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• Dr. Melissa Shotell & Dr. Michael Scherer - Getting Started with Digital Dentistry & 3D Printing

  • When
    March 21, 2025
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    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Edmonton Convention Centre
  • Spaces left
    167

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  Lecture Synopsis

  Participants will attend a course which encompasses intraoral optical scanning utilizing digital images for prosthetic execution of clear aligners, digital dentures and implant prosthetics. This course aims to describe the background, theory, and procedures related to intraoral optical image production and generating scans to assist in digital workflow including treatment planning, treatment execution, and maintenance of clinical cases.

  
  

  Biography

  Dr. Melissa Shotell
  

  Dr. Melissa Shotell is a Board Certified Orthodontist and practices in a multi-specialty practice in Sonora, CA focusing on the interplay of orthodontics and restorative treatment. After completing dental school Dr. Shotell practiced as a restorative dentist for several years, then returned to school to complete a certificate and master’s degree in orthodontics from Loma Linda University. Dr. Shotell considers education to be her passion presents nationally and internationally on dental technology, is part-time clinical faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas orthodontics department, and teaches in the CE department for the University of Alberta. She is also a reviewer for the Journal of Aligner Orthodonics.

  Dr. Shotell is also the co-founder and chief clinical officer of Plus Orthodontics. Dr. Shotell shares tips and tricks on orthodontics and clear aligners on social media as alignerbee.

  Dr. Michael Scherer
  

  Dr. Michael Scherer serves as the Chief Clinical Officer for Zest Dental Solutions, is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University, a Clinical Instructor at University of Nevada – Las Vegas, and maintains a successful practice limited to prosthodontics and implant dentistry in Sonora, California. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Prosthodontists and the American Board of Oral Implantology, two credentials only held by small handful of people in the world. He has published numerous articles, books, and in-person and online courses related to implant dentistry, clinical prosthodontics, and digital technology with a special emphasis on full-arch reconstruction.

  As an avid technology & computer hobbyist, Dr. Scherer’s involvement in digital dentistry has led him to develop and pioneer new approaches with restorative & surgical full-arch implantology, 3D printing workflows, CAD/CAM systems, and outside of the box radiographic imaging and digital design concepts. Over the past 10 years, he has given over 360 presentations at dental conferences, main podium presentations, in-office training, and hands-on workshops. He has coached thousands of dentists around the world on how to integrate digital dentistry and implant dentistry from a high tech yet “wet-fingered, real-world” clinical perspective that makes his presentation style well-received by clinicians.

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• Dr. Leslie P. Laing - 1) Removable Dentures 201 & 2) Clarifying Conundrums of Sjogren’s Disease, Introduction to Hydrostomia + Some Black Magic

  • When
    April 25, 2025
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    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Edmonton Convention Centre
  • Spaces left
    300

  Dr. Leslie P. Laing

  Lecture Synopsis

  1) Tricks and tips in the fabrication of removable dentures will be presented with the objectives of making comfortable, well-fitting, aesthetic, and appropriately functioning removable prosthetics.

  2) Sjogren’s Disease (SjD) is an overlooked, frequently mis-diagnosed auto-immune disease that deserves more than a multiple-choice question as to what causes dry mouth. In addition to “busting” several myths about SjD, ways to make the mouth less dry, less prone to dental decay, and to distinguish various auto-immune diseases intra-orally will be presented.

  
  

  Biography

  My undergraduate background includes Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, and Life Sciences and Education at the University of Toronto. After teaching high-school level Biology and Mathematics in Ottawa for four years, I spent a year at the Université de Lausanne in Switzerland which was the impetus for seeking further graduate training. I then completed an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology at Queen’s University in Kingston, where I was introduced to auto-immune diseases, and where my interest particularly in Sjögren’s Disease, or Sjögren’s Syndrome as it was called at the time, was sparked. Upon graduation, I returned to the University of Toronto to complete a post-doctoral fellowship and become an Immunologist at a research institution, Allelix Biopharmaceuticals. I taught Biology at the University of Toronto Schools before returning to the University of Toronto for my Dentistry and Prosthodontic specialty training. For over ten years I was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto and am currently a Clinical Associate in Dentistry. I continue to work part-time in private practices in Toronto, Mississauga, and Brockville devoted to implant and Prosthodontic dentistry, where I have also established Sjögren’s Disease/Dry Mouth Resource Centres. I continue to conduct research projects on various aspects of Sjögren’s Disease and other causes of dry mouth. Since January 2020, I have been the sole Prosthodontist and Dry Mouth Specialist at Toronto Public Health Dental and Oral Care Clinics providing over 550 removable dentures to low-income seniors. I was recently awarded the Queen’s Toronto Alumni Branch Tricolour Champion (2020) and the Queen’s University Alumni Association Humanitarian Award (2022). I am honoured to be the current President of the Sjögren’s Society of Canada, co-chair of its Medical Advisory Board, and member of its Board of Directors.

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