VANCOUVER, British Columbia, CANADA: The 2019 Pacific Dental Conference was held March 7 to 9 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The dental industry’s latest advancements, engaging sessions and fun with fellow professionals filled the days. The meeting is considered one of the largest dental conferences in North America.
The event featured a comprehensive agenda of more than 200 open sessions and hands-on courses presented by some of dentistry’s top clinicians and thought leaders. The program enabled attendees to earn up to 20 C.E. credits.
The Live Dentistry Stage was located on the west side of the Exhibit Hall. It was sponsored by A-dec and Sinclair, and each session also had cosponsors. This year marked the 10th season of live dentistry at the Pacific Dental Conference.
There were many offerings. Warren Roberts, DMD, performed “EMG Guided Botulinum Toxin Therapy for TMD,” cosponsored by the Pacific Training Institute for Facial Aesthetics. Ho-Young Chung, DDS, and Dmitriy Ivanov, DDS, performed “Surgical Options for Peri-Implantitis and Other Implant Complications.” Michael Layton, DDS, and David Dana, DDS, Prosthodontist, performed “Technological Advancements in Orthodontics and Indirect Bonding.”
In addition, Peter Walford, DDS, FCARDP, performed “Building Teeth Using Composite, Bulk Fill and Fibers.” Sonia Leziy, DDS, Dipl Perio, FCDS(BC), FRCD(C), performed “Palatal Tissue vs. Dermal Graft Substitutes for Root Coverage,” cosponsored by BioHorizons Canada and ProNorth Medical Corp. Mark Kwon, DMD, and Bernard Jin, DMD, performed “Socket Shield: New Approach to Esthetic Implant Therapy,” cosponsored by the BITES Institute.
On the show floor, Align Technology booth allowed meeting attendees to see the ITero Element 5D in action. It’s the first 3-D intraoral scanner with NIRI technology. The booth also had a number of mini-classes being presented by top practitioners.
Meeting attendees could also see how Navident 2.1 by ClaroNav can enable any instrument to be used with precision guidance — simplifying protocols, increasing accuracy and improving outcomes.
Dentsply Sirona displayed its Primescan, and it presented short education sessions on it every half hour. The company reports that the intraoral scanner is capable of deeper and more precise imaging thanks to high-resolution sensors and shortwave light that capture up to one million 3-D points per second. The resulting high-resolution 3-D digital impressions can be intuitively manipulated on a touch screen to improve patient acceptance and achieve high-quality outcomes whether in house or with a lab.
DiaDent presented its DiaPaste premixed calcium hydroxide paste with barium sulfate root-canal treatment. It’s premixed, stable, flexible, highly radiopaque antibacterial, biocompatible — and easy to remove because it’s water soluble.
In the SciCan booth, you could check out the STATCLAVE G4 chamber autoclave. Its 11-inch chamber and vacuum-assisted closed-door drying can deliver sterilized-and-dried wrapped instruments in as little as 38 minutes.
In the Shofu booth, you could quickly see how the EyeSpecial C-III dental camera can save you and your staff all sorts of time and supplies. Because it’s designed specifically for dentistry, it’s easy for any team member to quickly master and quickly produces the results needed for the specific patient and procedure.
At the Designs for Vision booth, you could check out the high-definition, ultra-lightweight headlights that brightly illuminate the entire oral cavity.
Dmitriy Ivanov, DDS, narrates as Ho-Young Chung, DDS, demonstrates ‘Surgical Options for Peri-Implantitis and Other Implant Complications’ on the Live Dentistry Stage Thursday morning in the PDC Exhibit Hall. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
Dr. Stephane Reinhardt presents ‘Step by Step Practice Growth: Integrating Invisalign in Your Day to Day General Dental Practice’ in the Align Technology booth. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
Kathleen Bokrossy and Anssi Dumontier display a colorful selection of instruments in the Bisco booth. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
Mike Freeman and Darrell Cook demonstrate the high-tech but user-friendly ‘Trace-and-Place’ Navident system from ClaroNav. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
You got your ‘today’ from Laura Terry, Carly Pokoradi or Nikki Saadat, seen here in the Dental Tribune America booth. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
You got your ‘today’ from Laura Terry, Carly Pokoradi or Nikki Saadat, seen here in the Dental Tribune America booth. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
Erin Halvorson with the HDi Micro headlight, Marty O’Rourke with the Micro 4.5 EF loupes and Jenna Crellin with the WireLess HDi micro headlight in the Designs For Vision booth. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
Use your coupon from the PDC welcome bag to get a free sample of DiaPaste from Sherry Kim, left, or Katie Liu in the DiaDent booth. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
Penny Hatzimanolakis, RDH, is surprised Thursday morning with a bouquet of flowers in honor the 10th season of the Live Dentistry Stage at PDC — and Hatzimanolakis’s 10th season of hosting. Presenting the flowers on behalf of the PDC organizing committee is Bruce Ward, DDS, chair of the committee. Also on stage is Dmitriy Ivanov, DDS, about to present a live demonstration with Ho-Young Chung, DDS. Hatzimanolakis has been on the PDC organizing committee since 2007, and among here suggestions for improving the Live Dentistry Stage this year was ‘adding some flowers’ out in front. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
Lu Clark and David Cantalupo in the FDI World Dental Federation booth have all sorts of reason you’ll want to be in San Francisco this Sept. 4-8 for the ADA and FDI World Dental Congress. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
Front and center, you can’t miss the Philips booth as you enter the Exhibit Hall. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
If you buy 10 containers of the OPTIM disinfectant wipes (and get two free) you also get entered into a drawing for a Giant Stance 2 mountain bike in the SciCan booth. Julien can tell about all SciCan products, including the latest autoclave chambers, which are getting lots of attention in the Exhibit Hall. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
From left in the Shofu booth are Sarah Bermel with the Super-Snap composite polishing kit (course through to super-fine), David Goldshaw with the EyeSpecial C-III dental camera and Billy Ho. (Photo: Robert Selleck/Dental Tribune)
On Saturday, the Dental Technicians Association of British Columbia held its annual conference in conjunction with the annual PDC Lab Expo. The Dental Technical Association conference opened with a keynote address from author, radio host and social entrepreneur Stephanie Staples, CSP, who presented “Bring Your ‘A’ Game to Work & Life.”
Concurrent educational sessions ran throughout the day. Known as Western Canada’s largest dental technology tradeshow, the PDC Lab Expo brings together dental technicians and dentists to exchange information and forge new business relationships with some of the industry’s top companies. On display were some of the latest tools, technology, techniques and other advancements. All registered PDC attendees also had access to the PDC Lab Expo. Dentists and their teams were invited to join the more than 3,000 dental technicians and denturists to explore the new options and technologies together.
The ability to network with the more than 14,000 dental professionals that attend the PDC isn’t limited to the courses and Exhibit Hall. Many dental-school graduating classes held their annual reunions at the meeting, and there were numerous other socializing opportunities, including “De La Vigne — French Wines Explored” and “PDC After Hours.”
“De la Vigne — French Wines Explored,” with David Lancelot’s wine selections, featured a selection from the northern region of France’s Loire Valley through Burgundy, down to the Rhone Valley and west to Bordeaux.
“PDC After Hours” was Friday night at Vancouver’s legendary Commodore Ballroom, with the Famous Players Band.
(Source: Pacific Dental Conference)
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