Dental Continuing Education

Live Surgery Demonstration
November 12-14
Limited Attendance

The 8th Dental Implant Symposium will feature presentations from Drs. Jay Beagle, Ed McGlumphy and John Muse. Their topics include the latest surgical advances for dental implant therapy, prosthetic solutions for dental implants: abutment management, digital technologies for implant diagnosis and therapy, and guided surgical techniques. Specialists, general dentists, and all members of the dental team interested in gaining a complete overview of implant dentistry.

1. Gain an appreciation of the latest radiographic techniques and their relative value in dental implant treatment planning.
2. Appreciate the types of bone grafting options available to clinicians to enhance dental implant therapy.
3. Understand the value of soft tissue grafting techniques to improve dental implant outcomes.
4. Be able to identify dental implant abutment options available for single, multiple and complete arch implant restorations.
5. Develop a better understanding of the role occlusion plays in the long term outcomes of dental implants, implant components, and implant supported prostheses.

Dr. Jay Beagle is a periodontist specializing in periodontal plastic and reconstructive surgery and dental implant surgery. A dedicated clinician with more than two decades of periodontal and dental implant experience, Dr. Beagle is one of the country’s most respected surgeons. As an educator, Dr. Beagle lectures nationally and internationally, and continues to pioneer, refine, and teach surgical techniques to remain at the forefront of periodontal esthetic and implant dentistry research and development. He maintains a private practice in Indianapolis, Indiana, and has placed thousands of implants since 1994. Dr. Beagle is a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI), and a leader in the dental implant field. Trained at the Indiana University School of Dentistry, Dr. Beagle received his Periodontal Certificate and Masters Degree from the University of Kentucky. He is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists. Dr. Ed McGlumphy graduated from The Ohio State College of Dentistry and completed a general practice residency at the University of Texas-San Antonio. He returned to Ohio State for prosthodontic training and received a master’s degree in 1988. Since that time, he has been a full time prosthodontic faculty member at The Ohio State University responsible for all aspects of predoctoral and postdoctoral implant education. He has also served as principal investigator for multiple studies on implant component physical properties and prospective implant clinical trials. This work has led to over seventy-five publications and $5.2 million in extramural funding. He has been a reviewer for the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry and the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants. He has a private practice limited to implant prosthodontics and lectures internationally in the field of implant dentistry. Dr. John Muse received his dental degree from Emory University School of Dentistry. After dental school, Dr. Muse joined the United States Army and completed a one-year general dentistry practice residency at Fort Riley, Kansas. He then served as a General Dental Officer for five years in Germany and in the United States. Dr. Muse then completed his surgical residency training at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. After completing his residency program, Dr. Muse was assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, where he served as Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Darmall Army Hospital. He also served as Chief of Oral Surgery for the Two-Year General Practice Residency Program. Dr. Muse left the Army in 1999 and bought Dr. Perry Brickman’s practice in June of 2000. Dr. Muse has a special interest in dental implant surgery and he has spoken both nationally and internationally on this subject. Dr. Muse is Board Certified in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

The symposium on Friday will be held at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. Registration will begin at 8:30am. The program will be held from 9:00am - 4:30pm. The Friday Center is located on Friday Center Drive just off Highway 54 on the east side of Chapel Hill. A continental breakfast and buffet lunch will be provided with your paid registration. The symposium registration fee is $265 for dentists and $165 for team members. The symposium will award 6 hours of CDE credit. Since considerable advance planning is necessary for these continuing education programs, a tuition refund, less a $30 fee, will be issued for cancellation up to 7 days prior to the start date of the course. The cancellation fee is necessary to cover materials and facilities costs incurred for each participant, which are non-refundable to us. No refunds can be issued after November 6, 2009. Be sure to fill out all applicable information on the registration form. Please make additional copies for each individual registration. Register by mail: Send the completed registration form and check or money order made payable to the UNC School of Dentistry to: Fax the completed form with your credit card information to: 919-966-8954 Direct your web-browser to www.dent.unc.edu/cde/courses. Call 919-966-2729. Call: 919-966-2729 or Email us at CDE@dentistry.unc.edu