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Event Details
Program: GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Date: May 7, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Location: QCDS Headquarters, 86-90 188th Street, Jamaica NY
Credits: 2
Meals: Dinner (served at 6pm)
Course Title: Achieving Excellence In Dental Implant Esthetics And Function Employing Various Grafting Techniques And Cutting Edge Grafting Materials
Presenter: Dr. Miles Yacker
Course Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Course Description:
The patient in need of Implant Dentistry requires sufficient hard and soft tissue in order to achieve an aesthetic and functional result. Key grafting principles in maintaining and restoring hard and soft tissue as well as cutting edge grafting techniques and materials available will be reviewed. This course will also address which clinical conditions give the most predictable treatment result which is critical in patient communication. Understanding the biology of grafting is one of the many goals of the course program.
Presenter Biography:
With over 25 years of experience in Private Practice and in teaching specialized dentistry to dentists, Dr. Miles J. Yacker is an authority in the fields of Prosthodontics, Periodontics, and Implant Dentistry, and has trained dentists to become specialists at NYU College of Dentistry Advanced Education Programs for over two decades. He is dedicated to treating his patients with the highest level of care, addressing most of their dental needs under one roof. Aside from being a DDS, Dr. Yacker is one of the few doctors in America who is specialized in both Prosthodontics and Periodontics and is Board Certified in both. He currently serves as the course director for Implant Biological Basis course as well as Clinical Associate Professor at the Ashman Department of Post Graduate Periodontics and Implant dentistry at NYU College of Dentistry where he lectures and teaches weekly. Dr. Yacker also lectures nationally and internationally in over 50 venues on the integration of Prosthodontics, Periodontics, and Implant dentistry. Dr. Yacker is currently a member of the American Academy of Periodontology, Fellow of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics, Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontics, Lecture coordinator of the Five Towns Interdisciplinary Study Group, member of the American Dental Association, past President of the Rockaway Dental Society. He has published in peer journals. Dr. Yacker has been interviewed by the radio station on dental topics including Oral Hygiene Aids, Implantology, Periodontal Treatment, cosmetics, and full mouth rehabilitation. He has videotaped the entire Dental Material Lab Course at NYU College of Dentistry. Additionally, he holds a patent for the Temperature Gauge for Dental Drills and Method Employing Same and similar patents in Medicine and Industry.
Fees:
QCDS Members: $0
Non-QCDS Members: By invitation only
QCDS is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider approved by the NYSDA.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at www.ada.org/cerp. IMPORTANT CE REMINDER FOR DENTISTS TAKING MCE COURSES In order to receive credit for NYS mandatory continuing education purposes, you must make sure that the entity sponsoring a continuing education course is approved to provide MCE credit by NYSDA, NYSED, ADA CERP, or AGD PACE. NYSDA approves only its thirteen component dental societies and the New York State Dental Foundation. Information regarding sponsors approved by NYSED is available from the New York State Education Department, State Board for Dentistry, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234-1000; phone 518-474-3817 ext. 550; fax 518-473-0567; or this site. A list of such sponsors approved by ADA CERP is available at www.ada.org/98.aspx. A list of such sponsors approved by AGD PACE is available at www.agd.org/education/pace/findaprovider/ If you are unsure whether a sponsor offering a continuing education program is approved, feel free to contact the Dental Board by phone at 518-474-3817, ext. 550 or by e-mail at dentbd@nysed.gov.