Description
This President’s lecture directly embraces the theme of the annual session: Pearls in Paradise. Rather than wade through discourses of theoretical musings, Dr. Pobanz will deliver a fast paced 90-minute Pearl Jam. Clinical pearls, marketing pearls, and management pearls will include but not be limited to: clinical tips and tricks with passive self-ligation and aligner treatment including in office aligner fabrication; becoming less dependent upon general dentist referrals; team culture improvements as well as effective team communication when addressing complaints. Make time to attend. It will be worth it.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Clinical Pearls
- Miscellaneous tips and tricks in passive self-ligation and aligner treatment
- Specific guides for success with en masse movements with tads
- 10 Finishing steps to make your life easier
2. Marketing Pearls
- Become less dependent upon general dental referrals - Leverage in office digital signage
- Engage your community in unique ways
3. Management Pearls
- Make your team experts at managing complaints
- Instilling intrinsic motivation
- Culture pearls that work
Contributors
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Dr. John Pobanz, DDS, MSD
Dr. John Pobanz has owned and operated Pobanz Orthodontics in his hometown of Ogden, Utah for 21 years. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and a volunteer clinical instructor at the University of the Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Pobanz delivers lectures to international audiences and has written articles on a broad range of orthodontic topics. He has a specific interest in team building in the work place and helping entrepreneurs harness the energy of their workforce. Dr. Pobanz and his wife Angela, a clinical psychologist, have four children ranging in age from 10 to 25. As a family they enjoy traveling and getting crazy in the mountains of Utah skiing, hiking, and wakesurfing.