Harrisburg Area Dental Society

Treating Snoring and Sleep Apnea: Grow your practice and change people’s lives
2026-09-01 18:47 (America/New_York)
Presented by Dr. John Parker
Sponsored by DSG Muth & Mumma Dental Laboratory
Sixty seven percent of the patient’s in your practice have a snoring problem and it is now estimated that 17% of the adults in the United States have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Snoring and OSA can have a significant effect on marriages, relationships, and a patient’s overall health. You can play an important role in identifying and treating snoring and OSA. This entertaining and informative presentation will provide you with a clear understanding of all aspects of snoring and OSA and a step-by-step approach to identifying, evaluating and coordinating treatment for your patients. It will also be an exceptional guide to treating snoring and OSA with oral appliance therapy. You will learn the features and characteristics of 9 different oral appliances as well as the benefits and potential side effects of these devices. This program will give you the practical clinical information you need to immediately incorporate dental sleep medicine into your practice. The practice of dental sleep medicine can change patient’s lives and re-energize your professional life.

How snoring and OSA occur
About evaluation and diagnostic testing
The medical treatment options
About how oral appliances work
Coordinating care with the sleep medicine physician
The protocol for use of oral appliances
About some of the oral appliances currently in use
About possible complications and side effects and how to manage them
About insurance reimbursement
How to start to integrate this area of dentistry into your practice

Periodontal Plastic Surgical Procedures for Gingival and Implant Esthetics
2026-09-01 18:47
Presented by Dr. Bobby Butler
Sponsored by Centric Bank
Optimal esthetic results are dependent on multiple factors. Restorative issues such as shade, form and function are not a success without esthetic gingival contours. This lecture will discuss gingival augmentation techniques for root
coverage and pontic sites. Current concepts with anterior esthetic crown lengthening will also be discussed.
It will show how crown lengthening or connective tissue grafting might be used in implant cases. Many concepts for predictable esthetic outcomes will be presented. Complications will also be discussed and how to deal with them. Treatment planning and sequencing of therapy will be stressed especially when treating complex cases involving multiple adjacent teeth.
The participants will learn:

The types of surgical procedures that can improve esthetic restorative results. They will be able to decide when crown lengthening, root coverage or a combination of these procedures should be performed.
How to achieve esthetic results in implant cases and how altering gingival levels with adjacent teeth should be planned.
The steps that should be taken to preserve the existing alveolar and gingival levels with dental implants.
Discussion of Implant Comp

When is Dental Pain not Dental? Is Occlusion a Source of Pain? When Occlusion Matters
2026-09-01 18:47
Presented by Dr. Barry Glassman
Sponsored by __________
