Course Title: Industry Changing Innovations in Dentistry

Course Summary:

Dentistry continues evolving, presenting groundbreaking innovations in diagnostic, clinical, surgical, and maintenance therapy that fundamentally change the way we provide treatment. This course examines the most impactful technologies, products and platforms that revolutionize our profession.

Learning Objectives:

• Highlight the newest and most influential products and technologies in the dental industry and how they can transform your patient care and productivity
• Review the evolution in technologies for diagnosis, treatment, and long term maintenance care and how they can be applied for your team
• Understand how to incorporate new innovations immediately to differentiate your practice from the rest

Dr. Sam Shamardi Biography: 

Dr. Sam Shamardi is an established leader, educator, clinician, author, and dental entrepreneur. He has a passion for providing solutions to significant unaddressed problems for dental professionals via educational programs and his faculty position at Harvard, while providing transformative changes for the periodontal health of his patients.

Dr. Shamardi earned his DMD at Tufts University, where he served as Class President for four years, and his Periodontal certificate at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and Implant Surgery and has taught part-time at the Harvard Division of Periodontics for the last decade. Dr. Shamardi lectures nationally and internationally on a wide array of topics, including but not limited to periodontics, hygiene, hearing loss in dentistry, financial and practice management, and innovations in dentistry as a speaker for Catapult Education's Speakers Bureau.

He has been recognized as a dental entrepreneur for his revolutionary EarAid product, has published numerous articles, and is the author of The Financial Survival Guide for Dentists. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his dog Luna, and is an avid supporter of his favorite team, Real Madrid.

Dr. Shamardi is always willing to get creative with custom hands-on courses for various periodontal/implant topics, along with half-day or full-day lectures and webinars.

Course Title: Practice Growth Through Sleep, TMD, and Pain Solutions How to Add High-Impact Services That Improve Lives, Reduce Burnout, and Drive Sustainable Revenue

Course Summary:

Dentistry is evolving—and the practices that thrive are those that treat sleep, airway, TMD, and chronic pain as essential components of total health.

In this course, Dr. Rad reveals how to successfully integrate sleep apnea screening, oral appliance therapy, TMD management, and non-invasive pain solutions using low level lasers into everyday practice—without disrupting existing workflows. Attendees will learn how to position these services ethically and confidently, improve case acceptance, reduce physical wear and tear on the doctor, and create a predictable new revenue stream that truly changes patients’ lives.

Learning Objectives:

*              Understand the clinical and financial value of treating sleep, TMD, and pain within a dental practice

*              Identify ideal patients through simple, efficient screening protocols

*              Confidently discuss sleep apnea, snoring, jaw pain, headaches, and chronic facial pain with patients

*              Understand the uses of Low Level Laser Therapy

*              Integrate oral appliance therapy, TMD solutions, and adjunctive non-invasive treatments seamlessly

*              Improve case acceptance through education—not sales pressure

*              Reduce physical strain, burnout, and dependence on high-stress procedures

*              Build a scalable, high-margin service line aligned with long-term practice sustainability using Ai

Dr. Dar Radfar Biography

Dr. Dar Radfar is a dentist, educator, and nationally recognized authority in airway-focused dentistry, TMD, and non-invasive pain solutions. With over two decades of clinical experience, Dr. Rad has helped thousands of patients improve sleep quality, reduce chronic pain, and restore quality of life—while teaching dentists how to build scalable, highly profitable service lines centered around sleep and total health. Through his speaking, coaching, and proprietary systems, Dr. Rad empowers practices to grow revenue, reduce physical strain, and create meaningful impact beyond traditional dentistry.