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Florida Dental Association Convention · June 24–26, 2021
Official Meeting News · Vol. 2, No. 1
Saying job well done
to Dr. Andy Brown
Congratulations,
FDA award winners!
Is it time to modernize
your practice?
FDA president dealt with
lots of challenges — and
Zoom meetings — during
his tenure.
Meet the winners now
and then come celebrate
them on Friday at the
FDA Awards Luncheon.
Patients today expect
convenience. Now you
can give it to them
in a few easy steps.
»page 4
»page 4
»page 6
Welcome to the 2021 FDC!
By Florida Dental Association Staff
n Welcome back to the Gaylord Palms
Resort & Convention Center for the
2021 Florida Dental Convention (FDC)!
For the next three days, you will be
immersed in new dental techniques,
products and services and networking with your peers.
FDC is excited to offer 130-plus
courses, top-notch speakers, more
than 225 exhibiting companies and
nightly social events. We can proudly
say there is something for every person on the dental team at this year’s
convention.
Kick off your convention experience at the keynote sessions at 7:45
a.m. in Osceola C-D on Thursday and
Friday. Thursday’s keynote speaker
is Dr. Richard Madow, who will teach
you to rock your practice to the top.
On Friday, Judson Laipply will explain
that the one constant in life is change.
Other educational sessions range
from in-depth mini-residencies to
The Florida Dental Association is excited to welcome you to the 2021 Florida Dental Convention. Get ready for three days of
education, exhibitors and social events. (Photo/Provided by the Florida Dental Association)
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see WELCOME, page 2
Meet with vendors face-to-face here in Orlando
By Florida Dental Association Staff
n FDC2021 is excited to offer the
opportunity for you to meet faceto-face with 225-plus of the leading
dental vendors.
Bring your toughest questions and
your biggest challenges to industryleading exhibitors, including more
than 80 first-time exhibitors, all ready
to share their knowledge and expertise as well as the latest innovative
products, services and dental technologies.
FDC attendees can take advantage of convention-only coupons to
get the most bang for your buck in
the exhibit hall. Featuring 60-plus
coupons from exhibiting companies,
these discounts are what you have
been looking for at FDC2021. View the
exhibitor coupons in the free FDC2021
mobile app before you head in to start
shopping.
New at FDC2021, you can discover
the latest products and services in
see VENDORS, page 2
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Florida Dental Convention — June 24–26, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Cesar Sabates!
Named president-elect of the American Dental Association
By Florida Dental Association Staff
n Florida’s own Dr. Cesar Sabates
was elected president-elect of the
American Dental Association (ADA) in
October 2020. He will be the first-ever
ADA president-elect from the 17th
District (Florida).
The ADA is the nation’s largest
dental association, representing more
than 163,000 dentist members. Dr.
Sabates will assume the ADA presidency in 2021.
WELCOME from page 1
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team-building lectures. Each course
will teach you new skills and techniques that can be immediately
implemented in your office on Monday morning.
Looking to get more hands-on?
There’s still limited seating in some
workshops. See the “Sold Out” monitor near onsite registration in City
Hall Lobby to see which ones are still
available.
Take advantage of the Amazon
Echos located throughout the Gaylord
Palms convention center if you’d like
to maintain social distancing. These
Echos are programmed to provide
you with all the information you need
for FDC.
Have a question? Just ask, “Hey
Alexa, Ask FDC …” followed by your
question. This is a fun way for you
to get the information you want on
courses, events and much more. If
she doesn’t know the answer or if
VENDORS
Dr. Cesar Sabates, president-elect of
the American Dental Association
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you’d prefer to talk to someone, stop
by the “Ask Me” station or the Onsite
Registration Desk in City Hall Lobby.
The FDC Exhibit Hall will offer
225-plus in-person exhibitors at this
year’s convention, including 80-plus
new exhibitors. The exhibit hall will
be open daily (11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday; 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday; and
9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday) for you to
meet with all the vendors you want
to see. Make sure to check out 60-plus
FDC-exclusive exhibitor coupons in
the free FDC2021 mobile app to get
the most bang for your buck in the
exhibit hall.
The real fun at FDC begins each
night when the C.E. classes end. As
always, the FDC motto continues
to be, “Come for the CE, stay for the
FUN.” On Thursday, start your evening at the free cocktail reception in
the exhibit hall from 4-6 p.m. Then,
it’s Dueling Pianos in Osceola C-D,
starring Howl2Go Dueling Pianos,
from 8-11 p.m.
Sabates, a general dentist from
Coral Gables, is a past president of
the Florida Dental Association (FDA)
and the South Florida District Dental
Association. He served as the 17th
District trustee of the ADA Board of
Trustees from 2016 to 2020 and was
a delegate on the House of Delegates
from 2000 to 2016.
The FDA offers sincere congratulations to Sabates and everyone who
worked tirelessly to support his campaign.
Friday evening, stop by the FDA
Member Center (booth No. 917) in
the exhibit hall for the Sweet Tooth
Break from 4-6 p.m. Then make plans
to attend the Wonderland Party from
7:30-10:30 p.m. in Exhibit Hall B,
where you will fall down the rabbit
hole for a night full of madness, music
and fun for all ages. End your night
celebrating the FDA New Dentists
and ASDA students at The After Party
from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. in Exhibit Hall A.
Make sure to take advantage of
all the Gaylord Palms has to offer
during your stay. The Gaylord now
features everything you need to
have a great time without having
to leave the hotel property! There
is something for everyone to enjoy,
including Cyprus Springs Water Park,
new Crystal River Rapids, FlowRider
Surfing, adult-only pool and cabanas, Relache Spa and much more.
We hope you enjoy your time at
FDC2021 as you discover the “pathways to success!”
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the free Corporate Learning Corner
sessions. Hear from 10-plus leading
dental vendors in 45-minute sessions
created to help you succeed. Seats
are secured on a first-come, firstregistered basis.
There is still time to register for
these sessions. Visit Onsite Registration in City Hall Lobby to add to your
itinerary.
In addition, FDC now offers free
events in the exhibit hall for registered attendees while connecting
with exhibiting companies. Join your
colleagues at the cocktail reception
on Thursday, June 24, from 4-6 p.m. to
grab a drink and mingle with vendors.
Then stop by the FDA Member Center
(booth No. 917) for the Sweet Tooth
Break on Friday, June 25, from 4-6 p.m.
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Convention Show Daily Vol. 2
appears during the 2021 Florida
Dental Convention in Orlando,
Florida, June 24–26, 2021.
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Try out new equipment and technologies when you stop by vendor booths in the
exhibit hall here at FDC2021. (Photo/Provided by the Florida Dental Association)
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Make sure to plan time to attend the
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Florida Dental Convention — June 24–26, 2021
Congratulations to the 2021 Florida
Dental Association award winners!
From left,
Ashley Wagler,
Dr. Al Warren,
Dr. Andy Brown and
Dr. Cesar Sabates.
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By Florida Dental Association Staff
n
The following award winners
are being recognized on Friday, June
25, at the Florida Dental Association
Awards Luncheon for their dedication to organized dentistry, patient
care and the success of the Florida
Dental Association.
• President’s Award: Dr. Andy
Brown
• FDA Dentist of the Year: Dr. Rudy
Liddell
• J. Leon Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Cesar Sabates
• FDA Leadership Awards: Dr.
Rebecca Warnken
• New Dental Leader Award: Dr.
Jenna Pascoli
• Dental Student Award: Ashley
Wagler
• FDA Public Service Awards: Dr.
Ken Owens and Dr. Al Warren
• Helping Members Succeed Team
Impact Award: Rachel Stys
• Outgoing FDA Board of Trustees:
Dr. Rick Mullens (NEDDA), Dr. Howard Pranikoff (CFDDA) and Dr. Steven
Zuknick (WCDDA)
• Outgoing FDA Editor: Dr. John
Paul
If you know someone who is
advancing the oral health of Floridians and goes above and beyond for
organized dentistry, nominate them
for a 2022 FDA Award.
Nominations will be accepted
beginning in August. Learn more at
floridadental.org.
(All photos
provided by the
Florida Dental
Association)
From left,
Dr. Howard
Pranikoff,
Dr. Jenna Pascoli,
Dr. John Paul and
Dr. Ken Owens.
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From left, Dr. Rebecca Warnken, Dr. Rick Mullens, Dr. Rudy Liddell, Dr. Steven Zuknick and Rachel Stys.
Dr. Andy Brown completes term as FDA president
By Florida Dental Association Staff
n Florida Dental Association President Dr. Andy Brown is nearing the
end of his one-year term. He took the
helm during a challenging time, as
the nation was in the throes of the
COVID-19 pandemic and dentistry
was making important adjustments
in order to safely treat patients.
A critical role during his term
was ensuring clear communication
to members and the public. Brown
regularly served as one of the faces of
the FDA during media interviews that
provided sound advice for patients
who may have been nervous about
returning to dental offices.
In addition, even though he became
Dr. Andy Brown, the Florida Dental
Association’s outgoing president.
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an expert at attending and leading
Zoom meetings, Brown pushed for
a return to normalcy through the
implementation of safe and successful in-person FDA meetings. This
included board meetings, encouraging an in-person FDC2021 and assisting Dr. Dan Gesek (chair) with planning of the 2021 Florida Mission of
Mercy (FLA-MOM) in Jacksonville,
which is now scheduled for July
after having been postponed twice
because of COVID-19.
This year marks a special milestone for FLA-MOM because it’s the
first time that funding was included
in the state budget — an accomplishment that will benefit the 2022 event
in Tallahassee.
Other key successes during
Brown’s term include more fully
developing relationships with elected
officials and the Board of Dentistry;
motivating the FDA staff to achieve
record membership numbers; and an
expansion of the book of business for
FDA Services. He also has maintained
meaningful relationships with the
district and affiliate dental associations, as well as the American Dental
Association.
During his year as president,
Brown worked to further the FDA’s
mission of helping members succeed.
Brown will officially pass the gavel to
President-elect Dr. Dave Boden on Saturday during the House of Delegates.
If you see him during FDC2021 (or any
other time), please be sure to thank
him for his dedicated service.
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exhibitors
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Come expand your vision
Check out Designs for Vision in booth No. 21
By Designs for Vision Staff
n Designs for Vision will have several loupe and headlight designs on
hand for attendees to view here at the
Florida Dental Convention.
The company’s patented Panoramic Field Loupes represent the
most significant advancement in telescope design in more than 100
years, Designs for Vision asserts. The
viewable areas are twice as large as
prismatic-expanded, field-designed
loupes and up to five times greater
than Galilean loupes.
Panoramic Field loupes provide
unprecedented field of view, clarity,
definition and color, according to the
company.
Designs for Vision will also be
demonstrating the Micro 3.0EF, part
of the award-winning Micro Series
Loupes. The Micro 3.0EF has a field of
view of 100 mm and weighs less than
70 grams.
The Micro Series also includes
REALITY 5-star-rated Micro 3.5EF
Scopes and Micro 4.5EF Scopes, utilizing a revolutionary optical design
that reduces the size of the prismatic
telescope by 50 percent and reduces
the weight by 40 percent while providing an expanded field view of the
Here in Orlando
For more information about Designs for
Vision’s loupe and headlight designs,
visit booth No. 21 here at the Florida
Dental Convention or go online to www.
designsforvision.com.
According to Designs for Vision, the new Panoramic Field Loupes represent
the most significant advancement in telescope design in more than 100 years.
(Graphic/Provided by Designs for Vision)
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oral cavity, the company states.
Designs for Vision will also have
on hand patented hands-free infrared technology with the WireLess IR
HDi and the Micro IR HDi headlights.
The headlights’ patented IR feature
allows you to operate the headlight
without touching the system. The IR
headlights use a built-in infrared signal to allow the user to turn the light
on or off simply and safely, the company states, and onboard biometrics
sense the position of the headlight
to filter out unintended signals while
working.
Additionally, Designs for Vision’s
WireLess™ headlights free you from
being tethered to a battery pack. The
simple modular designs uncouple the
headlights from a specific frame or
single pair of loupes, and the compact
design of the LED DayLite® WireLess
headlights are independent of any
frame/loupes.
You can see the Visible Difference® yourself by visiting Designs
for Vision’s booth, No. 21, here at
the Florida Dental Convention, going
online to www.designsforvision.com
or contacting the company at (800)
345-4009 or by emailing info@dvi
mail.com.
Laser esthetics with the LightWalker
By Fotona Staff
n Did you know that in addition to
its advanced dental treatments, the
Fotona LightWalker ® laser can also
offer patients facial esthetic rejuvenation options?
Skin rejuvenation treatments
are in high demand, and many are
looking for options that naturally
enhance, without injectables. Two
treatments that fit patients’ needs
are SmoothLase,™ a wrinkle reduction treatment for around the mouth,
and LipLase,™ a gentle yet effective
treatment in providing patients with
fuller, enhanced lips.
Enabled with unique Fotona pulse
characteristics, both SmoothLase
and LipLase use the photothermal
capabilities of the LightWalker laser
to convert and initiate the formation
of new and more elastic collagen.
Here in Orlando
To learn more about the Fotona LightWalker laser and the SmoothLase and
LipLase, stop by the Fotona booth,
No. 1123.
After years of practicing restorative dentistry, Harvey Shiffman, DDS,
said: “I noticed that after delivering beautiful smile makeovers, my
patients would look in the mirror and
point to wrinkles and say, ‘I hate this.’
Fotona’s LightWalker has given me
many options for facial rejuvenation,
‘turning back the clock,’ with both
intra-oral and extra-oral options to
help patients look better, feel better
and complete that cosmetic makeover.”
How does SmoothLase work? The
characteristics of the proprietary
non-ablative “Smooth Mode” pulse
delivers intense heat to the tissues,
simultaneously shrinking and tightening existing collagen bundles while
stimulating the creation of new collagen. A specialized handpiece delivers
the unique Smooth Mode pulses to
the intraoral mucosa. Treating the
entirety of the oral cavity results in
the tightening of the skin around the
mouth and cheeks, leading to significant reduction in nasolabial folds.
With LipLase, the laser delivers
targeted heat pulses into the lips
to stimulate new collaged formation
resulting in fuller, more defined and
enhanced lips.
“The LightWalker is great for facial
rejuvenation, which has become a
very popular procedure to look and
feel younger without undergoing
invasive surgical procedures,” Shiffman said.
The LightWalker. (Photo/Provided by
Fotona)
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Florida Dental Convention — June 24–26, 2021
Modernize your practice overnight
to meet post-pandemic expectations
By Simplifeye Staff
Here in Orlando
n The pandemic changed so much
of our lives and propelled the rapid
adoption of technology by all ages.
Now, patients want the same convenience they enjoy with Amazon to be
applied to everything. They want to
be able to find information online, pay
online, make appointments online
and be able to reach customer service
24/7.
That’s why Ryan Hungate, DDS,
founded Simplifeye. He drew upon
his experience designing the in-store
workflow still used by Apple stores
today to design front desk workflow
solutions for dental practices.
To learn more about simplifying your
practice, stop by the Simplifeye booth,
No. 902.
patient to call the practice to schedule.
Simplify payment
Simplifeye’s live
chat, dashboard and
payment system.
(Photos/Provided by
Simplifeye)
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Simplify scheduling
More than 8,000 dentists and healthcare professionals use Simplifeye’s
24/7 live chat service.
“It’s another tool to help patients be
able to reach you,” said John Flucke,
DDS. “When they’re looking for a
dentist, they go to Google and find
your website. They want to deal with
it right now, and live chat lets them
get the answers they need. It lets you
strike while the iron is hot.”
Simplifeye’s chat team answers
questions and gathers the contact
information, insurance details and
reason for the visit. It can either
directly schedule into most practice
management systems or securely
share the details so the dental practice can finalize the appointment.
Letting patients self-schedule is
AD
another easy way to increase appointments. Adding a “Book Now” button to
your website, map listings, Facebook
and Yelp takes only a few minutes
and lets patients book their appointments at their convenience while you
remain in complete control of your
schedule. You decide which treatments patients can book online and
when.
Simplify recare/reactivation
Modern tools make it easy to remind
patients to return to your practice.
Identify your ideal patients with
incomplete treatment and text them
when you have an appropriate opening. Simplifeye’s text-to-schedule
recare and reactivation reminders
include a link to book just in the time
frames you identified or directs the
The pandemic meant more people
than ever were shopping online. They
became used to entering their credit
card online once and having it saved
so they didn’t have to type it in every
time. They also liked having the
option to split the cost into monthly
payments.
The same payment options can be
added for your practice, making the
cost of treatment more affordable and
increasing case acceptance. Look for
a merchant services provider that
enables soft credit checks, has an
online payment portal and includes
the option for 0 percent credit card
processing fees. Also ask if it provides
a wireless card processing terminal
so patients can pay chairside.
Your patients have become used to
the convenience of booking and paying online, texting instead of calling,
and being able to find information
any time. By incorporating this same
technology into your practice, you
will have a competitive advantage
to gain new patients and improve
your relationship with your current
patients, too.
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