club. "Midwestern University Updates", Dr. Richard J. Simonsen and Dr. Allen Dovigi.  2 Credit Hours.


November 11, 2009

Scottsdale - Paradise Valley Dental Study Club. Understanding Orofacial Pain. Drs. Stan Farrell, DDS and Estelle Farrell, DO.  2 Credit Hours.


November 14th, 2009

Scottsdale, AZ. Arizona Endodontic Association. The Chemistry and Fluid Dynamics of the Endo Vac System. Dr. John Schoeffel. 4 Credit Hours


October 29, 2009

Phoenix, AZ. Focused Field Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) in Endodontic Diagnosis. Dr. Randolph Todd. 2 Credit Hours


October 2 - 3, 2009

San Diego, CA. Attended TDO User Meeting. Participated in 9 different lectures on endodontics and implants.  11 Credit Hours.


October 2, 2009

San Diego, CA. I lectured at the TDO User Meeting, along with Dr. John Khademi, on Rethinking Endodontic Access: An Endodontic and Restorative Perspective.


October 1, 2009

San Diego, CA. TDO Scientific Session. CBCT Review. Drs. Gary Carr and Thomas McClammy. 4 credit hours.


September 29, 2009

Scottsdale - Paradise Valley Dental Study Club. Chemical Dependency, Dr. Michael A. Sucher.  3 Credit Hours.


September 11, 2009

Prescott Resort & Conference Center/ AzDA Fall Conference. Endodontics and Endo/Restorative. Dr. John Khademi  3 Credit Hours


September 11, 2009

Prescott Resort & Conference Center/ AzDA Fall Conference. Technology in the Dental Office. Dr. John Khademi  3 Credit Hours


July 11, 2009

Arizona Endodontic Association. Implant Challenges in Endodontic Practice. Dr. Robert Roda, DDS, MS. 4.0 credit hours


May 26th, 2009

Scottsdale/Paradise Valley Dental Study Club.  Dentist/Laboratory Technician Synergy. Dr. Steven Goldstein, Rick Durkee, C.D.T., and Tom Wiand.  2 hours


April 28th, 2009

Scottsdale - Paradise Valley Dental Study Club. "New Model for Dental Education-Not YOur Father's Dental School". Dr. Jack Dillenberg.  "Practical Approaches to Treating Patients with Special Needs."  Dr. Maureen Romer.         2 Credit Hours.


March 11, 2009

Arizona Carniomandibular Group, Phoenix, AZ. Recent Advances in Non Dental Tooth Pain. Headaches: Diagnosis and Treatment. Rober S. Merrill.


March 24, 2009

Glendale, AZ. "Save or Extract? Objective Endodontic-Implant Reasoning", Dr. Terrell F. Pannkuk. 1.75 Credit Hours


February 7th, 2009

Newark, NJ District II New Jersey Association of Endodontists. "Applying the Endodontic/Implant Algorithm" by Terryl Pannkuk.  "Meeting the Challenge of Treating Compromised Teeth Endodontically and Restoratively." by Marga Ree.  6 hours.


Feb 3rd, 2009

I lectured the the AEGD residency program in Tucson, AZ on the subject of "Philosophy, Diagnosis, Treatment Planning and Access."  3 hours


January 27th, 2009

Scottsdale/Paradise Valley Dental Study Club.  Management of the Endodontic Emergency. Dr. Robert Roda.  2 hours


January 16th - 18th, 2009

Tucson, AZ.  Parental Conscious Sedation  given by Dr. Ken Reed and Dr. Stanley Malamed.  20 hours


December 12th - 14th

Tucson, AZ.  Parental Conscious Sedation  given by Dr. Ken Reed and Dr. Stanley Malamed.  20 hours


November 28th - 30th

Greater New York Dental Meeting, New York City, New York.  Attended exhibit hall to examine manufacturers products and recommendations.  6 credit hours.


October 24th - 26th

Santa Fe Implant, Endodontict, Orthodontic Conference, Santa Fe, NM.  "Implants Indications and Contraindications,"  by Dr. Kevin Pass. "Endodontics and Implants," by Dr. Glen Doyon. "Mini Implants and Orthodontics," by Dr. James Osborne.  "Cracked Teeth:When to Save Them,"  by Dr. Paul Jones. "Restroing Implants," by Dr. Kevin Pass.  "Dealing With Esthetic Zone," by Dr. Cathy Taylor.  12 Credit Hours.


September 26-27th

TDO User Meeting, sponsered by Pacific Endodontic Research Foundation, San Diego.  "Thinking Like a Restorative Dentist" by Dr. Scott Martin.  "Efficient Amalgam Core Buildups" by Dr. John Khademi. "Complex Anatomy" by Dr. Sashi Nallapati.  "Photography" by Drs. Scott Bentkover and Peter Endo.  12 Credit Hours.


September 25th

TDO Scientific Session, sponsered by Pacific Endodontic Research Foundation. San Diego, CA.  "Reading CT Scans" by Dr. Dale Miles.  3 Credit Hours.


September 23rd

Scottsdale-Paradise Valley Dental Study Club.  "The Virtures of Profitable Dentistry," by Dr. Howard Farran.  2 Credit Hours.


June 20th

Scottsdale, AZ,  American Safety & Health Institute Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Program and CPR Pro.  8 Credit Hours.


May 1st - 4th

The Institute For Advanced Dental Education, Oakbrook, IL. Basic/Intermediate Chicago Implant Course given by Dr. Paul Petrungaro.  Lecture and Hands-On.  24 Credit Hours.


April 16th

Infection Prevention Online. 1 Credit Hour.


April 16th

Chemical Dependency in Health Care Online.  3 Credit Hours.


April 16th

Infection Control in Dental Offices Online.  5 Credit Hours.


April 9th - 13th

American Association of Endodontists annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Why Aren't Endodontists Doing Implants? / Successful Implant Therapy After Tooth Extraction, Drs. Mancia and Merino. Biofilms in the Infected Root Canal, Dr. J. William Costerton. Will The Treatment Be Successful, Doc?, Dr. Shimon Friedman. 3-D Analysis of Root Canal Morphology and Its Relationship to Nonsurgical Endodontic Therapy, Dr. Eric Herbranson. Two days reviewing equipment and endodontic products on the exhibit floor. 14 Credit Hours.


March 25th

Scottsdale - Paradise Valley Dental Study Club. Predictable Esthetics With Anterior Implant Restorations, by Dr. Lewis Robinson and Dr. David Barget.  2 Credit Hours.


March 17th - 22nd

Flying Dental Association, San Salvador Island, Bahamas.  Ten Things You Should Know About Resorption, Dr. Robert Smith. Drugs in Dentistry, Dr. Steve Mowery. Pediatirc Emergencies, Dr. Andy Kitchens. 18 Credit Hours.


March 14th - 15th

Center for Advanced Dental Education, Dallas, TX.  Soft Tissue Grafting for Teeth & Implants and 20-20 Oral Plastic Surgery, Course I. Given by Dr. Edward P. Allen.  16 Credit Hours.


February 21st

I lectured to the Gerogia Endodontic Association, Atlanta, Georgia.  System S, An Alternate Obturation Technique.


February 6th

Scottsdale, AZ. Implant Course. Research & Development on the Surgical and Prosthetic Evolution - A Lifelong Connection, by Dr. Neil Meredith. 3 Credit Hours.


January 31st - February 2nd

Dentsply Tulsa Dental Specilaties Winter Conferecne, Telluride, CO.  Dentin's Revenge - The Calcified Canal, Dr. Lisa Germain. Clinical Management of the Dental Trauma and Emergencies: What to DO and When to Do It, Dr. Natanya Padachey.  Retreatments, Should We Do Them? Dr. Denis Simon.  8 Credit Hours.


January 18th - 20th

Soft Tissue Summit, Las Vegas, NV. Achieving Soft Tissue Success in Implant Therapy.  Drs. Edward P. Allen and Carl E. Misch.  Lecture and Hands-On. 22 Credit Hours.


Janurary 16th

Scottsdale, AZ Center For Dentistry. New Aspects of Dentistry. Dr. Gordon Christensen. 2 Credit Hours.


January 15th

Lutheran Medical Center, AEGD. I lectured to the dental residents on Philosophy, Endodontic Diagnosis and Endodontic Access.


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