CE / Dinner Meeting – Occlusion: Simple Diagnostics & Simple Techniques

Occlusion: Simple Diagnostics & Simple Techniques

Occlusal education is often too complicated and too difficult to incorporate into the everyday practice routine. Many times, occlusion is combined with complex, unpredictable disciplines such as TMJ or aggressive full-mouth reconstruction. In this course, the participant will be introduced to simple, time-efficient diagnostics and treatment techniques that are easy to incorporate into a dental practice without an investment in expensive new equipment. Poor occlusion can trigger destructive forces, heavy tooth wear, chronic sensitivity, muscle pain, grind/clench issues, and failure of our dental restorations. In this unique course, the participant will learn:

• What is a healthy occlusion.
• Simple diagnostic techniques to test the occlusion and identify damaging issues.
• Simple treatment techniques to correct problems and create a healthier occlusion.
• What to do with parafunctional heavy grinders.
• How to incorporate occlusal treatment into your office.

Learn techniques that Dr Lynch, a very mortal, conservative dentist, used to successfully introduce occlusion into his dental practice. Multiple cases will be shown along with analysis of their successful or failed outcomes.

Dr Lynch has been a faculty member at the Los Angeles Institute of Clinical Dentistry (Dr. Ruiz Seminars) for the past 15 years. He teaches both Occlusion and Pre-Restorative Orthodontics for the Institute which is in Studio City, California.

Steven Lynch DDS 

Dr Lynch has been in dentistry since 1982. After graduating from UCLA dental school, he stayed an extra year as a hospital-based general practice resident. Locating next in Vacaville, he had a conservative, blue-collar private practice for 35 years. From the beginning, Dr Lynch was interested in learning techniques which required less tooth reduction and produced less stress on the teeth and surrounding tissues. He has been on the faculty of the Los Angeles Institute of Clinical Dentistry (Dr. Ruiz ‘minimally invasive’ dentistry seminars) for the past 15 years. He teaches Occlusion and Orthodontics for the Institute.

Steven Lynch understands the challenges today’s dentists face: higher education costs, business ownership, increasing corporate and insurance control. He is a very mortal dentist who faced all the challenges, made plenty of mistakes and had many of the same concerns as today’s young dentists.