2020 STUDY CLUB PROGRAM
Virginia Museum of History & Culture | Richmond, Virginia
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Commonwealth Oral & Facial Surgery will select the presenters and content that members of our study club will experience, with three in-person programs each year. We work hard to ensure the presenters and moderators are maintaining strict scientific integrity, providing a unique opportunity for our members to network and gain CE credits.
We make sure any co-sponsors who provide speaker honorariums won’t control or limit content, and we comply with the AGD/PACE provisions. In addition, the CE Program committee has agreed that co-sponsor sales representatives will keep their materials in a separate room from the educational lectures, so there is no exposure to commercial interests unless our members seek them out!
- To bring new technology to the dental community.
- To promote a free exchange of ideas within the professional community.
- To thereby raise the collective patient benefit in the community as a result of the free exchange of ideas and of the increased knowledge within the community.
2020 Season
2020 Session #1
February 28, 2020
8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
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Capturing the Full-Arch Opportunity in Your Market
Are you clinically prepared to satisfy the increasing patient demand for full-arch fixed implant prostheses on the day of surgery? In 2005, the over-65 population reached 43 million; by 2025, this group will escalate to 80 million, bringing along with it an increasing number of edentulous and partially edentulous patients. When proven clinical techniques are applied, immediate occlusal loading has a documented success rate of over 95 percent. Many practices want to place more dental implants and perform more full-arch cases, but struggle to attract, treatment plan and close these large procedures. Join us this CE training course to learn treatment planning and marketing techniques to increase case acceptance, especially among your existing patients.
Learning Objectives:
- A step-by-step blueprint on treatment planning and patient consultation protocols for achieving higher case acceptance
- How to cost-effectively identify and attract a consistent stream of full arch cases in your practice
- Case acceptance strategies, fees and patient financing
- Best practices for applying a team methodology with the surgical specialist, restorative doctor and the laboratory
Biography
Dr. Andrew Ferrier earned his dental degree from UCLA and completed the three year Prosthodontic Residency Program at UCSF. For the past 8 years, he has treated patients with full arch immediate load treatment concepts in his private practice and for a dental implant center. Dr. Ferrier serves as the staff prosthodontist for the Head and Neck Surgery Department of Kaiser Hospital in Oakland. He has completed over 1,000 arches and conducted thousands of maintenance visits and patient consultations. Dr. Ferrier has held a position of assistant clinical professor at UCSF. He lectures internationally on a broad variety of topics including implants, CEREC, and dental practice management.
2020 Session #2
September 10, 2020
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Zoom Webinar
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Optimizing Social Media and Online Reputation Management to Drive New Patient Growth
Lori Bernardo, RDH has over 30 years in the dental profession as a dental hygienist, practice consultant, corporate trainer, and sales and marketing executive. She has developed a deep understanding of the unique challenges of building and marketing a dental practice by working with hundreds of dental practices across the US. Lori’s diverse background gives her the ability to explain these topics in an easy to understand manner that the audience can grasp. She delivers the information along with real strategies that the audience can use to easily make impactful changes to their practices.
Learning Objectives:
In this webinar we will learn how to harness the power of social media platforms and online reputation management to highly engage your existing patient base; turning them into strong ‘brand ambassadors’ for your practice. Learn how to use these tools to build brand loyalty, increase patient retention, attract new patients and market your services.
2020 Session #3
September 14, 2020
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Zoom Webinar
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How to Optimize Your Website & Online Presence to Generate New Patients
Ian McNickle is a nationally recognized marketer, speaker, and author. He has twice been named a top CE Leader and Consultant by Dentistry Today (2020, 2019). His teaching style breaks down the complexities of dental marketing in an easy to understand approach that the non-marketer can comprehend and implement. Ian is a Co-Founder and Partner at WEO Media, a national dental marketing firm where he leads their consulting, sales, and marketing teams, as well as product development activities. Ian has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, and he has an MBA from the University of Washington.
Learning Objectives:
In this webinar we will explore best practices for optimizing your practice website in order to help it rank highly on Google, and convert website traffic into new patient leads. We will review the 3 primary steps in the new patient generation process, and what you can do today to improve your results.
2020 Session #4
September 17, 2020
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Zoom Webinar
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Jump Start Your Practice Growth on Google: SEO & PPC Best Practices to Drive New Patients
Ian McNickle is a nationally recognized marketer, speaker, and author. He has twice been named a top CE Leader and Consultant by Dentistry Today (2020, 2019). His teaching style breaks down the complexities of dental marketing in an easy to understand approach that the non-marketer can comprehend and implement. Ian is a Co-Founder and Partner at WEO Media, a national dental marketing firm where he leads their consulting, sales, and marketing teams, as well as product development activities. Ian has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, and he has an MBA from the University of Washington.
Learning Objectives:
In this webinar we will analyze best practices for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and PPC (Pay-Per-Click) ads on Google. When properly implemented these two powerful marketing channels can produce a consistent and ongoing source of quality new patients.