Step Up to Introductory & Advanced Sleep Dentistry Continuum
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Our Goal:
Helping Dentistry and Medicine grow together,
creating the best possible outcome for our patients!
If you are considering dental sleep medicine, this two-day course
for dentists and staff is the right choice for your practice.
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Click Here To Register
Friday, April 7, 2017
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Embassy Suites, Columbus, Ohio
Airport - 614-536-0500
Reserve your stay now at a discounted rate. Mention Group Code HEN
Visit our personalized reservation site
Earn up to 15 hours of
continuing education credit.
The Metz Center invites you and
your staff to attend this unique
learning opportunity featuring
the Most Elite speakers for 2017!
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Advanced Sleep Dentistry Track will feature the following courses:
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- Key Points Everyone Needs to Know: Dr. James Metz
- High Resolution Pulse Oximetry: Dr. James Metz
- Understand the Breathing Patterns of OSA: Dr. David White
- What the Physician Expects: Margaret Lind, CNP, OSU
- Normalizing Breathing Volume & Speed in Sleep Disordered Breathing: Patrick McKeown, MB, MA(TCD), Dip BM (Prof KP Bueyko), FBPI
- Mouth Breathing and OSA: Dr. Frank Seaman
- My Personal Traveled Road: Kris Davies, Patient, OSU Communications Student
- The Stanford Surgery Protocol & The Most Up-to-Date Research Findings: Dr. Stanley Yung-Chuan Liu
- Standard of Care in a Dental Sleep Medicine Practice and Informed Consent: Dr. Ken Berley
- Airway Changes in Young Patients with & without Treatment: Dr. Gene Williamson
- Orthodontics & Oral Cavity Volume in the Young & Adolescent: Dr. Nelson Diers
- Sophisticated Orthodontics With Complete Restoration: Dr. Brian Vence & Dr. Thomas Wilcko
Enjoy a Friday Evening Reception Meet & Greet: Beverages & Heavy Appetizers
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Registrants for all courses must bring a laptop to the course
to view the course material, which will be provided on a flash drive. |
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Introductory Sleep Dentistry Track will feature the following courses:
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- Key Points Everyone Needs to Know: Dr. James Metz
- High Resolution Pulse Oximetry: Dr. James Metz
- Successful Sleep Dentistry: Dr. James Blank
- The Psychology Of the OSA Patient: Pat McBride, BA, RDA, CCSH
- What the Physician Expects: Margaret Lind CNP, OSU
- Normalizing Breathing Volume and Speed in Sleep Disordered Breathing:
Patrick McKeown, MB, MA(TCD), Dip BM (Prof KP Bueyko), FBPI
- Mouth Breathing and OSA: Dr. Frank Seaman
- My Personal Traveled Road: Kris Davies, Patient, OSU Communications Student
- Successful Sleep Dentistry Part 2: Dr. James Blank
- Roles: The Sleep Treatment Coordinator: Chris Takacs, Sleep & TMD Tx. Coordinator
- Standard of Care in a Dental Sleep Medicine Practice and Informed Consent:
Dr. Ken Berley
- Roles: The Hygienist & Predeterminations for Oral Appliances: Megan Bacome, RDH
- Pulse Oximetry: Chris Takacs, Sleep & TMD Tx. Coordinator
- Roles: Laboratory - Avoiding Problems With The Oral Appliance: Todd Bacome, Manager & Technician, The Metz Laboratory
- Sophisticated Orthodontics With Complete Restoration: Dr. Brian Vence & Dr. Tom Wilcko
Enjoy a Friday Evening Reception Meet & Greet: Beverages & Heavy Appetizers
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Registrants for all courses must bring a laptop to the course
to view the course material, which will be provided on a flash drive. |
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Featured Guest Speakers:
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The Stanford Surgery Protocol & The Most Up-to-Date Research Findings:
Dr. Stanley Yung-Chuan Liu is the Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center. He has expertise in orthognathic surgery, facial bone contouring, and repair of complex primary and secondary facial trauma. Dr. Liu lectures extensively on sleep apnea surgery. His active areas of research include dynamic airway examination in sleep apnea, virtual surgical planning in facial skeletal surgery, and neuromodulation of the head and neck. |
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Normalizing Breathing Volume & Speed in Sleep Disordered Breathing:
Patrick McKeown, MB, MA (TCD), Dip BM (Prof KP Buteyko), FBPI is the Clinical Director of the Buteyko Clinic International and Chairman of its Advisory Board. Having suffered from asthma, rhinitis and sleepdisordered breathing for over 20 years, Mr. McKeown is able to offer both theoretical knowledge and his own experiences to help clients to overcome improves sports performance by addressing dysfunctional breathing patterns and simulating high altitude training. |
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Understand the Breathing Patterns of OSA:
David White, MD is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard and Chief
Scientific Officer for ApniCure™. Dr. White has firm roots in the academic
world. He brings clinical expertise and business acumen to any discussion
about the past, present, and future of sleep medicine. His primary research
interest has been the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
He has studied many aspects of OSA including upper airway motor control,
the control of breathing during wakefulness and sleep and pharyngeal
anatomy. |
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| Introductory and Advanced Sleep Dentistry Continuum Objectives: |
- What is sleep and Why we sleep
- Sleep breathing disorders and critical issues in dental sleep medicine
- Oral appliance comparisons
- Establish a sleep dentistry practice within your practice:
New Focused Programs for General, Orthodontic, or
Prosthodontic tracks!
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- Introductory (includes staff) & Advanced topics at
EACH course
- Medical Predeterminations, insurance billing & coding
- Medical correspondence letters
- Effective marketing and patient screening
- Staff roles & training
- Create successful relationships with medical doctors
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Dr. James Metz is a 1973 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. He maintains a restorative dental practice with an emphasis on dental sleep medicine & reconstructive dentistry, along with surgical orthodontics (Wilckodontics - Periodontically Accelerated Osteogenic Orthodontics [procedure]: The goal of which is to address the major health issues of today, Hypertension & Type II Diabetes, to help restore & maintain the health of the individual.
Dr. Metz is the affiliate director of The Ohio State University Medical Center Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program. He is a member of the ADA’s Scientific Investigation Committee Workgroup, defining the role of the Oral Appliance for the control of OSA & the Scientific Investigation Committee of the AARD for Sleep Dentistry. He has served on the AADSM board of directors, course development committee, public relations committee, chair for the Introductory & Advanced Course of Dental Sleep Medicine, and vice-chair of the 2014 AADSM Annual Meeting. He is the founder & current chair for the Dental Interest Group of the American Thoracic Society. |
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Dr. James Blank has been a dentist in private practice since 2005,
focusing on comprehensive dentistry. He is a graduate of The Ohio State
University College of Dentistry & completed his hospital residency at
Medical University of Ohio. He has completed advanced training in
sleep medicine and TMJ therapy, dental implant surgery and restoration,
prosthodontics, occlusion, cosmetic dentistry, dental materials, and dental
technology. A faculty dentist & lecturer for The Metz Center for Sleep
Apnea, Dr. Blank shares his experience and insights on topics such as
sleep medicine, TMD, & practice management. |
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Dr. Thomas Wilcko has been in the private practice of periodontics for the past 25 years. He received a BS in chemistry from Allegheny College, a DMD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, and a certificate in periodontics from the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Wilcko has been involved in research in the field of chemistry and has contributed in the research for different dental products brought to the market. His research has culminated in the development of a new procedure by which teeth can be moved approximately 4 times faster than ever before possible with conventional orthodontics. This new patented method is a combination of proven techniques from the fields of orthodontics and periodontics, called the Accelerated Osteogenic Orthodontics™ (AOO ™ ) procedure. |
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Dr. Nelson Diers received his MSD and certification in Orthodontics
from the Indiana University graduate school of Orthodontics. He is
an associate clinical professor at Indiana University, in the graduate
Orthodontics department. Dr. Diers participates in numerous study
clubs, and the American Association of Dental Sleep Medicine. |
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Dr. Brian Vence maintains a private practice in West Dundee,
Illinois with a special interest in comprehensive esthetic and restorative
dentistry. He received his dental degree in 1985 from the University of
Illinois School of Dentistry at the Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Vence
founded the Chicago Academy of Interdisciplinary Dentofacial Therapy in
1992, a study club designed to define and promote excellence in dentistry. |
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Pat McBride, BA, RDA, CCSH is a Sleep Clinician/Education Specialist
for Physicians & Dentists in the Field of Dental Sleep Medicine. She is
dedicated to developing opportunities within the dental sleep medicine
field globally by developing multi-disciplinary protocols for clinicians to
seamlessly interface with the medical/dental community, educational
institutions, & research facilities. Her Dental Sleep Medicine Consulting & Practice Management model designs clinical programs of multidimensional
HIPAA compliant care. |
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Dr. Frank Seaman
Dr. Mickey Harrison
Dr. Gene Williamson
Dr. Ken Berley
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Always New, Always Fresh and Always Cutting Edge |
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Extend Your Learning Experience Daily!
Each day at the lunch hour participate in Round Table Discussions with members of The Metz Center Staff and our Speakers.
Do you have specific questions about insurance, billing, orthodontics, sleep dentistry or other topics? Our lunch Round Table Discussions can be the perfect time to allow for an in-depth answer to your specific question.
Simply look for the name & topic signage on the lunch tables and sit down to learn more about what interests or concerns you most!
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Dentists and their staff play a vital role in the team pproach to the screening and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea - a condition that affects as many as 100 million Americans and
their families. But fewer than 10 percent of the nation’s dentists incorporate advanced sleep dentistry into their general practices.
Thousands of dentists are missing an ideal opportunity to help their patients sleep better and live fuller, healthier lives, while adding an ideal revenue stream to their practices. If you have been thinking about getting into dental sleep medicine, this two-day course for
dentists and staff is the right choice. No hype. Nothing to sell you. Just an incredible learning
experience presented by one of the nation’s leading sleep dentistry practitioners, Dr. James E.
Metz, of The Metz Center for Advanced Sleep Dentistry. |
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 Accommodations
Stay at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Columbus Airport hotel, a highly rated all-suite hotel located one mile from Port Columbus International Airport. Relax in your spacious two-room suite with a separate living area.
Reserve your room now!
Click here for special room rates at the Embassy Suites
Transportation
Embassy Suites offers courtesy shuttles to and from the airport, as well as transportation to local Columbus attractions, shopping and restaurants within 15 miles from the hotel’s location.
A delicious Continental Breakfast & a generous Lunch Buffet will be provided for attendees each day. Friday evening enjoy a Meet & Greet Reception that includes beverages & heavy appetizers!
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Click Here To Download The Application Form
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Register Online
The Metz Center for
Sleep Dentistry presents:
Step Up to Introductory and Advanced Sleep Dentistry Continuum
Friday, April 7, 2017
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Embassy Suites - Airport
Columbus, Ohio
Always New, Always Fresh and Always Cutting Edge!
Our Goal:
Helping dentistry and medicine
grow together, creating the best possible
outcome
for our patients!
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Questions? or call 614.252.4444. |
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