Optimizing Dentistry with Injectables
Course Summary
This 3-hour lecture and live demonstration explores how injectables can be integrated into lip and perioral restoration, as well as the management of TMD and facial pain. Discover how to expand your treatment capabilities and optimize dental outcomes, with insight into certification pathways.
Learning Objectives
- Comprehensive Patient assessment and diagnosing for various lip anatomies (such as M shaped lips)
- 5-step Approach to Lip and Perioral Enhancement
- In depth Review of Lip and Perioral Anatomy and Physiology
- Indications for Botulinum Toxin and dermal fillers for Lip and Perioral Areas
- Contraindications for Lip Rejuvenation Treatments
- How to Avoid, Manage and Treat Possible Compilations
- Selection of Injection Techniques based on Desired Results
- 7 Lip Styles Approach to Engage and Communicate with Patients
- Observe various cases during full day clinical training
- Combination Treatment to Optimize Lip Cases
- Evaluation of lower face structures (chin, perioral and jawline) to complement lips
- Proper selection of dermal filler based on desired results
- Gummy Smile and Asymmetry Correction
- Understanding Migration and The Art of Dissolving (Lip Reversal Technique)
- Anesthetic Options including how to perform modified dental blocks
Dr. Laurence Rifkin Biography
Dr. Laurence R. Rifkin, D.D.S. has been in the cosmetic dental industry for over 40 years, building a world-class practice and serving a wide clientele, including celebrities. He served as the president of the the Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry (AMED) in 2017, is a member of the European and American Academies of Aesthetic Dentistry, and received the Top Cosmetic Dentist Award from the Aesthetic Everything® Beauty Network.
Dr. Rifkin is an accomplished author, lecturer, scientist, and sculptor, using his artistic background to craft smiles that are both healthy and stunning. Taking into account every element that is needed to create a beautiful smile, his practice produces results unlike anyone else's in the industry.
