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The first of Dr Chris Baker's ELEMENTS Comprehensive Orthodontics course for 2019 begins Jan 11-13, 2019 in Longview, Texas. There are six ELEMENTS course weekends, each providing 20 hours ADA CERP credit to participants.
The course is designed to encourage collegiality, with catered meals and receptions provided.
It’s a series of orthodontic courses like none other. Personal, professional, scientific, yet practical.
The ELEMENTS Comprehensive Course is taught by Dr Chris Baker, RN, DMD, one of the world’s best-
known teachers of orthodontics to GPs and Pediatric dentists.
As Past President of the American Orthodontic Society and of its Board of Examiners, Dr Chris is a current or former faculty member of three U.S. dental schools and author of five books. She practices orthodontics in Texas, USA, and Abu Dhabi, UAE (an 8,000-mile commute!).
At ELEMENTS, we care about your success in your dental practice and in life. Our curriculum has invaluable instruction on both the PRACTICE of orthodontics and the BUSINESS of orthodontics.
For information or to enroll, call Claude Hammond, administrator: (859) 806-0615
The ELEMENTS course is designed to get the dentist out from between the “crush” created by insurance companies, giant corporations and Medicaid. Dentists are taught to practice orthodontics by providing what is best for the patient, and to do so profitably.
ELEMENTS courses can be taken individually or combined to make the best comprehensive orthodontics course available. The quality of instruction, course materials, instructor experience and follow-up are unmatched, anywhere.
ELEMENTS Course Dates and Subjects for 2019:
* $2485 (US) doctor tuition for each ELEMENTS weekend;
* 3 Session Package available: $6255 (2485 for first weekend and 1885 each for any 2 more ELEMENTS weekends)
* $1885 tuition for each dental and / or orthodontic assistant and / or hygienist;
* $900 for each spouse and / or guest enjoying seminar learning center facilities and attending meals and receptions. (Spouse and / or guest attending lectures will be charged 1885 tuition.)
Meeting hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 8 a.m. until noon Sunday. Additional discussions held during receptions and dinners.
Meals provided: Lunch and Dinner on Friday; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner on Saturday; Breakfast on Sunday.
The course is designed to encourage collegiality, with catered meals and receptions provided.
It’s a series of orthodontic courses like none other. Personal, professional, scientific, yet practical.
The ELEMENTS Comprehensive Course is taught by Dr Chris Baker, RN, DMD, one of the world’s best-
known teachers of orthodontics to GPs and Pediatric dentists.
As Past President of the American Orthodontic Society and of its Board of Examiners, Dr Chris is a current or former faculty member of three U.S. dental schools and author of five books. She practices orthodontics in Texas, USA, and Abu Dhabi, UAE (an 8,000-mile commute!).
At ELEMENTS, we care about your success in your dental practice and in life. Our curriculum has invaluable instruction on both the PRACTICE of orthodontics and the BUSINESS of orthodontics.
For information or to enroll, call Claude Hammond, administrator: (859) 806-0615
The ELEMENTS course is designed to get the dentist out from between the “crush” created by insurance companies, giant corporations and Medicaid. Dentists are taught to practice orthodontics by providing what is best for the patient, and to do so profitably.
ELEMENTS courses can be taken individually or combined to make the best comprehensive orthodontics course available. The quality of instruction, course materials, instructor experience and follow-up are unmatched, anywhere.
ELEMENTS Course Dates and Subjects for 2019:
- 11-13 January, 2019; Diagnostics, Treatment Planning, Conferencing , Getting to Know Your Patient and Forming a Friendship Between You.
- 15-17 March, 2019; Bracketing and Banding, appliances and wire sequences. How to choose the appliances that will make your life and their life the easiest and happiest
- 10-12 May, 2019: Sagittal Correction - Class II, Class II, Sagittal correction first, will save sanity - yours, AND your patient’s, AND their parents’. The How’s and Wherefore's To Avoid Problems.
- 28-30 June, 2019; Phase I and Treatment of the Early to Mid-mixed Dentition. Phase I - Parents will agree! - It is SO worth it!
- 26-28 July, 2019; Mechanics and Treatment Sequences From Beginning to End - What is Easiest and Quickest?
- 27-29 Sept., 2019: What is Success in Orthodontics? - It is often OUT of your HANDS! So What Can You Do About Retention?
- Instructor: Dr Chris Baker, RN, DMD
- Location: Longview, Texas, serviced by East Texas Regional Airport (GGG), or a 2-hour drive from DFW.
- Meeting hotel: Hampton Inn Longview North, 3044 N Eastman Rd, Longview, TX, 75605. Phone (903) 663-8670.
* $2485 (US) doctor tuition for each ELEMENTS weekend;
* 3 Session Package available: $6255 (2485 for first weekend and 1885 each for any 2 more ELEMENTS weekends)
* $1885 tuition for each dental and / or orthodontic assistant and / or hygienist;
* $900 for each spouse and / or guest enjoying seminar learning center facilities and attending meals and receptions. (Spouse and / or guest attending lectures will be charged 1885 tuition.)
Meeting hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 8 a.m. until noon Sunday. Additional discussions held during receptions and dinners.
Meals provided: Lunch and Dinner on Friday; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner on Saturday; Breakfast on Sunday.
Click This File to Download the Official ELEMENTS brochure.
To Register for ELEMENTS Comprehensive Orthodontics Course, call Claude Hammond, orthodontic seminar administrator, at (859) 806-0615.
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