2023 Washington State Society of Orthodontists
Doctor and Team Annual Meeting

 

Please plan to join us for the 2023 WSSO Annual Meeting on Friday, February 24, 2023!

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Speakers for the day:

Speaker for Doctors

It's All About the Flow...The Digital Workflow – with Jason B. Cope, DDS, PhD, FACD

Have you ever thought that doing in-house aligners (IHA) is too much of a hassle or too expensive upfront to justify taking the leap? If you have, think again! Current technology provides today's orthodontist everything they need to get started at historically low costs and manage their own IHA production facility with their own brand that represents and builds their own reputation instead of an outside lab’s brand. Modern software allows us to maintain quality, while considerably reducing the expense of outsourcing labwork and delaying treatment starts or refinements. 

This presentation will introduce the major steps of the Digital Workflow utilizing In-House Aligner Fabrication as the example. Various cost examples and pros/cons of different systems will be presented to answer the question “is it worth going all in”. We will also cover the basics of setting up a digital lab as well as 3D printing. Multiple clinical examples will be used to demonstrate which clinical cases are most appropriate for in-house aligners. While many see the future of orthodontics as doomed by market disruption, it is actually an exciting time to reinvent ourselves and create even better experiences and outcomes for our patients. Welcome to the future of Orthodontics! Its bright, and more importantly, we are in control of it!

Learning Objectives - After this lecture, you will:

• appreciate the factors critical to implementing a digital workflow.
• understand how to setup a digital lab. 
• be able to evaluate important features of tooth movement software.
• appreciate what cases are most appropriate for in-house aligners.
• be able to understand the essentials of becoming your own aligner manufacturer.

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Speakers for Team Members
Administrative Team Members - morning and afternoon
Clinical Team Members - morning and afternoon (or in afternoon, Debonding workshop)

Morning Lecture - The Smart, Savvy & Successful Practice with LeeAnn Peniche

Join LeeAnn Peniche as she shares the expectations of the most complicated multigenerational orthodontic market in history.  She will share how to target, attract, and treat every generation from boomers to generations X, Y & Z. This course will focus on building a successful practice with an "on-brand team" that is committed to making a difference in patients' lives, communities and the world.  LeeAnn will share how to attain measurable results from the first point of contact through the final days of retention “and beyond" by utilizing smart systems and savvy judgment.

Learning Objectives:

• Provide a customized extraordinary patient experience
• Increase New Patient Exams & Starts
• Understand the “why” behind what we do

Afternoon Lecture - Dancing with Data with LeeAnn Peniche

The word "data" does not sound sexy or exciting.  Data has been known as the "big yawn" until today.  Join LeeAnn Peniche as she brings to life what your data means.  LeeAnn will share how to simplify statistics, turn numbers into a scoreboard for success and truly dance with your data. This course will show how the doctor, manager, department leads and team can identify strengths, weaknesses, and create a game plan for improvement and celebration.  LeeAnn will share how the numbers tell a story and when necessary, you can rewrite the ending.  We will review clinical success, scheduling, observation, marketing, case acceptance, staffing and recruiting.  This is so exciting!  No yawning here!

Learning Objectives:

• Identify strengths and weaknesses in each department
• Create custom benchmarks
• Build an executive team
• Increase New Patient Exams & Starts
• Understand the “why” behind what we do

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Afternoon speaker for Clinical Team Members
Debond!  How to safely remove brackets, bands, and bonding resin from tooth surfaces - lecture and workshop with Geoff Greenlee, DDS, MSD, MPH

This session is designed to provide the necessary background information to prepare orthodontic dental assistants to:

• Safely remove fixed orthodontic appliances
• Understand the evidence about patient comfort and enamel safety during bracket removal
• Safely remove bonding composite resin and polish enamel
• Understand and use a dental handpiece and rotary instruments
• Recognize risks and pitfalls during appliance removal

The Debond Workshop is back!  Please reserve your space!

Part of this session will be dedicated to hands-on training in safe appliance debonding and composite resin removal with a dental handpiece. Attendees will gain knowledge and skills preparing them to progress on to supervised training on patients with a licensed orthodontist at their office.

Course Presenters

Jason B. Cope received his DDS, Orthodontic Certificate, and PhD from Baylor College of Dentistry. He has published 32 journal articles, 36 book chapters, and two orthodontic textbooks. In addition, he has given over 320 presentations around the world. Dr. Cope’s private practice is located in Dallas, Texas, where he treats patients 3 days a week. Dr. Cope was a pioneer in the development of Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs). In 2003, he partnered with IMTEC Corp to develop the Ortho Implant, the first US manufactured orthodontic MiniScrew Implant (MSI). He coined the term Temporary Anchorage Devices and the nomenclature system used to describe the various TAD systems. He also developed the Cope Placement ProtocolTM, the first minimally invasive protocol utilizing drill-free MSI placement with topical anesthetic only. Other MSI protocols and products he developed include the biomechanically-oriented palatal approach to openbite closure, a patented openbite-closing transplatal arch, biomechanically-oriented molar protraction, the temporary replacement of missing lateral incisors in adolescents, a patented locking closed coil spring, as well as Class II and Class III distalization protocols. 

Most recently, Dr. Cope’s activities have been focused on the integration of digital 3D data into orthodontic workflows. A specific focus is merging the intraoral scan with CBCT data to create a functional working model for digital treatment planning and tooth movement in preparation for customized in-office aligner delivery and digitally guided bonding (DGBTM) with the fabrication of directly printed bonding, thereby avoiding the traditional laboratory process. He is also working on a new TAD system.

Through innovative, proven and proprietary Systems, LeeAnn Peniche has consistentlybrought smiles to orthodontists for more than 30 years. As the founder and President ofPeniche & Associates, she has earned a reputation as one of the country’s premierorthodontic consultants who specialize in case acceptance, scripting, marketing andpractice systemization. Over 3,000 practices have experienced first-hand her creativeoutlook, years of expertise and proven track record of success. LeeAnn’s life has beencommitted to providing Orthodontists and their practices with the tools and Systems fortheir continued success through lectures, in office training as well as her trademarkedTreatment Coordinator IntensiveTM Workshop, Office Management AcademyTM, YESAcademyTM and Millennial Marketing AcademyTM.

Dr. Geoff Greenlee completed his undergraduate and dental training at the University of Michigan, and then completed a Masters degree and clinical residency in orthodontics at the University of Washington.  An interest in cleft lip/palate and craniofacial anomalies led Dr. Greenlee to do a fellowship in this subspecialty at Seattle Children's Hospital where he remains on faculty and provides clinical care.  Geoff finished a Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology in 2009 and remains very interested in public health services and policy as well as study design and data analysis.  Currently, Dr. Greenlee is Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Orthodontics Clinic at the University of Washington in Seattle where he teaches, practices, and does research.  His research interests include evidence-based care, CLP and craniofacial anomalies, access to care for underserved populations, and quality of life.  Dr. Greenlee is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics.

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