Online Courses
LVI Online educational options
This is a great time to take advantage of bringing your office and team up to speed through our LVI online courses. We are now offering a number of our courses as live webinars that you can take from your home or office. For more information or to register email concierge@lviglobal.com or call 888.584.3237.
Laser Treatment in the TMD Practice (Recorded)
August 25, 2023
December 8, 2023
Start Time- 7 AM Pacific Time
Featuring: Dr. Heidi Dickerson
CE Credit: 7.5
Doctor: $1250
Team: $595
The MLS Laser…what does it do and how can you integrate it into your practice? Do you have an MLS laser? Are you thinking about getting one? Register for this online course and come and see how LLLT can benefit your patient’s health and how you can use it to its fullest potential.
Dr. Heidi Dickerson will go over:
- Trigger points
- Muscle deprogramming/relaxation
- Orofacial pain treatments
- Orthodontics
- TMD treatment
- Full body health
- Bell’s Palsy treatment
- Proper settings and treatment times
- Scheduling/billing
- Tons of Hands-on
- ….and much, much more!
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Practical Advanced TMD
June 7-9, 2023
Featuring: Dr. William G. Dickerson & Dr. Heidi Dickerson
CE Credit: 23
Doctor: $4695
Team: $995
The objectives of this course are for the participant to be able to:
- Develop a successful TMD practice
- Joint Decompression and recapturing discs
- Treatment for acute TMJ pain
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Team Fundamentals
June 23, 2023
Featuring: Joseph Dewees
CE Credit: 7
Doctor: $695
Team: $495
This one-day online course is for all team members in your practice, whether you are new to an established LVI practice, your Doctor is just starting their LVI journey, or if you are a regular at LVI and would like to get a review on Physiologic Based Dentistry. Our goal is to give you all the fundamental information to make sure the whole team has a better understanding of Physiologic Based Dentistry and how we are truly helping improve the lives of our patients.
The objectives of this course are for the participant to be able to:
- Handle the New Patient Phone Call
- Effectively communicate with patients by identifying their personality traits
- Discuss what TMD is and how we treat it
- Recognize Signs and Symptoms of TMD
- Identify and implement your role as a team member in treating TMD patients
- Discuss the relationship of Airway and TMD
- Recognize how the face structure changes due to improper airway through growth and development
- Take Hamular Notch Impression and Importance of HIP
- Measure the patients Shimbashi and figure out Golden Vertical
- Properly place the MicroTENS for TENSing
- Discuss EMG’s and how to properly take an M-Scan
- Discuss mounting models of a TAG bite on a Stratos
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The Physiologic Approach to Treating OSA
September 21-23, 2023
Featuring: Dr. John Pawlowicz, Dr. William G. Dickerson & Dr. Heidi Dickerson
CE Credit: 22.5
Doctor: $3,695
Team: $795
Hundreds of millions of people of all ages around the world suffer from snoring and deadly obstructive sleep apnea. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) has been linked to health issues such as: Cardiovascular Disease, Cerebrovascular Accident, Endocrine Disorders, Hormonal Imbalance and Obesity to name a few. Our medical colleagues are asking for our help in both screening and providing well designed Oral Appliance Therapy. OSA is the most common sleep-related breathing disorders. This type of apnea occurs due to distortions within the oral pharynx primarily when the throat muscles intermittently relax and block the airway during sleep. As dentists, we have the perfect setting to identify, help manage, and potentially protect the lives of OSA sufferers.
Are you prepared to start SAVING LIVES?
This program presents an excellent introduction to evidence-based Dental Sleep Medicine and is designed to prepare dentists and their teams to confidently identify, refer, and help co-manage patients with snoring and the potentially deadly effects of obstructive sleep apnea. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the relationships between sleep breathing disorders, physiologic dentistry and general health. They can discover how to get started, immediately expanding their diagnostic acumen and scope of practice. Presentation and discussion will also pertain to patients that suffer with UARS (Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome).
The goal of this course is for all participating dentists to become the Dental Sleep Physicians that medical sleep specialists want and need to recognize and refer patients. After completing this course, one will have an increased ability of discussing OSA with the patient along with what to do about OSA. Additionally, training will be given on how to read and interpret PSG’s as well as sleep studies. The possibility of knowing what to do about OSA when you return to your office on Monday morning should encourage you to experience this course!
The objectives of this course are for the participant to be able to:
- Take a Physiologic Sleep Bite
- Discuss sleep and breathing physiology; normal and pathologic
- Discuss the anatomy and physiology of airway and its relationship to OSA and TMD
- Discuss CBCT analysis in screening and treating OSA/TMD
- Integrate OSA signs and symptoms into routine dental diagnostics
- Identify and differentiate OSA sufferers versus snorers with extreme accuracy
- Discuss why The Physiologic Approach is important
- Perform OSA Consultation examination/palpation
- Select what is needed in snoring and OSA appliances
- Interpret sleep studies
- Discuss how myofunctional therapy can help the OSA patient
- Utilize Portable Monitors/Home Sleep Equipment
- Utilize Combination Therapy – Jointly treating both TMD and OSA at the same time
- Utilize skills to make OSA more practical, efficient and profitable
- Communicate effectively with sleep professionals
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Tethered Oral Tissue (TOT): Diagnosis and treatment in infants and adults with soft tissue lasers (Online and On Campus)
October 25, 2023
Featuring: Dr. Gregory Lane
CE Credit: 7.5
Doctor: $1395
Team: $795
Tethered oral tissue (TOT) can significantly alter the growth and development of children and impact on the quality of life in adults. This course will teach the importance and fundamentals of diagnosing and treating lip and tongue ties with soft tissue lasers. At the conclusion of this course attendees should feel more confident in their ability to recognize and use soft tissue lasers to manage this unappreciated and underdiagnosed anomaly.
The objectives of this course are for the participant to be able to:
- Discuss significance of tethered oral tissues {TOT)s in infants and adults
- Examine, identify, and classify lip and tongue ties
- Discuss basic Laser Physics and the importance of wavelength in the use of soft tissue lasers
- Explain how the body heals after the release of {TOT)s from different modalities
- Incorporate releasing TOTs into your dental practice
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Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (OMD) and Myofunctional therapy
November 9-10, 2023
Featuring: Dr. Heidi Dickerson & Jill Taylor
CE Credit: 15
Doctor: $1995
Team: $995
When the tongue is not acting properly during speech, swallow, or at rest…it can cause all sorts of problems from newborns to adults. From issues with OSA, TMD, pain, restorative/ortho relapses, speech, sucking, posture, and swallowing…to name a few, the tongue plays a huge role. The muscles of the face, mouth, and throat must be in balance to work together in harmony.
This course is designed to enhance your Physiologic Based Practice by uncovering the secrets of the most powerful muscle we work with…THE TONGUE!
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE ARE FOR THE PARTICIPANT TO BE ABLE TO:
- Identify, diagnose and treat the most common OMD’s in your practice.
- Utilize knowledge of how faces develop to create beautiful faces.
- Stop patients from practicing Oral Habits.
- Classify tongue tie and lip ties and identify when and how to surgically remove them.
- Discuss posture as it relates to OSA, TMD and OMD.
- Treat a patient starting Monday morning utilizing hands on myofunctional therapy exercises.
- Review of tongue anatomy and what you need to remember.
- Tongue health: What can your tongue tell you about the state of your health?
- Identify warning signs from birth to puberty and learn how to direct the growth of your children.
- Discuss how OSA and TMD relate to OMD.
- Discuss what screening tools to use the very next day back in your practice.
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Implementing myofunctional therapy in a Physiologic Based Dental Office-Missing Link in treatment of tmjd and osa
November 17, 2023
Featuring: Aida Bosnjak, RDH, OMT, BBPI
CE Credit: 8
Doctor: $995
Team: $595
This one day, online course is designed to help you successfully implement OMT in your own office! Collaborate with your own team, establish a comprehensive team in your office and treat successfully Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders, TMJD and Sleep. Engage whole team in daily OMD screenings.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE ARE FOR THE PARTICIPANT TO BE ABLE TO:
- Discuss the importance of OMT in a physiologic based dental office
- Recognize OMDs
- Discuss the connection between OMDs, TMJD and OSA
- Discuss the importance of taking CBCTs
- Read CBCTs
- Discuss importance of Sleep tests and prevalence of UARS/OSA
- Discuss the importance of OMT training
- Designate one area of the office for OMT
- Discuss effects of oral tethered tissue on TMJD and OSA
- Discuss OMT’s role in successful treatment of TMJD/OSA
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on Demand Webinars
ANTERIOR TOOTH RECONTOURING TO IMPROVE ESTHETIC OUTCOMES
Lunch & Learn 1 hr Webinar with Dr. Michael Bufo
Date and Time: On Demand
The lecture will review some basic tenets of smile design that can be influenced by recontouring and will review recontouring techniques that can be used to improve esthetic outcomes for both porcelain restorations and for natural teeth.
The objectives of this course are for the participant to be able to:
- Discuss basic tenets of smile design
- Discuss the armamentarium and techniques available for recontouring anterior restorations and natural teeth to improve esthetic outcomes
- Discuss how to use optical illusions that make teeth appear narrower, wider or change their inclinations through recontouring
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Infant Oral Tethers Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols
Lunch & Learn 1 hr Webinar with Dr. Douglas Hanson
Date and Time: On Demand
Pricing: $99
The rationale in a physiologic practice to consider implementing these diagnostic and therapeutic paradigms along with the specific protocols necessary to allow basic implementation. A brief and relevant summary of Lasers and basic physics as it applies to the correction of these oral tethers.
The objectives of this course are for the participant to be able to:
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of infant oral tethers
- Implement diagnostic and treatment protocols relevant to infant oral tethers
- Discuss relevant laser physics and adjust parameters to suit the desired outcome
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GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR INTRAORAL SCANNER: FULL MOUTH LVI PROTOCOLS IN A DIGITAL WORLD
Lunch & Learn 1 hr Webinar with Dr. Ryan Jouett
Prerequisites: This course is best taken by those offices that already have an intraoral scanner and have used it for at least three months
In this course we will cover how to take your intraoral scanning to the next level, past just single unit crowns. We will cover Lab communication in a Digital Environment, Digital Dentures, and Digital Protocols for Tag Bites, Bite Transfers, Full Mouth Bite Management and Implants. We will also address the issues labs constantly see with digitally scanned cases and how to avoid them.
The objectives of this course are for the participant to be able to:
- Discuss how your intraoral scanner works
- Communicate effectively to your Lab in a Digital Environment
- Perform a “Scanned Cocoon” of complete dentures
- Scan Fixed Hybrids and bites
- Scan and Digitally transfer TAG Bites
- Scan and Digitally transfer Orthotic Bites
- Manage Full Mouth Prep cases Digitally
- Discuss scanning of implants with scan analogs
- Prevent the most common issues before they get to the lab
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The Importance of Physiologic Based Dentistry
LVI Global Six Part Webinar Series-$99 for entire series or $49 per episode
Don’t miss this webinar series on the Importance of Physiologic Based Dentistry. Physiologic Based science is a broad and all encompassing approach to finding the stable physiologic neutral zone. Historically occlusal theories focused on the hard tissue structures in the system but lacked comprehensive perspective to be able to create predictable outcomes. With the inclusion of the soft tissue analysis along with the hard tissue science, we can arrive at an objective and complete analysis of the entire system including musculature and bone and teeth to create a stable result from multiple perspectives, including posture of the head, neck, body, and jaws. In addition, the muscular balance will create better occlusal stability and long term restorative or orthodontic/orthopedic stability as well as enhanced esthetics for the patient. The continuing education offered at LVI is designed to improve the lives of patients and enhance professional satisfaction.
Total available AGD/ADA CE Credit for attending all six sessions: 6 Credits
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The Power of physiologic based dentistry
Featuring Dr. Bill Dickerson, Founder and CEO of LVI Globa
What is Physiologic Based Dentistry and why is it important for your practice and your patients? This lecture is designed to teach attendees the importance of recognizing the compromised patients and what dentistry can do for them.
Orthotic Therapy in Physiologic based dentistry
Featuring Dr. Chong Lee, Faculty of LVI Global
Test driving the physiologic bite with the properly created orthotic and how it can enhance your practice. This lecture is designed to teach attendees the power of a physiologic orthotic and symptoms that can be addressed that most of you are unaware of.
Omd connection to tmd
Featuring Dr. Heidi Dickerson, President of North American/Australian Operations of LVI Global
Understanding of Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders with the physiologic approach can help us as clinicians to redirect the growth and development in a patient. This lecture is designed to teach how from birth to adulthood that we can influence the patient’s pathway to optimum health and how we can reduce the incidence of OSA and TMD.
Physiologic Ortho TX
Featuring Dr. Timothy Gross, Faculty of LVI Global
Open your eyes to the Physiologic principles of development and orthodontics and what it can do for your patients’ health. Experience the amazing impact of development guidance and Physiologic Orthodontics and how easy it is for general practitioners.
The OSA Connection to TMD and why the physiologic approach
Featuring Dr. Anne-Maree Cole, Faculty of LVI Global
If they are not breathing right, they are not growing right and if they are not sleeping right, everything sucks. Discover the link between your TMD patients and sleep and why the Physiologic approach is essential to living a longer and healthier life.
Implants and dentures in Physiologic Based Dentistry
Featuring Dr. Michael Reece, Faculty of LVI Global
The importance of incorporating physiologic principles when doing implants and dentures. Discover the principles behind Physiologic Based Implants and Dentures.
Post Covid-19 Guide for returning to work
Featuring Joe Dewees, CDA, Director of Team Programs
Available On Demand
Price: $149.99 per attendee
This course is a guide for Doctors and their team with up to date information regarding reopening the practice during the current pandemic. We will review, update and enhance all of your existing office protocols on infection control, and give you the tools to communicate to your patients how we are going above and beyond to keep them safe! We will include ADA/CDC guidelines and PPE checklists and sources for where to get it all.
The objectives of this course are for the participant to be able to:
- Discuss what COVID-19 is and the risks in your dental practice
- Review and discuss Universal Precautions/Standard Precautions and what has changed
- Discuss current PPE and what can be done to add extra protection
- Discuss Masks – Types and how they protect you
- More efficiently communicate with patients regarding safety practices
- Check patients in and out keeping health and safety the number one priority
- Schedule patients and Operatory placement for most effective infection control
- Utilize product spread sheet given during course to quickly order necessary supplies
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Mastering the BioPAK Training Series
Available anytime — (take Online from your home or practice)
Price: $995
Prerequisites: None but made for BioPAK owners so having access to BIoPAK software to follow along is helpful.
Featuring Dr. Bill Dickerson
This educational series will provide you with all the information you will need to effectively use your BioPak.
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